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Background information Birth name Michael James Way Born September 10, 1980
Belleville, New Jersey, United StatesGenre(s) Alternative rock, pop rock Occupation(s) Bass guitarist
Michael James "Mikey" 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.
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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. Mikey and Gerard are related to Joe Rogan, Host of the NBC game/stunt show Fear Factor and former cast member of the sitcom News Radio (Joe is their 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 a 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 learned to play the bass specifically for joining My Chemical Romance. But during interviews with Way in their DVD release, Life on the Murder Scene, Mikey states that he had been an amateur musician since he was young and was in bands as a bassist before My Chem, one of them being Raygun Jones, a band he frequented with his brother, Gerard. He plays a Highway one Precision Bass, a Fender Standard Precision Bass, and a Fender Jaguar bass.
On March 7, 2007, Mikey married his fiancé 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. 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 this on their website. Mikey's temporary replacement was Matt Cortez, a guitar technician, and friend of the band. He has Bipolar Disorder.
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