My Chemical Romance brings bombastic rock to the Midland tonight

When My Chemical Romance‘s last album, The Black Parade, came out in 2006, few fans of its gothic, theatrical rock anticipated the record’s sharp veer away from angry emo mopers, like “I’m Not Okay (I Promise).” The release of The Black Parade’s title track heralded a new era in the group’s horror-ridden, grandiose history, one that saw the band embrace epic, rock-opera bombast somewhere between Queen and Pink Floyd. The New Jersey quartet’s new album is no less wild.