Long Lost Love.



My Chemical Romance, Revenge, ANGST.



In high school, a lot people knew me for my overwhelming love for two bands. The first was Green Day. And through Green Day, I was introduced to the second; My Chemical Romance. I obsessed over My Chemical Romance's first two albums for a few years while in high school. I mean, they do scream "I'm an angsty teenager!!!" Which I totally was.

I saw them in concert twice during their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge tour. The first time they were the opening act for Green Day (this was how I discovered them in 2004) and the second time they were the headliners.

This music video pretty much summed up my feelings for MCR and also sums up how awesome they were during Revenge.

Pretty damn appealing to an angsty teenager huh?

But when their next album The Black Parade came out, I was a senior in high school. I had pretty much gone through my super angsty stage and was becoming a strange and edgy hippy flower child. I was becoming more interested in bands like The Shins, She and Him, Joshua Radin... more mellow sounds than My Chemical Romance's shattering rock sound. Despite this though, I still bought the CD. I listened to it for a while but I became bored with the same dark messages that targeted the type of teenager I no longer was. 

So I had a sort of break up with My Chemical Romance. For the reasons above but also because they reminded me of someone I hurt... and I wanted to forget that for a while.

The break probably lasted almost four years. Last week I was watching Glee like I do every week when I saw this:



My Chemical Romance, Danger Days, less angst.



And I found out that My Chemical Romance had released a new album. I immediately did some research and started listening to the new album. To my surprise I found that I was absolutely in love with it. My Chemical Romance had reinvented their sound and it almost seemed to me that they had reinvented to exactly the sound I would love. They lightened up a bit, but kept their amazing quirkiness, unique style, and chilling lyrics. Gerard even stopped wearing eyeliner. The concept of this album is smart, interesting, and new. The songs are all incredibly catchy with clever lyrics and the same edge I know and love about My Chemical Romance. After listening to Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, I definitely can remember why I love My Chemical Romance and I'm so happy that I'm able to start listening to them again and revist my old love :)

 So I'll leave you with this: a great new song and the introduction to the Mad Max-esque concept that the album adopts.