https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch A research project into the star persona of Gerard Way. en-us 2022-10-26 07:41:22 UTC 2026-03-12 02:09:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2357237512 Way started their career as a comic artist, working in New York for Cartoon Network.]]> 2022-10-26 13:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2357237512 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360522775 Despite being openly and adamantly pro-mental health and anti-suicide, Way's band has been accused countless times over the years of being cult leaders and driving youths to commit suicide as a result of listening their music.]]> 2022-10-28 12:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360522775 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360600395 A collection of comments found in an archived thread from Kerrang Magazine's 2007 Readers' Polls, in which Way was nominated by fans for the 'Sexiest Male' and 'Sexiest Female' for the second year in a row, along with Jared Leto, the lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars.]]> 2022-10-28 13:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360600395 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360630805 https://mychemicalfreak.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/mcr-daily-mail-protest-in-kerrang/]]> 2022-10-28 13:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360630805 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360637293 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-566481/Why-child-safe-sinister-cult-emo.html]]> 2022-10-28 13:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360637293 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360660876 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400953/EMO-cult-warning-parents.html]]> 2022-10-28 13:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360660876 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360666303 An article recounting and reflecting on the controversy surrounding emo music in the 2000s.]]> 2022-10-28 14:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2360666303 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377075808 Arguably what Way is best known for is his work as the frontman of My Chemical Romance.]]> 2022-11-09 16:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377075808 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377102032 A 'kawaii' (the Japanese word for 'cute') minifigure from Titan Merchandise.]]> 2022-11-09 16:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377102032 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377104586 A plush of the dancer from the 'Helena' music video, a song based on the death of Way's grandmother.]]> 2022-11-09 16:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377104586 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377105073 Way's likeness and creations have been marketed and capitalised on for nearly 2 decades, from t-shirts to Funko Pops.]]> 2022-11-09 16:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377105073 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377105383 Way as a creative inspiration and source of entertainment for fans]]> 2022-11-09 16:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377105383 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377107764 Fan-made artwork of the cover of I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.]]> 2022-11-09 16:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377107764 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377138061 A Wordpress blogpost regarding My Chemical Romance and artistic influence.]]> 2022-11-09 16:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377138061 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377181274 An article reminiscing on the legacy of My Chemical Romance.]]> 2022-11-09 17:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377181274 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377186833 Way goes against what is expected of him, from both fans and skeptics]]> 2022-11-09 17:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377186833 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377188213 A clip from the show 'Yo Gabba Gabba,' where My Chemical Romance performed 'Every Snowflake is Different (Just Like You)' for the show's Christmas special.]]> 2022-11-09 17:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377188213 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377204441 An article about the time My Chemical Romance refused to write a song for the film franchise 'Twilight' and then wrote a song - 'Vampire Money' - inspired by their refusal.]]> 2022-11-09 17:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377204441 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377243363 A collection of semi-realistic minifigures based on My Chemical Romance's various album aesthetics throughout the years.]]> 2022-11-09 17:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377243363 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377595999 A mask of Way's Danger Days persona - Party Poison - that can be purchased on My Chemical Romance's official merch shop. The markings on the mask are incorrect.]]> 2022-11-09 22:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377595999 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377643615 Way's original sketches for their Danger Days character, Party Poison.]]> 2022-11-09 23:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377643615 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377652011 Way's identity has been a source of speculation for years.]]> 2022-11-09 23:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377652011 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377712153 Way's comments on his gender identity from a 2014 Reddit AMA ('Ask Me Anything').]]> 2022-11-10 00:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377712153 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377715265 A tweet from Way regarding his pronouns.]]> 2022-11-10 00:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377715265 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377725448 A fan-made 'masterpost' (fan term for a compilation post) of content relating to Way's gender identity.]]> 2022-11-10 00:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377725448 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377726969 A plush of the Hanged Man from the cover of I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, based on the work of renowed escape artist Harry Houdini.]]> 2022-11-10 00:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377726969 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377760499 A fan-made gifset of Way at Firefly Festival 2022.]]> 2022-11-10 01:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377760499 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377774475 A hostile fan interaction between a Tumblr user discussing Way's gender and another user who is disinterested.]]