This video is a reupload of a video originally uploaded in November 2018. It was blocked worldwide for using a bit too much of "Welcome to the Black Parade". This is your G note warning.
I was obsessed with them in middle school (2004) and then went back to my same middle school to teach... and this little girl was obsessed with them too and I was like... holy shit it’s been that long already? Full circle.
Robert Mitchell not really I stopped around 13. Their last album didn’t capture me. But whenever I get a song in my head from the bullets or revenge album, I play that shit all day lol
I can't listen to them non-stop anymore, like I used to, but this band doesn't get enough recognition for just how incredibly talented they are. The range of melodies and styles they were able to cover is astonishing.
At 57 I have discovered this band, my partner of 21 years died of cancer this past Halloween 2020, MCR gives me comfort and company at this painful time, as I mourn the love of my life in such loneliness, it actually turning me away from the desire to die, and making me want to carry on , to keep my honey's memory alive, ROSARIO J. FERRARA R. I. P
🙏....all the best and all my prayers to you and your partner (Rest in peace!) I'm in a pretty emotional phase at the moment and to see how other people are helped by the same things that help me makes me believe even more that I and my loved ones gonna make ist through this. Hope you are doing fine, best wishes!
@@raphaelovicstrassovic9440 thank you 😊. Yeah I listen to the Black parade album every day, it really has saved me, What ever you and your loved ones are going through, you will survive ,even though u never really get over the loss. U have to survive and carry on that loved one's memory .
My chemical romance saved me from my fathers death, grandmother’s and ultimately my mother’s death due to slow cancer. One day I will meet them and thank them personally.
@@conor7154ur sucha joke 💀 they're saying that the music connected and resonated with them so well that it stopped them from going into an extremely dark place. Be ffr. Old mf
Whenever people try to give me shit about this being my favorite band and say they're just like all the other commercial emo pop from the same genre, I just tell them they don't understand. If you weren't there dealing with heavy suicidal and self harm ideologies while listening to their music like I was, then you don't get it. All of their lyrics are so hopeful. That's why they hardcore rejected the emo label. I remember hearing Gerard say that part about "if you are dealing with suicidal thoughts and feeling depressed you need to go fucking talk to somebody" and a few days later I finally told my mom and my school councelor that I had been cutting and really wanted to get in to therapy. MCR is the reason I got myself some fucking help. They're the reason I'm still here today. They knew that their audience was filled with depressed, impressionable kids just like me and they took some fucking responsibility for that shit and made sure all of their messages were hopeful and could be seen as a reason to get help rather than to end it all unlike all other music at the time which was just depressed and soft and slow and hopeless. MCR came to me at the exact right time in life when I was that depressed impressionable kid and they were the only adults that were actually able to get through to me and convince me I needed to change.
Thanks for your words.....my best friend is dealing with that shit today, I brought them into MCR and of course they love it. I speak to them every day for hours since months tryin to do my best to help. Reading your story gives me hope that we can come over this together. And that I know music can help and I can help too.......cause not only do they need me but I fucking need this person too!!!!!
My Chemical Romance was only hated because they became popular. They formed just like any underground band. Played for the music, got recognized by a major, signed a major label deal, got popular on the radio, then sold out arenas. MCR isn’t a punk rock band, but their ethos is punk so anyone hating them is either an idiot, a sheep, or have no respect for music subculture.
Thank you so much for sharing. It is unbelievably great to have you here in order for us to read it. They saved your lifeas much as they saved mine and many other outcasts like us. Xo
i found them when i was in the middle of a horrible time of my life. i was 15. i was in the brink of killing myself, they saved me, i felt understood, i felt at home, their aesthetics, their lyrics, i felt safe. im almost 19 now, and they are still my favorite band, they changed the way i think. i feel alive now I'm okay now.
Sometimes, as you grow up you tend to question the bands you liked when you were 13 or something and (specially if you dig more underground-ish stuff as you get older) you think they were not so great as you thought they were. Well, with MCR happens the opposite: my love and respect for them grows and I´m very sure their influence and art is becoming much more appreciated as time goes by. I miss them but all the guys are doing great stuff and look happier, so I´m happy.
Honestly same. Looking back, it's crazy how ahead of their time they were. So much of their music tackled mental health issues when the public wouldn't (and that was over 10 years ago), and the Danger Days album is full of power anthems for upcoming generations who feel like we've been denied a future because the state of the world is so awful. I'm so glad they're finally back, because we need them now more than ever.
Daytona Says What?! I think she means it was one of the reasons she didn’t commit suicid. That might not be it but I think that’s what most people mean when they say that.
MCR really did save me. In middle school, I was severely depressed. I had recently come out as trans, and I felt like everything was hopeless. I was angry and sad, and I felt hatred at myself and the world. This music put everything I felt into words and sounds. I wasn't alone. There were people who felt like me. I am forever thankful for the band
I absolutely HATED Three Cheers when it came out, and it was all over my high school. I couldn't stand it. Then Black Parade came out and I caught the title track playing on Fuse and instantly changed my perception. These guys were artistic geniuses. They wove a narrative together in a way that would make most of my favorite bands heads explode. Gerard in particular earned massive respect from me that day. Flash forward all these years later, and I like to shit my pants when i found out The Umbrella Academy was created by him. Lol.
And for me was the contrary I fell in love with the album three cheers for a sweet revenge and then when appeared black parade didn't like it so much but in general I love all their song Mcr forever ❤️❤️
It was a common teen phase back then for my friends and myself but they're still so damn relatable after so many years. The writing for the lyrics, the depth of emotion in the songs and the humanity in the band still resonates with me. Listening to them is both an injection of nostalgia and a short but effective session of therapy and introspection. Love the work you've committed to the video and the re-upload.
