According to the band, former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryer, who starred in the band's career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade”, has died. He was 44 years old.
“The band asks for your patience and understanding as we hear the news of Bob's passing,” a spokesperson for My Commercial Romance said in a statement Sunday.
The statement did not include any additional details.
Bryer replaced drummer Matt Pelissier in 2004, but he suffered third-degree burns in an accident on the set of a music video in 2006, BBC. informedBryer suffered several complications from his injuries and was hospitalized with a staph infection.
In 2010, the band posted a statement announcing that Bryer had left, calling it a “painful decision”, the BBC reported.
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Bryer moved on from the music business and later auctioned off a drum kit to raise funds for an animal adoption center in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Next year, the band will debut a 10-date North American stadium tourWhere they will perform “The Black Parade” in full, released in 2006.
My Chemical Romance formed in 2001 and have released four studio albums throughout their career, the first of which was “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge” in 2004. They announced their breakup in 2013; A year later, he released a greatest hits collection titled “May Death Never Stop You”. In 2019, He announced the reunionIt was later revealed that they had reunited privately two years earlier.
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