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MCR was formed by frontman Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier approximately one week after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Witnessing the planes crash into the World Trade Center influenced Way's life to the extent that he decided to start a band.
Way wrote the song "Skylines and Turnstiles" to express his feelings about September 11th. Shortly thereafter, Ray Toro was called up and asked to join the band because at the time Way couldn't sing and play the guitar at the same time.
The first recording sessions were done in Pelissier's attic, where the songs "Our Lady of Sorrows" (formerly called "Bring More Knives") and "Cubicles" were recorded. Frank
Iero revealed that the band finished the lyrics to "Best Day Ever" moments before they arrived at the studio to begin recording. The band refers to those sessions as The Attic Demos.
Mikey Way, the younger brother of Gerard, loved the demo so much that he decided to join the band after dropping out of college.
Rumor had it that Mikey learned how to play the bass guitar just to join the band, but Gerard Way set the record straight in the CD/DVD Life on the Murder Scene when he reported that Mikey had been in several bands before joining My Chemical Romance.
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