Digital Booklet - May Death Never Stop You

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FAKE YOUR DEATH

HONEY, THIS MIRROR ISN T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TWO OF US
VAMPIRES WILL NEVER HURT YOU
HELENA
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO GUYS LIKE US IN PRISON
IM NOT OKAY (I PROMISE)
THE GHOST OF YOU
WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE
CANCER
MAMA
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3:55
5:28
3:28
2:57
3:09
3:59
5:16
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TEENAGERS
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
NA NA NA (NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA)
SING
PLANETARY (GO!)
THE KIDS FROM YESTERDAY
SKYLINES AND TURNSTILES (DEMO)
KNIVES/SORROW (DEMO)
CUBICLES (DEMO)
Track 1 Produced by Rob Cavallo, Doug McKean and My Chemical Romance / Track 2 Produced by Geoff Rickly / Track 3 Produced by Geoff Rickly and Alex
Saavedra / Tracks 4, 5, 6 and 7 Produced by Howard Benson / Tracks 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 Produced by Rob Cavallo and My Chemical Romance
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
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fake your death 3:23

(Iero/Toro/Way/Way/Dewees) 2014 Better Living Industries
Music (BMI)/If It Bleeds We Can Kill It/Fishcoin (ASCAP)
Produced by Rob Cavallo, Doug McKean and My Chemical
Romance / Engineered by Doug McKean / Recorded at
Axis Chemicals / Additional Recording at Lightning Sound
Studio / Assistant Engineers:Andrew Law, Tom Rasulo /
Additional Pro Tools Engineering:Lars Fox / Mixed by
Chris Lord-Alge at Mix LA, Tarzana, CA / Assistant Mix
Engineers:Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen / Additional assistance:Dmitar Dim-E Kmjaic
(Previously Unreleased)
honey, this mirror isnt big

enough for the two of us 3:55
Finally acquiring the funds from Eyeball Records to produce

our full-length album, Honey was the first song tracked
for Bullets, once back at Nada Studios. Possibly the angriest
tune I remember recording, it also held with it a sense of selfactualization, and a strong desire to be a live fast, die young
burning spark that I felt captured the sentiments of five desperate
individuals. Desperate to be heard of course, which is why it is so
loud in execution. Our first vinyl, and technically our first single,
which was distributed in the UK.
Gerard Way
(Iero/Pelissier/Toro/Way/Way) 2002 Blow The Doors Off
The Jersey Shore Music, Inc. (BMI)
Produced by Geoff Rickly
Recorded and Mixed by John Naclerio 5/15/02-5/25/02 at Nada
Studios, New Windsor, NY
(From the album I Brought You My Bullets,
You Brought Me Your Love)
vampires will never hurt you 5:28
This will always be my favorite recording of the band, because it

was the first. Having little money, or for that matter the songs, to
complete a full-length album, we hopped in a van and headed
to Nada Studios. John did an amazing job spinning plates as
he scrambled to record all of the elements in one day, with my
vocals coming last, and I remember a strange feeling and a
coming storm outside. I had never heard my voice recorded, and
hearing the band recorded for the first time was all I needed to
invigorate me to do the job. Most everything is done in one take.
The tempo of the song is 187 bpms. Gerard Way
Produced by Geoff Rickly and Alex Saavedra
Recorded and Mixed by John Naclerio 5/15/02-5/25/02 at Nada
Studios, New Windsor, NY
(From the album I Brought You My Bullets,

You Brought Me Your Love)
helena 3:28
I still love the way this song fires off as the opening to Three
Cheers To me, Helena has all of the components that
made for a great MCR song - honesty, vulnerability, and
kinetic force. A direct result of the passing of Mikeys and my
grandmother, Elena Lee Rush, the song would go on to be one
of our signatures and always the show closer. Very fast, very
angry. Gerard Way
Produced by Howard Benson / Mixed by Rich Costey
Recorded by Mike Plotnikoff / Recorded at Bay 7 Studios,
Valley Village and Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, CA /
Additional engineering by Eric Miller / ProTools editing
and programming by Paul DeCarli / 1958 Hammond B3:
Howard Benson
Drum Tech: Jon Nicholson at Drum Fetish / Guitar Tech/
OUR Sonic Guru: Keith Nelson / Production Coordinators:
Matt Griffen and Dana Childs / Runners: Arturo Rojas,
Fernando Diaz, Mike Gardner, Chris Ozuna, Bryan Mansell
(From the album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge)
you know what they do to

