Question: Were Gerard Way and Ryan Key members of the same band?

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The Oval Portrait (band)
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Action Cat
Hesitant Alien
List of songs recorded by My Chemical Romance
Five Stories Falling
Midget Tossing
My Chemical Romance
No Shows

William Ryan Key (born December 17, 1979) is an American rock musician.
 He is best known as the former lead singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist of the former pop punk musical group Yellowcard.
The Oval Portrait was an American rock band from West Paterson, New Jersey active in the early-to-mid-2000s.
 Their name was taken from a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
 They released the LP "Life In Death" on Eyeball Records in 2003.
 The band's musical style contained an eclectic mix of influences ranging from post-hardcore and post-punk to psychedelic rock and experimental metal.
 The lyrical imagery on many songs contained bleak, unsettling subject matter and numerous literary references.
 "Life In Death" featured guest performances by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance on the songs "Barnabus Collins Has More Skeletons In His Closet Than Vincent Price" and "From My Cold Dead Hands", the latter also featuring Sarah Balliet of Murder By Death.
 The group disbanded in 2004 with several members going on to form Mermaid In A Manhole and The Sun The Moon The Stars.
Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comic book writer who was the lead vocalist and co-founder of the rock band My Chemical Romance from its formation in September 2001 until its split in March 2013.
 His debut solo album "Hesitant Alien" was released on September 30, 2014.
 He also wrote the comic mini-series "The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys" and the Eisner Award-winning comic book "The Umbrella Academy".
"Action Cat" is a song by American musician and former My Chemical Romance frontman, Gerard Way.
 The song was released by Warner Bros.
 Records on June 11, 2014 as the promotional single from Way's debut studio album, "Hesitant Alien".
Hesitant Alien is the debut studio album by Gerard Way, former lead singer of the American rock band My Chemical Romance, released in the US on September 29, 2014 and on September 30 worldwide.
 It was officially announced in May 2014, although demos of the songs "Zero Zero" and "Millions" have circulated since 2012.
 The album was produced by Doug McKean, known for his work as recording engineer on a number of projects with producer Rob Cavallo, including several releases by My Chemical Romance.
 "Hesitant Alien" received mostly positive reviews, and was a moderate commercial success reaching No. 16 on the US "Billboard" 200 and some international charts.
 To support the album, Way assembled a touring band made up of select musicians who contributed to the album and were called "The Hormones".
The following is a list of recorded songs by the American alternative rock/punk band My Chemical Romance.
 A song titled "Hell Hath No Fury" was recorded for The Man with the Iron Fists but was never released.
 An instrumental of the track credited to Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and James Dewees appears in the movie.
Five Stories Falling is a five-song EP released by Thursday in 2002.
 The first four tracks are live versions of songs from "Full Collapse", recorded while the band performed on the Vans Warped Tour.
 The fifth track, a new song named "Jet Black New Year", quickly became popular amongst fans; the song featured Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performing screamed background vocals.
 The EP also featured stories by each of the band members, including touring (and now permanent) keyboardist Andrew Everding.
Midget Tossing is the debut album by American rock band Yellowcard, released in 1997 by Takeover Records.
 It was recorded in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, at the Music Factory by Michael Ray FitzGerald.
 Ryan Key and Sean Mackin were not yet members of the group but made guest appearances, on background vocals and violin respectively (Key at that time was front man for Jacksonville punk band Modern Amusement).
 The songs "Sue" and "Uphill Both Ways" were re-recorded and put onto Yellowcard's following album, "Where We Stand".
 "The Longest Time" was originally written by Billy Joel.
 After signing a distribution deal with Caroline Distribution, the album was reissued in June 2005.
My Chemical Romance (often abbreviated as MCR) was an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013.
 The band's best-known lineup consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and drummer Bob Bryar.
 Founded by Gerard, Mikey, Toro, Matt Pelissier, and later joined by Iero, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" in 2002.
 They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" in 2004.
 Shortly after the album's release, Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar.
 A commercial success, the album was awarded platinum status over a year later.
"No Shows" is a song by American musician and former My Chemical Romance front man, Gerard Way.
 The song was released by Warner Bros.
 Records on August 18, 2014 as the first single from Way's debut studio album, "Hesitant Alien".
 "No Shows" was released to radio on August 25, 2014.