Rumors Thread

I really like the medusa shirt, too. I usually don't buy band merch online, or at all, unless it's merch from the stands during tour. But I caved and got the medusa one, because I thought it was pretty cool.

It makes sense though, there's a lot of hints that could point to the name being Galactic Destroyer. We don't save lives, we save the Galaxy. Or Sonic Salmonella (I guess this could also be the fastfood chain?). And now the rumor of the album title.

perfectly flawed.:

Okay this might sound really dumb since I don't know anything about selling merch and whatever, but couldn't "Galactic Destroyer" just be a random saying they decided to print on the t-shirts? I mean, why would they allow their album title to be revealed on a t-shirt before announcing it themselves? Also, who even designs those shirts? How do we know they're ~official? I'm sure "MCR" is copyrighted or whatever, but the shirts haven't been posted on mcr.com have they? Just thinking out loud. Again, I have no idea how this works haha...

Just going from memory here but what I seem to remember is that they printed those "The Black Parade" shirts before the album title was released and had them being sold on a random separate site to the official MCR one... Even though I doubt this would be the case second time round as at first mcr were trying to pass off The Black Parade as being a separate entity to them anyhow (at least from when that site went up to the hammersmith gig where "mcr couldn't make it but they've asked their very good friends to fill in for them" lol so it kind of made sense doing it that way back then...
Goshh I just wish something solid will happen soon...
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Then again the one being sold at Barnes and Noble seemed to of been out in 2009 according to drinkingsouls and so if they'd written a whole new album since then would they still really use the same name they were planning on using for the previous "album" they had worked on?
My thinking is that perhaps the name for the album before bob left was going to be "galactic destroyer" and the T's that we are seeing with the phrase may of been already printed before the sudden turn of events? Why waste already printed shirts 'aye? Haha of course all just extremely vague guess work
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perfectly flawed.:

Okay this might sound really dumb since I don't know anything about selling merch and whatever, but couldn't "Galactic Destroyer" just be a random saying they decided to print on the t-shirts? I mean, why would they allow their album title to be revealed on a t-shirt before announcing it themselves? Also, who even designs those shirts? How do we know they're ~official? I'm sure "MCR" is copyrighted or whatever, but the shirts haven't been posted on mcr.com have they? Just thinking out loud. Again, I have no idea how this works haha...

I'm pretty sure they need the band's permission to print their names on t-shirts. I think My Chemical Romance is a trademark or one those things. I'm pretty sure they have to be official, but the Hot Topic one is an "exclusive" to HT but I've noticed their "exclusives" have also made it onto the MCR site.

Back in the day of before TBP, they made a separate site for teasing (I think, I forgot what else was on there). I do remember that they sold shirts that said "We Are the Black Parade" on the front and they eventually made their way to Hot Topic too. So yes, they make their t-shirts in advance sometimes and those are hints towards the new album.

The B&N one was sold while they were touring somewhere as a tour exclusive special edition shirt, and I thought Gerard said the title was thought of then

Rumor-gold?

Someone posted a tracklist on Tumblr but everyone is very skeptical because, well, how would they know? Nevertheless, here is the rumoured tracklist:

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SONG TITLES HAVE BEEN RELEASED FOR MCR's NEW ALBUM;

Bury, (The Black Parade)
Drive To The Motel
Romance Definitely Isn’t Our Thing
Save Yourself, I’ll Hold Them Back
1992
Hail To The King
Cosy
You Ate My Death!
Bullet Proof Heart
Death Before Disco
Am I Still Alive?
The Drugs
Monster Mash
Kiss The Ring
Black Dragon Fighting Society
The Light Behind Your Eyes
The Only Hope For Me Is You

Also, one of the Romantics (MCR thread regulars) on Mibba heard that the first single will be out at the end of the month, the album out late October or November. Apparently the station (STAR 98.7 in L.A.) has the CD already.

sounds pretty unrealistic specially if you have 2 titles which are supossed to be one
Hail to the king/ Kiss the ring

I like the titles, but could have easily been made up. I esp. like Bury (The Black Parade) for some reason.

However, a lot of the titles were already released so they didn't have to make up much. I don't recall which ones AP printed out, not to mention that was also with Bob and didn't they re-record songs and stuff?

The Rumor:

^ Yeah, they did go back in to the studio but for all we know, they could have re-recorded the same songs in new and improved arrangements.

Yeah but the possibility for different songs is there too, that's what i meant.

perfectly flawed.:

I'm kind of hoping there's a song called 1992 cause that's the year i was born
/loser

but yeah, those could have easily been made up.

heh me too

but anyone could come up with this stuff. but alas i do wish that the release dates they speculated are correct. that would make me happy (:

oh and ive been lurking this thread for a while. i guess it was time to get back into it. [/spam]

Do you remember that contest on mychem.com where you have to anagram the titles?
If the songs titles didn't change it's impossible there is a song called 1992

^ That contest was for already existing songs though, not the new ones. Or how would anyone know the answers? Lol.

perfectly flawed.:

I'm kind of hoping there's a song called 1992 cause that's the year i was born
/loser

That's exactly what I thought. xD

Yet another 'confirmed' date from someone who works at Hot Topic, September 18th this time.

haha Sept 18 is a saturday. highly unlikely. most records are released on tuesday.