guys like us in prison 2:57
A collective band favorite to perform live, we often ended
up in a pile of bloodied bodies by the time we finished
playing.We wrote this in our practice space in NJ before
heading out to Cali to track, and it really captured a lot of
what the band was trying to say about itself.We will always
mess with your perception of who we are and what we can do.
Always expect the unexpected. And stay the fuck out of our
way.The tracked version exudes the growing confidence of
a young band honing its identity, and its ultimate desire to
make its mark on the world. Ray Toro
Produced by Howard Benson / Mixed by Howard Benson
Howard Benson
im not okAY (i promise) 3:09
From the moment we first demoed this song until the last time
we ever played it live, Not OK has always felt like home...
as if those 3 minutes and 9 seconds were where we belonged.
There was a feeling of excitement and fun somehow embedded
in those 4 chords. We must have played it thousands of times in
total, and every time I heard that D octave come blaring from
stage left the hair on my neck would stand up. It always felt
fresh and new yet somehow beautifully familiar and I never got
sick of it thats a rarity. Frank Iero
Howard Benson
the ghost of you 3:59
Every time I go back and listen to Revenge, Im always surprised

at how good this song turned out.This was one of those songs
that really came together in the studio.Each element, from the
sounds of the guitars and drums, to the great vocal performance
by G, to the extra harmonies and layers, adds up to a beautifully
somber, chaotic track that really takes you on a journey.And who
can forget that fucking video!I know I cant. Ill never live down
the fact that I couldnt save Mikey! Ray Toro
Additional engineering by Eric Miller / ProTools editing and
programming by Paul DeCarli / 1958 Hammond B3: Howard
Benson
welcome to the black parade 5:16

To me, the very first note, the singular piano key, captured
all of the sadness, solitude, and desperation of The Black
Parade as an album. It seems to ring out for an eternity,
especially when played live. It is that single note that puts
into motion the decaying fantasy world I had in my head,
complete with marching bands, multiple scene changes, a
choir of orphans and desperate men. Its hard for me to listen
to this song without picturing the video, which is sometimes
as it should be, and both the audio and visual components
worked seamlessly to deliver what I felt to be a message to
the world at the time. Gerard Way
(Bryar/Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2006 Blow The Doors Off
The Jersey Shore Music, Inc. (BMI) and Blow The Doors Off
Chicago Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Rob Cavallo and My Chemical Romance /
Engineered by Doug McKean / Recorded at Eldorado
Recording Studios, Burbank, CA / Assistant Engineer:
Chris Steffen / Strings and Horns Recorded at Capitol
Studios, Hollywood, CA / Assistant Engineer: Jimmy
Hoyson / Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Resonate Music,
Burbank, CA / Assistant Engineer: Keith Armstrong /
Strings and Horns arranged by David Campbell
Additional Musicians: / Rob Cavallo Acoustic Piano /
Jamie Muhoberac B3 Organ, Synthesizers, Wurlitzer /
Cheeh Iero Percussion
Additional Protools: Lars Fox / Guitar Techs: Andrew
Hans Busher, Tyler Dragness / Drum Tech: Mike Sack
Fasano / Production Coordinator: Cheryl Jenets
(From the album The Black Parade)
cancer 2:27
Performing Cancer with just vocal/piano was for me, to

emphasize the haunting beauty of the song in its rawest form.
And then it became such a personal moment between Gerard
and the fans; we never went back to the full band version.Its
delicateness came across EVERY TIME we performed it.
The feeling you get when you create something beautiful is
like no other on earth.I am lucky to have lived and shared
those moments so many nights on stage together.
James Dewees, keyboards 20072013
Recording Studios, Burbank, CA / Assistant Engineer:
Chris Steffen / Strings Recorded at Capitol Studios,
Hollywood, CA / Assistant Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson /
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Resonate Music, Burbank, CA
/ Assistant Engineer: Keith Armstrong / Strings arranged
by David Campbell
Additional Musicians: / Rob Cavallo Acoustic Piano /
Jamie Muhoberac B3 Organ, Synthesizers, Wurlitzer
mama 4:41
Mama is one of my favorite things I have ever had a hand

