Gerard Way Just Gave Alex Lahey A Shout-Out For That Awesome My Chem Cover

Last week, Alex Lahey dropped by the triple j studios for her latest crack at Like A Version.

Having took on Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’ for her first time in the LAV room, this time around she decided to duck back to 2006 and tackle My Chemical Romance’s emo classic, ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’. Lahey — with a little help from her mate G Flip — knocked it out of the park, and the triple j text line went, predictably, bananas.

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It wasn’t just the triple j audience losing their minds either: the cover caught the attention of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, who posted a touching note to Lahey on his Instagram earlier today.

“This made my morning!” He wrote. “Alex Lahey and her band covering ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’…What I appreciate about Alex and Co’s ‘Parade’ cover is how much they really went for it, and with all of the additional instruments (those cymbals!) and everyone singing and just smiling and having a good time. Really amazing performance.”

He went on to write that he’d checked out Lahey’s first album I Love You Like A Brother after a friend recommended it, and he loved it.

“It’s a really nice feeling to see such fantastic musicians appreciating our work,” he finished. Read his full post below.

 

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This made my morning! Alex Lahey (@alex_lahey) and her band covering Welcome To The Black Parade. Last month, Frank told me about the beautiful Kimya Dawson (@kimyadawson) cover of Kids From Yesterday, which was so special. Then, a friend of mine just sent me a link to this Alex Lahey cover, which gave me chills (both covers did, really, and both for different reasons). I appreciated how delicate and raw and soulful Kimya’s cover was, it made me look at the song in a different way. And what I appreciate about Alex and Co’s Parade cover is how much they really went for it, and with all of the additional instruments (those cymbals!) and everyone singing and just smiling and having a good time. Really amazing performance. My friend told me to check out her album, I Love You Like A Brother and I thought it was great, you should check it out too if you like. But watch this performance if you can, and watch Kimya’s cover of Kids, it is on her Insta dated July 29th, and check out her amazing albums as well. It’s a really nice feeling to see such fantastic musicians appreciating our work. #alexlahey #kimyadawson #theblackparade #welcometotheblackparade

A post shared by Gerard Way (@gerardway) on Sep 23, 2019 at 4:22pm PDT

Needless to say, Lahey appreciated the shout out:

Thank you thank you thank you for everything, @gerardway pic.twitter.com/rqwLsbmf38

— Alex Lahey (@AlexLahey) September 24, 2019

Legends really do support legends.