Mikey Way
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| Michael James Way | |
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 Mikey Way performing onstage, March 1st 2007.
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| Born | September 10, 1980 Belleville, New Jersey, United States |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Bass guitarist |
Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is the bass guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance and is the younger brother of the band's frontman Gerard Way.
[edit] Personal life
Michael James Way was born on September 10, 1980 in Newark, New Jersey, where he grew up. He is the younger brother of Gerard Way, (with whom he has a very close relationship, and is also Scottish/Italian, like his brother). Mikey is related to Joe Rogan, Host of the NBC game/stunt show Fear Factor and former cast member of the sitcom News Radio (Joe is Mikey's mother's cousin's son). Growing up, Way worked for Barnes & Noble, in addition to being an intern at Eyeball Records (the company that put out My Chemical Romance's debut album, I brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love in 2002). The first concert he ever went to was The Smashing Pumpkins Concert.
He is also responsible for the creation of the band's name, which he took from the book. Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh, while working at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Clifton, New Jersey.[1]
Early on in My Chemical Romance's career, it was said that Way did not know how to play bass but in order for him to play in a band he needed to know how to play bass so he learned. But during interviews with Way in their DVD release, Life on the Murder Scene, Mikey claims that he had been an amateur musician since he was young and was in bands as a bassist before My Chem. He plays a Highway one Precision Bass, a Fender Standard Precision Bass, and a Fender Jaguar bass.
On March 7, 2007, Mikey married his fiancée Alicia Simmons, backstage at the Orleans Arena, Las Vegas after the band's show. The couple were married by James Dewees of Reggie and the Full Effect, who was ordained as a minister in order to perform the ceremony. Dewees is also the suspected sixth member of My Chemical Romance and their keyboard player. His brother Gerard was his best man, since there were rules preventing him from having all the other band members as his best men.
On April 23, 2007, it was announced that Mikey would temporarily leave My Chemical Romance to spend time with Alicia. Gerard stated on their website;
Mikey's temporary replacement was Matt Cortez, a guitar technician, and friend of the band.
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