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Well, there’s nothing like some action figures to send a message of dangerous rock ‘n’ roll.  Don’t these figurines piss you off like good rock ‘n’ roll should?

My Chemical Romance have been giving their outlook on the essence of rock n’ roll while recording their brand new album.

Speaking to Spinner, Gerard Way has said: “There’s a definite undercurrent of fame versus working class, people having stuff handed to them with zero talent versus working class kids that start a band. Rock ‘n’ roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends — rock ‘n’ roll is dangerous and rock ‘n’ roll should piss people off. Right now, there’s not a lot of that happening. What it is is a lot of people trying to be famous. That seems to be the goal.”

Meanwhile, MCR announced on their, you guessed it, MySpace Blog that their version of “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (recorded in 2005 for a limited release in 2006) is now available as part of a special holiday Warner Bros Records album on iTunes.

Our suggestion? Watch it on YouTube and enjoy the extra yule log video footage at no extra cost:

My Chemical Romance’s website has a new look.

In other MCR news, the band will be on the cover of January issue of Alternative Press.

My Chemical Romance have claimed that their upcoming new record will be significantly different to 2006’s The Black Parade.

The group, who started recording their fourth album over the summer in Los Angeles, revealed that there is no overall concept to their latest offering.

“Our original game plan was to make a very quick, very visceral record,” frontman Gerard Way told Kerrang.

“To be able to let go of your game plan is really hard. There were many times where we had to really move on our feet very quickly and say, ‘No, the album’s taking a turn and we need to accept it, because if we fight it we’ll end up with a record that doesn’t make any sense’.

“Everything is taking so much longer, in a really great way. We’ve never been able to go through the songs like this and get things as great as we possibly can. It’s always been like, ‘You’ve got three months to record and two weeks to mix, then you’re back on an airplane to go tour again!’. This time, we afforded ourselves the luxury of exploring every song.”

The band reportedly worked with veteran producer Brendan O’Brien, who has previously produced for Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmith.

A release date and album title are yet to be confirmed.

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