After they broke up I slowly stopped listening to them and with the news they are back I realize I don't relate to them much anymore but still love their work so much I will finally get a tattoo for the black parade because after 7 years of thinking about it I think it's time 😅 I also realized I still don't have any friends that like the band as much i did, now in college no one understands but oh well back to quietly loving them
What a good video, really encapsulates how special My Chemical Romance is for most rock fans nowadays. MCR completely change my life and without their image and their fans I honestly believe their music stands with some of the best bands ever formed.
@@TheThirdChild but how many b side song do you know by queen or AC/DC? Or Elvis? They are the band who defined a generation. And they survived their era
They definitely changed my life . I never forget hearing “I’m not ok” for the first time. After being bullied for so long, I had finally left school and was at my local under 18s night...and when that song came on...I stood still and listened . And listened. I felt like they were saying to me...”We hear you. You’re not alone.”
As someone who has never suffered from the severe struggles MCR helps people deal with, I love them because of their art. How passionate they are about it and how well done everything of their’s is, which is why Danger Days is my favourite album.
MCR opened the door to music for me. This video just encompassed all my teenage angst and put it into more understandable terms. The point about how the hate was what made them thrive really blew my mind, because it's just so true!
Well put together, thank you. Strange you didn't include the Hannah Bond story in this? The 13 year old HUGE fan of MCR that hung herself in 2008; with various media outlets blaming the bands image and song lyrics for her suicide, trashing their image and misreading their influence. Thousands of fans then gathered and protested outside these media outlets headquarters (protesters became known as the MCRmy) chanting about how MCR saved their lives.
My Chem was the first band that I ever really connected with.. in the darkest time in my life, they made me feel like I wasn't alone. I met people who had the same struggle as me.. I found my people. I had a little bit of a family again when felt like I had lost everything. I still deal with suicidal thoughts, ideation. With Depression, with ADHD, Anxiety, and the things that come along with that. But I'm recovering.. and that's what matters.
My friends were always baffled that I loved them so much. We were all metal heads. I listened to My Chem alongside Opeth, Children of Bodom and Týr. No issue for me. I loved their music, and like many others, they saved my life. I'm 27 now and STILL regard them as one of my favorite bands, because of their influence on my life. Their music carried me through self-harm and thoughts of suicide, untill I was finally able to move away from my abusive home. Thankfully, I haven't "needed" their music in several years now, but I still go back and listen from time to time. And every time, I rediscover how great of a band they actually are (well, were). Great music, great lyrics, and that very special My Chem atmosphere and flavour in every song. I consider myself a metal head through and through, they are about the only rock-type band I'll openly admit to liking. This has caused quite some raised eyebrows and weird looks, but I'm not ashamed. I loved them when I was 16, and I still do.
Also, they are severely underrated. Like, not in terms of popularity, but rather because they were hated for the wrong reasons. They were slumped in with the likes of P!ATD, which is NOTHING like My Chem. They were labeled as emo trash when in fact, they were alt rock and had much more on offer than "just emo". They were lightyears ahead of any of those bands they were so often compared to. A whole other league. Absolutely excellent. The Black Parade in particular is a masterpiece. Forget the most well-known song; the entire album is fantastic. If people would actually sit down and listen, instead of just judging by that one song about a marching band, they'd see how great of a rock album it actually is.
This showed up in my recommended and I knew I had to watch it, never thought I'd get to say I have tickets to go see them. A legendary band that my whole family loves, it's so good to have them back
Before my chemical romance I was depressed all the time and suicide was always haunting me. Never leaving my room, not having hope in anything was the life I was living constantly. After my parents found out about the cutting they had me sent to a mental rehabilitation hospital. There was this guy there (love u miles). He played a few of their songs for me. I was mesmerized and was actually excited to do something. Even after I realized they had broken up I kept listening to their music. That was 2 years ago. Mcr has saved my life.
I’m 31 and they were one of the bands that really stuck with me even now. I’m a huge fan of older metal music but MCR are the one modern band that i always go back to. I’m a recovering alcoholic and hearing gerard’s story made them even more relatable
This band honestly saved me. I was introduced to them at a time when i had realized I was not who everyone thought I was. I was healing from past trauma, only to be thrown headfirst into new trauma, trauma that I’m still going through. When i found MCR, i felt like a shell of a person, like i was hopeless and alone. The first song I listened to was I’m Not Okay, and it changed my life. I’ve been introduced to so many bands, found so much hope and happiness, and started playing bass. I credit my best friend to them, so many of the relationships i have. They taught me that I’m not alone, that there is hope, that I’m better than my trauma and depression and anxiety, and that I can get through it all. I feel so alive, every day. Once quarantine is ended, and concerts are rescheduled, I hope I get to tell them that I have hope because they showed me how to live.
I started getting into MCR at the beginning of this year, their music comforting me in a way no one around me could. I felt understood and supported by someone that doesn’t even know who I am, and that’s beautiful. It being a dark time, it was nice to hear someone yell the things I’ve wanted to for so long. Truly a great band, with an even greater message.
This band truly was a part of a menagerie of bands that I found in a time where I was hitting my 1st ever low point of many in life. I was 13-14, I just lost the family member I loved most and who taught me to be a kind soul to everyone regardless of their situation. So I heard them as more than just a band & in glad they've helped others as well (including themselves).
