10 things you should know about Iii Thanks for Sweet Revenge

Happy 17th anniversary to Three Cheers for Sugariness Revenge . To celebrate this masterpiece, here're 10 things you lot should know almost the album.

ane- The story backside the cover

The cover of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge was actually a painting by Gerard Manner called « The Demolition Lovers  » (but like the last rail of the previous album) & represents Bonnie & Clyde. In real life, Clyde died 1st. That'due south why the homo in the anthology didn't know if his lover was still alive and was looking for her. You can come across a footling white heart on his face up, the only immaculate affair on his bloody forehead considering their beloved was bulletproof.

two – The existent Helena

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Helena is the first rail on the album and was supposed to introduce the characters to united states of america. It finally became a thoughtful tribute to Gerard and his bassist blood brother Mikey Fashion's belatedly grandmother. During the concluding yr of her life, the band was touring a lot and the Style brothers weren't really here for Helena. The sadness turned into self-hate. That's the main message of the vocal. "The record ended up beingness much more than nearly loss and real life than annihilation," said vocalist Gerard Way.

3 – Familiar places in music videos

The church in the music video for Helena seems familiar after all these years? You are correct, which ways yous probably saw it in the Amazing Spiderman and in an episode of Criminal Minds .

I 'm Non Okay and New Perspective by Panic! At The Disco were both shot at Alexander Hamilton Loftier school (Los Angeles).

4 – «To The Finish« , the song inspired past a creepy poem

The guys have always been fascinated past horror movies and books. Their vocal To The End (2004) was inspired by A Rose for Emily , a short story William Faulkner published in 1930. Information technology'south the story of a adult female who killed a man she couldn't live without & then slept next to his dead body to stay with him forever, to the stop. Creepy…

5 – The Ghost Of You, an of import song that definitely changed their sound

The track was quite different at the beginning, then they decided to echo the chorus ane last fourth dimension just after the final bridge to give more intensity, more depth, to the song. Information technology led them to rethink the way of making their songs.

6 – The Blackness Parade prequel?

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Mikey Way wears a medal on his black parade compatible because he really died in The Ghost of You lot music video. Information technology's probably the « War Cross (39-45) ». Information technology closely parallels the Omaha invasion scene from the film Saving Individual Ryan . The brawl scene likewise reminds us of some other moving picture, Pearl Harbor .

7 – The "kinky" story backside «You lot Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison«

The song You Know What They Do To Guys Like U.s.a. In Prison is about a man going to jail after killing many people. Bert McCracken of The Used provides backup vocals during the second verse of the vocal. According to the band The True Lives of My Chemical Romance by Tom Bryant, this vocal was also inspired by a kiss Gerard and Bert shared during a game of truth or dare. Gerard, who linked being on the road to beingness in prison at times, says he began to trust Bert like he would a cellmate.

8 – Yous can buy a Three Cheers For Sugariness Revenge eyeshadow palette

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The band  did a collaboration with make-upwardly company HipDot final twelvemonth. The collection consists of a double ended liquid eyeliner and double ended retractable eyeshadow brush. This was never a phase.

ix- «Hang Em' High« , a nod to Western movies

Hang Em' High is about a man and a adult female who are separated by expiry. The human being is in Hell and the woman is in Heaven. It'southward the western version of the same story and the beginning of the rails really sounds like a flick soundtrack. In fact, the song was named afterwards the 1968 Western picture show Hang 'Em High, starring Clint Eastwood.

ten – Three Cheers For Sugariness Revenge re-enters the Billboard 200 charts last year, 16 years later on its release. Legends never dice.