Frank Iero

Frank Iero is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and visual artist. He is best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist for My Chemical Romance, as well as the singer for the hardcore band Leathermouth, and electronic/noise outfit Death Spells. Frank’s solo career started in 2013 shortly after My Chemical Romance disbanded, and as Frnkiero and the Cellebration, he will release Stomachaches, his first solo album, on August 25, 2014 through Staple Records. You can follow him on Twitter here.

 

@FrankIero

0 seconds ago

Bio

Frank Iero (pronounced “eye-ear-oh”, born October 31, 1981) is a singer-songwriter most well known as the rhythm guitarist and back up vocalist for the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance. Iero is also the vocalist of Death Spells and Leathermouth. His solo project has constant name changes—at the moment called Frank Iero and the Future Violents, but formerly frnkiero andthe cellabration and Frank Iero and the Patience. He also owns a music label/publishing company called B.CALM Press. Iero grew up in Belleville, New Jersey. He went to Rutgers University on a scholarship, but dropped out to join My Chemical Romance. He has played in various bands since he was eleven years old. In addition to his band Pencey Prep, Frank also played with the bands Hybrid, Sector 12, I Am a Graveyard, and briefly with Give Up the Ghost and Reggie and the Full Effect. Iero uses an Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom guitar with an Antique White finish. One of his many guitars sports the name Pansy which appeared in the 2006 My Chemical Romance calendar and is also a nickname of his, although recently, Pansy was broken by an MTV guitar tech. Iero has named many of his guitars; some of these names include "Bella", "Texas", "Sinatra", "Pansy", "Angel", "New" and "Jersey". He has been seen playing Angel on several TV appearances and the guitar makes a cameo on Life on the Murder Scene. He admires Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, and learned to play the guitar by imitating him. Besides his work with various bands, Iero has already released several solo tracks, including "This Song is a Curse" on the Frankenweenie soundtrack, and a number of digital singles: "xmas sux" (2012), "Be My Baby" (2013), "Walk The Line" (2013), and "B.F.F." (2014, featuring guest vocals by Iero's twin daughters, Cherry and Lily—and lyrics co-written by 3-year-old Lily). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Talks

Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance, Frnkiero and the Cellebration) Talks the Murder City Devils’ The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again

By Frank Iero | August 12, 2014

Frank Iero (My Chemical Romance, Frnkiero and the Cellebration) Talks the Murder City Devils’ The White Ghost Has Blood on Its Hands Again

My Chemical Romance's former guitarist thought he had the Murder City Devils all figured out. Their new album proved him wrong.