The Black Parade Is Dead!
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| Live album by My Chemical Romance | ||||
| Released | July 1, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | October 7 and 24, 2007 | |||
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56:15 (CD) 124:31 (DVD) |
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| Label | Reprise | |||
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Limited edition box set
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| AllMusic |    |
| BBC | (positive) |
| IGN | 8.6/10 |
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| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5 |
The Black Parade Is Dead! is a CD/DVD by American rock band My Chemical Romance. It is the band's second live album, and was released on June 30, 2008.
The DVD features My Chemical Romance's final performance as "The Black Parade" from the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007 and as "My Chemical Romance" from Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 24, 2007. Audio tracks of the Palacio de los Deportes performance are available on the CD, and they can be listened to on the band's official MySpace page. The album debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies. In November 2008, the RIAA certified the album gold.
The Black Parade Is Dead! is MCR's final performance as their onstage characters, the Black Parade. The Black Parade centres around a dying character called The Patient, who reflects on events in his life while he is confronted by Death in the form of his fondest memory, that of his father bringing him to see a marching band. This is based on frontman Gerard Way's belief that death comes to a person in the form of their fondest memory. The band is seen in their Black Parade uniforms throughout the performance, and during the first song "The End", Gerard Way is seen taking the role of The Patient, before tearing off his hospital gown to reveal his uniform. Behind the band is the backdrop seen on the video for Welcome to the Black Parade and the poster seen within the Black Parade CD case. On Bob Bryar's drums, the gas mask of the character Mother War can be seen. Way states in the track The Black Parade Is Dead! that the performance in Mexico was their way of "properly killing them (the Black Parade) off". The show is decorated with various lights and confetti. Fire is used to effect during the performance of "Mama" and "Famous Last Words". The film ends with a credit sequence featuring the hidden track from The Black Parade, "Blood."
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