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'''Quality''' refers to the distinctive characteristics or properties of a person, [[object]], process or other [[wiktionary:thing|thing]]. Such characteristics may enhance a subject's distinctiveness, or may denote some degree of achievement or excellence.

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When used in relation to people, the term may also signify a personal [[moral character|character]] or [[Trait (biological)|trait]].

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When used in relation to [[management]], the term may be easily defined as "reduction of [[variability]]" or "compliance with [[specifications]]".

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| Alias = My Chem, MCR, [[The Black Parade]]

| Origin = [[New Jersey]], [[USA]]

| Genre =[[Alternative rock]]<br>[[My Chemical Romance#Genre disputes and influences|Disputed subgenres]]<!--DO NOT CHANGE THE GENRE WITHOUT FIRST DISCUSSING IN TALK PAGE-->

| Years_active = [[2001]]&ndash;present

| Label = [[Eyeball Records|Eyeball]], [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]

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| Current_members = [[Gerard Way]]<br/>[[Mikey Way]]<br />[[Frank Iero]]<br/>[[Ray Toro]]<br/>[[Bob Bryar]]

| Past_members = [[Matt Pelissier]]

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'''My Chemical Romance''' (also known as '''My Chem''', '''MCR''', or '''The Black Parade''') is an [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band from [[New Jersey]]. Formed in [[2001]], the band consists of [[Gerard Way]] (lead vocals), [[Mikey Way]] (bass), [[Bob Bryar]] (drums), [[Frank Iero]] (rhythm guitar), and [[Ray Toro]] (lead guitar). The band members hail from [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]] and [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]], New Jersey, except drummer Bob Bryar, who is from [[Chicago, Illinois]]. [[Bassist]] Mikey Way coined the band's name from a book entitled ''[[Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance]]'', by [[Irvine Welsh]].

The term is sometimes contrasted with the concept of [[quantity]]. In [[science]], the work of [[Aristotle]] focused on measuring quality, whereas the work of [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] resulted in a shift towards the study of quantity.

==Biography==

Quality can be used as a tool of measurement, like [[metric]] or [[fahrenheit]], as it is used to judge both subjects that are esteemed as credible and agreeable as "high quality" and subjects that are viewed as confusing, offensive, unhelpful, or incredible as "low quality." But quality is also used as a positive word, as in the sense of "this is a quality chair." Its antonym can be perceived as [[poorness]], [[incredibility]], [[unhelpfulness]], and a variety of other words that reflect the concept of having low quality.

===''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'' and Early career (2001&ndash;2002)===

[[Image:MCRBroughtYouMyBullets.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The album cover for ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]'', My Chemical Romance's debut album]]

The band was formed by frontman [[Gerard Way]] and ex-drummer [[Matt Pelissier]] around a week after [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. Gerard had witnessed the planes crashing into the [[World Trade Center]]. It influenced his life to the extent that he decided to start a band. Gerard wrote the song "[[Skylines and Turnstiles]]" to express his feelings about September 11th. Shortly thereafter, [[Ray Toro]] was called up and asked to join the band because Gerard could sing, but couldn't play the guitar as well as he felt Toro could.<ref name="alt press">[http://www.theimmortalityproject.com/fansite/press/apnov04.html November 2004 issue of the Alternative Press]</ref>

The first recording sessions were done in Matt's attic, where the songs "[[Our Lady of Sorrows (song)|Our Lady of Sorrows]]" (then called "Bring More Knives") and "[[Cubicles (song)|Cubicles]]" were recorded. [[Mikey Way]], the younger brother of Gerard, loved the demo so much that he decided to learn to play the [[bass (instrument)|bass]] and join the band.<ref name="alt press"/>

[[ISO 9000 ]] defines quality as "degree to which a set of inherent characteristic fulfils requirements".

