Unofficial My Chemical Romance Lexicon

WEDDING GOWN

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:55:45 GMT

WEDDING GOWN:

Clothes one wears to an MCR show.

Example:
Lisa: Hey, Margo.
Margo: Hey, Lisa. Wow. Where did you get your wedding gown?
Lisa: Oh, I got the shirt from the men's section at [insert department store here] and my jeans from [insert popular brand of jeans here].

ADDICTION[2]

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:59 GMT

ADDICTION₂:

Something that MCR does at every show.

Sentence:
"One of MCR's most famous addictions is turning up the house lights every time they play 'Our Lady of Sorrows'."

SPIKE(S)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:27:13 GMT

SPIKE(S):

People attempting to trivialise the creative process MCR goes through when crafting.

Example:
Marco: Did you read the latest article in [insert bad music magazine here]?
Daniell: Yeah. Honestly, though, the writer is a spike and not to be listened to. Geez. When will they ever learn?

VENOM

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:21:19 GMT

VENOM:

Words or themes considered obscene as represented in MCR's music.

(Most markedly, the use of "four-letter-words" and some of the songs on TBP ((House of Wolves and Mama, mostly)). Most of us have no qualms with any of this because we love the band and know that it's music and it's art, but censors will rant about the content. To which most of us lovers defend our music or roll our eyes. Or both.)

Examples:
Jared: Thank you for the venom.
Kyle: Dude... what are you talking about?
Jared: The MCR CD you lent me. It's totally amazing and full of venom. I can't listen to it while my grandmum and granddad are around.

Kylie: Mum, why did you take away my MCR CDs?
Kylie's Mum, Melissa: Because they're full of things you shouldn't be hearing.
Kylie: Mum, I may be a kitten, but I'm not ignorant. I understand that you're trying to protect me, but honestly, mum. I heard about MCR at church, for the love of goodness. I can handle the venom, mum. Trust me.

FERRIS WHEEL

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:10:47 GMT

FERRIS WHEEL:

Tour cycle.

Sentence:
"I can't wait to ride the ferris wheel."

SENTIMENT(S)

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:59:58 GMT

SENTIMENT(S):

Songs that didn't make the record.

alt:
Sentimental:
Reminiscent of songs that didn't make the record.

Examples:
Jared: What are you listening to?
Lola: Oh, just some sentiments.
Jared: Huh?
Lola: You know, "Kill All Your Friends"? "Heaven Help Us?"? Oh, you must know "My Way Home Is Through You"!
Jared: ...hahahahah. Waymidia.

Karen: I hope the new record will be a bit more sentimental.
Uri: Oh, I hope so, as well. "Kill All Your Friends" is such a great song.

WINE

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:50:40 GMT

WINE:

Bottles of water at an MCR show either consumed by the boys or thrown into the crowd.

Sentence:
"Frank must have had at least six bottles of wine at last night's show."

ADDICTION

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:47:48 GMT

ADDICTION:

An internal need for My Chemical Romance.

Characterised by an inability to function without MCR.

Sentence:
"I have a serious addiction and can't go more than twelve hours without listening to 'Give 'em Hell, Kid'."

This word submitted by the sublime zombieporno.

CHEMPHORIA[2]

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:10:02 GMT

CHEMPHORIA₂:

The state of feeling refreshed after going to the hospital for help.

Sentence:
"I'm in a total state of chemphoria right now. If feel so much better. I really needed that hospital visit."

MAGIC/MAGICAL

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:07:22 GMT

MAGIC/MAGICAL:

When an ace is played and everyone stops, looks at the stage, and falls into a state of romance (but they do it silently because they are in such love and awe of the boys) that doesn't end until the heartbreakers come out to get people out of the venue.

Sentence:
"When I saw MCR, they played an ace. It was magical.

ACE

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:51:32 GMT

ACE:

Songs the boys may not play at every show, but really touch the crowd.

Example:
Karrie: OH MY WORD. MCR pulled an ace last night.
Lionel: What did they play?
Karrie: They totally pulled out "Desert Song". It was wonderful.

MCRDENCE

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:15:30 GMT

MCRDENCE:

Meeting MCR/a member of MCR by chance

Also used as:
Gerardence, Frankdence, Bobdence, Mikeydence, and/or Raydence.

Example:
Mandy: Omfg. Bob Bryar came into my Starbucks today.
Mary: OMFG. That is some kind of serious Bobdence.
Mandy: I know, right?

This word inspired by a conversation with the lovely and wonderful zombieporno.

BAPTISM

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:31:53 GMT

BAPTISM:

When Frank (or another member of the band) spits (or throws) water (or bottles of water) to the crowd.

Sentence:
"The show last night was AMAZING. There were so many baptisms, I wanted to scream 'Hallelujah!'."

MCR-GY

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:35:15 GMT

MCR-GY:
(From the word "lethargy".)

When you can’t wait for the next MCR album

Example:
Dan: “I have a case of MCR-gy.”
Sally: “Me, too. When do you think the next one will be out?”
Dan: “I don’t know, but according to an Umbrella Academy they want to start recording soon.”
Sally: “Well, Gerard’s obituary comes out soon. We can look forward to that.”

This word submitted by the extraordinarily lovely Danielle P.

GOLLUM COMPLEX

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:25:50 GMT

GOLLUM COMPLEX:

The moment when you first get your MCR tickets and stroke them, crooning "My precious...".

(Yeahhhh, you all know you do it.)

Example:
Jen: WTF are you doing?
Jack: *stops stroking tickets* Um...
Jen: Gollum complex. Don't worry, I get like that too.

This word was submitted by the always-wonderful megan23451.

