Gerard Way
Gerard Way
Gerard Arthur Wayis an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released on September 30, 2014. He also wrote the comic mini-series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 April 1977
CitySummit, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
So how was Christmas for you guys? Did you all get lots of nice black tee shirts?
Since we're in an arena, ... We'll do it arena-rock style!
No one likes the new kid at school because he smells weird and has a penchant for leather and the homoerotic
One time, Bert and I were making out for so long it wasn't even funny..But then it was funny.
To me, nothing feels more like being dead than being in your 20s and having no direction in your life.
There have been tours where we hit a different Wal-Mart almost every night.
When I was writing it, I was remembering how hard it was to be a 16-year-old in high school. I always wanted to be an artist, so I was this loner kid who just got drunk all the time. I only had one real friend. There was a girl I really liked, and she ended up taking really sleazy photographs with her boyfriend, and that really crushed me, I was just swimming in this pit of despair, jealousy and alcoholism.
Welcome to the new church! Can I get an 'Amen'?
For me (being onstage) is me being everything I always wanted to be. It erases everything I don't like about myself. Nothing can hurt me. I feel completely invincible. I feel like everyone on that stage is invincible and we're capable of anything. There's no stopping us.
It just felt like we were the kids in the back of the class wearing black that nobody wanted to hang out with...I looked in the mirror and was like, 'You're still uncool.' And I was very happy with that revelation. And 'You're never gonna be cool so stop trying.' I had one of the best shows of my life that day.
It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'Whatwould you like to do?' Um, yeah karate.
It's a documentary that captures the rise and occasional stumblings of this band. It's really crazy, we had forgotten about a lot of the stuff that happens in the film. Like backstage stuff and concert footage. Basically, it tells the story of one really crazy year in this band's life.
It really doesn't follow a linear thing. It's more like you're getting little snippets of the story, which at the end should make up the whole part.
We've always wanted to give something back to our fans, and to play the kind of shows we know they want to see, ... And we really think this tour is exactly that.