Ah, yes. My Chemical Romance. My favorite band! Well, let's see. I'll make a lot of posts about them. For now, I'll tell you about the lead singer in the beginning.
Gerard Arthur Way, born April 9, 1977, is an American musician and former frontman of the popular rock band, My Chemical Romance. We're going back farther than that. He was born in Summit, New Jersey and worked in theatre during elementary/middle school. In high school, he stopped, not wanting to be known as the "emo theatre kid" and be ridiculed. One of his more famous quotes is, "I was never bullied in high school- I was just ignored."
After high school, Gerard went to art school played in several small punk-rock bands, trying to play guitar. In no uncertain terms, he sucked at it. Finally, in 2001, he witnessed the horrible tragedy of the Twin Towers falling, and people jumping from the buildings. It made him realize that he needed to effect lives, instead of follow the current. This led to him going home and writing the first song My Chemical Romance ever played- Skylines and Turnstiles.
He called up his friends, Ray Toro and Matt Pelissier. Together, they started working on what is now known as "the attic demos," which were tracks recorded in Matt's attic, along with Gerard's little brother, Mikey, who played bass. Mikey also came up with the name, but that is a later post.
Gerard, in the early years of the band, was suicidal. Starting the band made that go away, but he developed a drinking problem during their next album. Frank Iero joined the band at Gerard's request, and he helped him through that. But, yes.
That is the early legacy of Gerard Way.