(Words will now be posted twice a week instead of every day. Thanks for sticking around, darlings.)

xxoo

Mod Note:

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:29:32 GMT

OMFG HI!

Thank you all for sticking around.

The (superhellafuckinglong) hiatus is still on.

...for now.

Mwahahahahah.

Which means...
...
...
you'll see soon enough.

So thank you all for sticking with us. We lovelovelovelove you terribly with all our black little hearts.

Please be good and patient(-ish) as we work on updates and schedules and whatnot.
It'll be good. :)
And if it's not, you have our express permission to rip all of my hair out, gouge out my eyeballs, and then string me up on a clothes line... or something.

LOVES.
♥youbetterrecognise.

Article from local newspaper.

Thu, 03 May 2007 15:37:47 GMT

My Chemical Romance tackles a higher concept

The modern rock band will play songs from its new concept album about a dying patient when it visits the Sovereign Center on Friday.

By Stephanie Caltagirone
Reading Eagle Correspondent

The modern-rock gods will smile on Reading Friday night when My Chemical Romance brings "The Black Parade" to the Sovereign Center. Epic in scope and pushing past the boundaries of emo-rock to mingle in the theatrical, the new album boasts influences from Broadway to Queen to Pink Floyd. The band - vocalist Gerard Way, bassist Mikey Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero and drummer Bob Bryar - has climbed to the forefront of the modern rock scene since the release of 2004's "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge." Filled with Toro's driving guitar and Gerard Way's propulsive angst, songs such as "I'm (Not) Okay" and "Helena" made the band rock stars. Constant touring and a headline spot on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour helped cement a loyal following that's ballooned with the release of the ambitious concept album, "The Black Parade."

"The Black Parade" was "pretty much the strangest writing process for us and we have never really tried this before but we started writing while on the road (for 'Three Cheers')," Iero said in a pre-tour press conference. "We would play and just record things that came into our heads. And a lot of our songs that we wrote on the road we pretty much scrapped and we like to think that we got through a bunch of crappy songs that way, you know, and we wrote the stuff that we really didn't like on the road and then threw it away and then when we finally got off the road, we sat down in New York and started writing in a studio there. And that's when we really got to the meat of it. So, before going into the studio and recording and writing in New York and writing in L.A. at this haunted mansion house thing, we wrote about 22 songs and picked about 14 to go into the studio and record. And thing that was weird about it was that we had never in the history of our band written that many songs for our record."

Iero said much of the writing for "The Black Parade" happened while recording. "It really allowed us to go in there and try a lot of different things and perfect the parts that we had in mind," Iero said. "And also what we did for this record too was when we went in to record, we figured out the story line for the most part and we figured out how the songs were going to go in order. And we recorded them in that order. We didn't just do like all the drums first and then all the bass and then all the guitars that we had previously done."

"The Black Parade" is a concept album that tells the story os a young man, referred to as The Patient, who is dying of cancer in a hospital bed. The strongest memory from his youth is when his father took him to see a parade when he was a child, so when death comes for him, it is in the form of a Black Parade. Each songs deals with a different character The Patient meets on his way to his final resting place.

"While we were working on this record, every emotion, good and bad, poured out of us, shaping the songs," Mikey Way said. "it was a really intense period and we had the most incredible time. Sometimes it was amazing and fun and sometimes it was really hard, but it was always incredible."

My Chemical Romance formed in suburban New Jersey in 2001 out of a mutual love of horror movies, music and punk philosophies.

"We started out as just a group of friends growing up in Jersey, you know, that wanted to write music that meant something not only to ourselves but to a large amount of people," Iero said. "And I think in a few short years - five, I guess, to be exact - we've lived about 20 lifetimes and we've seen a lot and met a lot of people along the way. And we've gone through a lot of changes. We've grown up a bunch, but I think that in setting out to make a difference, we've kind of succeeded."

EDIT: Show was cancelled.

FRANKIESTEIN'S MONSTER

Thu, 03 May 2007 02:11:51 GMT

FRANKIESTEIN'S MONSTER:

When Frank hurts (intentionally or unintentionally) the ones he loves or himself.

Manifested in many forms, the most common being tackling Gerard, kicking Gerard, and/or falling into Bob/Bob's drum kit.

Example:
Mary: How was the show last night?
Kim: Frankiestein's Monster made an appearance.
Mary: So the show was generally in full swing?

This word contributed by the astounding ~~Jules/kapunua. :)

MCR-DIGENCE

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:34:13 GMT

MCR-DIGENCE:

The lack of MCR in our lives for periods of time.

Sentence:
"Jane is going through a period of mcr-digence. May Gerard bring her back from the ashes."

We'd like to extend a very warm welcome to all of the new members/watchers. :)
Thank you for helping this comm be rather fun. :)

CHEERLEADER(S)

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:02:36 GMT

CHEERLEADER(S):

The "kids" at the barriers at shows.

Sentence:
"I was a cheerleader last night. It was amazing."

FLOAT(S)

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:18:45 GMT

FLOAT(S):

Where it is possible to fly gee-conomy.

Example:
Janis: How was your flight?
Martin: I was on a float and totally flew Frankie-conomy.

QUEEN

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:36:17 GMT

QUEEN:

Major label.

Sentence:
"I like this queen."

HOURGLASS(ES)

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:25:59 GMT

HOURGLASS(ES):

The countdown before shows.

Example:
Laura: What's the hourglass at now?
Sarah: Three days, twenty hours, seventeen minutes, and four seconds.

ANGEL(S)

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:14:33 GMT

ANGEL(S):

Extras in videos.

Sentence:
"I had the opportunity to be an angel for the last video."

DIAMOND(S)

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:07:26 GMT

DIAMOND(S):

Guitar pick(s).

Sentence:
"I want a diamond."