My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way goes back to the future on excellent second album…
Words: James Hickie
The roadmap to easing lockdown is reason for cautious optimism for most, though it’s got My Chemical Romance fans on edge, eager to know whether their heroes’ comeback shows, scheduled for almost exactly the same time life is due to return to normal, will go ahead. Whether they will or not remains to be seen, of course, but in the meantime, fans have several reasons to be excited about Electric Century’s self-titled second album, which features Mikey Way, is produced by Ray Toro, and accompanied by a graphic novel.
Mikey Way: “Don’t be so preoccupied with yesterday and tomorrow, because there’s a whole today that you’re gonna miss”
Mikey Way opens up about the importance of staying present, his ambitious new album-and-graphic-novel project with Electric Century, and working with My Chemical Romance bandmate Ray Toro again.
“If this makes someone feel better for even an hour in a day, then I think I did my job,” smiles Mikey Way. “Even if it’s one person that loves it.”
The My Chemical Romance bassist is currently unpacking the wonderful self-titled second record from his side-project with Sleep Station’s David Debiak, Electric Century. Released alongside an accompanying graphic novel and a whole new world for fans to dive in to, Mikey is aware that his latest ambitious undertaking could serve as a welcome break from the strange times we’re all living in right now… not that it was initially planned that way. That’s simply how Electric Century have al
Thankfully for fans, the collaboration between these two wasn’t just a one-off. Toro also contributed his talents to Gerard’s 2018 single, “Getting Down The Germs.” In addition to co-writing the song, the My Chemical Romance guitarist was credited for playing bass and drums on it. We’d like to say we were surprised, but we already knew his skillset was far-reaching.
Gerard and Toro covers for
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The Umbrella Academy, then you no doubt remember the montage to
s‘ “Happy Together.” Did you realize that this was actually a cover done by Gerard and Toro, though? The pair also did a collaborative rendition of
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