My Chemical Romance is an American punk rock band.
Their cover "Desolation Row" by Bob Dylan is featured in both the film Watchmen and the soundtrack, Watchmen: Music from the Motion Picture.
The music video for the song was directed by Zack Snyder, the director of the film and, as a result, features similar effects to that of the film, though no actual footage of the film appears. It features the band playing in an old-school punk arena, with visual similarities to the Pale Horse concert referenced in the graphic novel. After the show becomes sold out and dozens of fans can't get in, a riot ensues as the band plays on. Eventually the police arrive but are too powerless to stop the rioting both inside the show and out. Later a SWAT team arrives, arrests the band, and disperses the rioters.
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- My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row" peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in March 2009.
- During My Chemical Romance's scenes in the music video for "Desolation Row", multiple elements of Watchmen imagery such as Rorschach's mask and the Comedian's smiley face button are seen. The pink elephant balloon from both the comic and the film is also seen at the beginning of the video.
