One archived page on this domain spells the same act four different ways. The heading reads FrnkIero and The Cellabration. The site menu underneath it reads frnkiero andthe cellabration. The press release in the middle of the page opens in capitals, then two paragraphs later calls the group “frnkiero and the cellebration”, with an extra e. A fifth spelling turns up in the tags on another post. Those spelling variations are useful to recognize when searching the old label pages.
This page sorts out the Frank Iero bands and solo names: what each one is, what it released, and which label put it out. Staple News is an independent magazine and has no affiliation with the original Staple Records label that used to own this domain, and none with any act named here.
Frank Iero bands and projects, by role
| Name | His role | Release or context |
|---|---|---|
| Pencey Prep | Vocals, guitar | Heartbreak in Stereo, 2001 |
| My Chemical Romance | Guitar | Named in the 2014 announcement as his former band |
| Leathermouth | Vocals only | XO, 2009 |
| Frank Iero | Performer and recording credits | For Jamia, a 2013 single |
| Death Spells | Duo with James Dewees | Nothing Above, Nothing Below, 2016 |
| frnkiero andthe cellabration | Solo project, touring band | Stomachaches, 2014 |
| Frank Iero and the Patience | Solo project renamed | Parachutes, 2016 |
| Frank Iero and the Future Violents | Solo project renamed again | Barriers, 2019 |
| L.S. Dunes | One of five members | Past Lives, 2022 |
Before the solo records
Heartbreak in Stereo came out on Eyeball Records as EB019 in November 2001, with Iero credited on vocals and guitar in a five piece from Belleville, New Jersey. In Leathermouth he is not on guitar: the entry for the 2009 Epitaph album credits him on vocals, with Ed Auletta and Rob Hughes on guitars and James Dewees on drums. Dewees turns up again in Death Spells, a two person act with no third member listed.
An early release under his own name was a 7 inch on his own imprint, B.Calm Press, 400 hand numbered clear copies with 100 of them signed at random. He played, recorded and mixed it.
The three names for one solo project
Three solo-project names appear on successive albums. Stomachaches in 2014 as frnkiero andthe cellabration. Parachutes in 2016 as Frank Iero and the Patience, produced by Ross Robinson for Vagrant with Steve Evetts on bass. Barriers in 2019 as Frank Iero and the Future Violents. Same person, three catalog identities, and the release database files them under three separate artist entries.
Steve Albini recorded the Patience EP at Electrical Audio in 2017 and came back for three of the four tracks on the 2021 Future Violents EP, a 500 copy webstore run whose fourth track was cut live at BBC Studios in London instead.
L.S. Dunes sits outside all of that. It is a five piece with Anthony Green, Travis Stever, Tucker Rule and Tim Payne, and Iero is one member rather than the name on the sleeve. Past Lives is dated 11 November 2022 on Fantasy, produced by Will Yip.
Stomachaches, WH47 and WH48
The 2014 album is the one this domain’s old label released, and it carries two Staple Records catalog numbers. The CD is WH47, with Workhorse Music Group as the record company. The LP is WH48, dated a month later, embossed sleeve, 500 copies on translucent yellow.
The label’s press release says he “plays every instrument on the 12-track album except for drums”, which Jarrod Alexander handled. It was started in his own basement studio, finished at North End Recording in Passaic, New Jersey, with extra vocals cut elsewhere again, and mixed by Ed Rose at St. Albans West. The label describes a largely solo studio performance, with Alexander handling the drums, alongside a named act for live appearances.
One WH48 pressing exists because of a mistake. The entry for the magenta copies says the artist did not like the colour and had it changed to bubblegum pink, and that the two colours together add up to 1,000 records sold by pre-order through his own site. The inspected database snapshot contains 25 catalogued versions of this album, across Staple Records, Hassle, Cooking Vinyl and a 2020 anniversary reissue.
The release date two sources disagree on
The label’s press release, dated 16 June 2014, announced the album for 26 August. Its own out today post is dated 25 August and says the record came out that day, and a December post repeats 25 August. The encyclopedia biography manages both: its opening section says 26 August, its body says 25 August.
The label’s release-day post supports 25 August 2014, while its June announcement gave 26 August. Neither post is a shipping receipt for an individual edition. That is the sort of split our editorial standards page is about, since an announcement, a street date and a reissue can all carry different days. Send a better source and we will date it again.