Haven't even started the video and I'm already so emotional. I fucking love this band and the guys. They were and still are (and each separate member) *THE* MOST influential band/people in my life. They've done so much for me and inspire me every single day in every way, specially in the creative department. I honestly don't know what I would be and where I would be without them. I know I sound dramatic but they really do hold a very special place in my heart. I love them dearly :')❣❣❣❣❣
MCR genuinely saved my life tens and what feels like hundreds of times over. There are plenty of acts i dearly love but none of them will ever be as close to my heart as this one. Listening to them when you've been dealing with suicidality or addiction is like meeting your best friend for the first time. Something just clicks and you realize you're talking to somebody who Gets It, whatever "It" is. Glad you reuploaded this one
Thank you for reuploading this! I was trying to look for it after it was blocked and was sad to see it gone. I have been a fan of MCR since I was a kid and I love to see people *get* them like you do in this video.
So happy they're back. Fingers crossed that it is long-term and not just the reunion tour. I'm finally going to get to see the band that saved me perform live and I cried the second I got tickets. Can't even imagine how much of a wreck I am going to be during the performance.
Mcr was there during my worst time in my life. Got stuck in writing my thesis and listening to Black Parade over and over again really made me gather my shit and carry on with my life
One of the few poppunk bands I like. Very bombastic music. The Black Parade is their best album. And their cover of Desolation Row by Bob Dylan is awesome.
MCR really did save me, and still currently are. I'm always sad or angry, and just came out of the closet. It honestly feels like there's no hope. But, instead of turning back to self harm, I plug in my earbuds. Their music gives me hope. It gives me a reason to stay alive. I'm honestly so glad I found their music, because who knows if I would be dead or alive. I'm no longer alone in this fight. They may be on their separate ways now, but their music still gives so many people life and hope.
Excellent mini-doc! I do want to add that, while MCR gets a ton of credit for their themes and how well they connected with their fans simply be being honest, earnest, and unashamedly who they are, they rarely get the credit they rightly deserve for their musicianship. Gerard's voice is incredible, and has an unmistakable quality that so, so, so many of his "peers" lacked. Ray and Frank are world-fucking-class guitarists that can hang with any of the greats. Mikey's bass lines and Bob's drums are the fundamental backbones of half MCR's catalogue, if not more. They were/are, legitimately INCREDIBLE musicians, and all their successes were well, well deserved.
I don't listen to My Chem as much as I used to, and my music taste as evolved as an adult, but I don't think any band will ever have the impact on me that they did. They really shaped me and, like they did for so many others, got me through severe depression and suicidal/self harm tendencies as a teenager. I wish I could thank them one day. I know so many people in the comments will be fans who also got through or maybe are still going through a really tough time, which is what drew you to MCR years ago. If you're reading this, well done, you're here, you're alive, and your teenage self would be so happy you lived to see MCR reunited again! I just needed to write this.
I just started balling watching this. I've loved this band since 2002 when I got their "Bullets" album. Around the end of summer break going into sophomore year. Everything I was going through, MCR had my back. They are amazing live, you can feel the energy and they made all your crap vanish. I owe them my life for sure.
I hated them as a kid cause I thought it was "emo" and I listened to more hardcore stuff back then, but then a few years later I gave them a chance and now they're one of my favorite bands :)
This made me cry, they saved my life and will always be my favorite band with all of my heart. I love them so much and I'm so happy for each and everyone of them, when they were still together and now.🖤🖤🖤
it's so great that you took your time to make this video, there are some people that truly don't understand why they were so important to our generation.
i just turned 22. i am currently experiencing the worst time of my life, and i rediscovered them right before my 22nd. i really didnt think i’d make it to my birthday, but i’m not kidding, this band pushed me through. i fully count myself as one of the thousands of lives saved by this band. i dont like to make them martyrs but it’s just the truth
damnit I'm crying I seriously don't know if I'd be alive if it wasn't for them Gee,Frank,Mikey,Ray,Bob thank you,I promise I'll never forget you So long.and goodnight to the best thing that ever happened to our dark and miserable world
I got into my chemical romance about a year and a half ago, even if they're not together anymore they still inspire me every single day. They're what keeps me going nowadays, I listen to them hours upon hours, I realised what I wanted to do with my life thanks to them and Brendon Urie. I feel like I am not lost anymore thanks to them, like I can be myself and like I'll be able to live with my scars and flaws.
this was How MCR saved the outcasts right? why was it reuploaded ? oyeahhh and I want the helena mv to be played at my funeral i love this band so fking much
I am SO excited to see them again in June. 13 year old me would be so grateful for this year Edit: I take it all back, 13 year old me would be horrified.. though we will see them next year!
So this man could have helped or made cartoons wonder how those would have come out This band is my life I'm currently a middle school and they helped a lot
@@cherry-gusherz Gerard Way made the comic books of it and then collaborated with someone to turn it into a show. I forgot the director's name. He even made a song "A Hazy Shade of Winter" for the show.
I, too am eternally grateful to my daughter for begging me to take her see them in 2006 when she was 14. Pro Tip from a father: If your teenaged daughter asks you to take her to a concert...you say yes! Doesn't matter if its gangster rap, death metal or drag queen show tunes; if you say no, that opportunity will never come again. We saw them three times. Now...I sing their shit!
8:20 Fun fact: I was at Oak City last year, and Gerard Way did a panel where he made a DnD character! I unfortunately missed this panel, because I chose to hang with some cosplay cool kids instead.
I saw this the first time you uploaded it and I saw it again now, both times it made me cry. Thank for making this, it reflects exactly what they were and still are even though they're not together anymore. They saved a lot of lives and this band saved themselves too, brought people together, taught the importance of art and be yourself.. such a great band👏
The first time I saw the I'm not okay music video really helped me so much. I really hope I get to see them and the tour isn't cancelled. It would mean so much to me.
