Hii. Call me 3lle. Facts about mii.The book Twilight by Stephenie Meyers is my most favorite book evrr. I love music with every fiber of my
being; Rock & Grindcore being my faves. I don't know what I'd do without the amazing family/parents & friends that I have. I'll read any book or watch any movie that is about or has vampires. I can't stand <s>stupid</s>people.. though they are everywhere. I love dark and scarey things. I find beauty in many things that others don't. I take notice on minor details. I'm LAZY. I'm pretty optimistic for the pessimist that I am. I'm <big>paranoid</big> about the weirdest of things. Swimming is a major passion of mine. I love the beach. I tan easy. I'm not big on icecream. I l-o-v-e to read. I love eyeliner. I'm deffinetly a blondee. I'm slow while also being intelligent. I like using big words when the opportunity strikes up. I find puns to be a big fascination because to me, they're punny. +) I'm terrified that I'll die painfully. I obsess over death but you wouldn't know by just knowing me. Hot Topic is the greatest store invented by man and woman alike. My Chemical Romance is my fave band by far; Yes, I know.. There is much better out there but IDC. Black, limegreen, dark purple, and red are my fave colours. I have my own language, which I speak rather often. I can pinch my throat and it gives me a weird voice. I can create many accents. I love taking pictures. Scarey movies are another passion of mine. I have some of the COOLEST socks, like, everr. & one of the most important things about me: If you make me angry you got it coming, because between me and my beastii sisterr Riley, we can so BEAST you, heathen. Humm.. I could go on forever with these facts.. but I'm too A.D.D. to stay focused on this for that long<333 btw. Let's "wrastle". It's major funn! +)
                   
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My Chemical Romance.
The band members:
Gerard Way
Mikey Way
Ray Toro
Franky Iero
Bob Bryer
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Gerard Way first began singing in fourth grade, when he played the part of Peter Pan in a school production of the play. His grandmother, Elena who also taught him to sing, was so excited about his role that she made him a costume that included green tights. After this Way 'turned his back' on singing, saying, "Well, I don't want to be this weird singer kid, [I'm] into other things like comics and Iron Maiden". He then decided to pursue graphic arts. Way had always been interested in drawing and comics because his childhood house was a "dark and dingy gothic-looking" place in an area of New Jersey where it was crime-ridden. Dead bodies were almost frequently found in the West Hudson River, which was located in a park where children went to play. Way says that as a child, you couldn't really go out and play, so what he did was make up imaginary worlds in his head, which led on to his love for artwork.
After graduating from high school in 1995, he attended School of Visual Arts in New York City graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999. In 2001, Way says he tried to sell an animated television series to Cartoon Network[1] called The Breakfast Monkey. He maintains that Cartoon Network turned down the pitch because it was too similar to Aqua Teen Hunger Force, then already in production.
The Formation of My Chemical Romance When the September 11th attacks occurred, Way was working in the comic industry in New York, and could see the horror occurring at the Twin Towers. This inspired him to "do something with his life", and he formed the band My Chemical Romance. The song "Skylines and Turnstiles" is the first song ever written by My Chemical Romance, and it is based off of Way's experience with the 9/11 incident. The band's name, suggested by Mikey Way, came from a book written by Irvine Welsh, entitled Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance. Gerard brought together Ray Toro, Matt Pelissier (later replaced by Bob Bryar), Frank Iero, and his brother Mikey to play gigs along the East Coast. The band soon released its first album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002 under the at that time obscure New Jersey label Eyeball Records. Music turned out to be an effective means for Way to deal with his longtime battle against depression, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse, leading to the creation of deeply personal songs such as "Helena", written after the death of his grandmother, Elena Lee Rush.
Despite his success as a musician, Way has not left his drawing behind: He drew all of the art on the band's second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and has designed merchandise for his and other similar bands. He also has made efforts in order to raise money through his art for causes such as the fight against breast cancer. Other charity funds include working with The Used lead singer Bert McCracken to release a cover of the Queen and David Bowie single Under Pressure, on a Tsunami Relief charity CD.
