Gerard Arthur Way was born on April 9,1977 and is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer.
37 Facts About Gerard Way
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Gerard Way is best known as the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance.
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Gerard Way released his debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, in 2014.
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Gerard Way is the co-founder of DC Comics' Young Animal imprint.
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Gerard Way was born in Summit, New Jersey, on April 9,1977, the son of Donna Lee and Donald Gerard Way.
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Gerard Way's 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".
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Gerard Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1995.
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Gerard Way's 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.
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Gerard Way was working as an intern for Cartoon Network in New York City during the September 11,2001 attacks.
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In interviews, Gerard Way has stated that music and his artwork were effective outlets for his longtime battles against depression, alcoholism, and prescription drug abuse.
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In May 2014, Gerard Way launched his Tumblr-based website where he announced that he had signed to Warner Bros.
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When Gerard Way was asked why he chose to implement the Britpop genre into his music he stated that he enjoyed the energy and style of the music and its scene, and was urged to revive aspects of the genre in America.
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In February and March 2015, Gerard Way performed as a solo artist with The Hormones on the main stage of the Australian 2015 Soundwave music festivals, and headlined an additional sideshow in Melbourne.
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On Record Store Day 2016, Gerard Way released two exclusive, unreleased tracks from Hesitant Alien titled "Don't Try" and "Pinkish".
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On October 28,2018, Gerard Way released his first major solo single in over two years, titled "Baby You're a Haunted House".
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The single "gives a peek of where [Gerard Way] will be headed musically," according to a statement released by Gerard Way.
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On February 8,2019, Gerard Way released a cover of "Happy Together" by The Turtles, again featuring Toro.
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On July 8,2020, Gerard Way released an original song titled "Here Comes the End," which features singer Judith Hill and appears on the second season of The Umbrella Academy.
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Gerard Way is credited with writing the lyrics, and singing alongside Himuro.
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Gerard Way contributed vocals for the vocal mix of the deadmau5 song "Professional Griefers".
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Gerard Way contributed guest vocals to "Falling in Love Will Kill You" from Wrongchilde's debut solo album Gold Blooded, a pseudonym project from Kill Hannah frontman Mat Devine.
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In 2015, Gerard Way co-wrote and contributed backing vocals to the song "Louder Than Your Love" on Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Black's debut solo album The Shadow Side.
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Gerard Way featured in Ronin by Ibaraki in March 2022 alongside Trivium's lead vocalist and guitarist Matt Heafy.
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In 2007, Gerard Way began writing the comic-book miniseries The Umbrella Academy.
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Gerard Way wrote the story and illustrated the original version, but cartoonist Gabriel Ba redrew the art in the first volume, Apocalypse Suite.
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In 2011, My Chemical Romance stated that Mikey and Gerard Way were working on another comic book project which they had kept under wraps since mid-2009.
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On December 21,2013, Gerard Way stated that he and Gabriel Ba will be working on parts three and four of his comic book series Umbrella Academy beginning in the new year.
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In 2014, it was announced that Gerard Way will be making his debut in the Marvel Universe by writing for the alternate universe Spider-Man series Edge of Spider-Verse.
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In 2001, Gerard Way co-created a cartoon with Joe Boyle called The Breakfast Monkey.
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Since 2019, Gerard Way has served as co-executive producer on the television series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy.
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Gerard Way struggled with alcoholism and prescription drug addiction for many years but as of 2007 was maintaining sobriety.
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On September 3,2007, after a concert in Colorado, Gerard Way married Lyn-Z, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence, backstage on the final date of the Projekt Revolution tour.
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In 2014, Gerard Way began openly discussing his gender identity struggles online and in interviews.
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In January 2015, Gerard Way was featured in The Boyzine, an independent zine published by SWMRS frontman Cole Becker.
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In June 2015, Gerard Way said on Twitter that he uses he and they pronouns.
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In 2015, Gerard Way revealed on Reddit that he is a first cousin once removed of comedian Joe Rogan.
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Gerard Way said that despite this, the two have never met.