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Gerard Way announces new comic series Paranoid Gardens

Way is reteaming with Shaun Simon for a new six-issue series.

Fan poll: 5 greatest pop-punk vocalists of all time

In our latest fan poll, we ranked the five greatest pop-punk vocalists of all time. See who made the list.

How Gerard Way & designer Marina Toybina collaborated on his My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour looks

Marina Toybina is the costume designer behind Gerard Way’s stage wear on the My Chemical Romance Reunion Tour. She explains how looks like the ghost & cheerleader costumes came together.

Review: My Chemical Romance's 9/11 show was a cathartic, raucous trip down memory lane

9/11 famously inspired My Chemical Romance’s formation. Relive the band’s show at New York City’s Barclays Center with our review.

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Performs "The World Is Ugly" in a Cheerleader Uniform, Avril Lavigne teams up with Killstar for Fashion Line and more

The latest, from My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way performing “The World Is Ugly” in a cheerleader uniform to Avril Lavigne’s collaboration with Killstar and more. This is our daily download of the essential news you need to know across music, culture and style

Playing guitar with knives: breaking down My Chemical Romance's "The Foundations of Decay"

Thursday evening, My Chemical Romance had the absolute audacity to drop “The Foundations Of Decay,” their first new song since 2014’s “Fake Your Death” without warning. The band fully disrupted reality as we had known it, waking slumbering souls, tearing us out of the comfort of resignation we’d been living in that new music would […]

From action figures to jumpsuits, these are the 23 rarest My Chemical Romance collectibles

Pick any given day to search “My Chemical Romance” on eBay, and you will be bombarded with thousands of exorbitantly priced listings. But is that Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys California 2019 boxset actually worth $3,000?  Some of the MCRmy’s most devoted collectors and yours truly scoured our inventories for some […]

Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s IBARAKI joined by Gerard Way on “Rōnin”

Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s IBARAKI has enlisted My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way for “Rōnin.” The new track comes from the Trivium frontman’s anticipated upcoming project Rashōmon. Ihsahn of Emperor also appears on the track. IBARAKI’s song fluidly crosses the musical spectrum. We hear delicately arranged instrumentals, driving, sinewy guitar lines and the brutal churning rhythms of […]

Netflix shares ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 3 release date

The Umbrella Academy season 3 will debut globally June 22, according to showrunner Steve Blackman. Netflix have also released a short teaser video for the season. Read more: Meet seven new characters from ‘The Umbrella Academy’ season 3 The Umbrella Academy is based on a graphic novel series of the same name by Gerard Way. […]

WARGASM on creating their spiky brand of electro-rock in AltPress issue #402 cover story

WARGASM are taking a break from recording one of 2022’s most eagerly anticipated debut albums. When Alternative Press checks in with them, they’re at Chapel Studios in Lincoln, in the east of their native England — or, more specifically, sat on the sofa, where Sam Matlock is eating toast, and Milkie Way, fittingly given her […]

The Umbrella Academy's Emmy Raver-Lampman says season 3 is "massive"

The Umbrella Academy‘s Emmy Raver-Lampman says season 3 is set to be “massive.” She also added that it has a “completely different energy,” according to an interview with Collider. The show is based on a graphic novel series of the same name by Gerard Way. While the series creator, Steve Blackman, and Way are in […]

Interview: Heavenward release "Wish" ahead of 'Staircase Music'—listen

Heavenward have released their new single “Wish.” The latest track comes from their highly anticipated debut EP Staircase Music, which drops on February 18th via Fever Ltd.  Read more: Could there be a new ‘Guitar Hero’ game on the way? Heavenward is a new project fronted by singer-songwriter Kamtin Mohager. Mohager has spent the last […]

10 bands that prove why Misfits endure, from Metallica to My Chemical Romance

Misfits are the very model of an influential punk band. Which was most likely not Glenn Danzig’s goal when he formed them in 1977 in his native Lodi, New Jersey, naming them for Marilyn Monroe’s final film from 1961. After initially being driven by Danzig’s distorted electric piano, Misfits became known for sludgy power chords […]

Look back at some of the best Alternative Press covers in honor of issue 400

Four hundred issues after the very first book to carry our name ran off the printers back in 1985, we look back on 36 years of our favorite-ever AP covers, the stories they told and the secrets behind their creation. You can pick up an issue here, starring twenty one pilots. Read more: In issue […]

My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' was created to stand the test of time

My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade, released on Oct. 24, 2006, is now widely accepted as a classic of its era. Its significance has only increased over the years, and the album’s 15th anniversary is an occasion for celebration and reflection by a legion of magazines, writers and fans. Gerard Way joined Travis Mills on […]

Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ officially wraps filming of season 3

Fans of the beloved Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy will be happy to learn that the series has officially wrapped on filming season 3.  Renewed by Netflix last year, the cast of The Umbrella Academy has been in production since the beginning of the year. If the latest news is any indication, both the […]

My Chemical Romance new limited-edition makeup collection on the way

My Chemical Romance have announced a new limited-edition makeup collection with HipDot. The new line was inspired by their 2010 album, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. The collection features an eye shadow palette, eyeliner duo, eye primer and a four-piece lip gloss set. The star of the set is the Art […]

8 artists who shine on TV screens and music venue stages

Whether your favorite artist jumped from the stage to the screen or starred in a film and then picked up a microphone, these essential actors proved that they are just as talented in front of the camera as they are in front of an audience. Check out our favorites below. Read more: 10 debut records […]

11 tracks that perfectly encapsulate their entire era of music

Music often leaves a deep mark on its era. Songs become embedded in our consciousness through their ability to perfectly capture a moment. They are burned even deeper into history through stories, newsreels and documentary footage, circulated by word-of-mouth as well as official documentation. For this reason, music gets mixed up somewhere between ourselves and […]

Read AltPress’ first interview with Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance

Featured in the August 2004 issue 193, My Chemical Romance made their major Alternative Press feature debut before appearing on the cover of issue 197 in December 2004. Following the release of their sophomore album in June 2004, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge,’ the group were interviewed by Leslie Simon and shot by Anthony Saint […]
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