I am the Spikinater!

Mikey Way was born in Newark, New Jersey,USA, where he grew up. Mikey is the younger brother of My Chemical Romance front man, Gerard Way. He and Gerard are maternal second cousins of Joe Rogan, host of the NBC game/stunt show Fear Factor and former cast member of the sitcom News Radio. He is of Scottish and Italian descent.^[1] He came up with the band's name, taken from the book Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, by Irvine Welsh, while working at a Barnes and Noble bookstore in Clifton, New Jersey. Mikey had been working in the music section of the store, and had decided to take out the books to discuss with a coworker. Mikey also got his brother Gerard a job there working in books. Early on in My Chemical Romance's career, it was said that Way learned bass in order to be able to play in the band, which lacked a bassist at the time. But during interviews with Way in their DVD release, Life on the Murder Scene, Mikey claims that he had been an amateur musician since he was young and was in bands as a bassist before My Chemical Romance. He plays a Highway 1 Precision Bass, a Fender Standard Precision Bass, and a Fender J.^[1] Mikey Way had been known for his trademark glasses to correct his nearsightedness, but had Lasik eye surgery and no longer wears them.^[1] Mikey recently became engaged to guitar tech Alicia Simmons. ^[1]

Music

Mikey, like the rest of the Band, is a huge Misfits fan and has heavily influenced by the punk rock scene in New jersey. Like his older brother he was also heavily influenced by Iron Maiden. His bass lines are very distinct in the Hardcore punk scene today due to the fact that he is influenced by Britpop and post-punk bands such as Pulp, Blur, Suede,The Smiths and Radiohead, which influence his bass playing in the sense that there is a distinctive groove found in his playing and either gives the band a very pop edge or a jazz feel, this is found in songs such as House Of Wolves, I'm Not Okay and I Don't Love You.