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New Jersey's poppy emocore outfit My Chemical Romance, fronted by vocalist Gerard Way, debuted with I Brought You My Bullets (2002), whose sonic palette was rather monotonous but was highlighted by introspective stories a` la Smiths. The music rose up to match the standard of the lyrics on Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004), that contained the catchy hit I'm Not OK and The Ghost of You.
My Chemical Romance's project sounded like a harder version of the old punk-pop of bands such as Cheap Trick. The band reached its lyrical peak with the concept The Black Parade (2006), a sequence of songs that indirectly paid tribute to heavy-metal and classic rock, and generally displayed a more mature and confident posture (Dead, The End).
