- Is this a band of vampires?
- I wish I had a guitar right now,
so I'm just gonna imagine.
♪ (playful intro) ♪
- (FBE) Today, we're gonna
be having you listen
to a selection of songs
from an alternative rock group
that was really popular
in the 2000s.
- Okay.
- (FBE) Any guesses on what
it could be?
- No. I have no idea
who this could be.
- I play guitar
and I know a lot of rockers.
I'm guessing I'll guess it. (laughs)
- I'm already dancing
even though the music isn't on.
- ♪ Well, if you wanted... ♪
- I don't know this! Come on!
- Oh. My Chemical Romance.
- Who the heck is this?
- I know the name.
I know the name.
I'm blanking out right now.
- (FBE) I'll give you a hint.
My...
- Chemical Romance.
Boom! I'm so smart.
- Is this a band of vampires?
- He looks like a vampire.
- What is on his eyes?!
- The main guy looks so scary.
- ♪ I never want to
let you down
or have have you go ♪
♪ It's better off this way ♪
♪ For all the dirty looks ♪
♪ The photographs
your boyfriend took ♪
- It's very good.
That must hurt!
- I've heard this song many times.
- I used to listen
to them a few years ago.
- No wonder they're called
alternative rock.
I'm scared of him!
- Did that guy just eat a crayon
on camera for this music video?
- I think this man
is possessed.
- Ew. Oh, that's disgusting.
Well, I can definitely tell
he's not okay
from what he just drank.
- My sister used
to listen to them.
She would just play it,
and then I would listen to it.
- I kind of like the actual song
better than the music video,
'cause, you know,
it's a little much for me.
- I'm scared.
Like, it's gonna attack me.
It's like, "Ahhh!"
- He's possessed.
He has too many problems. (chuckles)
He's crazy.
- ♪ The boys and girls in the clique ♪
- I think I know this song.
- I know this one.
I just don't remember the name.
- ♪ The boys and girls in the clique ♪
- I'm just confused.
Why are they wearing gas masks?
- Why are they wearing gas masks?
- I think it's just weird.
And the cheerleaders
wearing gas masks?
- I feel like the audience right now.
- ♪ We'll make 'em pay
for the things that they did ♪
- I'm guessing the song
is called "Teenagers"
by the huge banner
in the background.
- ♪ ...the living shit out of me ♪
- I think this song is really good!
- ♪ ...someone'll bleed ♪
- I mean, it's a good song.
- ♪ So, darken your clothes
or strike a violent pose ♪
- Oh.
♪ Maybe they'll
leave you alone, but not me ♪
- (gasps)
- I'm confused.
- Whoa, that guitar player is good.
- I don't know what he's thinking.
(gasps) And they're
dancing to it?!
People need help,
and I mean a lot, a lot!
- They don't look
as much as vampires.
- Maybe they're going
through a phase?
- Teenagers can get
into really weird stuff.
- (gasps) This one looks good.
♪ La, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ La, la, la ♪
♪ La, la, la, la,
la, la, la ♪
- That looked like an evil furry.
- Oh, no! Furries!
- (yawns)
- Where's the exit?
- I actually kinda like it.
- It's really good.
I love it.
Oh my gosh.
- ♪ And we crawl,
and we crawl, and we crawl ♪
♪ You be my detonator ♪
- There's even a kid in there.
What the heck?
- ♪ Na, na, na, na,
na, na, na ♪
- Oh, no, no.
I don't like vampires.
- That looks just how
they looked like
in the beginning.
- I like the masks a lot.
- Oh, god. That furry.
- It's a good beat.
It's a good song.
It's good movie parts.
It's very good.
- Dude, their music videos
are a trip to watch.
- There were more vampires.
- I couldn't even hear a thing
that they were saying.
It was like ♪ Na, na, na, na ♪
- Legit, all I heard was
"Na, na, na, na, na, na."
- (FBE) Well, I'll let you know,
that's the name of the song.
- "Na na na na"?
Oh, well, ho-ho. I'm good at this.
- That, so far,
has to be my favorite.
- ♪ Now, I know that I can't
make you stay ♪
- Great, now they're dead.
- Oh, yeah, it's another song. Yes!
- ♪ ...your heart? ♪
- I know that this is one
of the songs that my sister
used to listen to the most.
- ♪ ...your heart? ♪
♪ But where's your ♪
- I cannot see your eyes.
- When he had his eyes darked out,
I was just thinking
of Jack Skellington.
- Why do they look like skeletons?
Especially the lead singer.
It's like he's trying
to be Jack Skellington,
which he'll never be!
♪ (guitar solo) ♪
- This is kind of darker
than their other ones.
- He sings a lot like
the animation on Rock Band.
- I don't really get
the concept of this.
- (gasps) I'm shaking.
And I mean shaking-shaking.
- Oh! I do not
wanna see your teeth.
- Mm-hmm. This is good.
It's like one of those songs
that you just play when you
just wanna dance in your room.
You're just like, "YEAH!"
- This is the last time
I'm listening to this song
and the first.
- Nope. Never liked it,
never will. Nope. Blegh.
- I don't like it at all.
I can barely understand
what they're saying,
because it just sounds
like they're screaming.
- I feel like I've listened
to their music before,
but every punk rock lead singer
has the same voice.
- ♪ Sing it out ♪
- Is this a car commercial?
- ♪ ...you've got to see
what tomorrow brings ♪
- Is this the sequel?
