My Chemical Romance fans were devastated over the weekend upon hearing news of Bob Bryar’s death.
The band’s drummer, 44, was found dead in his Tennessee home, with reports that he was last seen alive on November 4 – the same day as his final social media post.
Bryar’s death comes after the death of fellow punk rock icon, Chester Bennington, who was regarded as an inspiration for many artists, including Bryar himself.
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Bennington was the lead singer of Linkin Park, who died in 2017.
The band went their separate ways following the death, only coming together again to play at a tribute concert for their late bandmate.
However, earlier this year they decided to reunite, making the controversial decision to bring in Emily Armstrong as the lead singer.
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Bryar’s final social media saw him praise Armstrong, saying that her joining the band would make Bennington “proud.”
“Emily Armstrong is destroying, shredding faces and making chester proud,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on November 4.
“She was the perfect choice. AND she had to deal with the initial hate. that s–t is hard. trust me. word up.”
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On the same day, Bryar made two other posts each with just one word.
He first posted the word “MEGYN,” followed by “TULSI.”
Aside from those three posts, his social media is empty.
Bryar performed with My Chemical Romance from 2004 to 2010, making him the band’s last official drummer.
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He joined the group after they rose to fame with their album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, however he was a part of the huge success that was their critically acclaimed third album, The Black Parade.
After leaving the band in 2010, he returned to collaborate on the album Conventional Weapons in 2013, before retiring from music in 2014 and becoming a real estate agent.
At the time of publishing, authorities have not yet released Bryar’s cause of death.
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