My Chemical Romance
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[edit] Introduction
My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or My Chem on-line)[1] has a large fandom that ranges from teens and preteens to adults. The band's popularity particularly exploded after the release of 2004's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
[edit] Bandfic community
My Chemical Romance is a bandfic fandom that falls within the group of bands referenced with the exclusive use of "bandom", including both members of media fandom as well as those coming into it from other backgrounds or online sites such as MySpace and Quizzila. The My Chemical Romance slash community came into existence in the summer of 2004, "after 'I'm Not Okay(I promise)' started to get a lot of airplay, perhaps before that though".[2]
The My Chemical Romance fandom has a tremendous number of bandfic and related communities on services such as LiveJournal. Role-playing involving the band is also a popular activity on GreatestJournal. Please see the timeline below for more information on individual communities and their creation dates.
[edit] The Band
The band is from New Jersey. The original five members were Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Matt Pelissier, and finally Frank Iero, who came in as backup guitar as they were recording the first cd. Later Matt Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar, who was a roadie for The Used beforehand. It has been said that this is because of a dispute between Ray Toro and Pelissier over mistakes Pelissier made during live performances.[citation needed]
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
- waycest - term used for fanworks based on an incestuous relationship between brothers/band-members Gerard Way and Mikey Way.[3]
- Frerard- term used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Gerard Way and Frank Iero. This is the most popular.
- Frikey- term used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Frank Iero and Mikey Way.
- Bonkie - term used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Frank Iero and Bob Bryar.
- Bikey - term used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Bob Bryar and Mikey Way.
- Fray - term used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Frank Iero and Ray Toro
- Bay/Rob - terms used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Bob Bryar and Ray Toro
- Fraycest/Frikerard - terms used for fanworks based on a sexual relationship between band members Gerard Way, Frank Iero and Mikey Way at the same time
- bb - Stands for baby. [4]
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2001
- In 2001, the band was formed a week after September 11th. The first song written was Skylines and Turnstiles. [5]
[edit] 2002
- I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was released by Eyeball Records on July 23, 2002.[6] Frank Iero joined right before recording.
- Like Phantoms, Forever, an EP, was released in August of 2002.[7]
- The community ChemicalRomance[8] on LiveJournal was created on September 9, 2002. It credits itself as the "first ever My Chemical Romance community."
[edit] 2003
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- On June 29, 2003, the yahoogroup headfirst_for_halos_mcr was created.[9]
- On July 27, 2003, the yahoogroup my_chemical_romance was created.[10]
- On September 28, 2003, the My Chemical Romance GreatestJournal community _mcr_ (GreatestJournal) was created.[11]
[edit] 2004
- On June 2, 2004, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community mcrfandom was created. [12]
- On June 8, 2004, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was released on Reprise Records.[13]
- mychemicalslash was founded on September 7, 2004.
- On June 17, 2004, the Spanish-language yahoogroup mychemicalromance2k4 was created.[14]
- On August 31, 2004, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community geeheartmikey was created for Waycest slash. As of January 7, 2008 the community had 1,694 members.[15]
- On December 5, 2004, mychemicalslash was created as a sister community to the LiveJournal community. [16] As of August 20, 2007, it had 582 members. As of January 7, 2008, it had 595 members.
[edit] 2005
- mcr_fics was founded on March 3, 2005.
- On March 14, 2005, the yahoogroup My_Chemical_Romance_ (yahoogroup) was created.[17]
- franklovesmikey was founded on March 17, 2005.
- gerardxfrankie was founded on March 18, 2005.
- On April 14, 2005, the My Chemical Romance slash LiveJournal community mcrslashfics was created.[18]
- thosewayboys was founded on April 25, 2005.
- On May 10, 2005, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community chemicalrequest was created.[19]
- On May 24, 2005, the yahoogroup my_chemical_romance_fans was created.[20]
- In May of 2005, the My Chemical Romance slash community was characterized by my_name_here on LiveJournal as being composed of "Teenage to Early adulthood males and females." ([21])
- On May 10, 2005, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community chemicalrequest was created.
- On July 15, 2005, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community full_size_mcr was created.[23]
- On August 7, 2005, the yahoogroup my_chemical_romance_lucky_7 was created.[24]
- On August 25, 2005, the yahoogroup Three_Cheers_For_My_Chemical_Romance was created.[25]
- On September 11, 2005, the yahoogroup GerardWayL0v3r was created.[26]
- In October 2005, mychemicalromanceforum.com had their first MCRF awards to celebrate having 5,000 members. [27]
- On November 26, 2005, the My Chemical Romance GreatestJournal community mcrfanfic was created for gen/het fiction about the band.[28]
[edit] 2006
- By 2006, people were posting My Chemical Romance fan fiction to Quizilla.
