Page 2 - A Look Into What My Chemical Romance Members Are Up To Since Their Split

My Chemical Romance promo shot. Photo credit: Neil Krug

Way isn’t the only former My Chem member to get into some other musical endeavors. Guitarist Frank Iero is also dabbling into new music - but instead of going solo, it’s an entirely new band under the name frnkiero andthe cellabration, and their debut album, Stomachaches, is released August 26. Honestly, the band name kind of gives us a stomach. But - the music itself is actually pretty damn good. Similarly to Way, Iero’s new act also leaves behind My Chem’s polished, anthemic tunes and turns into raw, fast, punk songs. The lead single ‘Weighted’ is easily one of the standouts. Believe it or not, Iero’s intentions weren’t even to create a record. “I wrote the songs and recorded them kinda just for myself, for my own sanity, trying to forget about the way I felt physically and when it came about time for me to look back I saw this collection of songs, was like, oh wow, this is kind of a record,” he told Radio. “It’s a very intimate, revealing record.”

More: Watch frnkiero andthe cellabration’s music video for ‘Weighted’

As far as the other members, bassist Mikey Way and guitarist Ray Toro, they’re doing things too. Toro has a solo album coming out eventually called Minimization Procedure, and Way has a new band called Electric Century; they released their single, ‘I Lied,’ this past February. If you think about it, My Chemical Romance’s break up isn't messy at all - it might just be the most efficient break up of all time. Instead of forcing a new album that may not have lived up to everyone’s expectations, they instead went their separate ways to release the music that meant something to them - and luckily for us, everything from the guys so far has sounded awesome. Perhaps some time for themselves is exactly what they need to get the itch to record as My Chemical Romance once again someday. When that day comes, we’ll be ready.