Gerard Way compares live show to car crash

Gerard Way says his first My Chemical Romance show felt like 'a really great' car accident.

The musician is the lead vocalist and co-founder of the alternative rock band from New Jersey.

The 34-year-old star has recalled the group's first live performance, insisting he will never forget the 'magical' experience.

'Afterwards I felt like I had been in a car accident ' but a really great one,' he told Kerrang! magazine.

't was really magical. We couldn't play the songs without getting intense; we'd sound check and injure ourselves. We had to get by on the performance and the music ' we had nothing else.'

Gerard previously struggled with alcoholism and prescription drug addiction, but has been sober since 2004. The singer admits drinking was a way to pass time when he was on the road.

'Alcohol was a coping tool. There were just so many hours to kill. And the music was so intense; it was about a lot of dark, f**ked up things and I had to live through them every time we played,' he explained.

Mikey Way, who is a bassist in the band, also turned to alcohol. The guitar player says drinking numbed his anxieties.

' missed home and I was nervous to get onstage,' he revealed. 't was a means to an end. I don't remember enjoying it.'

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