My Chemical Romance was signed with [[Eyeball Records]] and played in the same room as [[Pencey Prep]] and [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]]. It was there that the band met [[Frank Iero]], the lead vocalist and [[guitarist]] for Pencey Prep. After Pencey Prep broke up in [[2001]] or [[2002]], Frank became a guitarist for My Chemical Romance, just days before the band's debut album was recorded.<ref name="alt press"/>

Three months after the formation of the band they recorded their debut album, ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]'', subsequently released in 2002 on Eyeball Records. Despite only joining the band a few days before the album recording sessions began, Frank Iero played guitar on two of the tracks, one of them being "[[Early Sunsets Over Monroeville]]".

==In manufacturing==

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===''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' and Major career (2003&ndash;2005)===

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[[Image:MCRThreeCheers.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The album cover for ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]'', the band's second album and their first on a major label]]

In [[2003]], the band signed a deal with [[Reprise Records]]. Following a tour with [[Avenged Sevenfold]] the band began work on their second album, entitled ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''. Released in [[2004]], the album went platinum within a year. The band released three singles from the album: "[[I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]]", "[[Helena (song)|Helena]]" and "[[The Ghost of You]]".

It was during this time that the band replaced their drummer, [[Matt Pelissier]] with [[Bob Bryar]], after they went to Japan in August 2004. The true nature of Pelissier's departure was due to an argument with band member Ray Toro or as a result of mistakes made by the drummer during live performances.

"Quality" as defined by the [[American Society for Quality]] is "the characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs." Therefore, the quality of a product relates to how well the product serves the needs of the customer; as perceived by the customer.

At the start of [[2005]], the band was directly supported on the first ever [[Taste of Chaos]] tour, and was also the opening act for [[Green Day]] on the ''[[American Idiot]]'' tour. Later that year MCR co-headlined and headlined their own tour,with [[Alkaline Trio]] and [[Reggie and the Full Effect]], around the US.

Many different techniques and concepts have evolved to improve manufacturing quality, including [[Statistical process control|SPC]], [[Zero Defects]], [[Six Sigma]], [[quality circle]]s, [[TQM]] and [[continuous improvement]].

That same year My Chemical Romance and [[The Used]] collaborated on a cover of the [[David Bowie]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]] classic "[[Under Pressure]]" that was released as a benefit single on [[iTunes]] and other Internet outlets.

===Historical development of the concept===

The meaning for the term '''quality''' has developed over time. Seven distinctive interpretations:

===''Life on the Murder Scene'' (Summer 2006)===

# "Conformance to specifications" ([[Phil Crosby]] in the [[1980s]]). The difficulty with this is that the specifications may not be what the [[customer]] wants; Crosby treats this as a separate problem.

On [[March 21]], [[2006]], a 2 [[DVD]]/1 [[Compact Disc|CD]] set entitled ''[[Life on the Murder Scene]]'' was released. It includes one DVD chronicling the band's history, and a second DVD with music videos, the making of their videos and a couple of live performances. An unauthorized biography DVD ''[[Things That Make You Go MMM!]]'' was also released, on [[June 27]], [[2006]]. The DVD does not actually feature any My Chemical Romance music clips or performances, but contains interviews with those who knew the band before much of their fame.<ref name="Things That Make You Go MMM Product info">{{cite web

# "Fitness for use" ([[Dr. Joseph Moses Juran|Joseph M. Juran]]). Fitness is defined by the customer.

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# A two-dimensional model of quality ([[Noriaki Kano]] and others). The quality has two dimensions: "must-be quality" and "attractive quality". The former is near to the "fitness for use" and the latter is what the customer would love, but has not yet thought about. Supporters characterise this model more succinctly as: "[[Product (business)|Products]] and [[service]]s that meet or exceed customers' expectations". One writer believes (without citation) that this is today the most used interpretation for the term '''quality'''.

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# "Value to some person" ([[Gerald M. Weinberg]])

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# ([[W. Edwards Deming]]), "Quality is pride of workmanship." See http://www.deming.org/

# "The loss a product imposes on society after it is shipped"([[G. Taguchi]]), Taguchi’s definition of quality is based on a more comprehensive view of the production system.

# [[Energy quality]], associated with both the energy engineering of industrial systems and the qualitative differences in the trophic levels of an ecosystem.

