Tiger Bear dude i think about this all the time its amazing how they were sooo local and they blew up sooo fast. I’m so proud of them especially gerard cos he’s an amazing performer!!
@@annaburgos7271 every band starts "so local". Sure it's rare they blow up like MCR did but that's not the point. The point is every band has to start exactly where they started, as a local band, so go out and support your local scene because you might find your new favorite band.
@@musicgamer33 I don't know if that's true anymore, with the reach of the internet. But I absolutely back your point of supporting your local scene. Especially now, after 2 years of limited touring and limited shows. Get out and support your local scene!
@@patgannon3528 I feel the reach of the internet makes it more true if anything. There's a major over saturation happening with music online due to the ability to record and release music becoming more accessible to everyone who might be interested. I feel like we are in the age where, sure, your song might blow up super fast because maybe it became a tiktok trend or something but you as an artist are going to remain pretty unknown. Think about all of the songs that have become trending in the past 2 years and ask yourself how many of those you remember the artists name. Given, of course, that you didn't already listen to that artist before hand.
It’s a classic punk/post-punk dance move- that and the pogo- I remember my dad and his friends doing it sometimes when they were drunk when I was a kid. I think David Byrne of The Talking Heads has also done that move more than a couple times.
There's an autobiography that I read about MCR and it said Mikey had just learned how to play bass so he'd stay still because he didn't wanna fuhk up and the guys said they used to make fun that before the shows he'd nail his shoes to the floor😂
Its impossible to watch this without crying and getting hyped. But I mean, everyone gets hyped listening to Vampires even when its not the live version. My teacher met My Chemical Romance. My teacher who has no idea of what kind of music they played met them. SHE TOURED WITH THEM. THE PAIN. IS. REAL.
I really love how they all performed even back then, when the band was still inexperienced. They all put 110% in their shows and Gerard moved around so much and knew how to get the audience excited even then.
Listen, I am a old guy (44 years old)...and as a I read a book on My Chemical Romance. I never got to catch them while they were a active band. But the message and style in their music is a fucking great thing. Those of you who are MCR fans dont let anyone ever give you shit over them. I would be the first to shake Gerard and Frankie's hand. Matt Pellssier was the drummer and I think he just wasn't quite good enough to get the band where MCR wanted to go. I hope the Way's know what a service they have done to everyone with their music.
If you want to make a band, make it. Don't let others keep you down from the sound that you want to make. If they're not on board, then they're not right for the project.
They sound freaking incredible right out of the gate when they just started performing. They knew they had something very special instantly. Some things in life, you just have that gut feeling.
Alexander Garrett if i was old enough and saw them randomly at a local show without any knowledge of them, this performance would have pulled me right in. They’re so special.
@@annaburgos7271 same, they're such a good band and I love them so much. They've inspired me to wanna start a band and I started playing bass cuz of them. I was born in 2009 so I couldn't go to any of those performances if I wanted to but I'm gonna see them this year in October so that's great!!!
My girlfriend's cousin smoked weed with the band back when they were still a local band. It seems they tried to bury that era of the band or at least romanticize it. Life on the murder scene compared to the book not the life it seems kinda shows how much fluff that documentary was. it's funny the book doesn't seem to sugar coat things but at the same time frank was the biggest source and he tends to give the least amount of fucks.
+Gordo N the book is called "not the life it seems: the true lives of My Chemical romance" I was talking about how it differs from the video documentary "life on the murder scene" like how drug use was covered up besides gerard 's and even watering down that. Not to mention how it barely talks about there time on eyeball records. the video documentary "life on the murder scene" is a fluff piece for reprise records.
I remember watching this when I first discovered them in 2005 and absolutely DYING at Gerard's spastic movements!! Now I'm almost 27 and I realize that G was 25 here...it absolutely blows my mind because they seemed so old when I was 12 and had just discovered them
Same here. I'm into 2000 music like Green Day and MCR even though people see our generation as like hipster swag-bags who listen to Nicki Minaj. No thanks.
PunkMidget c: i think Iggy Azalea would be a better example, Nicki Minaj at least encourages her fans to not only stay in school but do the best they can
this is around the same time they shot the "vampires will never hurt you" music video because Frank had dreads. If you want to tell what time period something was use franks hair.
It's 2021 and I can't help but think what if I born earlier? Based on the date, I am just 3 years old by this year and would really love if I just see them live in this lifetime.
