Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Tennessee, at age 44, simply two days earlier than Thanksgiving.
Right now, his reason behind dying has not been made public and it’s unknown who discovered him, in response to TMZ.
Per the outlet, his physique was ‘badly decomposed’ when found and Animal Management got here to the home to remove his two canine.
Authorities don’t suspect ‘foul play’ as all his ‘weapons and music tools within the dwelling have been left untouched.’
Bryar was final seen alive on November 4, the identical day he posted his remaining tweets, one in every of which merely learn ‘TULSI,’ seemingly referencing former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.
Because the longest-serving and remaining official drummer for My Chemical Romance from 2004 to 2010, Bryar’s departure was shrouded in rumors of stress along with his bandmates—Frank Iero, Mikey Manner, Gerard Manner, and Ray Toro.
My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Tennessee, at age 44, simply two days earlier than Thanksgiving; seen in 2006
Whereas the band members didn’t focus on the specifics, a number of sources confirmed {that a} falling out had occurred, per MTV.
Bryar changed former drummer Matt Pelissier following the discharge of the band’s second album Three Cheers for Candy Revenge (2004).
He went on to carry out and document music with the group on all of their subsequent releases till his departure.
On March 3, 2010, guitarist Lero revealed that Bryar had left the band.
‘As of 4 weeks in the past, My Chemical Romance and Bob Bryar parted methods. This was a painful choice for all of us to make and was not taken evenly. We want him one of the best of luck in his future endeavors and anticipate you all to do the identical,’ he wrote on a press release shared to their official web site.
He most not too long ago teamed again up with the group in 2013 on their document, Standard Weapons.
After retiring from music in 2014, he grew to become an actual property agent and an lively advocate of assorted canine rescues and sanctuaries.
In 2021, Bryar auctioned off the drum set he final used with the band—each on tour and in the course of the recording of their iconic 2006 album The Black Parade—to lift funds for an animal rescue heart in Tennessee, in response to Rolling Stone.
Bryar was final seen alive on November 4, the identical day he posted his remaining tweets, one in every of which merely learn ‘TULSI,’ seemingly referencing former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard
Right now, his reason behind dying has not been made public and it’s unknown who discovered him, in response to TMZ; pictured along with his former bandmates (Ray Toro, Mikey Manner, Gerard Manner and Frank Lero)
Per the outlet, his physique was ‘badly decomposed’ when found and Animal Management got here to the home to remove his two canine (seen in 2004)
Authorities don’t suspect ‘foul play’ as all his ‘weapons and music tools within the dwelling have been left untouched’ (seen in 2007)
‘That is my final drum equipment and it’s prepared for a brand new dwelling. I used this equipment when [the band] opened the MTV VMAs in 2005, the next tour, and for a number of the [Black Parade] document,’ he wrote within the itemizing, per the outlet.
Bryar was born in Chicago, Illinois and started enjoying drums from a younger age.
In class, he carried out in marching and jazz bands earlier than going off to check sound engineering on the College of Florida.
In 2015, Bryar tweeted that after being ‘kicked out of MyChem’ that he ‘grew to become essentially the most depressed, offended, suicidal individual ever.’
In a later, since-deleted tweet, he wrote: ‘Now, I’m on so many drugs that I really feel a bit higher, though, it nonetheless (b)others me daily. In a current dialog, I used to be informed I received’t be again.’
Though My Chemical Romance was scheduled to tour in 2025, Bryar was not scheduled to reunite with the band.
The present lineup of My Chemical Romance consists of lead vocalist Gerard Manner, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero and bassist Mikey Manner.
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