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So for My Chemical Romance fans, The Black Parade is Dead! is a no-brainer. What, you weren’t going to buy a treffers album with that money, were you? Thought not.
Rock fans are divided on whether big arenas or tiny, intimate venues do their heroes more justice. Luckily, this live wonder not only treats you to a fireworks-and-all filmed performance in Mexico City, but also a tiny little concert in a New Jersey bar. Both performances are classic MCR – pure, fist-pumping rock drama.
It’s on the CD that Gerard Way ocasionally loses his spellbinding ability to entertain, to open up a collective teenage headspace. The rock ‘n roll suffers most: “Dead!”, “Teenagers” and “The Sharpest Lives” look just a bit tired next to their studio recordings. But when MCR slow down to perform “I Don’t Love You” & “Cancer”, the emo ballads that really speak to their audience, confidence is restored.
The Black Parade Is Dead! has an embarrassing amount of quality MCR moments packed into it. Fans, don’t let this one slip by.
- Niel Bekker
Rock fans are divided on whether big arenas or tiny, intimate venues do their heroes more justice. Luckily, this live wonder not only treats you to a fireworks-and-all filmed performance in Mexico City, but also a tiny little concert in a New Jersey bar. Both performances are classic MCR – pure, fist-pumping rock drama.
It’s on the CD that Gerard Way ocasionally loses his spellbinding ability to entertain, to open up a collective teenage headspace. The rock ‘n roll suffers most: “Dead!”, “Teenagers” and “The Sharpest Lives” look just a bit tired next to their studio recordings. But when MCR slow down to perform “I Don’t Love You” & “Cancer”, the emo ballads that really speak to their audience, confidence is restored.
The Black Parade Is Dead! has an embarrassing amount of quality MCR moments packed into it. Fans, don’t let this one slip by.
- Niel Bekker
