My Chemical Romance: emo with arena-rock grandeur at Forum
Last night in Inglewood — on its first of five sold-out shows at the Forum — My Chemical Romance seized the arena, lit it up in red and claimed it for the vampires of Los Angeles.The New Jersey band first crashed its hearse into the hyper-masculine, Warped Tour punk-o-sphere some 20 years ago, and helped develop the sound and aesthetic for the rock subculture that became known as emo: melodic, anguished pop-rock that delves unflinchingly into heartbreak and trauma.Along with My Chemical Romance, bands such as Paramore,…