07 April 2011 @ 04:07 pm
Blog Post: MCR  
MCR In- Store Signing At Vertigo Music
Thursday April 7, 2011 | Posted by: MCR

My Chemical Romance will be doing an in- store signing at Vertigo Music in Grand Rapids, MI on Saturday, April 16 at 4:30pm to commemorate Record Store Day. First 100 fans to purchase the Record Store Day exclusive “Na Na Na” 7’’ picture disc or a t-shirt will get a chance to meet the band.

The 7” Na Na Na picture disc features the tracks:
A. Na Na Na
B. Zero Percent

The disc is limited to 2,000 copies and will be available in US record stores on April 16th. Visit http://www.recordstoreday.com to find participating record stores in your area.
 
 
07 April 2011 @ 05:32 pm
Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance on Tulagi's, Hot Topic and how much the band has changed  
Ten years ago, My Chemical Romance (due at the Fillmore this Saturday) was just another aspiring band in a van hoping to make it big. With a handful of three-chord punk rock songs hastily written and recorded in the attic of a house in New Jersey, the young outfit had no idea it would someday be elected to be the unofficial spokespeople for an entire generation of alienated kids.

Now more than a decade after those early attic practice sessions, My Chemical Romance has easily moved from the beer and sweat-soaked clubs to the flashing lights and complicated stage sets of arena shows. In advance of this Saturday night's show at the Fillmore, we spoke with guitarist Ray Toro about some of the things that have changed over the last decade, as well as a couple questions about Hot Topic clothes and the people who wear them.

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