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I am still sick and still miserable. Gerard brightened by day (er, night) by confirming the start of the new record. Thanks to Nate for the heads up. I am off to muddle my way through lab. I am out of tissues. Maybe Gerard will make my day (er, night) again and send me tissues…

Every single time we start a new record it rains in LA. | My Chemical Romance.

I’m weezing along here…I’m definitely sick now . Forgive me if this post doesn’t make any sense or if I’m totally wrong here.

I was sitting here in lab (where I currently am) fiddling around with an Amazon.com widget that would display all of My Chemical Romance’s releases in a little slideshow in the sidebar (probably won’t use it, but who knows?) and there was a second listing for Bullets. So, yeah, I clicked, because I was curious.

It’s the vinyl release for Bullets! As far as I was concerned, the vinyl was still sold out on Eyeball Records for some time now, however, it is now showing up on Amazon.com as being released yesterday. I’m assuming it’s the vinyl. It says it’s LP and has a blurb in the description about the vinyl. It’s being sold by independent retailers as well as directly from Amazon.com.

“I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love” by My Chemical Romance on Amazon.com

Here is the exclusive Kerrang interview that was advertised in last weeks issue

Kathleen’s Alternative Title:: This Post Is The Only Productive Thing I’ve Done All Day.

How are you? How have you been? Have you missed me?

Anyway, now to bombard you with lots of links to click.

If for some reason you have yet to see the video for Desolation Row, head on over to My Chem’s site because they have it embedded there. =P

BBC has a pretty good article about My Chemical Romance and their decision to cover Desolation Row and about Gerard’s opinion towards Watchmen in general. It’s interesting. Check it out.

BBC also has another article in which Gerard says that although they don’t know what direction they are taking their next cd, that he feels they have to change.

Gerard guest hosted on G4′s Fresh Ink Online. Clicking that link will take you to Dark Horse’s website to view the video. [I felt the need to add that last part for reasons unknown to me.]

For those of you who like The Umbrella Academy, Comic Book Resources has another positive review for the latest installment of the series.

Speaking of comics, here is a sneak peek for Dallas #4.

In this weeks issue of Kerrang some artists were asked to choose their favourite songs that they think we should download Frank was one of them.

Also in next weeks issue there will be an exclusive interview with MCR

In an exclusive interview with MTV, My Chemical Romance have released a preview of their music video for “Desolation Row”. The music video will be available for purchase at iTunes starting tomorrow. (MTV: Watch A Clip Of MCR’s “Watchmen”-Inspired Video)

There’s plenty of action in My Chemical Romance’s brand-new video for “Desolation Row,” the Bob Dylan song they covered for Zack Snyder’s hotly anticipated “Watchmen” film. Unfortunately, they seem to be on the losing end of most of it.

In this exclusive clip of the video — which was directed by Snyder — MCR frontman Gerard Way sports a mean shiner and a butterfly bandage over his eye, the result of some unseen altercation. Just what did the damage? Well, you can find out for sure when the full “Desolation” video premieres on the iTunes Music Store Friday.

Keen eyes should already be able to pick out a few nods to the “Watchmen” film in the video — check the smiley face on drummer Bob Bryar’s kit, and the massive Rorschach symbol the band performs in front of — but according to Way, the tie-in doesn’t end there. When we spoke to him a few months back, he revealed that the song now plays a huge part in Snyder’s much-discussed new ending to the film.

“I don’t want to say too much, but as far as the placement right now it’s integral to the ending of the film,” Way said. “And that gave me goose bumps, and not because we did the song, but because it works that well, I feel.”

As for the song itself, it keeps in line with the “fast and loose” ethos MCR have adopted for their still-in-the-works new album, one that Way says is going to shock a lot of longtime fans.

“Well, it was interesting, because it’s punk but not in a modern punk sense. We really went for that Sex Pistols-type sound. Some people that I’ve played for, their first reaction was that it’s British, it almost sounds like Slade,” he explained. “So that was really interesting — I guess we’re never really going to shake some of that British glam. But [especially on 'Desolation Row'] we’re going for that Sex Pistols-type sound. In fact, when we did the guitars, we brought in Marshall heads and ’50s Les Paul customs. So basically, relative things set up as the Pistols to get that sound. And the mixing was done accordingly as well. It’s very distorted and it’s very trashy.”

So today’s the day. My Chemical Romance has officially released “Desolation Row”. Here’s some places you can purchase the song:
- iTunes ($.99)
- Amazon.com (full soundtrack) ($16.99)

And, on another note..
Leathermouth’s debut, XO, is being released tomorrow. Here’s some more links for ya:
- HMV (£8.99)
- Best Buy ($13.99)
- Virgin Megastore ($11.99)
- Amazon.com ($13.98)
- Amazon.co.uk (£8.98)

Keep in mind that for those of you able to make it to New Jersey tomorrow, if you purchase the CD from Vintage Vinyl, you get a wristband into their CD release party performance at the store.

This made me laugh so hard- even Bob didn’t know! This was taken directly from their Twitter thing.

bob:  Does anyone know what this bloody countdown clock on the website is for

MTV has an article up predicting the top rock albums of 2009. Leading the charts will be Green Day followed by U2, Paramore, and Tokio Hotel. They’ve got a little blurb about Leathermouth:

Leathermouth, XO: The debut from My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero’s 1990s hardcore-inspired band punches up some raw, in-your-face punk rock with 10 tracks blitzing by in just 23 minutes. Think distorted, chaotic guitars and spazzy vocals from Iero on songs like “5th Period Massacre,” “This Song Is About Being Attacked by Monsters” and “I Am Going to Kill the President of the United States of America.”

The Wizard Fan Awards have a poll up. Go vote.
Scott Allie (Favorite Editor)
Gabriel Ba (Favorite Breakout Talent – artist)
Dave Steward (Favorite Colorist)

(Credit to My Chemical Freak)