My Chemical Romance slams rockers who are into making music for the wrong reasons on their new album, which is due out in early 2010. According to Spinner.com, singer Gerard Way explained, "There's a definite undercurrent of fame versus working class, people having stuff handed to them with zero talent versus working class kids that start a band. Rock 'n' roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends -- rock 'n' roll is dangerous and rock 'n' roll should p*** people off. Right now, there's not a lot of that happening. What it is is a lot of people trying to be famous. That seems to be the goal."

Way added that the urge to be famous above everything else "came from other places, but it's bled into rock 'n' roll and kind of tainted it a bit. This record is really a response to that as well."

The vocalist also said that his band has its own method for avoiding the temptations of fame: "Instead of us panicking and trying to see where we can grab the money or grab the opportunity, we just wrote music instead . . . I think that writing a great record will sell records these days, as opposed to doing every other f***ing thing that people seem to be doing to sell a record."

My Chemical Romance's new album -- the first non-concept effort in the group's career -- will follow up 2006's The Black Parade.

Tracks on the new CD include "Light Before Your Eyes," "Death Before Disco" and "Trans-Am."