Question, does anyone have a way to send this to Gerard? He may not like it so much now but later on I am sure he will enjoy older stuff like this....Just sayin'
The Maxwell show is right below this video. It makes sense how they were immediately approached by big labels and signed on one by the next record, they were already something else so early on
Wow that is surprising to see Gerard insanely headband like that. I thought it was fast forwarded at first. He was still on drugs that time. I am so glad he or over that over those years later!
wow. Thanks for sharing. This is really cool! I love how Gerard's performing really hasn't changed much. He does the the spazzy thing and waves his hands around the same. only difference is that he seems more nervous here. But I can't blame him. Now they've done it so many times it's like old hat. but the scariest part about this video? .... no fro! wtf?! lol. Ray is not ray without the fro!
It's with videos like this I really wish I could "like" multiple times. Thank you for posting. 15 years later and people like me are still discovering ... and I was alive and old enough to have discovered back then (darn me!).
Sometimes I think I was born the same year they first got together And than sometimes I think WHY THE FUCK DID I HAVE TO BE BORN THE SAME YEAR THEY JUST GOT TOGETHER, WHY COULDN'T IT BE YEARLIER.
i think mikey will always be my favorite part of any mcr performance. He always just stands there calmly playing while everyone else is freaking out around him
Seeing them so young is almost strange. The earliest I had ever seen them was in their video for Vampires will never hurt you. I'm fairly sure this predates it. Either way their extremely close, Gerard's hair is still short. They've come so damn far.
Love this band since 2007 bro But 2002 im just only 2 years old that time haha i found them at 2007 listening to a CD AT 7 years old headbanging in the front of speaker haha.those good old days will never get old period.
i would've been about -3.5 years old when this happened. my brother would be about -1 year old. my parents would've been married for a few months. it sucks i grew up so long after this masterpiece of a band existed
It's so weird not seeing Frank as much on the video, cause in all the newer videos he and Gerard are the main focus. (Probably cause they move around a lot more)
Wow, this is so awesome. They look so young! It's cool seeing performances from the guys back when they were a little band. They've come a long way since then, and I'm so proud of them.
Woah... seeing these comments is amazing.. this video is the best TH-cam time capsule (they’re a fucking great band I wish I could’ve gotten into their stuff when they were still a band although they’re back together now so that’s great)
I was 12/13 years old, and I heard I'm Not Okay on the radio 2 (ish) years later when it was a single.. gosh, I didn't realize just how long I've liked these guys!
In 9 years Ray's hair has grown, mine hasn't grown that much since I cut it all 10 years ago. I need to find out his secret. This is one of my fav songs of theirs.
i like how gerard's talking all calm and then once they started playing he goes all crazy haha
PanfisWater it’s just another form of method acting
Some things never change lol
bro they're here performing to like 20 people but give it 17 years and they sell out a reunion show in three minuits
Tiger Bear dude i think about this all the time its amazing how they were sooo local and they blew up sooo fast. I’m so proud of them especially gerard cos he’s an amazing performer!!
hell yeah
@@annaburgos7271 every band starts "so local". Sure it's rare they blow up like MCR did but that's not the point. The point is every band has to start exactly where they started, as a local band, so go out and support your local scene because you might find your new favorite band.
@@musicgamer33 I don't know if that's true anymore, with the reach of the internet. But I absolutely back your point of supporting your local scene. Especially now, after 2 years of limited touring and limited shows. Get out and support your local scene!
@@patgannon3528 I feel the reach of the internet makes it more true if anything. There's a major over saturation happening with music online due to the ability to record and release music becoming more accessible to everyone who might be interested. I feel like we are in the age where, sure, your song might blow up super fast because maybe it became a tiktok trend or something but you as an artist are going to remain pretty unknown. Think about all of the songs that have become trending in the past 2 years and ask yourself how many of those you remember the artists name. Given, of course, that you didn't already listen to that artist before hand.
Gerard's spastic movements are life.
thankyouforthecoffee trU
Gerard's seizure at the beginning was the funniest thing ever.
Exactly!! XD
sometimes punk shows just make u do that if uve never gotten that psyched in a mosh pit youve never lived
@@bombe3r I've never been to a concert yet, but I do that in the middle of my room when I'm alone does that count? lol
It’s a classic punk/post-punk dance move- that and the pogo- I remember my dad and his friends doing it sometimes when they were drunk when I was a kid. I think David Byrne of The Talking Heads has also done that move more than a couple times.
so, I'm just watching this and thinking every couple seconds "Gerard, you're supposed to face the audience, Mikey isn't going anywhere"
lmao
i sing in a punk band and at the beginning i was so shy so i used to give the back to the audience
BAHAHAHAHA 😂😂
There's an autobiography that I read about MCR and it said Mikey had just learned how to play bass so he'd stay still because he didn't wanna fuhk up and the guys said they used to make fun that before the shows he'd nail his shoes to the floor😂
@@fallonmustdie6277 that's way too funny! What biography was it?