in creating. Its risky and powerful, and at times downright
insane. There are some songs that you enjoy hearing but dont
enjoy playing live very much or vice versa but Mama was
a beast with two heads (especially when pyro was involved).
She was fun to play and fun to experience, plus I think all of
our moms appear as guest vocalists on the end of this track
and thats pretty damn cool. Frank Iero
Recording Studios, Burbank, CA / Assistant Engineer: Chris
Steffen / Strings and Horns Recorded at Capitol Studios,
Hollywood, CA / Assistant Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson /
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Resonate Music, Burbank, CA /
Assistant Engineer: Keith Armstrong / Strings and Horns
arranged by David Campbell
Guest Vocals on Mama: Liza Minnelli as Mother War /
Additional Vocals on Mama: Linda Iero, Donald James &
Donna Lee Way
Additional Musicians: Jamie Muhoberac B3 Organ,
Synthesizers, Wurlitzer
teenagers 2:44
I remember we were holed up at a rehearsal studio in midtown

Manhattan for the initial Black Parade writing sessions. Gerard
arrived at the studio with a big smile on his face and said, Wow, I
finally feel like Im getting old! He recounted the experience he just
had. Remember when you were a teenager and grown ups would
just kind of be scared or apprehensive of you for no reason? Well that
just happened to me. I dont know what it is, but teenagers kinda
scare the shit out of me now. Its really weird. We all laughed, but it
was one of those moments where you realize just how fast time flies.
What started simply as a funny anecdote about a commute to the
studio became a song about growing up before our eyes. Mikey Way
(Bryar/Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2006 Blow The Doors Off The Jersey
Shore Music, Inc. (BMI) and Blow The Doors Off Chicago Music (ASCAP)
Steffen / Assistant Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson / Mixed by
Chris Lord-Alge at Resonate Music, Burbank, CA Assistant
Engineer: Keith Armstrong
Additional Musicians: Jamie Muhoberac B3 Organ,
Synthesizers, Wurlitzer
famous last words 5:02
The troubles that I had during The Black Parade writing sessions
arent a mystery to many of the fans of our band. A mixture of
pressure, self doubt and severe depression had left me a shell of a
person, which in turn led me to remove myself from the situation.
During one of our phone conversations, my brother (Gerard) said
to me, Hey, I wrote a song for you. I think youre going to love
it. When I finally made my return to recording, I remember the
guys were in the live room playing a song I hadnt yet heard.
Even in the distance and through the walls I was so completely
blown away that the song stopped me in my tracks. Hearing that
song in the live room for the first time - the mix of emotion, lyrical
sentiment and triumph brought me to tears. It illustrates that
regardless of the obstacles standing in your way, not only can you
overcome them but rise from the situation stronger than youve
been in your entire life. Mikey Way
(Bryar/Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2006 Blow The Doors Off The Jersey Shore
Music, Inc. (BMI) and Blow The Doors Off Chicago Music (ASCAP)
Steffen / Strings Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA /
Assistant Engineer: Jimmy Hoyson / Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
at Resonate Music, Burbank, CA / Assistant Engineer: Keith
Armstrong / Strings arranged by David Campbell
Additional Musicians: Jamie Muhoberac B3 Organ, Synthesizers,
Wurlitzer
Additional Protools: Lars Fox / Guitar Techs: Andrew Hans
Busher, Tyler Dragness / Drum Tech: Mike Sack Fasano /
Production Coordinator: Cheryl Jenets
na na na (na na na na na na na na na) 3:28
The blueprint for Danger Days.After the bigger song arrangements