- Are those the same people?
(gasps) Dude.
Connected, dude.
- It's the zombie-looking
vampire things.
- Oh, no. The vampires
are back. Oh, no.
And they brought
a smiley-faced friend.
- I wonder if you could
talk in that mask.
- It's like the other song.
I love it.
- What the?
Oh. Oh.
- Do we give a poop?
No. We don't care.
We go straight through.
- ♪ Every time that you lose it,
sing it for the world ♪
- Dude, that's the one kid!
Oh my gah!
- What's up the these children
in dangerous areas? What the heck?
- Is that little kid
working for them
or is he trapped there?
- ♪ Sing it from the heart ♪
♪ Sing it till you're nuts ♪
♪ Sing it out for the ones
that'll hate your guts ♪
- Why are these guys wearing masks
while they're working
on the computers?
They're like...
- I like this one actually.
- ♪ Sing it for the world ♪
- No, I will not sing it.
- It's amazing!
I'ma give this fireworks
with heart eyes.
- I love it when people
have a connected story
through their music. Yes!
- (FBE) We have one last song
and many people consider this
to be their most famous song.
- Oh, okay.
- (FBE) Any guesses on what
this could be?
- The "Black Parade" one.
♪ (somber piano music) ♪
- Yes, I love this so--
(gasps) I love this song!
- (gasps) What happened?
- ♪ When I was... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ A young boy ♪
- (sings along) ♪ My father
took me into the city ♪
- ♪ To see a marching band ♪
- So iconic.
- I've actually heard this one before.
- ♪ He said, "Son, when you grow up ♪
- My dad keeps
singing this to me.
- ♪ Because one day I'll leave you ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ A phantom to lead you
in the summer ♪
♪ To join the black parade ♪
- Oh, wow. A bunch of people
wearing black outfits.
- Dude, you go, man.
- Cool.
I never watched this video.
- ♪ When I was ♪
- (sings along) ♪ A young boy ♪
♪ My father ♪
- Again, Jack Skellington vibe.
You'll never be him.
- Oh.
♪ (moves into upbeat rock music) ♪
- This took a change. It's like slow,
and then it's like, "YEAH!"
- I wish I had a guitar right now,
so I'm just gonna imagine.
- ♪ Carry on ♪
- You're not supposed
to get out of the hospital
if you're injured.
- ♪ ... dead and gone, believe me ♪
- I like this.
- What's at the bottom
of his eyes?
- Oh my gosh! He's joining in!
My gosh. They're making a cult.
Cult gang.
- Why was he in the hospital?
Why do they all have
that kind of outfit?
Why are they all wearing masks?
And why are they either
wearing black with a face
and black circles over their eyes?
Are they raccoons?
- I would say the song's
a lot better than the video.
- On my playlist, I have that song,
on Spotify and my other music app.
- (FBE) So, that was the band
My Chemical Romance.
- I knew it!
- The word "chemical,"
it reminds me of science and stuff.
- (FBE) So, My Chemical Romance
was a super popular band
back in the 2000s,
and we actually covered them
in the past with our college kids
who grew up with their music.
- (Adam) ♪ Will carry on ♪
I can't sing like him, though.
Not even close.
- (FBE) They released
their first album in 2006,
which sold a million copies
within a year.
And their second album,
"The Black Parade"
surpassed their first album sales,
going triple platinum in the US,
which means it sold
over three million copies
just in America.
- Wow.
I can't even imagine
how much in the world.
- (FBE) From what you heard,
why do you think they were so popular?
- Well, I guess because of the lyrics,
how they had a story to them.
And then, also because it's
alternative punk rock
and that was probably
more famous then.
- There are a lot of people
that enjoy the punk scene, you know?
And so, it just made them big.
They seem like a very personable group
to a lot of people,
like you can relate to them.
- People can relate to it,
like if they had death
in their family or something.
- It's funny, 'cause the show is crazy
and you love it,
and it's scary. It's fierce.
It brings out your love,
and you get to dance
however you want.
- (FBE) So, My Chemical Romance
actually broke up in 2013.
- Why?
- (FBE) They all just went
on their separate ways.
I know the lead singer,
he's now a comic book writer
for DC Comics.
- A few years ago
at a book signing
at Barnes & Nobles,
I met Gerard Way
for his new comic books,
because he makes them
for DC now.
- (FBE) But they're still regarded
as one of the most influential
alternative rock and emo punk groups
of all time. The Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame even named their song
"Welcome to the Black Parade"
as one of the 500 songs that
helped shape rock and roll music.
- Wow.
- (FBE) So finally,
how does this compare to the music
that you listen to today?
- I don't know,
'cause I don't think rock--
there's not that many rock bands
as there were before.
- The music I listen to
is much more different,
like less emo.
- They're such a big group
and so influential,
so you'll never really know
if they influenced someone
if they don't say it to you.
- Well, Panic! at the Disco,
Billie Eilish, and Melanie Martinez
are the people I think of
when I hear dark music.
- (FBE) Do you think you're gonna
listen to more alternative
and emo rock?
- Yes.
- Not really. I'll stick
to my YouTube music.
- I don't think it would be
things that I always listen to
all the time, but sometimes.
- Probably not of the genre,
but probably more
of My Chemical Romance.
I didn't know
they had such good bops.
- I think I will.
Here's my heart eyes again
and my heart. Bravo.
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