IT SAYS FRANKIE IERO IN THE DESCRIPTION OMF
IM CRYING
WHY WASNT I BORN EARLIER
+Three Cheers For Sweet Phan I LOVE UR USERNAME
+Joey JelO OMFG!!! IKR!!! GOD! WHY CAN'T WE SEE MCR LIVE?!?!?! STUPID DOB
SAME AHHH WHY WAS I BORN IN DECEMBER OF 2002
+Jordeah Grosko (WhovianHarleyQuinn) SAME
I was born in 2005
Its impossible to watch this without crying and getting hyped. But I mean, everyone gets hyped listening to Vampires even when its not the live version. My teacher met My Chemical Romance. My teacher who has no idea of what kind of music they played met them. SHE TOURED WITH THEM. THE PAIN. IS. REAL.
melanie veliz WTF??? TELL ME ALL
melanie veliz I'm cryingggg oh my god, I want to BE your teacher
You should ask your teacher for a "MCR Storytime"
Sorry!!! I accidentally removed your comedy when trying to reply! My apologies!
It's all good! Still gonna reply? Sarah Lewitinn
+Emily Dumaran I WANNA HEAR STORY TOO
I really love how they all performed even back then, when the band was still inexperienced. They all put 110% in their shows and Gerard moved around so much and knew how to get the audience excited even then.
omg that was when frank still had dreadlocks xD
Dread FRNK!!!!
greasy boiii
what i would give to be at one of these shows at the very beginning. I'm actually crying
I was born at the end of 2002
What I would give to be at one of their shows at all
you're not crying, so many new mcr fans say this. it's alright.
Listen, I am a old guy (44 years old)...and as a I read a book on My Chemical Romance. I never got to catch them while they were a active band. But the message and style in their music is a fucking great thing. Those of you who are MCR fans dont let anyone ever give you shit over them. I would be the first to shake Gerard and Frankie's hand. Matt Pellssier was the drummer and I think he just wasn't quite good enough to get the band where MCR wanted to go. I hope the Way's know what a service they have done to everyone with their music.
that made me cry even more then i already was omfg
You read a book on my chemical romance,, what book????????
Which book?
weed master there's a book. I can't remember what but I saw it somewhere in Mikey's IG
***** thank you
If you want to make a band, make it. Don't let others keep you down from the sound that you want to make. If they're not on board, then they're not right for the project.
Chris S me rn
Pre-fro Ray. This is the golden age right here. Both Ray and Frank sound amazing live. Thank you for sharing this rare video.
Awww.. Gerard's singing voice.. he could not scream yet at the part "care how much you invest yourself in me"
They sound freaking incredible right out of the gate when they just started performing. They knew they had something very special instantly. Some things in life, you just have that gut feeling.
Alexander Garrett if i was old enough and saw them randomly at a local show without any knowledge of them, this performance would have pulled me right in. They’re so special.
@@annaburgos7271 same, they're such a good band and I love them so much. They've inspired me to wanna start a band and I started playing bass cuz of them. I was born in 2009 so I couldn't go to any of those performances if I wanted to but I'm gonna see them this year in October so that's great!!!
0:00 Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us
4:00 Vampires Will Never Hurt You
lmao shortest concert ever
I love how they perform with the same conviction, whether it's in front of 20 people, or 20,000.
FETUS MCR
My girlfriend's cousin smoked weed with the band back when they were still a local band. It seems they tried to bury that era of the band or at least romanticize it. Life on the murder scene compared to the book not the life it seems kinda shows how much fluff that documentary was. it's funny the book doesn't seem to sugar coat things but at the same time frank was the biggest source and he tends to give the least amount of fucks.
What book?
Cuz there's a few, none called Life on the Murder Scene
+Gordo N the book is called "not the life it seems: the true lives of My Chemical romance" I was talking about how it differs from the video documentary "life on the murder scene" like how drug use was covered up besides gerard 's and even watering down that. Not to mention how it barely talks about there time on eyeball records. the video documentary "life on the murder scene" is a fluff piece for reprise records.
