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He was born on summit, New Jersey. He's the oldest of two brothers. -
Rush, his grandma, was who made him interested in art, in singing as well as in theatre and in painting.
He started writing songs at age 16.
He graduated Belleville Highschool in 1995. -
He studied for four years at the New York City Visual Arts School, where he studied for four years where he graduated with a major in character illustration.
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After graduating, he spent a year and a half working for for DC Comics.
In 2001, he tried to sell a TV show to Cartoon Network, called "The breakfast monkey" but they rejected it because they already had a very similar one. -
After witnessing the fall of the twin towers, Gerard said that he felt like his life just started so he decided to start a band. -
It was the first song they wrote and the seventh on the album "I Brought you my bullets, you brought me your love", Gerard wrote it after witnessing the 9/11 attacks. -
By March 2002, the band had already recorded demos for most songs and were contemplating whether or not to start to work on a proper album while continuing work on "Vampires Will Never Hurt You". After the recordings were complete Frank Iero joined the band as guitarrist. The album was recorded in only a week with practically no budget. It served as their debut record. -
On August 31, 2003, the band announced via their website that they had signed a deal with Reprise Records. -
It’s the second song on the album, it was recorded in May 2002 at Nada Studios and was released as the band's debut single in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2003. -
The idea of the song was originally conceived as a joke, though as the band continued work on it, the band realized that being able to finish the song would challenge themselves, as well as expand their potential. -
With this album, the band produced a more polished sound than that of their 2002 debut “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love”. It was the band's first release to feature rhythm guitarist Frank Iero on all tracks, as well as the final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, who would later be replaced by Bob Bryar. -
has charted in several countries, including in the United States where it became the band's first song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #4 on the Alternative Airplay chart. The track was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) -
It was created in memory of Gerard Way and Mikey Way's late grandmother, who died while the band was touring and unable to visit her during the last year of her life. Although it was one of the last tracks on the album to be written, the direction that Gerard Way took it in influenced the rest of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge's tracks -
A music video for the track was directed by Marc Webb, inspired by the films “Saving Private Ryan” and “Memphis Belle”. The video, set during World War II, was split between scenes of the band performing the song at a United Service Organizations dance event, and scenes of the band charging onto a battlefield on D-Day. -
It opens up with a piano introduction that evolves into a fusion of several other rock-esque genres throughout its run time. The lyrics are based around the album's central character, the Patient, as he recalls a childhood memory before his death. According to band frontman Gerard Way, the broader theme of the song is the "triumph of the human spirit". -
It’s centered on the story of a man suffering from terminal cancer known as "The Patient", as he nears the end of his life. -
It follows a dysfunctional family of adopted superhero siblings with bizarre powers attempting both to save the world and find their place within it.
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Originally titled "The Saddest Music in the World", the track was written by the band following Mikey Way's premature departure from the album's writing sessions due to mental health issues. While the lyrics were initially about Gerard Way's criticisms of Mikey's decision, they eventually broadened out to be about the band as a whole, and took on themes of optimism and making the most out of life. -
While the band was touring, they began to record using the bus's recording unit. "I Don't Love You" was one of the only songs to be used on the second-to-last album from the tour bus jam sessions. Ray Toro and Gerard Way can be seen playing an early version of the song from the tour bus sessions on the 2006 DVD Life on the Murder Scene. -
"Teenagers" was inspired by Gerard's fear of teenagers, with lyrics addressing apprehension towards teenagers and teenage gun crime. The song was written by band members Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Ray Toro, Gerard Way, and Mikey Way, and was produced by the group alongside Rob Cavallo. -
On September 3, 2007, after a concert in Colorado, Way married Lindsey Ballato, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence, backstage on the final date of the Projekt Revolution tour. A member of Live Nation's touring staff who was also an ordained minister performed the ceremony. -
It was his and Lyn-Z’s first daughter, but there isn’t much about her on the internet since they have chosen to keep their lifes private. -
It was his and Lyn-Z’s first daughter, there isn’t much about her because they have chisten to keep their life private.
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The primary musical inspiration for the album came from contemporary rock, psychedelic rock, and proto-punk bands of the sixties and seventies. It was the final album released by the band before their six-year disbandment from 2013 to 2019. -
On March, 22, 2013, the band anounced their breakup via a post on their website. -
Hesitant Alien Gerard’s debut solo. It was 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.