of Black Parade, this felt like more of a return to our Revenge
sound.This was the first song we tracked after our split with Bob,
and I was both excited and completely nervous to work with someone new.You never truly know what the energy will be like playing
together. We were lucky to have John Miceli, who I can best describe
as a compact mountain of a man with a thick New York accent and
forearms made of stone. As the tape rolled, the opening riff started
and John struck the kick drum with an explosive thunder, we knew
we had our guy for this record. - Ray Toro
(Bryar/Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2010 Better Living Industries (BMI)
and Blow The Doors Off Chicago Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Rob Cavallo & My Chemical Romance / Engineered
by Doug McKean / Recorded at Lightning Sound Studio /
Additional Engineering: Dan Chase / Assistant Engineers: Steve
Rea, Russ Waugh / Additional Pro Tools Engineering: Lars Fox,
Dan Chase / Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge at Mix LA / Assistant
Mix Engineers: Keith Armstrong, Nik Karpen / Additional Mix
Engineering: Brad Townsend, Andrew Schubert
Drum Tech: Joe Libretti / Guitar Techs: Todd Youth, RJ
Ronquillo, Ace Bergman / Production Manager: Cheryl Jenets
/ Production Assistant: Jaime Neely
John Miceli Drums, Percussion / Jamie Muhoberac Keyboards
and Sound Design
(From the album Danger Days: The True Lives Of
The Fabulous Killjoys)
sing 4:33
I love that its thematically anthemic, but more that it is a
purposeful passing of the torch, a nod to the new voices of a
new generation.It was a call, a last call, to the kids of today...
time to kill the fear, stop the voiceless state, take the baton
and run with it.
(Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2010 Better Living Industries Music
(BMI)
Produced by Rob Cavallo & My Chemical Romance /
Engineered by Doug McKean / Recorded at Lightning
Sound Studio / Additional Engineering: Dan Chase /
Assistant Engineers: Steve Rea, Russ Waugh / Additional
Pro Tools Engineering: Lars Fox, Dan Chase / Mixed by
Chris Lord-Alge at Mix LA / Assistant Mix Engineers: Keith
Armstrong, Nik Karpen / Additional Mix Engineering: Brad
Townsend, Andrew Schubert
Ronquillo, Ace Bergman / Production Manager: Cheryl
Jenets / Production Assistant: Jaime Neely
John Miceli Drums, Percussion
Keyboards and Sound Design
Jamie Muhoberac
(From the album Danger Days: The True Lives Of The

Fabulous Killjoys)
planetary (go!) 4:09

We had been trying to write a song that felt like this for so
long that when Planetary was finally born it really felt
like a win for us. Every time we listened to it in playback, the
studio would turn into a completely stupid dance party, you
just couldnt help yourself. I guess thats how we knew we had
finally gotten it right. Frank Iero
(Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2010 Better Living Industries
Music (BMI)
Jamie Muhoberac

the kids from yesterday 5:28
Kids From Yesterday allows me to reflect on my entire life being a kid, growing up, learning about the universe, entering
adulthood, and pondering the future. In that respect, it acts like
a time capsule/time machine in my mind. Countless memories
pour out of me that I hadnt thought about in decades or had
seemingly almost forgotten. This song came together in the
early a.m. during one of the all nighters of the Danger Days
sessions. Theres really something other worldly about that time
of day, because it puts you in a completely different frame of
mind, and out of this other place came Kids. I never get tired
of listening to this song, and it also stands as one that Im the
most proud of. Mikey Way
(Iero/Toro/Way/Way) 2010 Better Living Industries Music (BMI)
Jamie Muhoberac

skylines and turnstiles

(demo) 3:32

Recorded in Matt Pelissiers attic, 2002
(Previously unreleased, from the I Brought You My Bullets,

You Brought Me Your Love sessions)
knives/sorrow (demo) 2:16

cubicles (demo) 4:00

Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
Art Direction: Gerard Way and Varnish
Design: Varnish
Photography: Johnathan Weiner

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FAKE YOUR DEATH

fake your death 3:23

honey, this mirror isnt big

Finally acquiring the funds from Eyeball Records to produce

vampires will never hurt you 5:28

This will always be my favorite recording of the band, because it

(From the album I Brought You My Bullets,

you know what they do to

im not okAY (i promise) 3:09

the ghost of you 3:59

Every time I go back and listen to Revenge, Im always surprised

welcome to the black parade 5:16

Performing Cancer with just vocal/piano was for me, to

Mama is one of my favorite things I have ever had a hand

I remember we were holed up at a rehearsal studio in midtown

famous last words 5:02

na na na (na na na na na na na na na) 3:28

The blueprint for Danger Days.After the bigger song arrangements

(From the album Danger Days: The True Lives Of The

planetary (go!) 4:09

(From the album Danger Days: The True Lives Of

the kids from yesterday 5:28

(From the album Danger Days: The True Lives Of

skylines and turnstiles

(Iero/Pelissier/Toro/Way/Way) 2014 Blow The Doors Off

(Previously unreleased, from the I Brought You My Bullets,

knives/sorrow (demo) 2:16

(Iero/Pelissier/Toro/Way/Way) 2014 Blow The Doors Off

cubicles (demo) 4:00

(Iero/Pelissier/Toro/Way/Way) 2014 Blow The Doors Off

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