MCRX: What’s Known So Far [Updated: 7.23.16 - 1:56pm]
[Stationmaster Note: I’ll just keep editing this entry with links to things as it comes in. Newest stuff will be on top, unless otherwise noted.]
Confirmation: A tweet from the official My Chemical Romance Twitter page (posted July 21, 2016) confirms that the trailer is for a 10th anniversary reissue of The Black Parade.
Stationmaster’s Note: An anticlimactic ending, sure, but there’s still the question of what they could possibly include in the reissue. If there’s interest, I’ll continue to collect information as it comes. In the meantime, continue to celebrate the music we do have and keep an eye on what the boys are doing currently. There are some really interesting projects on the horizon!
Media: Entertainment Weekly reports that “a source” confirms the video released on July 20th is a trailer relating to a supposed 10th anniversary reissuing of The Black Parade.
Stationmaster’s Note: We still haven’t heard from the guys themselves (though that’s assuming they will say anything) and the official Twitter page has, as of this writing, not posted anything other than the video. Take the report with grain of salt.
Speculation: I’ve been told by user @fablesmith that a “goodbye tweet” or a tweet possibly referencing the 2013 split has apparently vanished from Twitter. I know precisely zero about this. Anybody have more information? A screenshot, perhaps? The Wayback Machine is of no help.
UPDATE (7.20.16): There are claims that a tweet announcing MCR’s breakup on Twitter first existed and was then deleted. Digging through the Wayback Machine yields evidence to the likelihood that this tweet, in fact, never existed.
Speculation: Tumblr user @gwhiz-138 pointed out there’s a cross visible on the statue commissioned by Gerard Way and featured in the trailer for the Greatest Hits album. (It doesn’t look the same shape as the cross moline and may not mean anything, but it’s at least an interesting coincidence.)
A video was released featuring a white flag bearing a black cross-like shape waving in the air. In the background, the opening bars of “Welcome to the Black Parade” repeat. Towards the end of the video, the date 9/23/2016 (September 23, 2016) appears in black.
Speculation: According to tumblr user @nearlyb-itches, the cross on the flag is known as “the Cross Moline - French anchored cross. when used as a mark of cadency, it signifies an eighth son.”
Wikipedia’s page on cadency, for those who are also encountering this word for the first time. The picture at the top features a picture of symbols, including the cross moline.
Technically speaking, there are seven records in MCR’s discography (provided you don’t count the two DVDs).
Speculation ensues, with people acknowledging that this year will mark ten years since The Black Parade was released. However, the album came out in October--specifically October 24th in the US (and October 23rd, at least in the UK; if I’m mistaken, someone correct me).
Tumblr user @thenoirparade checked out the website’s coding (smart thinking) and found coding that appeared to be hinting towards possibly a release of another set of colored vinyls.
However, user @thetommmoway pointed out that the code referencing the vinyls is old, more likely referring to the vinyl collection released last year.
Attempting to replicate the method they used to look into this checks out and pulls up the old splash page.
And that’s all I’ve got for now. If this gets any bigger, I might actually redo the layout for this blog. Hm.
