Gerard Arthur Rush Way 

  
 Background Information: 
 Gerard was born on April,9,1977 in Summit,New Jersey to Donald Way and Donna Lee Way.Gerard is  
 half Italian(mom's side) and half Scottish (dad's side).Gerard was raised in Belleville,New Jersey.He first sang in publicily in 4th grade when he played the role of Peter Pan in a school musical production.He learned how to sing from his Grandmother Elena Lee Rush.She was a great influence to Way and also taught him how to paint and preform at a young age. 

 Image:Jamie's wikipedia1.jpg|Gerard Arthur Rush Way 

  
 Education: 
 Gerard attended at Belleville High School and graduated in 1995.Gerard decided to pursue a career in a comic book industry.Way attended at the School Of Visual Arts in New York City.He graduated with a bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999. 

  
 Career and Music: 
 He worked with Cartoon Network in New York City during the 9.11.01 attacks.After seeing the tragedy Gerard said that is was time to get out of the basement and see the world.To help the emotional effects Gerard wrote the lyrics to the song 'Skylines and Turnstiles'.That was the first song ever written by My Chemical Romance.In interweiws Way has said music was a way to deal with his long-time battles against depression,acoholism, and prescription drug use.Music has helped him deal with hard times and the song 'Helena' was in memory of Gerard's late Grandmother.The Umbrella Academy was first released by Dark Horse Comics on May 5,2007. 

  

  
 Personal Information: 
 On September 3,2007 after a concert in Colorado, Gerard married Lyn-z(Lindsey) of Mindless self Indulgence.(another band).Now Gerard lives in L.A. California with his wife Lyn-z.On Novembder 24,2008 a represenitive for Gerard way confirmed that wife Lyn-z is expexcting their first child together in the Summer of 2009.Gerard is deathly afraid of needles and sharp objects so he doesn't have any tattoos or piercings.He is the only one in the band with out a tattoo or piercing.Nipple rings also freak Gerard out. 

  
 Interesting and Funny facts about Gerard and My Chemical Romance 

 Gerard: 
 Gerard's favorite colors are Black and Red 
 His favorite food is pizza and his favorite books are Jean-Pierre Jeunet, The City of The Lost Children, The catcher in The Rye 
 Gerard is 5 ft. and 9 in.He is a Catholic 
 Gerard hates doing laundry 
 he started playing in bands at age 11 
 Gerard's Grandmother taught him how to sing 
 He drew all of the art work for 3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge 
 his favorite band is Iron Maiden 
 the song 'Skylines and Turnstiles' was the first song ever written by MCR 
 September,11.01 inspired Gerard to start MCR 
 he gets song ideas from newspapers 

  
 My Chemical Romance:  

 Mikey's cat has a myspace, 
 Gerard is a smoker, (but insists smoking is bad for you and has tried to give several times), 
 Bob hates cameras, 
 Before My chemical romance Mikey worked in a 'Barnes and Noble' and was an intern for 'Eye Ball records', 
 Frankie and Gerard love to read especially the 'Harry Potter' series, 
 Gerard suffers from Aichmophobia(a fear of needles/sharp objects), 
 Bob previously worked at Disney Land, 
 Mikey is scared of small spaces,large open spaces and shopping for groceries, 
 'Helena' played during the end credits for 'House Of Wax', 
 In 2007 fans started FMF (Feed Mikey Foundation) after he lost a lot of weight, 
 Mikey came up with the band title from the book 3 Tales of Chemical Romance. 

  

  
 Quotes 
 Gerard: "I'd rather be a creature in the night than be an old dude" 
 Mikey: "I could eat my weight in Sushi" 
 Frank: "We must have to watch Mikey and make sure he doesn't put anymore forks in the toaster"