[[Image:Blackparadecover.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The album cover for ''[[The Black Parade]]'', the band's third studio album]]

==In music==

The band started recording their third studio album on [[April 10]], [[2006]] with [[Rob Cavallo]], producer of many of [[Green Day]]'s albums.<ref name="pauseandplay">{{cite web

In [[music]] '''quality''' refers primarily to the [[timbre]], but also [[dynamics]] and [[musical texture]], of a section or piece.

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It was originally thought to be titled ''The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance'', but in an interview with [[Kerrang!]] magazine Way suggested this was just the album's working title, stating "It was never the title of the album, more a spoof, or joke."<ref name="blackparade">{{cite web

==In phonetics==

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In [[phonetics]] '''quality''' refers to the [[articulation|articulatory]] features that distinguish [[vowel]]s and to their [[acoustics|acoustic]] correspondent. Vowel quality is opposed to [[vowel length|vowel quantity]].

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On August 3, 2006, the band finished shooting the videos for their first two singles from ''The Black Parade'', "[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]" and "[[Famous Last Words (song)|Famous Last Words]]", to be released on Janurary 22, 2007.<ref name="Billboard">http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=489806&aid=812296</ref> The video was directed by [[Samuel Bayer|Sam Bayer]], director of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" and [[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot (album)|American Idiot]]'' videos.<ref name="videostatic">{{cite web

==In philosophy==

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[[Robert M. Pirsig]], in his book ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'', studies the [[Metaphysics of Quality|philosophical aspects of Quality]], and examines the distinctions and relationship between [[classicism|classical]] and [[romantic]] quality, seeking to reconcile the two views and understand how they stand in relationship to each other.

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During the shoot for "Famous Last Words", band members Gerard Way and Bob Bryar were injured. Way suffered a burn to the leg and torn ligaments in his ankle and Bryar a staph infection that needed constant monitoring in the hospital. Consequently the band was forced to cancel a couple of shows. While these injuries were reported by several news agencies to have been the result of a car accident, a statement released by the band on their website and MySpace has confirmed that these injuries occurred on the set of the video.<ref name="mychemicalromance">{{cite web

In this context the two aspects of classical and romantic quality roughly parallel [[aesthetics|aesthetic]] quality and [[functionality|functional]] quality. Alternatively, they parallel the notions of [[Hip (slang)|hip]] and [[Square (slang)|square]] used by youth at the time to loosely describe the two sides in the [[1960s]] social revolution at the time of writing.

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| title= My Chemical Romance News}}</ref><ref name="myspace">{{cite web

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===''The Black Parade'' (August 2006&ndash;)===

==See also==

[[Image:Mcr hammersmith album announcement.jpg|thumb|right|"The Black Parade" outside of the Hammersmith Palais in London]]

* [[ISO 9000]]

On [[August 22]], 2006, the band played a special one-off show at the 1800-capacity London [[Hammersmith Palais]]. The show sold out in 15 minutes prompting tickets being sold on eBay well over the tickets' face value. The band is known to make an interesting creative appearance at these types of shows, such as arriving in coffins. The name of the album they promoted was announced and 20 people dressed in black capes with their faces obscured paraded around Hammersmith, followed by a large group of fans and street team members with signs saying "The Black Parade". Later during the show the album title and the UK release date were confirmed. Posters and stickers and a very small number of Black Parade T-Shirts were also given to people in the queue by the street team members. Prior to the band taking the stage it was announced that "My Chemical Romance" were unable to play, but they would be replaced by "The Black Parade". After initial crowd hostility it became clear the band were simply performing under a pseudonym in keeping with the theme of the album. When the set began, the backdrop art displayed the words "The Black Parade". New songs played included "House of Wolves", "The End", "Dead!", and live debuts for "I Don't Love You" and "Cancer".

