On August 19, Way streamed a new music video for the song " No Shows", released as the first single off the new album on August 19. He later announced another solo performance that took place at Portsmouth’s Wedgewood Rooms on August 20. įurther to this he announced a new song, " Action Cat", released later in June as a promotional single to his new album and his first solo shows at Reading and Leeds Festivals 2014. Records as a solo artist and was nearing completion of his first solo album. In May 2014, Way launched his Tumblr-based website where he announced that he had signed to Warner Bros. Gerard Way at Webster Hall in New York City in October 2014 Way has also contributed vocally to other bands' songs such as Every Time I Die's "Kill the Music", Head Automatica's "Graduation Day", Say Anything's "In Defense of the Genre", and The Oval Portrait's "From My Cold Dead Hands" and "Barnabus Collins Has More Skeletons in His Closet Than Vincent Price". I've gotta make a difference.'" To help deal with the emotional effects the attacks had on him, Way wrote the lyrics to the song "Skylines and Turnstiles", which became the first song by My Chemical Romance. He told Spin magazine, "I literally said to myself, 'Fuck art. Seeing the effects of the attacks first-hand prompted Way to change his views on life in the following weeks. Way was working as an intern for Cartoon Network in New York City during the Septemattacks. When he was not successful (one band kicked him out due to his lack of skill with the guitar), he chose to concentrate on his art career. His grandmother bought him his first guitar at the age of eight, and he played in short-lived bands such as Ray Gun Jones and Nancy Drew with future bandmate Ray Toro. Gerard Way in Montreal, Quebec, during the Honda Civic Tour in August 2011Īs teenagers, Gerard and his brother Mikey Way, who later became the bassist of My Chemical Romance, were influenced by artists including Iron Maiden, The Misfits, Danzig, Black Flag, Queen, Pulp, Blur, Morrissey, and The Smiths. Music career 2001–2013, 2019–present: My Chemical Romance Deciding to pursue a career in the comic-book industry, he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999. Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1995.
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At age 16, he appeared on an episode of Sally Jesse Raphael to discuss the controversy surrounding the publicizing of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes in comic books. 357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style." He went on to say that "no matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith ". As he said in an April 2008 Rolling Stone interview, "I got held up with a. Also, while in elementary school, the glam metal band Bon Jovi was instrumental in forming his love of music and Bruce Springsteen is the first concert that he watched ever.Īt the age of 15, Way was held at gunpoint. His maternal grandmother, Elena Lee Rush, was a great creative influence who taught him to sing, paint, and perform from a young age he has said that "she has taught me everything I know". Raised in Belleville, New Jersey, alongside brother Mikey Way, he first began singing publicly in the fourth grade, when he played the role of Peter Pan in a school musical production. Way was born in Summit, New Jersey, on April 9, 1977, the son of Donna Lee ( née Rush) and Donald Way.
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