I tried to figure myself smoking weed with the guys and I cried. What a lucky bastard.
Wait ray did drugs before say sike ;(
i wonder if they know that they gonna be a legend. Thank you mcr, great music
GEE'S VOICE IS SO DEEP WTF IS GOING ON IM YELLING
Song: *barely even starts*
Gerard: *dramatic headbanging*
I remember watching this when I first discovered them in 2005 and absolutely DYING at Gerard's spastic movements!! Now I'm almost 27 and I realize that G was 25 here...it absolutely blows my mind because they seemed so old when I was 12 and had just discovered them
god bless this video and its 2002 quality
its even before that.
Wish I could have been there but I'm not american... And I was 3...
Same here. I'm into 2000 music like Green Day and MCR even though people see our generation as like hipster swag-bags who listen to Nicki Minaj. No thanks.
PunkMidget c: i think Iggy Azalea would be a better example, Nicki Minaj at least encourages her fans to not only stay in school but do the best they can
I didn't exist yet...
lol I was -1
I was 2
okay but whys no one is talking about franks screams I LOVE IT
Yess
this is around the same time they shot the "vampires will never hurt you" music video because Frank had dreads. If you want to tell what time period something was use franks hair.
They're so hyper and energetic, I'm crying.
To all the killjoys: I love you all and I'm crying now
omg this is so cool i wish i could have gone to one of their older concerts yet any of their concerts at all
TDWP! Stoked for that new EP they're dropping?
JeserNoob hell ya!
fetus gerard is so adorable
its literally 2 pixels 😭
I would give anything to be there at one of their first shows.
imagine being at that small show, i wish time traveling was real...
i wish they recorded frank more bc it makes me so happyyyyy seeing him still going absolutely apeshit in the background lmaooo
I remember playing the american legion in many towns.We all start somewhere.MCR is the Funnest band ever!!!!
DAMN. I mean, DAMN. They were SO awesome!!!
I like how gee looks like he was about to have a seizure when the song was about to play..
It's 2019 and they still make me cry
And to think I was born one year before this happened... * cries in fetus idea *
It's 2021 and I can't help but think what if I born earlier? Based on the date, I am just 3 years old by this year and would really love if I just see them live in this lifetime.
You..you worked with them? I'm so jealous I can't..asdfghjkl
i think i finally figured out were i got all the weird sceshere-ee things i do when i sing from
its so weird to think this band was just another local band playing small venues at one point
2:50 OH MY GOSH Ray screamed aaaaahhhhhh.
While it isn't really a scream but still...
Question, does anyone have a way to send this to Gerard? He may not like it so much now but later on I am sure he will enjoy older stuff like this....Just sayin'
He knows I put it up and hasn't expressed any displeasure.
Wait how do you know that he knows?
i used to manage the band when they first started. :)
+Sarah Lewitinn that's unreal! :o wow
+Sarah Lewitinn Can I ask, if it's not too much to ask, why you stopped being their manager?? :o :D
“we got merch over there” wow imagine hearing that and not getting any
The Maxwell show is right below this video. It makes sense how they were immediately approached by big labels and signed on one by the next record, they were already something else so early on
Thanks for putting it here...every MCR fan should watch this
i love how even then they still have the same spots on stage they play on like ray is always on the right and frank is always on the left haha
The best band ever...
Wow that is surprising to see Gerard insanely headband like that. I thought it was fast forwarded at first. He was still on drugs that time. I am so glad he or over that over those years later!
wow. Thanks for sharing. This is really cool! I love how Gerard's performing really hasn't changed much. He does the the spazzy thing and waves his hands around the same. only difference is that he seems more nervous here. But I can't blame him. Now they've done it so many times it's like old hat.
but the scariest part about this video?
.... no fro! wtf?! lol. Ray is not ray without the fro!
Was just watching Buffy the vampire slayer and the beginning of this reminds me of that theme. Wish I could go back to those days 😭
Me: getting mad I didn't go to MCR concerts from 2002-2005
Also me: born early 2008
I'm twice your age and I didn't get to go those years either. Didnt see them til feb 07!
same 😢
oh im glad you found this video im glad i suddenly came up with the idea to watch it btw THIS STILL ROCKS
It's with videos like this I really wish I could "like" multiple times. Thank you for posting. 15 years later and people like me are still discovering ... and I was alive and old enough to have discovered back then (darn me!).
Wow... old stuff, really old stuff! It's just awesome to see how they have grown and developed as a band, thanks whoever posted this.