> 2022-11-10 01:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377774475 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377776693 A fan-made gifset compilation of Way's outfits and costumes from My Chemical Romance's 2022 North American tour.]]> 2022-11-10 01:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377776693 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377781197 "And nothing is worth hurting yourself over. Nothing is worth taking your life over. Do you understand?"]]> 2022-11-10 01:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377781197 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377797685 A tweet regarding Way's cheerleader uniform from My Chemical Romance's Nashville concert.]]> 2022-11-10 01:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377797685 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377803962 Way at MCR Nashville 2022, the first time he had worn a dress onstage.]]> 2022-11-10 01:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377803962 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377827119 A fan reaction to Way's nurse outfit from MCR Detroit 2022.]]> 2022-11-10 02:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377827119 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377837610 An article recounting MCR Detroit 2022, where Way debuted their "classic all-white nurse's uniform."]]> 2022-11-10 02:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377837610 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377848500 "The whole thing with me and Frank onstage was really just to irritate people," said Gerard. "And it was funny for a brief period. If you boil down the DNA of My Chemical Romance, the base would be this: what do you want us to do? Because we're going to do the opposite. But people started getting into it, so we stopped."
"You'd see these quintessential jock dudes beating each other up to our music," said Frank, "and you'd think, "Wouldn't it be funny if they turned around and saw that they were beating each other up to us two kissing?"]]> 2022-11-10 02:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377848500 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377855690 "Originally, what we did was take goth and put it with punk and turn it into something dangerous and sexy. Back then nobody in the normal punk world was wearing black clothes and eyeliner. We did it because we had one mission, to polarise, to irritate, to contaminate. But then that image gets romanticised and then it gets commoditised.”]]> 2022-11-10 02:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377855690 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377863773 An article on the amateur creative writing website Mibba about the death of Hannah Bond.]]> 2022-11-10 02:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377863773 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377881235 The correct mask design (from the 'Na Na Na' music video): yellow upper half-face mask, black diamonds over the eyes, two blue dots on the cheekbones, and one blue dot on the forehead.]]> 2022-11-10 02:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377881235 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377897062 "Like many life changing storiesof the 21st century, it all began on September 11, 2001. On that clear-blue-sky day, Way - who had graduated from New York’s School ofVisual Arts to a sunlight-free existence drawing in his mom’s basement - was coming into Manhattan, unaware of the tragedy. “Something just clicked in my head that morning,” he says. “I literally said to myself, ‘Fuck art. I’ve gotta get out of the basement. I’ve gotta see the world. I’ve gotta make a difference!'"
From SPIN Magazine, May 31, 2005. 
https://web.archive.org/web/20151106195055/http://www.spin.com/2005/05/my-chemical-romance/]]> 2022-11-10 03:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377897062 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377919715 A YouTube video analysising the narrative metaphors throughout The Black Parade.]]> 2022-11-10 03:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377919715 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377970580 The top-voted comments on the official Genius lyrics for 'Every Snowflake is Different (Just Like You).']]> 2022-11-10 04:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377970580 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377978465 An MCR fan comments on the state of the fanbase on Tumblr, particularly the parasocialist way fans talk about the band.]]> 2022-11-10 04:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377978465 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377979869 I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002)]]> 2022-11-10 04:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377979869 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377983746 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)]]> 2022-11-10 04:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377983746 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377985021 Hesitant Alien (2014), Way's first and only solo album]]> 2022-11-10 04:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377985021 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377988116 May Death Never Stop You (2014), released post-MCR breakup as a best-of compilation]]> 2022-11-10 04:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377988116 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377997283 Mad Gear and the Missile Kid (2010, EP)]]> 2022-11-10 04:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2377997283 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378628073 A Q&A about Danger Days where Way elaborates on 'Vampire Money' - "It’s not really an anti-Twilight song as much as it’s anti-anything you don’t want to be a part of anymore that people keep asking you to be a part of that you’ve grown out of." Nov 22, 2010.]]> 2022-11-10 13:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378628073 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378665349 "The individual’s attainment of stardom rests on being pigeon-holed, labelled, publicly dissected and analysed, scrutinised, exposed, charted, mapped, positioned, identified and evaluated. This is made all the more challenging and interesting by the fact that stars possess several identities and several different kinds of identity, determined by the various aspects of their character and the various characters that they play."]]> 2022-11-10 14:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378665349 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378684211 Between 2015 and 2020, Way downscaled the extreme aesthetic he had been cultivating for over a decade.]]> 2022-11-10 14:11:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378684211 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378685663 2022-11-10 14:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378685663 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378692020 YouTube upload of Life on the Murder Scene (2006).]]