Exploring My Chemical Romance's "I Brought You My Bullets" Era 

I know Gerard’s speech about suicide is important but the “John cheese (?)” made me giggle

Unpopular opinion but this is the best MCR release imo, even over Black Parade. Mostly because it is the most emo of all the MCR albums. It definitely takes influence from old school emocore bands like Rites of Spring and Embrace

My mom got me this album as a gift in like 6th grade. Hot Topic employees had told her about the band and she thought I'd like them, she was correct ☺️

This album gets no love, they even licensed the new merch to a much cheaper company then the other ones, still hasn’t been reissued on CD after 2002 release

This era is really what really inspired me and my friends to try and make music together. Seeing them so young and dorky made them feel so much more relatable and made it easier for us to imagine ourselves in that situation.

An underrated and under-explored era, considering how much it informed what came later for the band. 'Headfirst for Halos' has remained a fave, even if I'm less of a rabid MCR fan than I once was. Also, they toured with A7X during this time and verrry early on in the Revenge era, and that still tickles the hell out of my brain. People forget how closely those two acts once associated!

You make some of my favorite videos keep it up homie

Drowning Lessons and Cubicles always hit me with serious emotion. I loved this record in 8th grade during my serious emo phase, & is still holds up.

"Honey, This Mirror [...]" is still my go-to reference track for bombastic eyeliner mallcore. Gerard's vocal style really is something else.

drowning lessons is one of mcr’s most emotional, uniquely written, and coolest sounding songs tbh. the main guitar riff is so unique and difficult to play, and it has a such a playfully dark cadence, which almost makes the song sound happy. the bass is also so dark and bouncy, allowing it to cut through the higher end guitar riffs. the vocals sound so raw and emotional without requiring and screams or distorted vocal technique. and that outro too, it sounds like the end screen in a perma death survival horror game on the god damn playstation 2

I'm really happy to hear someone talk about how Frank and Ray being in the band really helped create the sound... I feel like a lot of mychem fans like all the members but don't actually view every single member as artistic. A lot of people kind of just right off Gerard as the only musical genius. sidenote I know Brian is treated like Voldemort but I firmly believe danger days would have a much better album if he was still in the band. it saddens me that he didn't join another band. insanely talented. Also if given the chance I firmly believe ray toro could pull a Dave from nirvana and have success like the foo fighters if he had the confidence in himself and put the right band together.

you should definitely make a video about danger days era. i think its really interesting about how their whole look and sound changed and how the music industry changed between the black parade and danger days.

It's turning 20 years old in summer, a remaster could be much appreciated

My first tattoo was actually Harry Houdini’s silhouette from the cover

Bullets is such an amazing album. I'm lucky to have a copy of it, as well as one of the original shirts Eyeball Records released for it.

for anyone interested in diving into the history of mcr i highly recommend the band biography "the true lives of my chemical romance". just read it couple months ago and its an amazingly detailed look at the band from before its inception to the breakup in 2013.

Ppl who don’t love this album….. are we even fans of the same band…..this album legit shook my world. I still have my copy I bought in 2005. This band means everything to me

Would love if this could be a short series on MCR leading up to their reunion and tour this year.

As much as I love Three Cheers and that was the album that got me into MCR. Bullets is my absolute favourite album.

When I was in college a few years back, I mentored a middle schooler who was OBSESSED with MCR which was so funny to me because I was a huge fan when MCR was coming up + at its peak, when she was like... A baby. Good to see em still making an impact.

Lost this cd 10 years ago.. and it still hurts big time. BIG TIME!

I was obsessed with MCR from 2005 to 2007 and thought I knew everything about them. I’m today years old when I learned about that first demo ☠️

It was because of Geoff Rickley that i first checked out this record. Still remains one of my favorites. As a side note, you should do a video on Thursday. A band who i think got better as they went along. Incredible musicians and songwriters.

early sunsets over monroeville is literally my alarm to wake me up every morning

Can we get a video like this for Revenge Era? I feel like Revenge although a fan favorite is pretty underrated in comparison to the Black Parade and the whole storyline and aesthetic that went along with it was so cool

Early sunsets is still one of my favorite mcr songs to this day. I remember when this album dropped. Local music shop had a copy and I picked it up because the band name was interesting. There's actually another disk that came with a bunch of other songs from bands that were signs by eyeball at the time. There are some great bangers on that extra disk that I never hear people talk about anymore. Specifically a song called satellite by kiss Kiss. Also if you still have a physical copy and haven't read the legendary thank you section do yourself a favor. Gerard had some funny lines in his section. Anyways I still have my original cd but lost the bonus disk long ago 🙃

I wish this album was just as well received among casual and new/recent fans as _Three Cheers_ and _The Black Parade_ are. Seems like this one is really a hardcore fan favorite. I love the energy, the raw production, the 2002 aesthetic of the album artwork. The raw production is mainly what either draws you in or puts you off. I feel it's a matter of acquired taste.

