Michael James Way (born September 10, 1980)[1] is an American musician and actor. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance.[1] He is also the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century.[2][3] Mikey co-wrote Collapser with Shaun Simon, which was released July 2019 on DC Comics.
Way was born September 10, 1980, in Newark, New Jersey[4] to Donna Lee Way (née Rush) and Donald Way and is of Scottish and Italian ancestry.[5] He was raised in Belleville, New Jersey alongside his older brother Gerard. Growing up, he worked in a Barnes & Noble and later Eyeball Records. Both of these played a major part in the formation of My Chemical Romance. Eyeball signed the band and released their debut record.[1]