- On March 21, 2006, Life on the Murder Scene was released.[29]
- On April 8, 2006, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community better_mcrslash was created. [30]
- On April 19, 2006, My Chemical Romance was removed from the "banned bands" list at RockFic and a category created for the band was on the site.[31]
- On July 11, 2006, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal slash community gerard_bob was created. [32] It was moderated by amandazillah.
- In September the site theblackparade.netwas created. It's is a fan forum.
- The Black Parade was released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2006.[33]
- The Black Parade was released in the United States on October 24, 2006.[34]
- The Black Parade was released in Australia on October 28, 2006.[35]
[edit] 2007
- By 2007, people were posting My Chemical Romance fan fiction to MySpace.
- This bandom was represented in the 2007 xmas_rocks exchange, with 1 story posted in January of that year.[36]
- On February 23, 2007, the LiveJournal community everythingmcr was created. [37]
- On March 20, 2007, the yahoogroup mcr_sharpest_lives was created.[38]
- On April 3, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal macros community mcr_macros was created.[39]
- On April 14, 2007, the LiveJournal community two_way_street was created for bandfic focusing primarily on My Chemical Romance and Panic! At the Disco.[40]
- On April 21, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal crackfic community, mcr_crack_fic, was created.[41]
- On May 17, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal challenge community mychemicaltest was created.[42]
- On May 26, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community mychemicalfluff was created. [43] It was maintained by slonie13, and vamplover82.
- On June 22, 2007, a wiki about My Chemical Romance was created by Zntrip on Wikia. [44]
- On July 2, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community chemicalfreaks was created.[45]
- From July 25 to September 3, My Chemical Romance was on their Projekt Revolution tour. [46]
- On August 18, 2007, the InsaneJournal asylum hoodies:A Bandslash Haven was created. This community featured My Chemical Romance slash fiction and discussion.[47]
- In August 2007, mychemicalromanceforum.com announced the winners of the MCRF awards, an award held on the site every time it got 5,000 new members. [48]
- On September 4, 2007, the My Chemical Romance drabble LiveJournal community mcr_100 was created. [49]
- On September 15, 2007, the My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community Torospam was created.[50]
- On October 15, 2007, the My Chemical Romance mpreg LiveJournal community mcr_mpreg was created.[51]
- On November 18, 2007, the first My Chemical Romance fan art was added on FanLib. The story was Bad Bad Man by katanimate. [52]
[edit] 2008
- This bandom was represented in the 2008 xmas_rocks exchange, with 3 stories posted in January of that year.[53]
- In June 2008, according to The Daily Mail, the band's music and culture surrounding the fan base were contributing factors in the death of 13 year old Sam Leeson who was mocked by his peers for being an emo. [54]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Fanworks
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[edit] Fandom Members
Below is a partial list of members of the My Chemical Romance fan fiction community.
- -music-punk-love- [55][56]
- ~BloodyAnny~ [57]
- [miss][assasin] [58]
- Aleera [59]
- freak.grl [60]
- headfirst4haloz [61]
- inpurity, mychemicalslash maintainer
- juliehf [62]
- lil_duckiemo [63]
- merrymunky [64]
- morbidxlikexme, mychemicalslash maintainer
- my_chemical_romance_lover [65]
- Onyx [66]
- RazorKiss [67]
- sisterto_sleep [68]
- St Jimmy [69]
- tara_tamara, mychemicalslash moderator [70]
- Yekith [71]
[edit] Fandom Size
[edit] August 2007
On August 20, 2007, there were 20,229 stories tagged mcr [72] and 22,469 stories tagged mychemicalromance on Quizilla. [73] As of August 20, 2007, mychemicalslash had 3,631 members.
[edit] November 2007
On November 23, 2007, there were 21,039 stories tagged mcr [74] and 23,472 stories tagged mychemicalromance on Quizilla. [75].
[edit] December 2007
As of December 3, 2007, there were two pieces of My Chemical Romance fanart on FanLib.
As of December 23, 2007, there are 2 stories on RockFic. [76]
[edit] January 2008
As of January 6, 2008, there are 620 fans on FanPop. [77] There were 292 LiveJournal communities and 433 individual users listing "mcr" as an interest.[78] There were 374 LiveJournal communities and 451 individual users listing "My Chemical Romance as an interest.[79] There were 369 GreatestJournal communities and 446 individual users listing "My Chemical Romance" as an interest.[80]
As of January 30, 2008, there were 2 stories, 2 videos, 2 images and 1 lyric on FanLib [81], 21,505 stories on Quizilla tagged mcr [82] and 23,929 stories tagged mychemicalromance. [83]
[edit] Sources
- http://www.livejournal.com/community/fdnet_history/2938.html?replyto=2682
- http://forums.quizilla.com/showthread.php?t=19160&page=405
[edit] External links
- My Chemical Romance Forum
- FanDomination.Net
- le Bandfic Clique
- My Chemical Romance @ FanLib
- My Chemical Romance @ FanWorksFinder
- My Chemical Romance @ RockFic
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