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NJ.com
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Paced by Marissa Paternoster’s signature guitar mayhem, Screaming Females had already ignited a sold-out White Eagle Hall Saturday night. Then the New Brunswick punk icons reached deeper into their bag of New Jersey tricks. They covered My Chemical Romance. The audience exploded with the opening notes and words to emo anthem “Helena,” one of My Chem’s biggest hits — perhaps fueled by the band (native to Belleville and Kearny) postponing its reunion tour twice since 2020. It was a thrilling conclusion to the group’s annual “Garden Party” show in Jersey City, a tradition the trio — Paternoster, …