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My Chemical Romance Confirm Greatest Hits Album Details

On March 25, a year after announcing their breakup, My Chemical Romance will release a greatest hits collection titled May Death Never Stop You. The tracklist is a trip down memory lane for anyone who grew up on the band’s music, featuring songs from all four of their full-length albums. Like any good greatest hits […]

WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Release For The Week Of 1/12-1/18

Have you missed out on any important releases recently? You just might be in luck, since this week was chock full of reissues and repressings from indie labels like No Sleep Records and Run For Cover Records, as well as a few major artists, including David Bowie, Beth Orton, and Social Distortion. Can’t make a […]

Frank Iero Details New EP, ‘for jamia…’

Just as 2014 rolls around and we begin to cope with our first full year without My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero has announced details regarding his first solo release, for jamia…. The two-track EP will be released digitally and on 7″ vinyl on December 10, and features covers of Johnny Cash and The Ronettes. The […]

REVIEW: Reggie and the Full Effect – ‘No Country For Old Musicians’

Artist: Reggie and the Full Effect Album: No Country For Old Musicians Label: Pure Noise Records Genre: Alternative Reggie and the Full Effect return for the first time in five years with No Country For Old Musicians, a quirky and apathetic collection of songs proving to be some of the best seen from the James […]

UTG LIST: 10-Year Album Anniversaries We Want To See Celebrated In 2014

The majority of our staff was in high school a decade back and as 10-year anniversary tours have seemingly become a staple in the genres we held closest to our hearts at the time (and still), we’ve grown to accept this fact and find it only appropriate that we again look back and pinpoint our […]

My Chemical Romance Releasing ‘Greatest Hits’ Compilation In Early 2014

Sometimes rumors sound too good to be true, and when that happens we usually decide internally to leave such talk off UTG until more information is made available. This is one of those times. Early today, Hits Daily Double caused a bit of an alternative scene panic when an update to their January album release […]

Gerard Way Had An Approved Batman Comic Imprint

Gerard Way, best known as the vocalist for My Chemical Romance, has had work in comic book writing before. He had several of his drawings appear in Apocalypse Suite from Dark Horse Comics in 2007. Little did we know, Way was also working on his own imprint of Batman that DC Comics had officially approved. […]

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance Speaks About His New Music

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is back in the cockpit making exciting new music of his own. “I am working on music,” Way tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t quite know how to describe it or what to call it or how to put a name on it, if […]

Reggie and the Full Effect Begin Recording New Album

A little over two months ago, Reggie and the Full Effect created a Kickstarter to fund their new album, No Country For Old Musicians. Today, frontman James Dewees announced that the recording process has officially begun via an update to Kickstarter backers. “It feels so amazing to be back doing reggie again,” wrote Dewees. “I […]

STREAM: Those Old Bones – “Now or Never”

Ryan Depaolo and Ryan Kienle of Matchbook Romance have joined forces to form Those Old Bones. The band’s new single, “Now or Never,” premiered exclusively on AbsolutePunk.net today. It’s a pretty straight-forward rock song showing how far these musicians have come over the years. It’s also accompanied by a video featuring old-school Japanese monster footage, […]

EDITORIAL: The Kids From Yesterday – An Adieu to My Chemical Romance

“I hate the ending myself, but it started with an alright scene.” In many ways, the most difficult thing to grasp about My Chemical Romance’s recent split announcement was the fact that the band had been together for twelve years. Twelve years feels like a lifetime at this age (literally half my life). In pop […]

Gerard Way Speaks On MCR’s Breakup

Gerard Way took to the internet to write a very lengthy post on My Chemical Romance and their recent announcement to break up. I recommend that you sit down and read this as it might take a little while to get through but it’s worth your time if you are a fan of MCR. Even […]