Formed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Gerard Way and his bandmates – Ray Toro
(lead guitar), Mikey Way (bass), and Matt Pelissier (drums) - were classic high
school outsiders with a love of comic books and rock music. With the addition of
rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and the release of their debut album I Brought You
My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002, My Chemical Romance came roaring
out of the US East Coast underground scene in a blaze of soaring pop metal.
Alongside Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco, they became poster boys of the
growing emo (emotional rock) scen...