People are only just realising My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way's VERY famous cousin as tour tickets go on sale today
family fame People are only just realising My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way's VERY famous cousin as tour tickets go on sale today
MY Chemical Romance fans are only just realising one of its members has a very famous cousin.
Lead vocalist Gerard Way also co-founded the popular rock band back in 2001.
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Legendary rock band My Chemical Romance became a genre-defining group
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Lead vocalist Gerard Way also co-founded the group
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Hugely successful podcaster Joe Rogan revealed he is related to Gerard
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Speaking on his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, the titular star confirmed he and Gerard are distant cousins.
Joe, 58, made this revelation while chatting to filmmaker Kevin Smith.
However, he also clarified: "Yeah, I don't know [Gerard], but we're cousins."
The pair are connected through Joe's grandmother Josie - who was Gerard's aunt.
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Joe's varied career includes stints as a comedian, actor, UFC commentator and TV host.
He launched The Joe Rogan Experience in 2009 - and by six years later, it had become among the world's most popular podcasts.
Aside from Gerard, My Chemical Romance also includes his brother Mikey, Ray Toro and Frank Iero.
The rock group, which first formed in 2001, became a genre-defining group in the emo era with their album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge in 2004.
Their iconic status was then cemented with the multi-platinum selling album, The Black Parade, in 2006 – a concept album that followed a man's journey to the afterlife.
The band initially split in 2013, but reformed in 2019 for a string of special shows.
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They officially returned to the road for a new tour earlier this year.
MCR have released four albums to date – 2001 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love; Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge; The Black Parade and finally, Danger Days: The True Lives of The Fabulous Killjoys in 2010.
But on top of that they have released collections of recordings, Conventional Weapons, as well as bonus tracks and specials on their Greatest Hits album.
Since that point, each have gone on to work on other projects, with Gerard notably helping create Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, based on a comic book he created by Gabriel Bá.
It comes as My Chemical Romance recently announced two massive UK gigs at Wembley.
They will be bringing their massive stadium tour to the UK after a sell-out run in the US.
The band will perform at Wembley on July 10 and July 11, 2026.
However, fans were left furious at the "extortionate" ticket prices for these performances.
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