Lost Black Parade era Gerard Way Cover Surfaces

The day when ex-MCR frontman Gerard Way recorded ‘Cancer’ for the album Black Parade, a unique cover was also recorded. Gerard recorded a cover of ‘Superstar’ by The Carpenters, as the singer would often warm up to them while in the studio.

Now the cover has surfaced, and social media and MCR fans alike are rejoicing over this lost piece of Way’s vocal work. Way himself even commented on the cover via social media and Twitter :

For real just heard a crazy thing I did 10 years ago while recording Black Parade, found by our engineer, Doug.

— Gerard Way (@gerardway) February 9, 2016

I used to do my vocal warm ups for Black Parade by singing The Carpenters, so I guess we decided to record it one day

— Gerard Way (@gerardway) February 9, 2016

This specific recording was from the day I sang 'Cancer' for the album. This track was a warm up, as I used to warm up to The Carpenters

— Gerard Way (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

It brings back a lot of memories, and in context of us making the album it's kind of intense, when you think about how hard BP was to make

— Gerard Way (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

Way further mentions on how they almost ended up putting the cover on the album, which would have been pretty interesting seeing how iconic Black Parade became for the band.

Either way, it’s a little piece of MCR history and Way’s vocal talents that are just stunning and definitely a unique and special throwback find.

 

Listen to the cover here: