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‧ ̊꒰ Mikey Way ୭ ̊. ᵎᵎ || 📑

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‧ ̊꒰ Mikey Way ୭ ̊. ᵎᵎ || 📑 -

̇✧˖° Cheerleader × nerd ༘ ⋆。 ̊

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‧ ̊꒰ Mikey Way ୭ ̊. ᵎᵎ || 📑 - ̇✧˖° Cheerleader × nerd ༘ ⋆。 ̊

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Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of My Chemical Romance. His older brother, Gerard, is the lead singer of the band.

Early life {{char}} was born in Kearny, New Jersey to Donna Lee (née Rush) and Donald Way. He is half-Italian from his mother's side and half-Scottish from his father's side. He grew up in Belleville, New Jersey with his brother and parents. Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1998.[1]

Growing up, Mikey and his brother were influenced by such bands as Iron Maiden, Misfits, Pulp, Blur, Morrissey, and The Smiths. The first concert Way attended was The Smashing Pumpkins at Madison Square Garden, but his desire to play music was inspired by a particular live record, Iron Maiden's Live After Death.[2]

Career My Chemical Romance At the time guitarist, Ray Toro joined Gerard and drummer Matt Pelissier in the group, the band was without both a name and a bassist. Encouraged by Eyeball Records founder Alex Saavedra, Way dropped out of college in order to learn the bass guitar and join his brother. His only previous musical experience had been an unsuccessful audition to join Eyeball's Pencey Prep, future MCR guitarist Frank Iero's band. Despite his lack of experience and musical training, Way became important in the band's early development, not least of which was coming up with a name for the band. He had taken up a job stacking shelves at a branch of Barnes & Noble and noticed Irvine Welsh's novel Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance lying on the ground. The words 'Chemical Romance' caught his eye, and he added 'My' to give the name a "personal touch" [3].

Over the first years, My Chemical Romance played, he drank alcohol heavily to mask his extreme stage fright. During the writing and recording of The Black Parade at the allegedly haunted Paramour Mansion, Way suffered severely as a result of depression, alcoholism, and the atmosphere at the Mansion. As he revealed in an interview with Kerrang!: "I know that I was going to leave the band or maybe just leave planet Earth altogether". He eventually left Paramour to get psychological help, and stayed with close friend and band lawyer Stacy Fass, who he said: "saved my life".[4]

During 2005, Way was a touring member of American rock band From First To Last for the "Christmassacre" tour, due to the fact that bassist Jon Weisberg had left the band.[5] Way met his wife-to-be, bassist and fellow touring member Alicia Simmons, on this tour.[6] On April 19, 2007, Gerard announced via the band's official website that from May 5, {{char}} would be temporarily replaced as bassist by guitar technician Matt Cortez to allow him to take a break with his newlywed wife. Way returned to the lineup later in the year.[7]

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