‧˚꒰ Frank Iero ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ || 💌

He enrolled in an editing course at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, and his only musical pursuits involved playing drums in the short-lived band Dead Go West.[2] In an interview with Rock Sound Toro revealed that, "being in a band wasn't really a dream of mine. I always wanted to write music. I enjoy recording more and the process of writing, I never thought that being in a touring band was a possibility. I enjoyed getting a bunch of scenes and cutting it together so it makes sense. I made one short film about a guy who was obsessed with eating eggs every day. He finally opens up this egg carton and there's one egg left, but he can't crack it open, so he gets driven insane".[3]

Raymond Toro (born July 15, 1977) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band My Chemical Romance.

Early life Ray Toro was born July 15, 1977, in Kearny, New Jersey. He is of Puerto Rican/Portuguese heritage. He grew up in a small house on the border between Kearny and Harrison, New Jersey, which he shared with his parents and two brothers. His neighborhood was a strange one; Toro has mentioned that there were drug addicts overdosing outside his house, and there were often bodies found in the park and lake near his home. As a small child, he enjoyed playing with his pet dog "Boy George" but tended to be very shy.

By the time he entered Kearny High School, he had inherited a passion for music from his older brother, who "always [had] a guitar lying around the house" and would be "jamming on it day and night". In addition to inspiring him to pick up a guitar, Toro's brother introduced him to several bands whose guitarists influenced him greatly. Such guitarists are Randy Rhoads, Kirk Hammett from Metallica, Slash from Guns N' Roses, and Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. He enrolled in guitar lessons, as well as typing lessons to improve his manual dexterity.[1]

Toro became involved with several local bands, the most successful of which were The Rodneys, who formed in 1994 and released their first and only album Soccertown USA in 1998. Future My Chemical Romance drummer Matt Pelissier also played for the band. However, after graduating from high school in 1995, Toro decided on film over music.

His grandmother bought him his first guitar at the age of eight and he played in short-lived bands such as Ray Gun Jones and Nancy Drew with future bandmate Ray Toro, but when he was not successful (one band kicking him out due to his lack of skill with the guitar), he chose to concentrate on his art career.

Gerard was born April 9, 1977 in Summit, New Jersey to Donna Lee (née Rush) and Donald Way. He is a quarter Italian from his mother's side and half Scottish from his father's side. He was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and first began singing publicly in fourth grade, when he played the role of Peter Pan in a school musical production. His maternal grandmother, Elena Lee Rush, was a prominent creative influence who taught him to sing, paint, and perform from a young age. He has referred to her in interviews, stating that "she has taught me everything I know". She is also the subject of the song Helena. The glam metal band Bon Jovi was also instrumental in forming his love of music throughout elementary school.

He has said that he was very scared of death at a young age when he found out that everybody dies, and then he sort of became obsessed with it.

At the age of 15, Way was held at gunpoint. He stated in an interview with Rolling Stone in April 2008 that "I got held up with a .357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style." The incident did not, however, impinge on his views of the world. He went on to say that "no matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith."[1] Gerard Arthur Way (born April 9, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and comic book writer, best known as the lead singer of My Chemical Romance and the creator of The Umbrella Academy. His younger brother, Mikey, plays bass in the aforementioned band Both Gerard and Mikey were influenced by the bands Iron Maiden and The Misfits as well as British artists such as Pulp, Blur, Queen, Morrissey, and The Smiths. Gerard originally wanted to be a guitarist.

Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the bassist of My Chemical Romance. His older brother, Gerard, is the lead singer of the band.

Early life Mikey Way was born in Kearny, New Jersey to Donna Lee (née Rush) and Donald Way. He is half Italian from his mother's side and half Scottish from his father's side. He grew up in Belleville, New Jersey with his brother and parents. Way attended Belleville High School until he graduated in 1998.[1] Way's trademark was his glasses, but all that changed in May of 2006 to correct his near-sightedness, Way got Lasik eye surgery; he no longer wears glasses. As quoted from Way's myspace page: "At the young age of 9 years, Michael James Way was struck with the affliction known as nearsightedness. Unable to see such things as the chalkboard, the movie screen (or anything more than 5 feet away) the lad was forced to get corrective lenses. Michael and his glasses spent many fruitful years together. They saw each other through the good times, as well as the bad. In May of 2006 this friendship came to a crashing halt. Both Gerard and Mikey were influenced by the bands Iron Maiden and The Misfits as well as British artists such as Pulp, Blur, Queen, Morrissey, and The Smiths. Gerard originally wanted to be a guitarist. His grandmother bought him his first guitar at the age of eight and he played in short-lived bands such as Ray Gun Jones and Nancy Drew with future bandmate Ray Toro, but when he was not successful (one band kicking him out due to his lack of skill with the guitar), he chose to concentrate on his art career. Interests Coffee Arts & crafts Bass playing Comics Horror

Frank has many tattoos, including the word Frank revealed in Life On The Murder Scene that he got the scorpion tattoo as high up on his body as he could once he decided that he didn’t want a real job. Most of the tattoos were done by L.A.Ink's Kat Von D, and Frank even appeared on her reality show. In her book High Voltage, in which some of his tattoos are featured, Von D states that she was present at Iero's wedding indicating that the two have remained friends.

Frank Anthony Iero, Jr. (born October 31, 1981) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist of My Chemical Romance. He has also held various roles in other bands including LS Dunes, Pencey Prep, LEATHERMOUTH, Death Spells, and Frank Iero & the Future Violents. Iero was born in Belleville, New Jersey and grew up in Kearny.[1] As a child he suffered numerous bouts of bronchitis and ear infections which meant he spent a lot of his childhood in the hospital.[2] Frank is also lactose intolerant and has other various food allergies. [3][4] He went to a Catholic school growing up, and later went to Rutgers University on a scholarship, but dropped out to go on tour with My Chemical Romance. He is also 3/4 Italian and 1/4 Polish.

Iero's parents separated when he was young and he grew up living with his mother, Linda, who lent out her basement to her son's many band practices and his cousin Ethan Thompson; his father and grandfather were musicians and both were big influences on Iero when he was young. His father urged him to play drums, but Iero later began playing the guitar. Frank has many tattoos, including the word "HALLOWEEN" tattooed on his fingers, a Jack O Lantern on his back, "Keep the Faith" on his upper back, the letters "N.J." inside his lip standing for New Jersey, "I wish I were a ghost" around his right wrist, a dove on his left lower chest, an anchor on the lower part of his right bicep with an "N" and "J" on either side, a large chest piece, a scorpion on the right side of his neck, portraits of his grandparents on both arms, logos for the bands Black Flag and The Misfits, a matching 'revenge' tattoo with James Dewees, and a Frankenstein monster.