Frank Iero, James Dewees start band

Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance and Leathermouth and James Dewees of The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect have started a band together, naming the project Death Spells.

The "electronic hardcore" band will play string of dates opening for industrial outfit Mindless Self Indulgence in a few weeks, according to Iero.

Iero and Dewees have an established history of making music together already - Dewees plays drums for Iero's hardcore band Leathermouth, and performed synth and percussion live with My Chemical Romance.

"We're opening up for Mindless Self Indulgence in two or three weeks. It's more like an electronic-hardcore project. We've been working with a visual graphics artist and he's been making these insane videos for us. The music is a little more intense than what My Chemical Romance or Reggie and the Full Effect were. It's more in the vein of Ministry and stuff like that. We have a full-length written. There's red tape to go through before we can announce it."