#11/29/24

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OBITUARY

BOB BRYAR, FORMER DRUMMER OF MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, DEAD AT 44

The musician performed with the rock band on The Black Parade and Danger Days after joining in 2004

By EMILY ZEMLER

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

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Bob Bryar of My Chemical Romance performs at Big Day Out Festival 2007 at the Sydney Showground. PAUL MCCONNELL/GETTY IMAGES

Bob Bryar, the drummer of My Chemical Romance from 2004 to 2010, has died at the age of 44, Rolling Stone has confirmed. 

“The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob’s passing,” a spokesperson for the band tells Rolling Stone. 

Details surrounding his death were not given, but law enforcement sources told TMZ the musician was found in his Tennessee home, and no foul play is suspected. The medical examiner is investigating the cause of Bryar’s death.

Born in Chicago in 1979, Bryar started playing drums at a young age and got a degree in sound engineering from the University of Florida before becoming a touring sound engineer. He worked for Thrice and the Used and met My Chemical Romance while on tour with the Used in 2004.

Later that year, My Chemical Romance replaced drummer Matt Pelissier shortly after the release of the New Jersey rock band’s second LP, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. He went on to perform on three of the band’s subsequent releases, including their seminal 2006 album, The Black Parade, and their 2010 effort, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.

“This was the biggest record I have ever done and I was nervous,” Bryar recalled of recording The Black Parade in an interview with Alternative Press. “Along with being nervous, we all had to feel out the writing dynamic between all of us. I was very vocal about my drum parts, but let the other dudes do their thing because they were doing so well and didn’t need anyone chiming in every second. That leads me to remember one situation where it was super-late and only G, the engineer and myself were at the studio. There was a vocal harmony that I kept hearing. It was the first time I got the balls to ask someone to try something. That idea made it to the record, which was really nice for me to see happen.”

He added, “As we were recording the record, I was getting more and more excited. It was turning out to be a very complete and a very entertaining audio story… I really feel every part of that record, down to the artwork, is pretty unbeatable. I hope those songs will be around for a long time.”

Bryar departed from My Chemical Romance, who later disbanded in 2013, following the release of Danger Days, although he performed on the band’s singles collection, Conventional Weapons. Band member Frank Iero confirmed in a statement that Bryar’s exit was “a painful decision for all of us to make and was not taken lightly.” He added, “We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors and expect you all to do the same.”

My Chemical Romance replaced Bryar from 2011-2013 with Jarrod Alexander, who also joined the band for their 2022 reunion tour. After leaving the band, Bryar continued to tour behind the scenes with various bands and became involved in dog rescue charities and sanctuaries. In 2014, he quit the music industry to pursue a career in real estate.

In 2021, Bryar auctioned off the drum kit used during the band’s 2005 MTV VMAs performance to raise money for the Williamson County Animal Control and Adoption Center in Tennessee. “It’s my favorite finish of all of the kits I’ve had,” he wrote of the set. “If you look closely, there is still some confetti from tour that snuck into the bass drum hole. I’ll leave that in there for you.” In 2022, Bryar announced he would be selling his original Black Parade uniform to help “abandoned and sheltered animals in areas of Florida and South Carolina that are affected by Hurricane Ian.”

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[pavelzacha]

Miss you baby

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520 Days

[dearestlyrics]

i can list each crippling fear like i'm reading from a will

and i'll defy every one and love you still

[wizarddogs]

Jean isn't thrilled by her daughter's disheveled appearance

[iknuusobrieflyudedsoapdog]

I spent most of my thanksgiving at my grandmas with my mom’s side of the family. The past couple years I’d show up later but this time I helped with cooking and setting up. It was nice! We don’t really celebrate thanksgiving it’s more-so a fact that it’s just the day we all have off from work.

Around five I went over to my dad’s and discovered he had a twenty four year old girlfriend. She’s barely a year older than myself. And it’s not like my dad is rich and I can give her money or something so that’s not why she’s with him. It was incredibly hard not to flip the fuck out.

If anything it made me sad. Like wow my dad is doing that. And I was playing matching card games and dominos on the floor with the kids, drinking wine and just my life is totally different than that girls. It made me sad that she was spending thanksgiving in this new place with no one she knew and also WITH MY DAD. Like my dad SUCKS. Girl GET OUT.

I knew if I said that it wouldn’t be taken the right way. On top of that, I didn’t even really want to see him. My dad’s presence in my life is always so confusing and changing and I ended up being okay seeing him, but disgusted with this new choice he’s made. Like me and this girl could have been in high school together.

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Jenson Button and Alex Albon catching up in the paddock on Friday - Qatar, 2024

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hinata gets more and more incredible with every passing second, and he will never ever stop!!!

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Maybe some New Kings?

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But all good things must come to an end and what a difference it is to feel like his nauseating, exhausting, and painful withdrawal was anything that could be called good when Neil’s the central focus.

He opens his eyes sober for the first time in months and sees Neil asleep next to him. There are bags under his eyes and Andrew reaches up to run his thumb along them. He stops just before he touches Neil’s eyes though as he realizes that any touch will wake the idiot up. 

The calendar function on the clock tells him that it took a week.

He knows that it had been a lot longer in his first life but he’d been fully dependent in his first life and the gradual step down had been far slower than the one he’d rushed himself through to be able to get to Neil as fast as possible.

He has no doubt that Neil had stayed awake for most of that week to be able to properly watch over him and even now is just dozing.

[yosoykiwi]

A bit late but HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATSUKI YUURI you will always have a place in my heart ☹️💙

[beesbeesbees42]

Every instance of One I could find in the new episode!!!

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clubdevo: Chicago, get ready! We’re teaming up with My Chemical Romance for an unforgettable night of Devolution on August 29th, 2025! 

🎟 Tickets drop this Friday, 11/15 at 10 am local time. Grab your tickets using the link in our bio!

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[kittygamesda]

Pretty sure I forgot to post these bonds here whoops