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Hello friends… Here is the official video for our new single “The Kids From Yesterday” . This will be the last single released from our album Danger Days, and we decided what better song to end on than our collective favorite. This song means a lot of different things to us individually and we hope it speaks to you as well. When deciding what kind of video would work the best with the song we immediately thought of a “video collage” …something that would show the progression of the band over the past 10 years leading up to one of our most memorable moments, closing the Reading and Leeds festivals this past summer. We began collecting footage and literally stumbled upon an incredible video done by a talented young lady named Emily Eisemann. She had made a fan video, put it up on YouTube and it summed up what we had been trying so very hard to make, perfectly. So we gave her a call, put our videos together, and the rest, as they say, is history.
That’s right, you could be in with a chance of winning a Honda CBR250R motorcycle detailed with Danger Days style graphics!
Image courtesy of mcrhondacbr.com
You must register here to be entered into the draw. Unfortunately, this competition is only open to US residents and you must be at least 18 years old. Good luck!
This week’s issue of Kerrang! magazine is a My Chemical Romance special!! Kerrang! magazine was given exclusive access to the Gerard, Frank, Mikey and Ray who revealed all about life after The Black Parade and gave the inside story on Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. Alongside an exclusive cover image of the band featured in the last issue, this week, there are four covers to choose from, each featuring a member of the band.
My Chemical Romance have revealed details of their long-awaited fourth album.
As has been speculated, the album will be titled ‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ and released later this autumn.
The band have posted a teaser trailer at Mychemicalromance.com. The Tarantino-style clip sees the band listening to a pirate radio broadcast and dressed in biker gear, with Gerard Way sporting bright red hair.
The clip then goes on to flash slogans “Art is the weapon / against life as a symptom / defend yourself / the aftermath is secondary”.
The album was planned for release earlier in the year, with tracks previewed including ‘Bullet Proof Heart’ and ‘Black Dragon Fighting Society’. Way had promised a “stripped down” new direction, but the band went back to work on the record again following the departure of Bob Bryar.
Before we rip the curtain off of this new album, let’s have a little bit of fun. One thing we can’t help but notice, is just how unbelievably artistically talented you all are. People send us video clips and CD’s all the time of them performing our songs in every imaginable way. Be it solo, full band, acoustic, electric, electro, interpretive dance…we’ve seen just about everything, and it never ceases to amaze and inspire us.
We thought it would be awesome to finally showcase the best of the best of these videos, and reward you handsomely. From now until June 14th, we will be accepting entries for the very first My Chemical Romance YouTube cover contest. All you need to do is video tape yourself covering your favorite MCR song in whichever style you feel and follow the instructions below to enter the contest. We will review the entries and announce the champion and future owner of a signed guitar while showcasing some of our favorite entries.
Warm up those fingers and vocal chords! The sky’s the limit really, think outside the box and show em how it’s done.
Love you guys, we will catch up soon!
Mikey
HOW TO ENTER:
Record your own cover of your favorite MCR song and post the video to YouTube and post it as a video response to THIS VIDEO.
Come back to THIS PAGE and enter your video link. You must be registered and logged in to mychemicalromance.com to enter, so if you haven’t already, CREATE AN ACCOUNT HERE.
You can submit as many videos as you want, but they must be new (don’t submit anything that you put up on YouTube a year ago), and they must be yours.
