Gerard Way

Gerard Arthur Way is an American vocalist, most known for being the co-founder of My Chemical Romance. Born in 1977, he showed an interest in both music and art from a young age. He was encouraged by his grandmother to audition for his elementary school musical and landed the lead role of Peter Pan.

Gerard rose to fame with his first musical project My Chemical Romance, a successful pop punk band that formed when Gerard wanted to make a difference in the world after the 9/11 terror attacks.

After the group disbanded, he ventured into solo work, releasing the single “Action Cat” on June 11, 2014. His debut solo album Hesitant Alien was released September 29, 2014, and peaked at 16 on the US Billboard 200.

Currently, Gerard is working with a band called The Hormones, along with band members Ian Fowles, Matt Gorney, Jarrod Alexander, James Dewees, and Jamie Muhoberac. Coincidentally, Dewees worked with My Chemical Romance for a few years prior to their breakup.

Gerard has also created the DC Comics imprint, Young Animal, even writing the series of Doom Patrol and Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye. For the latter, he has written and recorded several songs which go with the comic series.

In late 2018 Gerard released the singles “Baby You’re a Haunted House” and “Getting Down The Germs,” two years after the release of any new musical material since the release of Hesitant Alien scrapped tracks “Pinkish/Don’t Try” was dropped.

He later reunited with Ray Toro in early 2019 to record singles for the tracklist of the Netflix adaption of The Umbrella Academy, a series Gerard authored in 2007. The two tracks were covers, containing “Happy Together” and “Hazy Shade of Winter.”