It’s so nice seeing the comment section filled with people sharing how mcr helped them. It’s true, they really did save the broken. I found them when I was in middle school and my mom was emotionally abusive and neglectful to me and I had no friends. People like to joke about it, but they really were there for me when it felt like no one else was. I will always me grateful for the ways they inspired so many people
Mcr really have saved my life. More than once actually. I've listened to them since I was 8 years old (now 18) and they're music has gotten me through many dark times. The first time I wanted to check out of my life I listened to 'The Light Behind Your Eyes' on constant loop for two weeks. The song kept my mind off of the things I was feeling and it truly saved me that first time. The second time it was pretty much the entire three cheers album on loop for two months. This band means the absolute world to me, and they are currently saving me once again...
My Mom was right there with me when I went through my MCR phase. She knew what it was like being a fan of a band/music genre that others would ridicule you for, she said that Guns and Roses was like that during the time. I can’t even imagine a time when Guns and Roses wasn’t cool, but apparently they were for the uncool kids. She also said that she was sure My Chemical Romance would come back the same way, that people would come to understand them, and I’m beginning to see that happen.
I was in middle school when I found them. My parents had divorced, I was a social outcast, and I was a band nerd. I used to sing 'I'm not okay' all the time as a warm-up song for music class. They got me through my awkward years, and I still listen to them over a decade later. Amazing guys and saviours to all those lonely souls.
They have been my favorite band since I was eleven years old. I am so glad people are finally openly coming around to them and accepted them as the awesome and important artists and musicians that they are
This video is a reupload of a video originally uploaded in November 2018.
It was blocked worldwide for using a bit too much of "Welcome to the Black Parade".
This is your G note warning.
Fuck UMG seriously.
This sucks. UMG can go fuck themselves
That sucks
Trash Theory did you change the title to match the song?
Yeah, someone commented it on the previous upload and I thought it was a way better title
I was obsessed with them in middle school (2004) and then went back to my same middle school to teach...
and this little girl was obsessed with them too and I was like... holy shit it’s been that long already? Full circle.
are you not still obsessed with them? Cause I still am and I'm in my 30's
Robert Mitchell not really I stopped around 13. Their last album didn’t capture me. But whenever I get a song in my head from the bullets or revenge album, I play that shit all day lol
I’m in 7th grade and I LOVE them.
Woaah haha guide her well
Well I'm in highschool and won't say I'm a full on fan, but I do listen to Teenagers and Welcome to the black parade once in a time
Video: "This is your G note warning"
Me: "Wait, what?"
Video: *G note*
Me: "Oh. Okay. That."
I... still don’t get it.
@@FBracht the opening note of welcome to the black parade is a single G played on the piano
Jelli Uke ok but why the warning?
@@FBracht because its triggering lmao
@@FBracht people feel strong emotion to that song, thats why.
I can't listen to them non-stop anymore, like I used to, but this band doesn't get enough recognition for just how incredibly talented they are. The range of melodies and styles they were able to cover is astonishing.
Joel Monteiro why you can't?
I absolutely agree except I can listen to them nonstop for the rest of my Life but I'm a new fan 3years ago!
holy shit fkin same
Hopefully, Twitter and TikTok are full of millenials and gen z new fans discovering and stanning them so they will stand timeless i guesa.
I’m black, grew up in the hood, and dressed like 50cent…. I’m not okay is the only reason I didn’t kill myself at 15
“That venom made them stronger. They were thankful for it”
Way to be subtle
Omg how did I not catch that lol
@@GxZ_ZxG same I'm so slow
"Thank you for the venom" xd
I mean, the title is also a pretty clear nod to The Black Parade, since MCR "Saved the Broken"... which makes them the savior of the broken :)
“Helena” is such a beautiful song.
As is “The Ghost Of You”. I loved that whole album.
Then they released The World Is Ugly
The ghost of you is my favourite
Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge?
The world is ugly
@Angie MontoyaCuri Yeah! Anytime that i listen that song I FUCKING CRYYYY SO HARDDDD!!!
Make sure your kids listen to MCR.
They need this kind of music.
No emo here, just a mom with a heart looking out for our youth.
Love you❤️
I agree whit the guy above me
I don't look like an emo but I am one at heart and I agree with this statement
We listened in our teens. We fell in love. Now the teens have grown up and have their own kids.MCR second gen.
mcr was never emo, don't believe what the media says, hear what mcr says about it.
At 57 I have discovered this band, my partner of 21 years died of cancer this past Halloween 2020, MCR gives me comfort and company at this painful time, as I mourn the love of my life in such loneliness, it actually turning me away from the desire to die, and making me want to carry on , to keep my honey's memory alive, ROSARIO J. FERRARA R. I. P
🙏....all the best and all my prayers to you and your partner (Rest in peace!)
I'm in a pretty emotional phase at the moment and to see how other people are helped by the same things that help me makes me believe even more that I and my loved ones gonna make ist through this.
Hope you are doing fine, best wishes!
@@raphaelovicstrassovic9440 thank you 😊.
Yeah I listen to the Black parade album every day, it really has saved me,
What ever you and your loved ones are going through, you will survive ,even though u never really get over the loss. U have to survive and carry on that loved one's memory .
lol "themes of homosexuality"
*shows frank kissing gerard*
3:53
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO GUYS LIKE US IN PRISON
“If you ever felt curious” ❤️❤️
Honey this mirror isn't big enough for the both of us
PLEASE WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
✨ferard✨
My chemical romance saved me from my fathers death, grandmother’s and ultimately my mother’s death due to slow cancer. One day I will meet them and thank them personally.
have you gotten to see them during thwir tour in 2022/23?
How tf did they “save you” from that? Like what, they had a song about getting yearly colonoscopies? You people are so comically dramatic.
