Now I love My Chemical Romance as much as any other Killjoy/Black Parade member/etc, but the band is releasing a “Greatest Hits” album…don’t you have to have some sort of ridiculous accomplishment to even qualify to do something like that? Â Like, quit strokin’ your ego and begging for more cash.
The album will be released in January of next year, but I must say, I’m not entirely sure that it’ll sell well at all. Â What fan is gonna buy a record of their singles, which were mediocre at best, when they already own the songs? Â But whatever, the band knows what they’re doing and their label, Warner Brothers, wants to milk the group for all they’re worth. Â To be honest, the only reason they ever seemed so massively impactful is because their entire fanbase were people growing up who needed salvation, something to look to, an absolute coming-of-age sort of group. Â They were timely and effective, and played their role in inspiring many people, musicians and fans alike. Â That doesn’t redeem the stupidity of a “Greatest Hits” album, though.
As lame as this is, it doesn’t discount the fact that their breakup was a total bummer. Â They were definitive in my growing up and introduced me to bands that introduced me to bands and so on. Â The statement Way put at the end of the long letter explaining the issue was intensely resonant- “My Chemical Romance is done. Â But it can never die. Â It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive inside all of you. Â I always knew that, and I think you did too. Â Because this is not a band – this is an idea.”