Usually tribute albums are meant to confuse old ladies buying CDs from the bargain bin for their grandchildren. There are a lot of crappy tribute albums out there, but My Chemical Romance Piano Tribute, Volume 2 is not of those. Back in 2006, the Piano Tribute Players released a tribute album to My Chemical Romance, which was well received by fans (CLICK HERE to see the Amazon.com description page). This week, they’ve followed up with a second volume with ten songs from Danger Days, beautifully arranged for the piano. The album is available on CD and for MP3 download. CLICK HERE to see the description page on Amazon.com and hear samples of the tracks.
My Chemical Romance.com is offering $4 off the purchase of the Danger Days Album. What do you need to do to get it?
CLICK HERE to get your coupon and click “like” on Facebook! That’s it!
Head on over to mychemicalromance.com today at 12:00 p.m. PST (that’s 3:00 p.m. EST) for live video of a listening party with everyones favorite post-apocalyptic DJ: Dr. Death Defying. He’ll be premiering Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
UPDATE:
The band has just posed the “live” listening party on YouTube as a 58-minute video. CLICK HERE to watch it.
According to the German online music store, JPC (Jazz, Pop und Classic), the CD single for “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” will be released on November 5, 2010. (Judging from past CD single releases from the band, this will probably not be available in North America, only in Europe and possibly Australia.) According the product description page the two-track single will also feature the “Zero Percent”. This song has never been released before and will not be available on the upcoming album. CLICK HERE to listen to a short clip of the song on the product description page on JPC.
Photo credit: Neil Krug for Reprise Records and My Chemical Romance
Five new items have been added to the official My Chemical Romance online store: the above Draculoid t-shirt, the Kobrahead t-shirt, the RYB (lasers) hoodie, eight different Zone badges, and three different-colored Aggregation Pheromones: “That Old Trans-Am Smell” air fresheners. CLICK HERE to check out all the new Danger Days products at the store.
And for you fans in the United Kingdom, Play.com has a special offer: if you order Danger Days from them they’ll throw in one of the Aggregation Pheromones air fresheners for free. The current price is £8.95 and delivery is free. CLICK HERE for the product description.
Photo credit: Mychemicalromance.com
Winston Robbins of music blog Consequence of Sound was never crazy about My Chemical Romance. In fact he wrote them of early as a bland emo band. But worry not my friends, he has since seen the light and is now a believer. After finally listening the band’s second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, he has come to the conclusion that the album is “a modern punk masterpiece”. Here’s a quote:
What make[s] My Chem different is their unending versatility. They take that pop-punk and can add to it any number of things. They can give you that edge-of-your-seat Pantera riffing on songs like “Thank You For The Venom”, and then two minutes later have you convinced that you might be listening to a shoegazing Blonde Redhead.
—Winston Robbins
CLICK HERE for the full article.
Photo: Copyright Reprise Records and My Chemical Romance
Today My Chemical Romance announced a Killjoy Halloween costume contest. The two grand prizes are Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys California 2019 Edition box sets (pictured above). Everyone else who enters will get a coupon code for 13% off anything in the official online store. CLICK HERE for instructions on how to enter.
Photo credit: Reprise Records and My Chemical Romance
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is now available for pre-order in the United States, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian iTunes Stores. It will be available for pre-order in the German, Swiss, and Austrian iTunes Stores on October 15, 2010; in the rest of Europe on October 19; and in Japan on October 20.
An iTunes deluxe version is also available for pre-order and contains the regular album, the “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)” music video, and the exclusive song “We Don’t Need Another Song About California”. CLICK HERE to view the iTunes Store’s description of the deluxe version (price pictured above).
Also, if you pre-order the album you can download the track “The Only Hope for Me Is You” immediately (or you can buy it separately). A clean (expletive-free) version of the album is also available for pre-order.
Alternative Press has released its review of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. The review is pretty positive, with the album getting a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Here’s an excerpt:
While My Chemical Romance’s former peers have either embraced conceptual introspection (Thursday) or retreated from the spotlight altogether (Brand New), on Danger Days, MCR have fully followed their own larger-than-life creative vision. If nothing else, it’s admirable to see a band in their situation following their muse without worrying about pissing off diehard fans in the process.
—Jonah Bayer
CLICK HERE to read the complete review.
In a post on the official MCR blog, Frank Iero confirmed that Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys will be released on November 22. He also gave the complete tack list:
- “Look Alive, Sunshine”
- “Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)”
- “Bulletproof Heart”
- “SING”
- “Planetary (GO!)”
- “The Only Hope for Me Is You”
- “Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report”
- “Party Poison”
- “Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back”
- “S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W”
- “Summertime”
- “DESTROYA”
- “The Kids from Yesterday”
- “Goodnite, Dr. Death”
- “Vampire Money”
There are some pretty interesting song names here. What do you guys think? Which song are you most excited to hear?
