My Chemical Romance dominated the
American rock scene during the mid-2000s
releasing four albums during its 12-year
tenure the New Jersey band was best
known for its epics 2006 concept album
The Black Parade but in 2013 the email
outfit shocked fans when lead vocalist
Gerard Way lead guitarist ray Toro
rhythm guitarist Frank I arrow and
bassist Mikey Way decided to split so
what if these rock stars been up - let's
find out - the end
MCR disbanded in March 2013 with a brief
note on their website saying being in
this band for the past twelve years has
been a true blessing and now like all
great things it has come time for it to
end Gerard said during an interview on
BBC Radio 1 in 2014 we didn't want to
keep going and let the band rust out on
the rails it wasn't an easy thing to
come - it was sad because it wasn't a
situation where anybody hated each other
Toro goes solo ray Toro took time to
find his own voice after MCR splits
releasing a string of songs on
soundcloud his solo effort remember the
laughter was released in November 2016
Toro wrote on his site I couldn't be
happier to get the record in your hands
and in your ears I really hope these
songs become a part of your lives
as they have become a part of mine and
something else that became a part of his
life a kid after MCR split Toro and his
wife Christa welcomed a son in 2013 he
told team Rock the split was almost like
a blessing in disguise because without
the band's I was able to be home and be
a part of my son's life it's nice to lay
roots down rather than just work all the
time I arrow goes punk Frank I arrows
first post MCR endeavor came in 2014
with the release of solo punk album
stomachaches under the moniker frankie
arrow and the celebration i ro recorded
every instrument on the album apart from
drums then in october 2016 i ro released
his follow-up effort parachutes under
the guise of frankie arrow and the
patience which hit number 26 on
Billboard's top rock albums chart that
year but the band's international tour
was cut short in October 2016 when I
arrow guitarist Evan Esther and band
manager Paul Clegg were involved in a
serious accident in Sydney while the
trio was unloading its van before a gig
a public bus collided with them
miraculously the three survived the
frontman told MTV in 2017 I ended up
underneath the bumper of this massive
vehicle
I thought whoever I couldn't see or hear
had to be dead and if they weren't dead
yet then we all would be soon
Mikey Way and electric century when MCR
parted ways Gerard's younger brother
Mikey teamed up with vocalist David DB
AK of sleep station to form electric
century in 2014 the electronic inspires
duo self-titled EP came out a year later
following the release of its first
single I lied the song earned the band a
spot on the alt press 100 bands you need
to know' list and the group's debut LP
for the night to control dropped in 2016
as Mikey told billboard in 2017 electric
century sound is heavily influenced by
Brit pop he says I always wanted to
scratch that new order itch since I was
a teenager I wanted to do my version of
new order but Mike he has also struggled
with addiction and things came to a head
after MCR broke up the band ended and I
was going through a divorce at the same
time the way I knew how to deal with
that through life was to self medicate
so that's what I did it was his new band
mate DB AK who finally staged the
intervention that led to Mikey's
recovery Mikey said it was a relief for
me to be me sober that was the true
journey afterwards when you get out of
rehab that's when the real starts Gerard
Way slips careers
MCR frontman Gerard Way solo album
hesitant alien actually marked a return
to his roots
the singer told billboard it's almost
like this solo record is a re-education
of what I was into before my whole trip
through music I always felt like an
alien
hesitance alien peaked at number 16 on
the Billboard 200 and topped the alt
press ten essential albums of 2014 list
but Gerard's career took a surprising
turn when he turned to comic book
writing for DC in 2015 Girard had begun
the non DC series umbrella Academy in
2007 under Dark Horse after studying at
the School of Visual Arts in New York he
told the Guardian I guess I've been a
comics reader all my life I wanted to
tell strange stories stories that had
hearts Gerard's umbrella Academy was
picked up by Netflix and is slated for a
2018 release and along with his album
drop in 2014 Gerrard opened up about his
fluid gender identity during a reddit
AMA during the Q&A a fan told him they
figured out their own identity from
watching the rocker on stage and in
emcee ours music videos Gerrard revealed
I have always identified a fair amount
with the female gender and began at a
certain point at MCR to express this
through my look and performance style
masculinity to me has always made me
feel like it wasn't right for me My
Chemical Reunion will the band get back
together signs point to maybe Gerard
told Billboard in 2017 I wouldn't count
a reunion out but at the same time
everybody's doing stuff in their lives
now that they're really enjoying and
that seems to be the general consensus
among the former bandmates Toro told NME
in 2016 here and there I think we all
probably miss making music together but
I think at the same time we're all very
focused on our current projects thanks
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