Lee Jennings Discusses My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade - originally published on Bonus Tracks Patreon

Send us Fan Mail This episode was originally published on the You, Me and An Album Patreon on Dec. 8, 2025. For this episode, Lee Jennings—frontman of the Atlanta-based emo-hardcore band The Funeral Portrait—continues the My Chemical Romance discussion he began with Al on Ep 194 of You, Me and An Album. Progressing through the MCR discography, they move on from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge to the 2006 follow-up album, The Black Parade. Lee discusses why he wanted to talk about The Black Parade, and he delves into the album’s importance to MCR and to the emo genre more generally. He also revisits his initial experiences with listening to the album and explains how it enhanced his MCR fandom. Keep up with Lee on Instagram at @leejennings! Also, you can learn more about The Funeral Portrait at thefuneralportrait.com and follow them in the following places… TikTok: @tfp_devotion Instagram and Facebook: @thefuneralportrait Be sure to sign up for the YMAAA Newsletter at youmealbum.ghost.io.  To keep up with You, Me and An Album, please give the show a follow on Instagram at @youmealbum. You can listen to excerpts of YMAAA episodes on YouTube. Please consider subscribing to the YMAAA channel there at @youmeandanalbum. 0:00 Lee’s introduction 1:31 Lee explains why he wanted to come back to the show and discuss The Black Parade 6:05 Lee and Al talk about their experiences with listening to albums that followed up albums they fell in love with 8:14 Lee details how My Chemical Romance matured along with their audience 11:41 Lee thinks fans could connect more easily to the themes on The Black Parade 14:55 Lee discusses the background behind Danger Days 16:59 Lee explains why The Black Parade became a sensation 20:16 Lee doesn’t think The Black Parade would have made the same impact without Bullets and Three Cheers coming before it 22:37 Lee talks about The Black Parade’s timeless sound 28:42 Lee lauds the depth of quality songs recorded during the sessions for The Black Parade 30:00 Lee and Al have questions about the album’s sequencing 35:45 Al was surprised by a couple of things he learned in preparation for this episode 36:51 Is the fourth album “the artist’s album” (h/t Jessica Dobson)? Outro music is from “Stay Weird” by The Funeral Portrait. Support the show