The band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier in Newark, New Jersey, soon after the September 11 attacks. Ịhụ ụlọ elu World Trade Center na-ada metụtara ndụ Way ruo n'ókè nke na o kpebiri ịmalite otu ìgwè. Way dere abụ "Skylines and Turnstiles" iji gosipụta mmetụta ya banyere September 11 na n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Ray Toro ka a họpụtara dị ka onye guitarist nke ìgwè ahụ n'ihi na n'oge ahụ Way enweghị ike ịbụ abụ ma kpọọ guitar n'otu oge ahụ. Aha ìgwè ahụ bụ onye bassist Mikey Way, nwanne nwoke nke Gerard, bụ onye na-arụ ọrụ na Suns Noble & Barnes mgbe ọ kụrụ aha nke akwụkwọ site n'aka Irvine Welsh aha ya bụ Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance.
Matt Pelissier