Lindsey Ann Way (née Ballato; born May 24th, 1976) commonly known as Lyn-Z, is an Scottish musician , who is the current bassist for the rock band, Mindless Self Indulgence. She is also an artist. She’s the wife of My Chemical Romance frontman, Gerard Way.
Career:
Way was born in Dunoon, Scotland, but moved to the US when she was around five. Some sources say she lived in Connecticut, while others say Tennessee. It is very possible that she first lived in one, and then moved to the other. In 1993 (age 17), she moved to Brooklyn, New York, to attend the Pratt Institute. She majored in Fine Art and Illustration.
In 2001, she auditioned to be the bassist of electro-punk band Mindless Self Indulgence, after the departure of (probably) original bassist Vanessa YT. While she had only picked up the bass around 2 weeks before the audition, she was accepted.
She is very well known for her high-energy during performances, regularly stage diving. Her signature move is a backbend.
Personal Life
Lindsay began dating Gerard Way in 2007, when both of their bands played in Linkin park's music festival Projekt Revolution. The two married September 3, 2007, at the backstage of one of their shows.
On May 27th, 2009, Way gave birth to their only child, a daughter named Bandit Lee Way.
The Ways also have 2 cats, Mitch, and Lotion.
In 2019, she and Bandit attended the My Chemical Romance Reunion show in Los Angeles.
She is an open sapphic (wlw), once tweeting, "My first love was a woman. My first serious relationship was with a woman and so was my first long term relationship...❤"[1]
References
https://twitter.com/lynzway/status/1181731736058642437