10 Best Hard Rock Songs Of The 2000's

Pop-punk is a genre that is plagued by critics for sounding rudimentary. While the tunes are certainly infectious, there's only so much one can do with just the basic three chord tracks. To bring the genre to another level of complexity, My Chemical Romance adopted a new persona that took on Queen levels of grandeur.

Centered around a rock opera, "Welcome to the Black Parade" is the band's magnum opus which takes you on a sonic journey. While the track starts off very quietly with just a plodding piano and Gerard Way's vocal, the song quickly comes to life thanks to the whole band's entrance before turning this stately ballad into bombastic hard rock. Throughout the track, the band furiously shows their chops as they fluctuate between key changes and hypnotic guitar passages.

By the time you reach the final snare drum, you realize that the song's 5 minutes have just evaporated before your very ears. Simply put, this is a song centered around death and depression that ironically revitalizes your soul. When most bands just relied on nasal vocals and power chords, My Chemical Romance stepped up to the plate for a spot in rock history and succeeded with flying colors.