* [[Quality Management System]]

* [[Quality time]]

* [[Quality control]]

* [[Six Sigma]]

* [[Total Quality Management]]

* [[Metaphysics of Quality]] from [[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]] and [[Lila: An Inquiry into Morals]] by [[Robert M. Pirsig]]

* [[Software quality]]

* [[Video quality]]

* [[Energy quality]]

On September 2nd 2006, My Chemical Romance posted "Welcome to the Black Parade" on their Myspace page and their purevolume page. It can also be heard on the official website. <ref name="mychemicalromance">{{cite web

==Finding related topics==

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* [[list of economics topics]]

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* [[list of information technology management topics]]

| title= My Chemical Romance}}</ref> "Welcome to the Black Parade" had its first radio airing on September 11th, 2006. On [[September 26]], [[2006]] the "Welcome to the Black Parade" music video was released in the UK, and on [[September 27]]in the US. <ref name="blackparade"/>

* [[list of production topics]]

On October 9th, 2006, My Chemical Romance played at [[Spike TV]]'s 2006 Scream Awards. Various street team members dressed up in white masks and others played drum cadences as the band was introduced. They played "Welcome to the Black Parade". <ref name="MCR At Spike Awards">{{cite web

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[[Image:Mcrnewlogo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The new My Chemical Romance logo, also showing the band's new look]]

On October 12th, 2006, My Chemical Romance made a rare in-store performance to 500 fans at [[Virgin Megastores]] on London's [[Oxford Street]]. During the bands 35 minute set, they played "House of Wolves", "Famous Last Words" and "Welcome to the Black Parade" from ''The Black Parade'', alongside a handful of songs from the band's back catalogue. In order to get wristbands for the event, many fans slept outside the shop the previous night. British band [[Towers Of London]] caused trouble at the event when the Towers guitarist, Dirk Tourette, allegedly flicked a cigarette butt at Bob Bryar while he was performing.<ref name="nme">{{cite web

| url= http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/24700

| publisher= nme

| title= My Chemical Romance News}}</ref> After the live performance, the band met fans and signed records for several hours.

"Welcome to the Black Parade" reached number one on October 15th, 2006, in the UK, giving them their first number one.

October 21, 2006 marked their first appearance on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' as the musical guests.

''[[The Black Parade]]'' was released on October 24th, 2006 in the USA and October 23rd, 2006 in the UK.

My Chemical Romance is playing six dates from [[January 19]] to [[February 4]], [[2007]] in the world renowned [[Big Day Out]] festival in Australia and New Zealand. They are billed alongside [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]], [[The Killers (band)|The Killers]], and [[Jet (band)|Jet]].

Recently in Kerrang! magazine, My Chemical Romance won the polls for Best Band, Worst Band, Best Album (''The Black Parade''), Worst Album (''The Black Parade''), Best Track ("Welcome to the Black Parade"), Best Video ("Welcome to the Black Parade"), Best Live Show, Best Thing About 2006, Worst Thing About 2006, Hero of 2006 (Gerard Way), Villain of 2006 (Gerard Way), and Sexiest Male (Gerard Way).

The band has planned a 2007 arena tour with support from [[Rise Against]] and has released the dates on their website. Contrary to a an announcement made by Gerard Way at a recent show, [[Muse (band)|Muse]] will not be a part of the tour.

==Genre disputes and influences==

The band has been described variously by the media as "[[Emo (music)|emo]]"<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web

| url= http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/mychemicalromance/blackparade

|publisher= Metacritic.com

| title=''The Black Parade'' on Metacritic.com}}</ref><ref name="ukmusic">{{cite web

| url= http://www.ukmusic.com/reviews/rock-and-indie/my-chemical-romance-the-black-parade.html

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| title=''The Black Parade'' review on ukmusic.com}}</ref>, "[[Indie rock|indie]]", "[[pop punk]]", "[[post-hardcore]]" and "[[Punk rock|punk]] revival"<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web

| url= http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:mw98b5p4psq4

|publisher= [[All Music Guide]]

| title=My Chemical Romance}}</ref>. The band themselves described their music as simply "[[Rock music|rock]]" or "violent, dangerous [[Pop music|pop]]" on their official website,<ref>[http://www.mychemicalromance.com/mcrhtml/band.html Official website]'s band biography, accessed September 15, 2006. <!--NOTE: This is a dead link. Despite this, it should not be removed per [[Wikipedia talk:Cite sources/archive8]]. See [[Talk:My Chemical Romance/Archive 2]]. --></ref> as well as rejecting the term "[[Emo (music)|emo]]"<ref name="aiminterview">{{cite web

