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A fan-created archive of Gerard Way's life, work, and social media posts.
⬇️ Gerard's original Instagram posts are in the repost tab!

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My Chemical Romance is playing at @aftershockfestival in Sacramento, CA tonight! Check our stories later today for a list of potential streamers!

📸 @graveyardjester

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcraftershock by @gwayarchive

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My Chemical Romance is playing at Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY tonight! Check our stories later today for a list of potential streamers!

📸 @sicknarf.jpeg

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcrltl by @gwayarchive

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Because it had been 20 years since I’d gotten to see MCR live, when the opening chords to I’m Not Okay started, I was shocked at how immediately I started sobbing, and didn’t stop for the whole song. It’s arguably one of the happiest-sounding, most affirming and community-building songs in their catalog, and it’s one of those perfect pop masterpieces that sounds like it should have already existed before it did — like, where did this come from? It sounds simpler than it is, like it must have arrived fully formed in a flash of genius. Built around this explosive, campy, sincere declaration that you can be fucked up and alienated and not even know why and still belong somewhere.

I was 17 when I first saw them live and it was a blur of giant agro dudes in the pit in a suburban club. Then 20 years pass and suddenly I’m standing there hearing those opening chords in a stadium with tens of thousands of people. Belonging right here.

The rest of this B stage set was honestly a bit of a blur for me; I was still shocked, even after all of A stage, that they were right there. I hope these photos reflect some of the magic I felt. I keep learning more new things with every batch I edit, honestly I’m so inspired that I can’t stop experimenting and getting weird with it and I have this glorious band of mad genius weirdos to thank for that. Here at last comes the end of my shots from NYC. Onto MPLS, then LA (where I’ll finally be on Frank’s side!!), then whatever comes next. To the death!

Always been and always will be my favorite band. My Chemical Romance Forever 🖤❤️‍🔥🖤

MCR at Citi Field, NYC 8.9.2026. Shot from the crowd — Sony RX100 vii

📸 @vangephoto (please credit if reposted)

#mychemicalromance #mychem #mcrmy #mcr #gerardway by @gwayarchive

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My Chemical Romance continues their Long Live the Black Parade tour tonight at Alamodome in San Antonio, TX with The Mars Volta! Check our stories later today for a list of potential streamers!

📸 bymcr on Tumblr

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcrsatx by @gwayarchive

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Photo highlights of Gerard from the My Chemical Romance show at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ on September 6, 2026!

Photo credits:
📸 1-3: bymcr on Tumblr
📸 4-6: @finelytaylored
📸 7: xunbrokenvowx
📸 8-9: @lifeonthescene
📸 10-11: @lexxie.rowell
📸 12-13: @heymxttrick
📸 14-15: @vamprrre
📸 16-17: @anotherxmillennial
📸 18-20: @ricky2kap

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #gerardway #mcrphoenix by @gwayarchive

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Gerard Way of @mychemicalromance at Comerica Park Detroit 8.21.2026 📸:: Please only do official reposts and shares, do not screenshot & post on your page. Thx! #gerardway #mychemicalromance by @gwayarchive

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My Chemical Romance 🦇🎸 by @gwayarchive

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Famous Last Words in San Diego with a dash of 👹👹

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mcrmy #mcrsandiego #gerardway by @gwayarchive

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My Chemical Romance continues their Long Live the Black Parade tour tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ with openers Jimmy Eat World! Check our stories later today for a list of potential streamers!

📸 @lexysheep

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #mcrphoenix by @gwayarchive

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Photo highlights of Gerard from the My Chemical Romance show at Petco Park in San Diego, CA on August 30, 2026!

Photo credits:
📸 1-4: @entrelucesz
📸 5-7: @sicknarf.jpeg
📸 8: @caitlinallenphoto
📸 9-10: @lexysheep
📸 11: @coppeweb
📸 12-15: @julie3667
📸 16-18: @aliciavortizz
📸 19-20: @lifeonthescene

#mychemicalromance #mcr #mychem #gerardway #mcrsandiego by @gwayarchive

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A year ago I bought my ticket to My Chemical Romance NYC. It had been 20 years since I’d seen them, though I’d always thought they were the greatest band that ever lived. At the time I was a bit depressed and rewatched Life on the Murder Scene, and afterward wrote a long letter to Gerard just to get my thoughts out. Their creative life has been inspiring mine all this time. I ended it with:

“I’m grateful for what your work has meant to me and countless others, and for how it continues to wake up the parts of me that still want to make art and share it, and share myself. Thank you for everything you’ve made and shared with the world.”

In the year since I wrote that, and spent anticipating these shows, I’ve pushed harder than ever to change my life and creative practices. I got heavy into music photography after years of shooting fashion, and I’m so bitten by the bug I can barely sleep sometimes — going to shows, editing all night, making new friends, feeling alive and welcome in new spaces. There have been years where I’ve languished, but not this past year. I’ve tried harder than I ever have to live with a kind of creative ferocity and tenacious belief in the value of my particular voice, which I think is the ultimate example they’ve set as artists. It’s been a true joy to make photos of them and get to edit them in my own way. I’ve actually learned a ton of new techniques just working on these photos, even after 16+ years as a photographer.

I’ve thought a lot about the way MCR knew when a creative work was complete, stepped away from it to live life in other ways, and eventually came back to share this music live with several generations at once. Watching them now, taking this music and its world in new directions and looking like they’re having the time of their lives, means more to me than I know how to articulate.

Always been and always will be my favorite band. My Chemical Romance Forever 🖤❤️‍🔥🖤

MCR at Citi Field, NYC 8.9.2026. Shot from the crowd — Sony RX100 VII

📸 @vangephoto (please credit if reposted)

#mychemicalromance #mychem #mcrmy #mcr #gerardway by @gwayarchive

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Why am I nervous through my phone rn…#gerardway #mychemicalromance #mcr #mcrmy #blackparade by @gwayarchive

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