What’s up friends?! Missed us? Demolition Buddies is back and ready to discuss a seasonal topic…the mychem breakup of 2013. This is going to be AT LEAST a two part series! For this episode, we focus on what the members themselves have had to say about the breakup and share some listener surveys. But there is much more to cover about the breakup than that! Tune in to find out what we cover next. Xoxo SM&SK

Not the Life It Seems: The True Lives of My Chemical Romance by Tom Bryant

Spin Magazine breakup announcement

Tom Bryant interview with Ray Toro for loudersound 

Ray article with NME 

Frank Iero interview with Rockaaa 

Frank breakup post 

Gerard Way Vigil on Birds and Glass twitlonger 

Gerard NME article

Mikey Way NME article

Breakup timeline google doc

Hope everyone had a happy new year!  Switchblade Kelley and SugarMaddy are back in action and we're starting off the new year examining some of our favorite fan theories that were floating around before THE RETURN. Were any of the theories true? Join us as we go back in time to a world where a My Chemical Romance reunion was only a pipe dream. Visit our linktree so you can submit your own MCR related tale to be read on the show.

Demolition Buddies Linktree https://linktr.ee/demolitionbuddies 

NME article Frank Explains MCRX kerfuffle https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-bandmates-still-meet-up-for-an-annual-barbecue-2431613

MCRX Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/MyChemicalRomance/comments/zk6sz1/do_you_remember_when_mcrx_was_announced_in_2016/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 

Alt Press Reunion Fan Theories https://www.altpress.com/ridiculous-mcr-fan-theories-reunion-my-chemical-romance/ 

Alt Press Smashing Pumpkins Conspiracy https://www.altpress.com/my-chemical-romance-smashing-pumpkins-conspiracy-theory/ 

Mikey Way talking Smashing Pumpkins  https://youtu.be/9X5r920uQVQ 

Joe Jonas Spills The Beans https://youtu.be/qlCF0uNzVy8 

Happy holidays from SugarMaddy and Switchblade Kelley! We’re releasing a lil bonus Christmas special episode today where we discuss mychem’s Christmas song, Gerard way’s holiday tweets, fan stories and more! Grab a cup of hot cocoa and warm the cockles of your own dark heart.

DJ Lance Rock's Tiktok

Kelley's Reddit Thread

Indy (Typical_killjoy101) on Instagram

Our Linktree

On this episode SugarMaddy and Switchblade Kelley squeeze in all their favorite 2022 tour information they couldn’t fit in last go around and relive the joys of  the RETURN era…

We talk about merch, A Summoning, the Return show and more including some listener submissions! Don't forget to visit our linktree so you can submit your own MCR related tale to be read on the show!

Spreadsheet by Reddit user litaugistic

Join SugarMaddy and Switchblade Kelley as they discuss their favorite outfits, drumheads, and setlists of the 2022 tour, and more! Play along at home and count how many times we say the words Shout Out, Incredible, and Beautiful (it's a lot)

Find all our links here!

Articles and other references mentioned this episode:

The My Chemical Romance Archive

SFX Makeup artists for WWWY

MCR 2022 Tour Spreadsheet (a constant reference although not mentioned in this episode)

Happy Halloween, Happy Birthday Frank, and welcome to Demolition Buddies- The My Chemical Romance superfan podcast where we can all be friends! Your hosts Kelley The Switchblade and SugarMaddy  introduce themselves and talk about their personal reasons why American Rock Band My Chemical Romance is the best band ever. Join the conversation and tell us about your favorite songs, your favorite live show, your first piece of MCR merch, anything! New episodes out every other Monday.