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| title="I dont think Emo ever fit us ... even in the beginning ... maybe geographically but at that time, when we would play VFW halls...we were always odd man out"}}</ref> to describe their style. But another source quotes Gerard stating they are "What-else-ya-got-emo".<ref name="alt press"/>

My Chemical Romance cite their main influences as [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]], [[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]], [[The Misfits]], and [[Morrissey]]/[[The Smiths]]. <ref name="artistdirect">{{cite web

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| title=My Chemical Romance Bio}}</ref> [[Geoff Rickly]], the lead singer of Thursday, has also compared them to [[Ink & Dagger]].<ref name="alt press"/> Growing up, they were also very influenced by horror films and comic books, and therefore their music, lyrics, and image all have overt elements of fantasy, storytelling, horror, and theatricality.

==Criticism==

[[Image:Mychemicalromanceindex.jpg|thumb|left|MCR's former image]]

===Fanbase===

My Chemical Romance was initially lauded as a band with a strong "grassroots" or "cult" following. It was among the first bands to achieve prominence by offering free downloads through [[PureVolume]]<ref name="downloads">{{cite web

| url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-03-09-internet-jukebox_x.htm

| publisher= ''[[USA Today]]''

| title= Music fans reach for the stars}}</ref> and the "[[Social network|social networking]]" site [[MySpace]], where MCR gathered its first 100,000 fans.<ref name="wired">{{cite web

| url= http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,67545-0.html

| publisher= ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]]''

| title= Bands Embrace Social Networking}}</ref> The band has clearly grown well beyond those initial numbers, expanding their fan base beyond the typical fans of their musical style and direction <ref name="mtv">{{cite web

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| title= A Mixed Set to a Mixed Crowd}}</ref>, partially helped by the more mainstream sound of their 2004 album, ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''. MCR are sometimes maligned by the "grassroots" fans for the expanded fan base, due to attracting fans they claim are "teeny boppers", after the release of ''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge''. Due to the increased amount of new fans, some of the old fanbase considers the band a "[[sellout]]" and the new MCR fans "posers". The fans are particularly vocal on online forums. <ref name="mychemicalslash">{{cite web

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| publisher= My Chemical Slash, an MCR LiveJournal community

| title= My Chemical Romance}}</ref> <ref name="fandomination">{{cite web

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| title= My Chemical Romance Fiction Section}}</ref>

[[Fan fiction]] about MCR has become common online on fansites, [[LiveJournal]] groups, [[fan fiction]] sites, and [[Quizilla]]. These stories are often about the band members having some connection with the [[underworld]] or [[Hell]], or dealing with various parts of life. However some, if not most, of these stories promote the band as [[sex symbol]]s. These stories usually portray the band having sexual relations, or relations in general, with either original characters, bandmates, or other celebrities, most often [[The Used]]. The band has thus become prominent in [[Slash fiction#Real person slash|real person slash fiction]]. However, some fans feel these stories were inappropriate, which led to a large feud among users of Iconator. The feud on Iconator was based on the fact that "the members of My Chemical Romance do not deserve to be treated like 'sex icons', and do deserve to be treated like normal people, because that's what they are." <ref name="quizilla">{{cite web

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| title= Fan fiction}}</ref>

===Image===

Much of My Chemical Romance's music is 'horror film' based, and their photos and art are rather bloody. Due to this, MCR are often criticized for their appearance being [[Emo (slang)|emo]].

The band [[Guttermouth]] was supposedly removed from the 2004 [[Warped Tour]] for insulting My Chemical Romance, stating that the band were more concerned about their clothing and making money, rather than the artistic merits of the music they make. This is denied by Guttermouth, who claim they left of their own accord and not due to a complaint by My Chemical Romance.

