Gerard way biography

Gerard Way is not only a musical icon, but also a subcultural leader. The New Jersey-born self-professed comic nerd gave not just music but ideology to a generation of goth/punk/emo kids who ached for affirmation. 

Gerard and My Chemical Romance rose meteorically from the underground in 2005 when their Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge album catapulted them up the charts and into larger and larger venues on both sides of the Atlantic.

But it wasn’t just the apocalyptic pop-punk anthems that appealed to the nations’ teenagers – it was the band’s frontman. 

Born in 1977, Gerard was a social outcast who gravitated, as many of us did, towards the pursuits of misfits: underground music and graphic novels.

The latter occupied his ambition and it was only after the nearby events of 9/11 that he decided to start a band.

Gerard’s onstage persona was honest, which resonated with the youth