> 2022-11-10 14:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378692020 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378693285 The Black Parade (2006)]]> 2022-11-10 14:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378693285 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378697015 Life on the Murder Scene (2006), a 2-hour documentary about My Chemical Romance until and during the release of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.  ]]> 2022-11-10 14:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378697015 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378705533 The Black Parade is Dead! (2008), a fully recorded version of My Chemical Romance's final performance as the Black Parade.]]> 2022-11-10 14:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378705533 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378708558 YouTube upload of The Black Parade is Dead! (2008)]]> 2022-11-10 14:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378708558 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378712661 Fan-made artwork of Way's Hesitant Alien look.]]> 2022-11-10 14:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378712661 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378714254 Fan-made artwork of Way in a photoshoot for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.]]> 2022-11-10 14:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378714254 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378730573 A fan excitedly reacts to a 2010 article where Way says that the look for Danger Days was inspired by popular queer film My Own Private Idaho (1991).]]> 2022-11-10 14:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378730573 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378774183 2022-11-10 15:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378774183 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378834924 Way plays on the perspective of himself an an anarchic cult leader, encouraging fans to riot in a cover of Bob Dylan's famous song about depravity.]]> 2022-11-10 15:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378834924 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378839548 Way did one tour for Hesitant Alien, then a few festivals throughout 2015/16. They have yet to return as a solo act.]]> 2022-11-10 15:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2378839548 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379001275 2022-11-10 17:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379001275 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379009364 My Chemical Romance and Hesitant Alien]]> 2022-11-10 17:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379009364 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379011332 Fans across the years make countless of artworks, fan videos, blogs, etc. dedicated to his work.]]> 2022-11-10 17:26:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379011332 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379012375 Way goes against the norm at every possible turn]]> 2022-11-10 17:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379012375 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379013415 Way's iconic looks across the years, primarily regard the various My Chemical Romance concept aesthetics]]> 2022-11-10 17:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379013415 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379014333 Way's gender and sexuality as a source of speculation from fans and news outlets]]> 2022-11-10 17:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379014333 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379016536 Pre-MCR work with Cartoon Network, their creative vision for MCR, and their work on The Umbrella Academy]]> 2022-11-10 17:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379016536 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379017143 Way's likeness and creations are used to sell merchandise and build a brand]]> 2022-11-10 17:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379017143 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379019398 The backlash against Way and his work on My Chemical Romance in the 2000s]]> 2022-11-10 17:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379019398 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379024162 Way's struggle with addiction and mental illness]]> 2022-11-10 17:35:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379024162 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379032055 Addiction, suicide, and a downward spiral]]> 2022-11-10 17:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379032055 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379034285 A surrealist meme of Way.]]> 2022-11-10 17:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379034285 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379044654 Fan-made artwork that combined Way's cover art for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge with a popular online meme, 'TBH Creature.']]> 2022-11-10 17:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379044654 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379065364 "It is through a particular kind of employment, involving a form of performance which is not perceived as acting, that the celebrity who is not ordinary seeks a new kind of authenticity."]]> 2022-11-10 18:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379065364 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379074369 In a genre of music heavily focused on violence and death, Way spends much of his time promoting positive mental health in a punk-rock fashion.]]> 2022-11-10 18:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379074369 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379076683 Way in archival footage from a concert in Life on the Murder Scene (2006).]]> 2022-11-10 18:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379076683 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379090297 Way in Life on the Murder Scene (2006)]]> 2022-11-10 18:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379090297 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379093771 "The therapist talked to Gerard, asked him about himself, and listened. And he realised something early on - it was that Gerard was unable or unwilling to draw a line between the singer onstage and the person off it."]]> 2022-11-10 18:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379093771 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379098359 "He (Way's therapist) wanted me to understand that the show is the show and my life is my life and that they were two separate things. He was saying I was so high on performance because I thought it was what kept me alive. He said I was permanently in-character but the character was going to kill me."]]> 2022-11-10 18:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379098359 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379104800 "The singer had considered it an escape route - an easy way to knock his problems on the head. Possibly, too, he was attracted by the idea of being the fucked-up singer in the band, the tortured frontman who had just released a brilliant album and went down in a blaze of glory. But Gerard once told me that he doesn't know how serious he was about killing himself.
