10 Amazing Things You Didn't Know About Gerard Way
9. He Recorded One Of My Chemical Romance's Best Songs In His Underwear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khp8j2I7jxkIf you've heard the band's song You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison from the album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, you'll be entirely aware of just how brilliant a vocal performance Gerard puts in. It's manic, passionate and a little bit unhinged...so how did he get in the right mindset to belt out such a unique take?
According to Kerrang! Magazine, Gerard recorded the whole thing in his underwear. The song is bizarre (needless to say awesome) enough, but why not take another listen. Close your eyes and imagine Gerard prancing about in his underwear...a funny song gets even funnier. Makes you wonder what other strange techniques the band employed in the privacy of the studio. It's a well-documented fact, for example, that Way was suffering from terrible toothache during the recording of the band's first record, I Brought You My Bullets (You Brough Me Your Love). If Way's vocals sound at times agonisingly passionate, well..the man was in very real pain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfXhb0eKj-8