In October 2006, the British [[Indie Rock]] band [[Kasabian]] criticized My Chemical Romance, labelling them "clowns" and "emo kids" who "don't have anything positive to say" and "should get out more and try and have a good time instead."<ref>{{cite web

| url= http://www.nme.com/news/kasabian/24719

| publisher= NME.com

| title= Kasabian slam My Chemical Romance}}</ref>

===Bottled===

My Chemical Romance played the main stage at the 2006 [[Reading and Leeds Festival]]s - this was the largest show they have ever played in the UK. According to issue 221 of [[Alternative Press]], they followed [[Slayer]] and were not received warmly by the crowd at Reading, as the band was subjected to heavy [[concert bottling]]. Large sections of the audience threw bacon, tangerines, golf balls, and drink [[bottle]]s filled with [[urine]] at the group as they played. This reportedly upset frontman Way, who then introduced a track saying, "''This song is called Thanks For All The Bottles, Thanks For All The Piss, Thanks For All The Golf Balls, Thanks For All The Apples And Thanks For All The Sticky Shit.''"<ref>{{cite web

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| title= My Chemical Romance shelled by crowd}}</ref> In NME's highly laudatory review for 'The Black Parade', Dan Martin referenced the actions of the Reading crowd, stating "Long live My Chemical Romance, the outrageously-camp, loud and righteous new kings of the world. Those bottle-chucking haters are just going to have to get used to it." <ref>{{cite web

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| title= Reviews - My Chemical Romance: The Black Parade}}</ref>

==Relationship with The Used==

[[The Used]] is known to have both a personal and a professional relationship with My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance and The Used have covered "Under Pressure" (originally by [[David Bowie]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]]) in concert on multiple occasions. Bert also sings on the track "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison," off of My Chemical Romance's ''Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge''. Critics, however, have often criticized this relationship saying that My Chemical Romance used their relationship with The Used to gain a more international and wider audience. However, on My Chemical Romance's DVD, ''Life On The Murder Scene'', the band's manager, Brian Schecter, stated that he introduced the two bands to each other, as he had once been The Used's tour manager.

In recent months, however, the two lead singers of both bands seem to have had a fallout due to disagreements over the addition of "Under Pressure" to ''[[In Love and Death]]''.

In an interview with ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', Way talks about the last time he and Bert McCracken crossed paths, during the San Diego stop of Warped Tour 2005. "It was really unfortunate," says Way. "We were about to take the stage and he was standing with a megaphone trying to get kids not to watch us. We just hit the feedback and drowned him out."<ref>http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2283</ref>

==Tribute Acts==

A number of tributes have been made to the work of My Chemical Romance. A one off project called "The Not Okay Kids" covered of a set of My Chemical Romance's songs from their first two albums. Another act that took on the task of creating a CD of tribute to the band was the [[Da Capo Chamber Players]]. They produced an album playing instrumental versions of a selection of tracks, again, from the bands first two albums.{{cn}} A CD will be released [[January 9]], [[2007]], with ten songs that are piano tributes to the band. It features Welcome to the Black Parade, and nine songs from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.<ref name="amazon">http://www.amazon.com/My-Chemical-Romance-Piano-Tribute/dp/B000KP6338/sr=1-25/qid=1166482116/ref=sr_1_25/103-2683221-7379047?ie=UTF8&s=music</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===

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|[[Image:MCRBroughtYouMyBullets.jpg|center|100px|]]

|[[June 23]], [[2002]]

|''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]''

|[[Eyeball Records]]

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|-

|[[Image:MCRThreeCheers.jpg|center|100px|]]

|[[June 8]], [[2004]]

|''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|[[Reprise Records]]

|#28<ref name="billboard">http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=489806&model.vnuAlbumId=798775</ref>

|Platinum

|-

|[[Image:Life_on_the_murder_scene.jpg|center|100px|]]

|[[March 21]], [[2006]]

|''[[Life on the Murder Scene]]''

|[[Reprise Records]]

|#30<ref name="billboard"/>

|Gold

|-

|[[Image:Blackparadecover.jpg|center|100px|]]

|[[October 23]], [[2006]] (International)<br />[[October 24]], [[2006]] (US)<br />[[October 28]], [[2006]] (Australia)

|''[[The Black Parade]]''

|[[Reprise Records]]

|#2<ref name="billboard"/>

|Gold

|}

===Singles===

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! width="257" rowspan="2"| Title