'I've always wondered whether I was flirting with the romanticism of it or whether I really wanted to do it,' he said. 'I've never truly been able to figure that out. The fact is, either way, it's dangerous.'"]]> 2022-11-10 18:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379104800 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379109624 A clip of Way taken from Life on the Murder Scene (2006), documenting his visible struggle with alchoholism.]]> 2022-11-10 18:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379109624 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379111477 "I liked the fact that Gerard was into comics. It sounds crazy again, but he had a vision. He was into comic books and the whole vision of comic books. And I know he wanted to impart that whole vision to his music and his band."]]> 2022-11-10 18:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379111477 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379130822 "It is virtually an impossible task to distinguish between the character and the star, the public persona and the private personality of the actor, as these separate and overlapping identities are both revealed and disguised from moment to moment."]]> 2022-11-10 18:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379130822 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379140208 A brief account of the popular TBH Creature meme.]]> 2022-11-10 18:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379140208 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379157780 2022-11-10 19:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379157780 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379174438 Way's outfits and hairstyles over the years have somewhat transcended himself]]> 2022-11-10 19:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379174438 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379210879 2022-11-10 19:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379210879 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379213357 A fan's makeup tutorial for Way's Revenge hair and makeup.]]> 2022-11-10 19:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379213357 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379221527 A reflective article recounting the sudden breakup of My Chemical Romance in March of 2013]]> 2022-11-10 19:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379221527 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379222669 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)]]> 2022-11-10 19:59:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379222669 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379231905 An excerpt from the NY Times interview.]]> 2022-11-10 20:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379231905 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379249919 Way's early comic art featured in Life on the Murder Scene (2006), 16:15.]]> 2022-11-10 20:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379249919 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379251716 A fan-run archive of My Chemical Romance magazine scans.]]> 2022-11-10 20:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379251716 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379254123 An AMV - 'anime music video' - based on the Japanese animated children's series Sonic X (2003), using the opening song 'Helena' from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.
Published Jan 30, 2009. ]]> 2022-11-10 20:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379254123 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379256527 2022-11-10 20:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379256527 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379258483 2022-11-10 20:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379258483 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379261531 2022-11-10 20:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379261531 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379263540 2022-11-10 20:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379263540 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379264623 2022-11-10 20:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379264623 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379269583 Brian Schechter, the band's manager, in Life on the Murder Scene (2006): "Intervention wasn’t working at that point. My discussions with him just weren’t… his band’s discussions with him weren’t… he wanted to be drunk. Okay. That's, you know, he’s a growing boy with this weird position he was in where he was singing in this band that had grown up a little too fast."]]> 2022-11-10 20:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379269583 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379273295 "It took about a little less than a year and he hit rock bottom. So when he hit rock bottom, it was about a week worth of rock bottom-ness in July of 2004. [...] They were in the midwest which was Central Time, and I was in brooklyn which is Eastern Time, and so a lot of 5AM phonecalls. [...] The first couple times were him, I think, opening up a little bit and saying, 'I have a problem.' Second couple times were him fighting that he had a problem, and the last time was him wanting to kill himself. [...] I don’t think I got off the phone until 7:30 in the morning or so. And he had done a lot of drugs and he had admitted to me that it wasn’t just the pills and the booze, he had moved onto cocaine, and that’s… its like a slap in the face. You kinda go, oh shit. [...] And that last phone call, where he was going to kill himself, I had to talk him out of it. I talked him down and I waited till some of the drugs had worn off, and told him to go wake up his tour manager, who was out sleeping. And he went and woke up the tour manager and they went for a walk.]]> 2022-11-10 20:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379273295 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379280269 It made me suicidal. Which is, you know, I had been suicidal a couple times in my life, and not this bad. To the point where you start thinking about it as an escape route, that’s when it gets serious. When you’re like, if anything really bad ever happens, I’ll just, yeah, I’ll just do this and it’ll be fine. I’ll be able to go away. So that was where booze and pills had gotten.]]> 2022-11-10 20:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379280269 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379285803 A fan's tattoo of the skeletal parade leader from the cover of The Black Parade (2006).]]> 2022-11-10 20:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379285803 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379287818 A tattoo of Way's art of the lovers from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) on a fan's calves, a common tattoo among MCR fans.]]> 2022-11-10 21:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379287818 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379295537 My Chemical Romance as the Fabulous Killjoys from Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010).