2 decades. Yes, quite old indeed.
Sometimes I think
I was born the same year they first got together
And than sometimes I think
WHY THE FUCK DID I HAVE TO BE BORN THE SAME YEAR THEY JUST GOT TOGETHER, WHY COULDN'T IT BE YEARLIER.
-Killjoy same 😭
-Killjoy SAME
-Killjoy or twleve so when they first get together we can go to the very first show
i was born in 2006, and they broke up on my birthday.
march 22.
I wonder if the people there were concious they were watching the born of a brilliant band? I still hope they return, they will indeed...
i think mikey will always be my favorite part of any mcr performance. He always just stands there calmly playing while everyone else is freaking out around him
This time in music was the stuff of legends. Their first album is pure fire.
Seeing them so young is almost strange. The earliest I had ever seen them was in their video for Vampires will never hurt you. I'm fairly sure this predates it. Either way their extremely close, Gerard's hair is still short. They've come so damn far.
Love this band since 2007 bro
But 2002 im just only 2 years old that time haha i found them at 2007 listening to a CD AT 7 years old headbanging in the front of speaker haha.those good old days will never get old period.
cool seeing another slipknot fan here
i would've been about -3.5 years old when this happened. my brother would be about -1 year old. my parents would've been married for a few months. it sucks i grew up so long after this masterpiece of a band existed
The people who were teenagers in the early 2000’s were PRIVILEGED😩
This is probably one of the best things I've seen
July 5th, 2002. Their 13th show
I wonder what the people in that room knew what they were witnessing. I love this album so much.
i do love this guys so much and i always will, because their music is an emothion, like a nerve, so real and so rock. MCR forever
I'm getting the feels™
Can we please take the time to appreciate frankies screamo
This is honestly the most surreal thing I've ever witnessed
Gerard's voice sounds really deep. For him.
I was 5 and living in NZ.. but this would have been amazing, just imagine MCR as one of those bands you love that no one's heard of :')
I know this comment is 10 years old, but hello fellow new zealander :)
Why is this so beautiful
they sound soooo amazing, even back then
Gerard's dancing is amazing
Wow it's been 20 years since this. Love you so much MCR
I want a band like this but no one takes it seriously and I constantly have to scrap my ideas because of them
FRANKS SO CUTE IM SOBBING
The audience was lucky to see the legends cheaply
$5 or 10 lol
i love how they went from this to playing sold out stadiums and hearing the entire crowd scream along to wttbp, so proud of them
It's so weird not seeing Frank as much on the video, cause in all the newer videos he and Gerard are the main focus. (Probably cause they move around a lot more)
reading these comments make me feel weird. i was watching this video trying to remember a band that played at the legion in my town years ago.
lord i love them so much
FRANK ISNT THERE OMG THIS IS SO EARLY IM CRYING
* miles * Yes he is. You didn't recognize the scream? He already cut his dreads off though. Thank god
He just joined the band at that point 😮
;_: how i wish I was born earlier like 1989-1994
Thank Goodness for technology! Watching this in 2015 and I had only been 2 when it was recorded! Thanks a million for the upload! :)
Wow, this is so awesome. They look so young!
It's cool seeing performances from the guys back when they were a little band. They've come a long way since then, and I'm so proud of them.
Who's watching this in 2014
Yeah here :(
I'm watching it in 2073.
Miss them :(
Me
Me
This just proves that they were awesome to begin with. And Ray looks better with his fro. So AWESOME
Woah... seeing these comments is amazing.. this video is the best TH-cam time capsule (they’re a fucking great band I wish I could’ve gotten into their stuff when they were still a band although they’re back together now so that’s great)
I was 12/13 years old, and I heard I'm Not Okay on the radio 2 (ish) years later when it was a single.. gosh, I didn't realize just how long I've liked these guys!
He honestly moves like Elvis in the beginning of this and it’s amazing
Hell yes, thank you! I never kept up with them but always loved their early stuff and had an early ep on my old computer
oh, Matt is here... priceless.
So, so long ago. But yet it's only like 7 years.
This is really strange to watch.
Side note, I love the flags in the back, nice touch.
i miss this MCR 2002 was when i started lisctening to them and 2005 is when i stopped and i did for a good reason
He's just..
So crazy..
Those headbangs..
In 9 years Ray's hair has grown, mine hasn't grown that much since I cut it all 10 years ago. I need to find out his secret. This is one of my fav songs of theirs.