Bob Bryar, a former drummer with My Chemical Romance who played on the band’s career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade,” has died, according to the band. He was 44.
“The band asks for your patience and understanding as they process the news of Bob’s passing,” a spokesperson for My Chemical Romance said in a statement Sunday.
The statement did not include any additional details.
Bob Bryar plays with My Chemical Romance at Belgium’s Rock Werchter Festival in June 2007. The drummer recently passed away at the age of 44.
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Bryar replaced drummer Matt Pelissier in 2004 and left the band in 2010.
Bryar moved on from the music business and later auctioned off a drum kit to raise money for an animal adoption center in Williamson County, Tennessee.
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My Chemical Romance formed in 2001 and released four studio albums across their career, first breaking through with 2004’s “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.”