Left to right: Frank Iero as Fun Ghoul, Ray Toro as Jet Star, Gerard Way as Party Poison, Mikey Way as Kobra Kid.]]> 2022-11-10 21:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379295537 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379302791 The main antagonist of Danger Days, 'Korse,' is played by Grant Morrison, a friend of Way and a comic book writer for DC Comics, known for their work on Serious House on Serious Earth (1989).]]> 2022-11-10 21:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379302791 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379800028 A Tumblr post by a fan.]]> 2022-11-11 06:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379800028 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379859050 Way's comic The Umbrella Academy (2007-pres) as listed by its publisher.]]> 2022-11-11 07:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379859050 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379863868 'The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,' a comic series written by Way as a sequel to the events of the album 'Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys' (2010).]]> 2022-11-11 07:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2379863868 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380061360 A Kerrang! article about Riot Fest 2022, in which the crowd booed Way for asking them to step back during songs so they don't get hurt.]]> 2022-11-11 11:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380061360 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380063809 An archived version of the article, which complains about Way doing crowd control between songs. After significant backlash from fans, Kerrang! removed:
"Another seems to be Gerard’s compulsion to repeatedly halt proceedings for the sake of crowd safety. As admirable as it is to prevent any kind of dangerous crush, the habit of pumping the brakes between almost every song at virtually every show has begun to irk, perforating the electric atmosphere and disrupting any real flow." ]]> 2022-11-11 11:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380063809 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380067256 2022-11-11 11:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380067256 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380069289 The iconic Black Parade aesthetic.
Left to right: Bob Bryar, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro.]]> 2022-11-11 11:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380069289 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380073952 An article on The Umbrella Academy TV show's origins in the comics for those unfamiliar.]]> 2022-11-11 11:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380073952 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380074853 The Netflix adaptation of the Dark Horse comic.]]> 2022-11-11 11:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380074853 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380078193 The main cast of The Umbrella Academy, illustrated by Gabriel Bá.]]> 2022-11-11 11:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380078193 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380081153 A meme expressing fondness of Way's new persona for the MCR revival.]]> 2022-11-11 11:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380081153 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380082941 Way at Firefly Festival 2022.]]> 2022-11-11 11:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380082941 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380087107 Way at Firefly Festival 2022.]]> 2022-11-11 11:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380087107 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380090357 Way at Riot Fest 2022.]]> 2022-11-11 11:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380090357 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380093083 The britpop look from Hesitant Alien (2014).]]> 2022-11-11 11:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380093083 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380095784 2022-11-11 11:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380095784 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380101731 The notorious Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge makeup set, which fans hated at the time due to the high pricing]]> 2022-11-11 11:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380101731 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380102917 2022-11-11 11:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380102917 201509938 https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380106240 A fan recreates the time when Way messed up his hair and accidentally dyed his roots blue.]]> 2022-11-11 12:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201509938/gwayresearch/wish/2380106240