The name of the band was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey Way , younger brother of Gerard , who was working in a Barnes & Noble when he was struck by the title of a book by Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance .
The name of the band comes from an Irvine Welsh book titled `` Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance '' which caught Mikey Way 's eye when he was working in Barnes & Noble .