Aussie Musician Re-Records My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade' As The Joker

If you’re a fan of My Chemical Romance, then the chances are good that you know how frontman Gerard Way is heavily involved in the world of comics, going so far as to even create The Umbrella Academy and the DC Comics imprint Young Animal. But never had fans expected the world of Way and comics to collide like this…

Micah Edmonds, the drummer of Djaara/Bendigo outfit Earth Cadet has unveiled one of the strangest and most unexpected musical productions of 2025, going so far as to re-record the vocals to My Chemical Romance’s seminal 2006 album The Black Parade as Batman villain The Joker.

As Edmonds explains, he had previously sung a song utilising his impression of The Joker on a recent long-form video essay that he posted online. The impression itself had been in the works for some time, with Edmonds perfecting it in his personal time and even sharing video edits which saw him replacing characters’ voices with his impersonation of the villain.

Though largely based on Troy Baker’s version of the villain from the Batman: Arkham Origins game, there’s also plenty of influence seemingly taken from Mark Hammill’s version from Batman: The Animated Series.

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“At the time I was listening to the My Chemical Romance album The Black Parade, and singing in character is a particularly quick way to develop the voice, find the quirks with it, and really figure it out for me,” Edmonds explained.

“So I started singing along to the songs as The Joker, and I was like, ‘That's pretty funny.’ And because I like to do high effort stupidity, I ended up re-recording the vocals to the entire album in this voice.”

Noting that nothing in the re-recording is AI-generated and that it was created over the course of a year, Edmonds was quick to apologise profusely for the ridiculousness of the concept and for what fans were about to bear witness to.

For his part, the re-recording is nowhere near as terrible as he makes it out to be, though it surely will exist only as a novelty online.

For those who grew up with Batman and have a strong love of The Black Parade, it’s a mystifying mix of nostalgia and uncanniness, with Edmonds’ gymnastic impression of The Joker quickly reminding the listener that it’s a project made for the sheer purpose of committing to the bit.

Though it remains to be seen what noted comic aficionado Gerard Way thinks of the project, here’s hoping it’s enough to get Edmonds and Earth Cadet on the bill for any potential 20th anniversary tour of the original album.