! colspan="6"| Chart Positions

! width="257" rowspan="2"| Album

|-

! width="86"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|U.S. Hot 100]]</small>

! width="86"| <small>[[Pop 100]]</small>

! width="86"| <small>[[Modern Rock Tracks|U.S. Modern Rock]]</small>

! width="86"| <small>[[Mainstream Rock Tracks|U.S. Mainstream Rock]]</small>

! width="86"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart]]</small>

! width="86"| <small>[[ARIA Charts]]

|-

| [[2002 in music|2002]]

| ''[[Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> 182

|<center> -

| ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]''

|-

| [[2002 in music|2002]]

| ''[[Vampires Will Never Hurt You]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

| ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]''

|-

| [[2004 in music|2004]]

| ''[[Headfirst for Halos]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

| ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]''

|-

| [[2004 in music|2004]]

| ''[[Our Lady of Sorrows (song)|Our Lady of Sorrows]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

| ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]''

|-

| [[2004 in music|2004]]

| ''[[Thank You for the Venom]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> 71

|<center> -

| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|-

| [[2005 in music|2005]]

| ''[[I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]]''

|<center> 86

|<center> -

|<center> 4

|<center> -

|<center> 19

|<center> -

| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|-

| [[2005 in music|2005]]

| ''[[Under Pressure]]'' (with [[The Used]])

|<center> 41

|<center> -

|<center> 28

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

| ''[[In Love and Death]]'' (The Used album)

|-

| [[2005 in music|2005]]

| ''[[Helena (song)|Helena]]''

|<center> 33

|<center> 31

|<center> 11

|<center> -

|<center> 20

|<center> -

| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|-

| [[2005 in music|2005]]

| ''[[The Ghost Of You]]''

|<center> 84

|<center> 78

|<center> 9

|<center> 38

|<center> 27

|<center> -

| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|-

| [[2005 in music|2005]]

| ''[[I'm Not Okay (I Promise)]]'' (Re-Release)

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> 28

|<center> -

| ''[[Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge]]''

|-

| [[2006 in music|2006]]

|''[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]''

|<center> 13

|<center> 16

!<center> 1 <small>(7)</small>

|<center> 24

!<center> 1 <small>(2)</small>

|<center> 15

| ''[[The Black Parade]]''

|-

| [[2007 in music|2007]]

|''[[Famous Last Words (song)|Famous Last Words]]''

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> 40

|<center> -

|<center> -

|<center> -

| ''[[The Black Parade]]''

|}

===Other Performances===

My Chemical Romance have also produced a number of other tracks that didn't appear on any of their released studio albums (to date). Such titles include:

*"[[All I Want For Christmas Is You]] (Mariah Carey Cover)" ([[Kevin and Bean]]'s Christmastime In The 909)

*"Astro Zombies" ([[Misfits]] Cover, [[Tony Hawk]]'s American Wasteland)

*"[[Jack the Ripper]]" ([[Morrissey]] cover)

*"[[Song 2]]" ([[Blur (band)|Blur]] cover)

*"[[Under Pressure]]" with [[The Used]] (was sung for the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Boxing Day Tsunami]] victims)

*"Sister to Sleep"

*"[[Desert Song]]" (Previously unreleased on ''Life on the Murder Scene'')

*"[[Heaven Help Us]]"

*"[[My Way Home is Through You]]"

*"[[Kill All Your Friends (song)|Kill All Your Friends]]"

==References==

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* [http://www.qualitytimesmychemicalromance.co.incom/ Basic information onOfficial Qualitywebsite]

* [http://www.isixsigmaMCRmy.com/library/content/c020311a.asp TaguchiOfficial MCRmy Methodwebsite]

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