@@conor7154 they have genuinely saved a lot of people from suicide
@@conor7154ur sucha joke 💀 they're saying that the music connected and resonated with them so well that it stopped them from going into an extremely dark place. Be ffr. Old mf
Whenever people try to give me shit about this being my favorite band and say they're just like all the other commercial emo pop from the same genre, I just tell them they don't understand. If you weren't there dealing with heavy suicidal and self harm ideologies while listening to their music like I was, then you don't get it. All of their lyrics are so hopeful. That's why they hardcore rejected the emo label. I remember hearing Gerard say that part about "if you are dealing with suicidal thoughts and feeling depressed you need to go fucking talk to somebody" and a few days later I finally told my mom and my school councelor that I had been cutting and really wanted to get in to therapy. MCR is the reason I got myself some fucking help. They're the reason I'm still here today. They knew that their audience was filled with depressed, impressionable kids just like me and they took some fucking responsibility for that shit and made sure all of their messages were hopeful and could be seen as a reason to get help rather than to end it all unlike all other music at the time which was just depressed and soft and slow and hopeless. MCR came to me at the exact right time in life when I was that depressed impressionable kid and they were the only adults that were actually able to get through to me and convince me I needed to change.
Thanks for your words.....my best friend is dealing with that shit today, I brought them into MCR and of course they love it. I speak to them every day for hours since months tryin to do my best to help. Reading your story gives me hope that we can come over this together.
And that I know music can help and I can help too.......cause not only do they need me but I fucking need this person too!!!!!
My Chemical Romance was only hated because they became popular. They formed just like any underground band. Played for the music, got recognized by a major, signed a major label deal, got popular on the radio, then sold out arenas. MCR isn’t a punk rock band, but their ethos is punk so anyone hating them is either an idiot, a sheep, or have no respect for music subculture.
Nice gatekeeping bro
I’m not gonna read this but I sincerely admire that you care about MCR this much to write all this. Love your enthusiasm they are all icons
Thank you so much for sharing. It is unbelievably great to have you here in order for us to read it. They saved your lifeas much as they saved mine and many other outcasts like us. Xo
This is one of my favorite bands of all time.
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@@ds7461 nice anayzation meh please give him a star
What about Billy Talent?
@@CandaEH Who?
same
i found them when i was in the middle of a horrible time of my life. i was 15. i was in the brink of killing myself, they saved me, i felt understood, i felt at home, their aesthetics, their lyrics, i felt safe.
im almost 19 now, and they are still my favorite band, they changed the way i think. i feel alive now
I'm okay now.
“Surviving and living a better life is the greatest revenge”
Thank you 🙏🏽
Who wants to play D&D game with Gerard
me
I want to play D&D with Gee
Metalhead 420 i have no clue how to play d&d but im willing to learn just to play w/ Gee
M E
You don't even know
Sometimes, as you grow up you tend to question the bands you liked when you were 13 or something and (specially if you dig more underground-ish stuff as you get older) you think they were not so great as you thought they were. Well, with MCR happens the opposite: my love and respect for them grows and I´m very sure their influence and art is becoming much more appreciated as time goes by. I miss them but all the guys are doing great stuff and look happier, so I´m happy.
This band saved my life and continues to do so
Same tbh
Yikes
How did it "save your life?"
Honestly same. Looking back, it's crazy how ahead of their time they were. So much of their music tackled mental health issues when the public wouldn't (and that was over 10 years ago), and the Danger Days album is full of power anthems for upcoming generations who feel like we've been denied a future because the state of the world is so awful. I'm so glad they're finally back, because we need them now more than ever.
Daytona Says What?! I think she means it was one of the reasons she didn’t commit suicid. That might not be it but I think that’s what most people mean when they say that.
MCR really did save me. In middle school, I was severely depressed. I had recently come out as trans, and I felt like everything was hopeless. I was angry and sad, and I felt hatred at myself and the world. This music put everything I felt into words and sounds. I wasn't alone. There were people who felt like me. I am forever thankful for the band
Completely agree and more than understand.
I've been there. You are not alone.
I'm thare
I miss them. I guess we need to save the world now.
@@kiori6 thay already did we just need to remember them
I absolutely HATED Three Cheers when it came out, and it was all over my high school. I couldn't stand it. Then Black Parade came out and I caught the title track playing on Fuse and instantly changed my perception. These guys were artistic geniuses. They wove a narrative together in a way that would make most of my favorite bands heads explode. Gerard in particular earned massive respect from me that day. Flash forward all these years later, and I like to shit my pants when i found out The Umbrella Academy was created by him. Lol.
You like to shit your pants?? That's a weird fetish but no judgments here bud
Umbrella Right! me too, i think he is such a creative genius :))
And for me was the contrary I fell in love with the album three cheers for a sweet revenge and then when appeared black parade didn't like it so much but in general I love all their song
Mcr forever ❤️❤️
It was a common teen phase back then for my friends and myself but they're still so damn relatable after so many years. The writing for the lyrics, the depth of emotion in the songs and the humanity in the band still resonates with me. Listening to them is both an injection of nostalgia and a short but effective session of therapy and introspection.
Love the work you've committed to the video and the re-upload.
Im in the final phases of my teen years now and i gotta say MCR helped me. Lol
After they broke up I slowly stopped listening to them and with the news they are back I realize I don't relate to them much anymore but still love their work so much I will finally get a tattoo for the black parade because after 7 years of thinking about it I think it's time 😅 I also realized I still don't have any friends that like the band as much i did, now in college no one understands but oh well back to quietly loving them
What a good video, really encapsulates how special My Chemical Romance is for most rock fans nowadays. MCR completely change my life and without their image and their fans I honestly believe their music stands with some of the best bands ever formed.
Max Reid same
I strongly disagree with that last part, but to each their own. I only like a few songs from MCR, never was crazy about them
@@TheThirdChild but how many b side song do you know by queen or AC/DC? Or Elvis? They are the band who defined a generation. And they survived their era
They definitely changed my life . I never forget hearing “I’m not ok” for the first time. After being bullied for so long, I had finally left school and was at my local under 18s night...and when that song came on...I stood still and listened . And listened. I felt like they were saying to me...”We hear you. You’re not alone.”
