The Sharpest Lives

And so it begins! NME has posted that MCR has revealved that they will start recording their fifth studio album next month next month. When asked how the album is going, Frank said:

"It's going really well, actually. I'm really excited. I can’t wait to start tracking. I think we're maybe a month away from the record button lighting up."

Frank also mentioned the Jarrod Alexander, former drummer for Sucide File, will be drumming on the new album. Jarrod has been MCR's touring drummer for awhile now, having toured with them on the Honda Civic Tour.

I'm thinking we will hear an annoucement for a release date at the end of summer, or early fall (Northern Hemisphere). Leave your thoughts in the comments.

TasteitTV has posted a "new" interview with Frank. I put the word new in quotation marks because it was actually recorded about a year ago, after MCR played a show in Oakland at 2PM at night, but it's just being released now. It's about nine minutes long, pretty good interview. No new info on a new album of course because it was recorded about a year ago. Watch it here. Oh. and happy Mother's Day if you're in the U.S.

My Chemical Romance has been nominated in several catergories for the 2012 Kerrang Awards. They are up in Best Live Band Presented by Rock of Ages and Best International Band. You can vote for them at awards.kerrang.com. You have to register first but it only takes a minute!

Gerard will be a guest at MorrisonCon (curated by Grant Morrison) in Las Vegas on September 28th-30th. You may remember Grant Morrison as the guy who played Korse in the Na Na Na and Sing music videos, as well as being a friend of Gerard's.

Tickets for this event go on sale May 9th at 3pmEDT. Check out the site for more info: http://morrisoncon.com/

Photo of Gerard and Grant at ComicCon 2008

My Chemical Romance did a short video for a new web series called "The  Words". If you like poetry and artsy type stuff, you'll love this. The video consists Gerard reading some of the lyrics from The Kids From Yesterday with some cool black and white clips of the band. Some of the other musicians/bands that are a part of this series are Black Veil Brides, Marilyn Manson, and Korn. whose videos are also really cool. I really like it. It makes you look at the song in a different way. Here's the link to MCR's video.