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Mikey Way was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in Belleville, New Jersey. As a teenager, he stayed musically active by playing with a few small bands made up of friends, and occasionally his brother Gerard. One of these bands was named Raygun Jones. He is responsible for the band's name, which came from the book Ecstacy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh, while working at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Clifton, New Jersey. Mikey Way learned bass in order to be able to play in the band, which lacked a bassist at the time. He also dropped out of college so that he would have enough time to play with the band and record their first album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. He plays both a Highway 1 Precision Bass, and a Fender Standard Precision Bass. Mikey Way is Scottish and Italian. He and Gerard are maternal second cousins of Joe Rogan, Host of the NBC game/stunt show Fear Factor and former cast member of the sitcom News Radio.
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Raymond Emmanuel Toro-Ortiz was born July 15, 1977 in Kearny, New Jersey. Growing up, his mother was always extremely protective, and his father worked at the post office in the shipping department. Toro's family lived on a "dead end" street where he grew up in a Puerto Rican and Portuguese neighborhood. "There was definitely a funny collection of people hanging around my block", the guitarist told the magazine Alternative Press. "There was this guy who was this drug addict. Every couple of weeks he would OD and pass out outside my house. I would see the ambulance come and take him away." In the My Chemical Romance DVD Life on the Murder Scene, he explains how he wasn't allowed to go out to play because they were finding bodies in the local parks, and in the West Hudson Park river which was right around the corner from his house. Toro says that due to incidents like this, his parents didn't want to let him out of the house onto the streets by himself. Contrary to popular belief, Ray did not attend Belleville High School with My Chemical Romance members, Gerard Way, Mikey Way, and Frank Iero . Ray and Gerard reconnected with each other shortly after 9/11. Gerard came back into contact with Ray when Gerard decided he was unhappy as a cartoonist. He began calling old friends and immediately contacted Ray because he was "the greatest guitarist he'd known". Gerard was deeply disappointed to learn Ray was playing drums in another band. However Gerard still managed to talk Ray into forming a band, and the two, along with Matt Pelissier, formed My Chemical Romance. Ray is the lead guitarist for My Chemical Romance. Toro is in large part responsible for all the My Chemical Romance instrumentals, as well as writing the majority of My Chemical Romance's music, and often helps Frank write his guitar music
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Frank Iero was born on October 31, 1980 and grew up in Belleville, New Jersey, close to the other members of his current band, My Chemical Romance. He is also the lead singer for his band Leathermouth which is produced by Skeleton Crew. He was bullied throughout high school at Queen Of Peace in North Arlington and went to Rutgers University on a scholarship, but eventually dropped out because he felt that My Chemical Romance, which he had only recently joined, was going somewhere (though he still believes he should have a backup plan, as he stated in the band's Life on the Murder Scene DVD). He has played in various bands since the age of eleven, much like fellow bandmate Gerard Way. His mother allowed him to play in their basement to the point where she couldn't sleep. In addition to his band Pencey Prep, Frank also played with the bands Hybrid, Sector 12, I Am a Graveyard, and briefly with Give Up the Ghost.[1] Frank was recruited after his band Pencey Prep, for which he was the lead singer, broke up. He was invited to join after the band decided they needed another guitarist (in addition to Ray Toro) to fill out the sound. On My Chemical Romance's first album, he played on "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" and "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". Shortly after joining the band, while on tour, he had a scorpion tattooed on his neck. In Life on the Murder Scene he states that he got the tattoo as high on his neck as possible so no one else would employ him, because he knew that this band was something important that would last. He currently is the rhythm guitarist, and youngest member of the band. Iero recently fell ill and had to leave My Chemical Romance's Japanese and Australian Tour and was sent home to the US to recover, while the guitarist from the band Drive By filled in for him. More recently, Frank Iero became ill and only played half a show in London, England on March 30, 2007. His guitar technician Matt Cortez had to fill in for him. It was reported by Geoff Rickly of support band Thursday after the show that he had food poisoning, and he had recovered in time to play in Dublin, Ireland.
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Bob Bryar attended school at Eisenhower Junior High in Darien, Illinois. Bob once played drums and symphonic in a jazz band. After Junior High, he went on to go to Downers Grove South High School. There he joined the marching band and was the section leader of their drumline. Bryar is the only member of My Chemical Romance who was not an original member and he is also the only one who is not from New Jersey. He replaced Matt Pelissier in 2004 after being a sound mixer for The Used. Contrary to popular belief, he did not play the drums for the band on their second album. The video for "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" was filmed with Bob drumming before he became an "official" member of the band.
My Chemical Romance & The Black Parade
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