Some say suffer all the children, and walk away a savior.
or a madman and polluted, from gutter institutions
@@slavik4018 don't you breathe for me, undeserving of your sympathy
@@sakkijarvenpolkka2090 'cause there ain't no way that I'm sorry for what I did
@@TinyZapp and through it all how could you cry for me
So shut your eyes
"That venom made them stronger. They were thankful for it."
The real ones saw what you did there.
Can we pretend to leave and then we’ll meet again when both our cars collide
WHATS THE WORST THAT I COULD SAY
THINGS ARE BETTER IF I STAY
SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT
SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT
WELL IF YOU CARRY OUT THIS WAY THINGS ARE BETTER IF I STAY SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT SO LONG AND GOODNIGHT
*the end*
@@fldsfmfr8277 .
MCR Saved My Life and I was 46 years old at the time. Murder Scene and The Black Parade (and the other albums) are not age specific.
The Video/Live Album?
As someone who has never suffered from the severe struggles MCR helps people deal with, I love them because of their art. How passionate they are about it and how well done everything of their’s is, which is why Danger Days is my favourite album.
Part 1-Saved THE outcast
Part 2-saved the Broken
Part 3-Saved the marching band
Part 4-Saved The Whole World
Where the F is Mikey
Whispering in their ears
I heard the g note before it even happened
Ok who put them after Slayer? They could have transitioned better, and I like both bands
I know right? I love them both but we all know most of their fan bases are polar opposites and Slayer fans tend to be really snobby and aggressive
so true but i think that ironically it was their best performance
its pretty funny in that manner
I think that was deliberate by the organisers. Something similar happened to Paramore on Warped '08 I believe.
@errix did they play after slayer as well?
MCR opened the door to music for me. This video just encompassed all my teenage angst and put it into more understandable terms. The point about how the hate was what made them thrive really blew my mind, because it's just so true!
Well put together, thank you. Strange you didn't include the Hannah Bond story in this? The 13 year old HUGE fan of MCR that hung herself in 2008; with various media outlets blaming the bands image and song lyrics for her suicide, trashing their image and misreading their influence. Thousands of fans then gathered and protested outside these media outlets headquarters (protesters became known as the MCRmy) chanting about how MCR saved their lives.
My Chem was the first band that I ever really connected with.. in the darkest time in my life, they made me feel like I wasn't alone. I met people who had the same struggle as me.. I found my people. I had a little bit of a family again when felt like I had lost everything. I still deal with suicidal thoughts, ideation. With Depression, with ADHD, Anxiety, and the things that come along with that. But I'm recovering.. and that's what matters.
wouldn't have existed today without their music. hopefully their music keeps saving kids lives in future generations .
Made me look back to 2004-2005. What a year sophomore year was for me, Three Cheers, In Love and Death, ...Is a Real Boy, and Where You Want to Be.
Don't forget about Deja Entendu & Blink's Self-Titled
Can we have this guy narrate that intro into I’m not okay like permanently?! I lost it 😂😂
I think that a lot of the reason they are so impactful is that they pair the really intense themes in their songs with a subtle theme of hope.
My friends were always baffled that I loved them so much. We were all metal heads. I listened to My Chem alongside Opeth, Children of Bodom and Týr. No issue for me. I loved their music, and like many others, they saved my life. I'm 27 now and STILL regard them as one of my favorite bands, because of their influence on my life. Their music carried me through self-harm and thoughts of suicide, untill I was finally able to move away from my abusive home. Thankfully, I haven't "needed" their music in several years now, but I still go back and listen from time to time. And every time, I rediscover how great of a band they actually are (well, were). Great music, great lyrics, and that very special My Chem atmosphere and flavour in every song. I consider myself a metal head through and through, they are about the only rock-type band I'll openly admit to liking. This has caused quite some raised eyebrows and weird looks, but I'm not ashamed. I loved them when I was 16, and I still do.
Also, they are severely underrated. Like, not in terms of popularity, but rather because they were hated for the wrong reasons. They were slumped in with the likes of P!ATD, which is NOTHING like My Chem. They were labeled as emo trash when in fact, they were alt rock and had much more on offer than "just emo". They were lightyears ahead of any of those bands they were so often compared to. A whole other league. Absolutely excellent. The Black Parade in particular is a masterpiece. Forget the most well-known song; the entire album is fantastic. If people would actually sit down and listen, instead of just judging by that one song about a marching band, they'd see how great of a rock album it actually is.
“This band is so depressed and suicidal, it’s probably supporting it”
Me: 5:43
Go watch umbrella academy it'll help scratch that my chem itch
They back now though!!
@@santanahibbler *THEY'RE BACK BITCHES!!!*
This showed up in my recommended and I knew I had to watch it, never thought I'd get to say I have tickets to go see them. A legendary band that my whole family loves, it's so good to have them back
kimannposs ikr, it really is amazing that they’re back. And you got tickets!! That’s awesome!
"My chemical romance were you. They still are you"
Before my chemical romance I was depressed all the time and suicide was always haunting me. Never leaving my room, not having hope in anything was the life I was living constantly. After my parents found out about the cutting they had me sent to a mental rehabilitation hospital. There was this guy there (love u miles). He played a few of their songs for me. I was mesmerized and was actually excited to do something. Even after I realized they had broken up I kept listening to their music. That was 2 years ago. Mcr has saved my life.
