Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is the most significant band in alternative rock in the last decade. Inspirational, original, and stunningly creative, they forged an extraordinary connection with their fans. Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance is their definitive biography.

Author Tom Bryant has been given unparalleled access to the band over the years, and now he draws on interviews with Gerard Way, his brother Mikey, Ray Toro, and Frank Iero, as well as friends and associates, to bring their stories to life. In this unauthorized biography, he takes us behind the scenes from their very first show in front of thirty kids in New Jersey-the Ways downing beer to calm their nerves-to international arena-storming superstardom. He sheds light on the personal demons the bandmates battled and the haunted recording sessions that resulted in the brilliance of The Black Parade. He also explores the genesis of their music, the constant reinvention that culminated in the visual splendor of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the strains that led to their split in 2013.

Insightful and revealing, Not the Life It Seems presents one of the most adored rock bands of this century, their story an epic saga of self-belief and the pursuit of dreams.
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Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is the most significant band in alternative rock in the last decade. Inspirational, original, and stunningly creative, they forged an extraordinary connection with their fans. Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance is their definitive biography.

Author Tom Bryant has been given unparalleled access to the band over the years, and now he draws on interviews with Gerard Way, his brother Mikey, Ray Toro, and Frank Iero, as well as friends and associates, to bring their stories to life. In this unauthorized biography, he takes us behind the scenes from their very first show in front of thirty kids in New Jersey-the Ways downing beer to calm their nerves-to international arena-storming superstardom. He sheds light on the personal demons the bandmates battled and the haunted recording sessions that resulted in the brilliance of The Black Parade. He also explores the genesis of their music, the constant reinvention that culminated in the visual splendor of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the strains that led to their split in 2013.

Insightful and revealing, Not the Life It Seems presents one of the most adored rock bands of this century, their story an epic saga of self-belief and the pursuit of dreams.
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Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance

Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance

by Tom Bryant
Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance

Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance

by Tom Bryant

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My Chemical Romance is the most significant band in alternative rock in the last decade. Inspirational, original, and stunningly creative, they forged an extraordinary connection with their fans. Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance is their definitive biography.

Author Tom Bryant has been given unparalleled access to the band over the years, and now he draws on interviews with Gerard Way, his brother Mikey, Ray Toro, and Frank Iero, as well as friends and associates, to bring their stories to life. In this unauthorized biography, he takes us behind the scenes from their very first show in front of thirty kids in New Jersey-the Ways downing beer to calm their nerves-to international arena-storming superstardom. He sheds light on the personal demons the bandmates battled and the haunted recording sessions that resulted in the brilliance of The Black Parade. He also explores the genesis of their music, the constant reinvention that culminated in the visual splendor of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and the strains that led to their split in 2013.

Insightful and revealing, Not the Life It Seems presents one of the most adored rock bands of this century, their story an epic saga of self-belief and the pursuit of dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780306823497
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 09/30/2014
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Tom Bryant has written for Kerrang!, Q, MOJO, The Guardian, and others over a fifteen-year music-writing career. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Thank You for the Venom ix

1 Give 'Em Hell, Kid 1

2 Early Sunsets over Monroeville 14

3 This is the Best Day Ever 31

4 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love 44

5 Headfirst for Halos 62

6 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge 83

7 Party Poison 102

8 I'm Not Okay 111

9 Burn Bright 132

10 Heaven Help Us 143

11 Welcome to the Black Parade 152

12 Hang 'em High 176

13 Planetary (Go!) 190

14 The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You 198

15 Drowning Lessons 217

16 My Lovenote Has Gone Flat 233

17 Save Yourself 244

18 Danger Days, Here We Come Again 253

19 Look Alive, Sunshine 270

20 Disenchanted 291

21 Dead! 299

Acknowledgements 315

Sources 317

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