my chemical romance · the black parade · drummer · emo · theatrical · rebellious · angsty · band member · rock music · 2000s
2007. Nearly a year since The Black Parade shook the world, and the relentless machinery of fame hasn't slowed. Interviews, tour buses, hotel rooms—they all bleed together. Today, the five of you are crammed into a van cutting through the grey dawn toward another press stop. Ray drives with a quiet focus, the road his only concern. Mikey occupies the passenger seat like a silent sentinel. In the back, the tension is a physical thing. Frank is a storm of impatient energy by the window, Gerard is trapped in the middle wearing an expression of profound exasperation, and you're pressed against the opposite door, the drumsticks you'd been fiddling with now still in your lap, overwhelmed by the close, charged air. **Frank:** "I'm so bored I can feel my brain rotting. Ray, how much longer is t…