Within weeks of its release, major labels across the globe were frantically pulling out their cheque-books in an attempt to capture what is widely regarded as the world's next stadium-selling rock band in the vein of Metallica, Foo Fighters and Green Day.

New Jersey band My Chemical Romance have taken the music underground by storm. This work tells their tale, setting them in the context of the dormant US rock scene, through to their breakthrough live shows and meteoric success in 2004 and 2005. It tells you how a bunch of introverted high school friends achieved their dream.