30:24 The thing with physical copies of bullets is that the vinyl has been re-issued but not the cd, if i'm not mistaken, eyeball records still has the rights to the cd for some reason and haven't re-issued this format, so they've become extreamly rare and go up to like 70 bucks, but warner has the rights to the vinyl format so you can buy it at any record store for like 20 bucks. I'm not sure how that works but it's something along those lines, me as a latin american MCR fan have been trying years to find a cd copy of bullets at a reasonable price lmao

i used to ceremonially listen to this album everynight for months. Its still one of my favorite albums of all time, looking back at it now i do realize how cringe i was. But i dont care cause the music resonates with me and i hold it very close to me still.

Omg seriously Gerard was the most adorable man in the world. I love his round face, his tiny pointy nose and his cute little teeth, just ugh. ❤ He is just one in a million.

30:48 I had no idea hard copies of bullets weren't a thing anymore. I have an original bullets cd and i wonder how much they're going for.

Well hell, looks like my Eyeball Records copy of Bullets is a treasure nowadays, ha! I was in my mid-20s when I'm Not Okay blew up. Prior to this, I'd seen them on a tiny Warped Tour stage and their stage presence caught my attention, so rushing to a nearby record store was a no-brainer. I figured I might as well buy Bullets to get myself all caught up. I immediately loved it and it still stands as one of my favorite records, even at age 44. Loved the video, CR.

Just want to say I'm 40÷y/o mom..my kids are in their 20s now..but I went thru this genre of music when my kids were teens..I was always into heavy metal in my younger years to present ... this music was such a great time in the 2000s..Me and my kids bonded over this kind if music.. Listening to you talk about it makes heart happy and takes me back to car rides in the car where we all would sing lyrics at the top of our lungs (we made dogs cover their ears with our singing 🤣) I just wanted to say thank you..you have such a contagious energy that makes me smile and take me back to those fun days...i listen/watch most of your videos.... Thanks for all you do..Keep the videos coming!!!!

My order goes: 1. Bullets 2. Three Cheers 3. Danger Days 4. Black Parade I know how dare i put Danger Days before the black parade but I love the aesthetic too much! also it reminds me of being a rough and wild teen. Bonus: favorite song is Desert Song

A close friend got me this album on CD for my (12th) birthday in 2008, and I'm so glad she did. They were already my favorite band but I had largely ignored the first album aside from a few. Thanks to it being one of the few CDs I owned (I was a LimeWire kid) I listened to it on repeat and am more in touch with it as a Full Album than I am with the other albums, which I see more as "a bunch of songs I like, all together".

My favorite album of them all, my first album, and the first album for the band. LOVE EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF IT. So underrated and love the bonus disc it came with wor Eyeball records. Overall great and favorite album.

Personally, my favorite song on this album is definitely Early Sunsets Over Monroeville. Not because it's the best, but just because it hits really fucking hard, and makes me cry a bunch.

The first my chem song I ever heard was Skylines and Turnstiles. It was about a month before Three Cheers came out, I was 13 and holy shit did it have an impact on me! This album is so criminally underrated

Bullets is always overlooked, but it's a great album! I still own my physical cd copy of this album. I never would've thought that it would go out of print lol.

My cousin bought me this album randomly when I was in like 7th or 8th grade. I think she thought she was buying me Three Cheers lol. I didn't even know about this album until she gifted it to me and now it's one of my favorite albums of all time. I hope I still have it lying around here somewhere!!

Seeing the ripped knees on Gerard’s jeans gave me such flashbacks oh my god

Don’t give a fuck what anyone says, I loved how messy this shit was 😅 it was loud, messy but inspired. It gave the blueprint of what MCR was going to do and I loved it. Early Sunset Over Monroeville was and still is my shit 😩

Small thing - he wasn't on a ferry, he was on a train. He mentioned in an interview, there's a train that goes from Hoboken to 33rd street, and the other to world trade center. He's talking about the NJ Transit PATH trains. Nice video!

my uncle jim was frank iero's 9th grade religion teacher rip father moran

I bet a lot of people would agree that there is nothing bad that was made by MCR, people just have favouritism for the others over this. Don’t overlook this album because god I love it 🥰🖤

2:13 Hearing Gerard give that speech about suicide actually made me tear up wtf

I love that you called it a Horror Punk record. cos well it so is!

This will always be my favorite album. This was the first album that I could throughly listen to and not skip any songs. Drowning lessons is my favorite song from the band.

This was their best album!!! Seen them 103 times. The Bullets era, following them all over the country and sleeping in my car and getting to hang out with them … the best times of my life ♥️♥️

Greatest band of the past 30 years

As a werid ,nerdy, sad ,misfit kid their music generally make me feel less alone and make me feel better on my worst nights. And the members of mcr are very inspirational and cool people and don't seem creepy like a lot of other emo bands. They will always be my favorite band and be the best band in my heart

i also hear a gothic influence in this record too, a la sisters of mercy/bauhaus. i got this record on vinyl the other day and i was so happy walking out of the shop with it. great video! one of my friends actually compared the evolution from bullets to revenge as "going from the first sims game to sims 2"

Unlike most of the bands that you cover who I know absolutely nothing about, I was well aware of almost all of this... and it's great to hear you recount it all! I love this album, my favorite MCR record 👍🏽

I really love like half of the songs from this album, wonderful lyrics, vocals, melodies... Totally underrated, Bullets needs more love!

