◇ image via WikipediaGerard Way
Gerard Way is a Rap and Rock act. Their sound grew out of Iron Maiden, deadmau5, Hyde, The Smiths and Danzig. Those roots explain a lot about how Gerard Way arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco and Cobra Starship, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Matt Heafy and Liza Minnelli, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Gerard Way, reaching back through Iron Maiden and forward to Matt Heafy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Gerard Way connections
Gerard Way grew out of Iron Maiden, deadmau5, Hyde and The Smiths, shares an orbit with My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero, Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco, went on to shape Matt Heafy and Liza Minnelli. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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Sounds and acts that shaped Gerard Way.
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