.: Matt Cortez :.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Matt Cortez is my nephew. Our family is extremely proud of him. During there heyday MCR treated my family with great respect. I cannot say enough about how they treated my mother. They put her on stage in Birmingham Alabama. And everyone applauded. My mom was in her 80s and was thrilled. Frank put his guitar around my moms neck and she strummed. The crowed went wild. Needless to say I never met them but only heard good things about them. Even though I’m not a big fan of their music I recognize there talent and independent style. !!!! I hope they reunite , bury any hurt feelings And remember how much there fans live them. I will not speculate on any rumors, I’m not privy to that. Just sit back listen to their music and remember them with honor. I hopefully would like to meet Gerard I have a lot of supernatural events to tell him about. Hopefully he could write some of them into his Umbrella Academy series.

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!!!!!! Thank you so much for sending this message! We here in the MCR fandom have so much love for your nephew and recognize his contributions, both musically and spiritually, during his time with them. I even managed to see a couple of the shows when he filled in for Mikey.

I didn’t know that about your mother. That’s so sweet! I knew the band brought a mariachi band on stage for Matt’s birthday one time, so you could clearly see the love.

The band did reunite, for one show in 2019, and hopefully for a world tour later this year. It still seems unreal and a bit like the reunion never happened. Maybe it was all a dream.

You made my day, Uncle/Aunt Cortez! Thank you! Much love to you.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

My Chemical Romance, Projekt Revolution @ Jones Beach August 15, 2007

wartooth1979: Broke down while on tour in Canada in 2004. 2 unexpected days off with all of us jammed into 1 room. The boys played an acoustic set in the bar of the hotel to a handful of people. Drove the van back to Seattle to pick the boys up after they flew to Seattle after night 1. Piled up in the beast and drove down to Phoenix where the van literally caught fire and smoked us out. Dumped the van in the venue parking lot and hopped on our first tour bus to start our tour with Face to Face. @bcbryar @mikeyway @gerardway @frankieromustdie @raytoro @mychemicalromance #mychemicalromance #tourlife

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Gerard Way turns up the vocals while My Chemical Romance performs at the Sleep Train Ampitheatre June 27, in Marysville, California. This was just one of the band’s concert stops for the 2007 Projekt Revolution Tour.

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs some of the band’s most iconic songs including, “Welcome To The Black Parade,” “I Don’t Love You,” “Famous Last Words,” and “House of Wolves,” at The Bamboozle 2007 Musical Fest held at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Way began the band’s set with the words, “Now come one, come all to this tragic affair…” from their beautifully written, “The End.”

Matt Cortez, a friend of the band and a guitar tech, filled in for bassist Mikey Way who took an extended honeymoon after marrying Alicia Simmons on March 8, 2007. (Source NME)

Gerard performing during My Chemical Romance In Concert  on April 24, 2007 at The Arena At Gwinnett in Duluth, Georgia.

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs some of the band’s most iconic songs including, “Welcome To The Black Parade,” “I Don’t Love You,” “Famous Last Words,” and “House of Wolves,” at The Bamboozle 2007 Musical Fest held at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Way began the band’s set with the words, “Now come one, come all to this tragic affair…” from their beautifully written, “The End.”

Matt Cortez, a friend of the band and a guitar tech, filled in for bassist Mikey Way who took an extended honeymoon after marrying Alicia Simmons on March 8, 2007. (Source NME)

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs some of the band’s most iconic songs including, “Welcome To The Black Parade,” “I Don’t Love You,” “Famous Last Words,” and “House of Wolves,” at The Bamboozle 2007 Musical Fest held at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Way began the band’s set with the words, “Now come one, come all to this tragic affair…” from their beautifully written, “The End.”

Matt Cortez, a friend of the band and a guitar tech, filled in for bassist Mikey Way who took an extended honeymoon after marrying Alicia Simmons on March 8, 2007. (Source NME)

Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs some of the band’s most iconic songs including, “Welcome To The Black Parade,” “I Don’t Love You,” “Famous Last Words,” and “House of Wolves,” at The Bamboozle 2007 Musical Fest held at The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Way began the band’s set with the words, “Now come one, come all to this tragic affair…” from their beautifully written, “The End.”

Matt Cortez, a friend of the band and a guitar tech, filled in for bassist Mikey Way who took an extended honeymoon after marrying Alicia Simmons on March 8, 2007. (Source NME)