I’m 31 and they were one of the bands that really stuck with me even now. I’m a huge fan of older metal music but MCR are the one modern band that i always go back to. I’m a recovering alcoholic and hearing gerard’s story made them even more relatable
MCR has been and always will be my favorite band, “Famous Last Words” helped me get through some of the toughest times of my life, thank you!
As non-fan and even dismissive lurker of The Black parade, I am impressed. I am glad people felt empowered by these guys. Respect.
Fr this band did alot for people and he helped people understand themselves fr they did alot
This band honestly saved me. I was introduced to them at a time when i had realized I was not who everyone thought I was. I was healing from past trauma, only to be thrown headfirst into new trauma, trauma that I’m still going through. When i found MCR, i felt like a shell of a person, like i was hopeless and alone. The first song I listened to was I’m Not Okay, and it changed my life. I’ve been introduced to so many bands, found so much hope and happiness, and started playing bass. I credit my best friend to them, so many of the relationships i have. They taught me that I’m not alone, that there is hope, that I’m better than my trauma and depression and anxiety, and that I can get through it all. I feel so alive, every day. Once quarantine is ended, and concerts are rescheduled, I hope I get to tell them that I have hope because they showed me how to live.
I started getting into MCR at the beginning of this year, their music comforting me in a way no one around me could. I felt understood and supported by someone that doesn’t even know who I am, and that’s beautiful. It being a dark time, it was nice to hear someone yell the things I’ve wanted to for so long. Truly a great band, with an even greater message.
"Surviving and living a better life is the greatest revenge."
That is beautifully true!
This band truly was a part of a menagerie of bands that I found in a time where I was hitting my 1st ever low point of many in life. I was 13-14, I just lost the family member I loved most and who taught me to be a kind soul to everyone regardless of their situation. So I heard them as more than just a band & in glad they've helped others as well (including themselves).
and they're back now
and this is the happiest ive been in years
Haven't even started the video and I'm already so emotional. I fucking love this band and the guys. They were and still are (and each separate member) *THE* MOST influential band/people in my life. They've done so much for me and inspire me every single day in every way, specially in the creative department. I honestly don't know what I would be and where I would be without them. I know I sound dramatic but they really do hold a very special place in my heart. I love them dearly :')❣❣❣❣❣
MCR genuinely saved my life tens and what feels like hundreds of times over. There are plenty of acts i dearly love but none of them will ever be as close to my heart as this one. Listening to them when you've been dealing with suicidality or addiction is like meeting your best friend for the first time. Something just clicks and you realize you're talking to somebody who Gets It, whatever "It" is. Glad you reuploaded this one
Thank you for reuploading this! I was trying to look for it after it was blocked and was sad to see it gone. I have been a fan of MCR since I was a kid and I love to see people *get* them like you do in this video.
So happy they're back. Fingers crossed that it is long-term and not just the reunion tour. I'm finally going to get to see the band that saved me perform live and I cried the second I got tickets. Can't even imagine how much of a wreck I am going to be during the performance.
Thank you so much for re-uploading this, I absolutely love this video
Mcr was there during my worst time in my life. Got stuck in writing my thesis and listening to Black Parade over and over again really made me gather my shit and carry on with my life
One of the few poppunk bands I like.
Very bombastic music. The Black Parade is their best album. And their cover of Desolation Row by Bob Dylan is awesome.
The Goat Got Milked
I agree. I love their cover of desolation row.
The Black Parade will always be a masterpiece. Helped me through a lot
Also nice profile pic! Love The GazettE!
MCR really did save me, and still currently are. I'm always sad or angry, and just came out of the closet. It honestly feels like there's no hope. But, instead of turning back to self harm, I plug in my earbuds. Their music gives me hope. It gives me a reason to stay alive. I'm honestly so glad I found their music, because who knows if I would be dead or alive. I'm no longer alone in this fight. They may be on their separate ways now, but their music still gives so many people life and hope.
"I think we wanna play a lot of video games and collect a lotta toys"
THIS IS ME!
Dann you really hit us with that G note
Excellent mini-doc! I do want to add that, while MCR gets a ton of credit for their themes and how well they connected with their fans simply be being honest, earnest, and unashamedly who they are, they rarely get the credit they rightly deserve for their musicianship. Gerard's voice is incredible, and has an unmistakable quality that so, so, so many of his "peers" lacked. Ray and Frank are world-fucking-class guitarists that can hang with any of the greats. Mikey's bass lines and Bob's drums are the fundamental backbones of half MCR's catalogue, if not more. They were/are, legitimately INCREDIBLE musicians, and all their successes were well, well deserved.
I am 42. They saved my life and still do to this day. Great video. They were there in my darkest time's. Trust me. I'm not okay ;) Never was!!
They really did save my life and I’m so excited to finally see them live this year 🖤
I love mcr. unfortunately, I was born in 2006, almost 2007, so I was never able to see them live
Around the same thing for me. It's sad bc this music will never die
I'm glad newer generations like yourself are still listening to them!
Same chief
Same here I was born the first day of 2006, and I love emo music
Same 😰
i guess they really are the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned
I don't listen to My Chem as much as I used to, and my music taste as evolved as an adult, but I don't think any band will ever have the impact on me that they did. They really shaped me and, like they did for so many others, got me through severe depression and suicidal/self harm tendencies as a teenager. I wish I could thank them one day.
I know so many people in the comments will be fans who also got through or maybe are still going through a really tough time, which is what drew you to MCR years ago. If you're reading this, well done, you're here, you're alive, and your teenage self would be so happy you lived to see MCR reunited again!
I just needed to write this.
The irony of the fact that the 2 beat shows I’ve ever seen were Slayer and My Chemical Romance. I love them both.
If I’d never found my chem, I don’t even know where I’d be today. They made me feel loved and not alone
I just started balling watching this. I've loved this band since 2002 when I got their "Bullets" album. Around the end of summer break going into sophomore year. Everything I was going through, MCR had my back. They are amazing live, you can feel the energy and they made all your crap vanish. I owe them my life for sure.