I haven't even watched thew video yet. I just wanted to say Julian always pulls through with a video when you need it most.

They also toured with Misery Signals, Every Time I Die and American Nightmare(Give Up The Ghost) shortly before this album's release, really interesting tours. Would have loved to see them

This album was recorded right up the road from where I live which is just insane to me.

Been waiting for a new cozy update for a good blast from the past ❤️🤗

This was a trip down memory lane, i can feel the fangirl within me awake. The bullets era was something so special and the soundtrack of my youth. Thanks for an incredible video, always lovely to see early mcr get some loving!

As someone whose work is in online marketing strategy, these type of videos are exactly the smart move, well done man. Shorter but more often. But for the love of god dial the volume back when you play the clips, a lot of people like to watch these kinds of things while they are going to sleep, and the extreme volume changes are a killer loll

best videos ever, thank you soooooo much!

Amazing video mate I don’t usually watch long videos all the way through, but this one really had me interested. This was a very well compiled video

hi guys, i wanted to share my fav mcr albums in order 1.three cheers 2.bullets 3. black parade 4.danger

ty for making this video I was sad today and this is exactly what I needed

A new Cozy Rep vid always makes my night! I've been listening to MCR since I was 14, I saw them opening for Green Day in 2005, and to this day they're in my top 10 bands of all time. Thanks so much for the always great videos!

This is totally their best album and one of the best emo albums of all time. I still have the original cd bumpin’ in my car!

I love this album so much! I'm happy that I have a physical copy of this album.

fun fact: on the cd of this record in small print it says something along the lines of if you reproduce this record gerard will come to your house and suck your blood. got this record in like 4th grade and my friends mom read the lyrics and wouldnt let her son listen to them.

I get so excited everytime you have uploaded! Even when it's a band i ain't a fan of, please don't stop this brilliance x

Yoooo we finally getting into MCR!! Bro finally! One of my long awaited artists for you to discuss and talk about!

Love these vids, keep ‘em coming bro 🤘🏼

Love this guys energy, keep it up!

This era of the band is amazing

one of my favorite albums so glad to see it being covered this way

my favorite album analyzed by one of my favorite channels xxxx sweet

ive been waiting for this video thank you so much

This album has always been special to me since I first heard it. My favourite song from it has always been Skylines and Turnstiles, such a powerful song. And I'm lucky because I found the vinyl for it and then my sister bought me a second-hand cd of it for Christmas. Just amazing

I cannot express to you how much I love this type of content. I was super obsessed with MCR and other emo bands when I was younger and got bullied for it. These videos really validate me and my love for this type of music and the people that create it. Your videos are well put together and so thoughtful. I can’t wait to see what you do next 🥰

back in high school i was cd shopping with a friend and they found bullets on cd, i didnt know much about mcr at the time but i remember how excited my friend got. later they decided to lend me the black parade cd to get me into mcr and the rest is history! I found this album on vinyl a few years ago and i really cherish it, bullets is so unique hands down one of my favourite records of all time.

starting this as soon as i charge my wireless headphones (wires broke D:) but i love your videos!! and bullets has been one of my favorite albums forever, being the first record i got on vinyl. can't wait to watch this

Man cubicles, skylines and most of all drowning lessons are all such great classics ... my all time favorites by them... followed closely by sunsets over monroeville and demolition lovers

omg excited to watch this

Been waiting for this one! Epic job, as always!

you have no idea how excited i am for this one oh my

I feel cozy and represented

the nostalgia...... thank you julian!!

They were my favourite band when I was a teenager and they still mean soo much to me I will always love them 🖤

Hard copies of 3 cheers are easy to find anywhere you can find second hand CDs. Go look!

I remember basically stalking my HMV to get them to order this for me after Three Cheers was already out. It was a long wait but I'm so glad I put the work in because I love this album so much.

can’t wait to watch this vid later! you have great vids on great bands keep it up!!! u deserve more subs ;-;

My favorite band of all time and fav album, loved the video!

subscribed. good stuff broski

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I remember reading the CD leaflet for a The Used album when it came out and it had a thanks to My Chemical Romance. I looked up the band and bought this album as it was the only out by them and loved it. I love their first album and honestly the only one I ever really liked.

great work brother!

Omg you name dropped “Northstar”!!!!!! You have no idea how much that band means to me. I had this CRAZY ass PTSD attack and my friend turned on my radio to calm me down and “between horns and halos” started playing and I apparently felt immensely better after it played.

great video thank you cozy

I own this album on vinyl, cd and cassette, its my favorite album ever, excelent video dude ❤️🔥

thank you so much for covering my favourite band if you're interested in their other albums, I'd love to see your reviews of them :)

YES THANK U FOR THIS I LUV UR CONTENT