I hated them as a kid cause I thought it was "emo" and I listened to more hardcore stuff back then, but then a few years later I gave them a chance and now they're one of my favorite bands :)
This made me cry, they saved my life and will always be my favorite band with all of my heart. I love them so much and I'm so happy for each and everyone of them, when they were still together and now.🖤🖤🖤
it's so great that you took your time to make this video, there are some people that truly don't understand why they were so important to our generation.
MCR and Circa Survive were the best bands to come out of that early 2000s emo genre. I still listen to their albums 15 years later.
i just turned 22. i am currently experiencing the worst time of my life, and i rediscovered them right before my 22nd. i really didnt think i’d make it to my birthday, but i’m not kidding, this band pushed me through. i fully count myself as one of the thousands of lives saved by this band. i dont like to make them martyrs but it’s just the truth
damnit I'm crying I seriously don't know if I'd be alive if it wasn't for them Gee,Frank,Mikey,Ray,Bob thank you,I promise I'll never forget you
So long.and goodnight to the best thing that ever happened to our dark and miserable world
I got into my chemical romance about a year and a half ago, even if they're not together anymore they still inspire me every single day.
They're what keeps me going nowadays, I listen to them hours upon hours, I realised what I wanted to do with my life thanks to them and Brendon Urie. I feel like I am not lost anymore thanks to them, like I can be myself and like I'll be able to live with my scars and flaws.
this was How MCR saved the outcasts right? why was it reuploaded ? oyeahhh and I want the helena mv to be played at my funeral i love this band so fking much
He explained in the first comment
I love how this video is so serious throughout the whole thing but throws in puns here and there from the titles of the songs lol.
I am SO excited to see them again in June. 13 year old me would be so grateful for this year
Edit: I take it all back, 13 year old me would be horrified.. though we will see them next year!
So this man could have helped or made cartoons wonder how those would have come out
This band is my life I'm currently a middle school and they helped a lot
ãmēlìå bâñdérā he made The Umbrella Academy.
@@lesteryaytrippy7282 I thought he just made the music the more ya know
@@cherry-gusherz Gerard Way made the comic books of it and then collaborated with someone to turn it into a show. I forgot the director's name. He even made a song "A Hazy Shade of Winter" for the show.
I was in middle school when I first listened to them a decade ago and I'm so glad kids are still finding them
There's an accompanying comic for The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys
My 11 year old daughter loves MCR. Thanks for teaching me what its all about.
I, too am eternally grateful to my daughter for begging me to take her see them in 2006 when she was 14.
Pro Tip from a father: If your teenaged daughter asks you to take her to a concert...you say yes!
Doesn't matter if its gangster rap, death metal or drag queen show tunes; if you say no, that opportunity will never come again.
We saw them three times.
Now...I sing their shit!
The fact that they got things thrown at them and they just kept playing was amazing
8:20 Fun fact: I was at Oak City last year, and Gerard Way did a panel where he made a DnD character! I unfortunately missed this panel, because I chose to hang with some cosplay cool kids instead.
I saw this the first time you uploaded it and I saw it again now, both times it made me cry. Thank for making this, it reflects exactly what they were and still are even though they're not together anymore. They saved a lot of lives and this band saved themselves too, brought people together, taught the importance of art and be yourself.. such a great band👏
I CLICKED ON THE VIDEO AND DIDNT WANT TO START CRYING
same 🥲
I heard that Thank You For The Venom reference you made lol. Also this video is so accurate why can't people I know understand how important they are.
Gosh if they are really that desperate about finding a group for some D&D, they can hit me up.
The first time I saw the I'm not okay music video really helped me so much. I really hope I get to see them and the tour isn't cancelled. It would mean so much to me.
Love this video, love MCR so glad they are back together.
It’s so nice seeing the comment section filled with people sharing how mcr helped them. It’s true, they really did save the broken. I found them when I was in middle school and my mom was emotionally abusive and neglectful to me and I had no friends. People like to joke about it, but they really were there for me when it felt like no one else was. I will always me grateful for the ways they inspired so many people
1:24 Gerard Way working on The Umbrella Academy
Mcr really have saved my life. More than once actually. I've listened to them since I was 8 years old (now 18) and they're music has gotten me through many dark times. The first time I wanted to check out of my life I listened to 'The Light Behind Your Eyes' on constant loop for two weeks. The song kept my mind off of the things I was feeling and it truly saved me that first time. The second time it was pretty much the entire three cheers album on loop for two months. This band means the absolute world to me, and they are currently saving me once again...
My Mom was right there with me when I went through my MCR phase. She knew what it was like being a fan of a band/music genre that others would ridicule you for, she said that Guns and Roses was like that during the time. I can’t even imagine a time when Guns and Roses wasn’t cool, but apparently they were for the uncool kids. She also said that she was sure My Chemical Romance would come back the same way, that people would come to understand them, and I’m beginning to see that happen.
7:54 frank just jamming in the background i’m dying, i suppose you could say i’m not okay ;)
My Chemical Romance means the world to me
I was in middle school when I found them. My parents had divorced, I was a social outcast, and I was a band nerd. I used to sing 'I'm not okay' all the time as a warm-up song for music class. They got me through my awkward years, and I still listen to them over a decade later. Amazing guys and saviours to all those lonely souls.
i miss them everyday. the black parade means so much more to me than words can express.
oooooooOOHHHHHHH BOY OOH BOY OOH BOYYYYYYYYY
They have been my favorite band since I was eleven years old. I am so glad people are finally openly coming around to them and accepted them as the awesome and important artists and musicians that they are