Fall Out Boy

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Fall Out Boy poses for Infinity on High (From left) Pete Wentz, Andy Hurley, Joe Trohman, and Patrick Stump
Fall Out Boy poses for Infinity on High (From left) Pete Wentz, Andy Hurley, Joe Trohman, and Patrick Stump

Fall Out Boy is an alternative rock/pop punk/emo band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois that formed in 2001. Members of the band are of Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley.


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[edit] About

The band took their name while performing in college and asked what their band name should be, and an audience yelled "Fall out Boy", the name of superhero Radioactive Man's sidekick on the animated series The Simpsons. But the band claims there is no reference of their name from the cartoon character.

One of the best ways to understand what Fall Out Boy are is to realize what they are not. Their music contains elements of punk and pop, but they aren’t pop-punk. Likewise, their songs are emotional and their lyrics can be poignant, but they’re certainly not emo. By tapping into elements of their favorite styles, the bandmembers are able to attain their own sound whilst standing apart from the pack.

Wentz and Trohman grew up with music in the blood. They performed previously in other bands, they then met Stump who originally auditioned as the drummer but then became the frontman for the band. Wentz later recruited Hurley to become their drummer, and Fall Out Boy was formed.

Fall Out Boy performed all around Chicago, and created a fan base who loved punk, hardcore, and emo music. Then the band released their first album Evening Out With Your Girlfriend on Uprising Records in 2003.

After releasing their debut, drummer Andy Hurley joined the band then they released their second full-length album Take This To Your Grave under Fueled by Ramen. The album achieved Gold status then they signed on with Island Records.

In 2005, the band's stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the anxiety medication Ativan® in an apparent (but disputed) suicide attempt. The song "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)," from their album From Under The Cork Tree, is based upon Wentz's experience. But on May 3 that same year they released their third album From Under the Cork Tree which debuted at the Billboard charts at number 9. Since the release, they had multiple platinum hit singles such as Sugar, We're Going Down and Dance, Dance.

The band has already toured with other famous groups like Taking Back Sunday, Less Than Jake, Blink 182, The Academy Is..., Panic! At the Disco, Midtown, Hawthorne Heights, and The All-American Rejects.

Fall Out Boy released their last album, Infinity on High, on February 6, 2007 . The new record included Ryan Ross (of Panic! At the Disco) and Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory). The next album to appear from Fall Out Boy will be Folie À Duex, which will be in stores December 15 and 16 of 2008.

Not only that, but they have recorded a cover of "What's This?", for the rerelease of Tim Burtons's Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3D.

Fall Out Boy's top three songs from their last album, 'Infinty On High' are: 'This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race', 'Thnks Fr Th Mmrs', 'Take Over The Breaks Over',


BAND LINEUP:

  • Pete Wentz - Bass, back up vocalist, primary lyricist


[edit] Awards & Certifications

Year Award Category
2005 MTV Video Music Awards MTV2 Award, Viewer's Chioce & Best Group Video
2006 MuchMusic Video Awards Favorite International Group
Grammy Awards Best New Artist
Teen Choice Awards Best New Rock Group & Best Single

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year Title US Hot 100 UK Singles Album
2004 Sugar., We're Goin' Down 8 8 From Under the Cork Tree
2005 Dance, Dance 9 8 From Under the Cork Tree
2006 A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me" 65 38 From Under the Cork Tree
2007 This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race 2 2 Infinity on High

[edit] News

[edit] Tours & Concerts

Fall Out Boy in Concert
Fall Out Boy in Concert
After finishing the Honda Civic Tour, Fall Out Boy decided to go on another tour calledThe Young Wild Things Tour along with Cute is What We Aim For, Gym Class Heroes, and Plain White T's. Though instead of just giving out the dates though, they had the fans text in to the number previded on Fall Out Boy's website and would receive a Code for the thier state. After doing so, the fans would go back to Fall Out Boy's website, and enter the code. After a certain amount of codes were entered for each state, the tour dates were revieled as follows:
Date City Arena
10/18/07 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
10/19/07 Grand Rapids, MI Deltaplex
10/20/07 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
10/21/07 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall
10/24/07 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie
10/26/07 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
10/27/07 Memphis, TN Mud Island Amphitheatre
10/30/07 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
10/31/07 Miami Beach, FL The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
11/01/07 Orlando, FL New UCF Arena
11/02/07 Orange Beach, AL The Wharf Amphitheatre
11/03/07 Atlanta, GA Gwinnit Arena
11/04/07 Clemson, SC Littlejohn Coliseum
11/06/07 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
11/09/07 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena
11/10/07 Bridgeport, CT Arena At Harbor Yard
11/11/07 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
11/13/07 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum
11/14/07 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
11/17/07 London, ON John Labatt Center
11/18/07 Rochester, NY Blue Cross Arena
11/20/07 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
11/21/07 Cedar Rapids, IA US Cellular Center
11/23/07 Denver, CO University of Denver - Magness Arena
11/25/07 Glendale, AZ JOBING.COM ARENA Formely Glendale Arena
11/27/07 Long Beach, CA Long Beach Arena - Long Beach Convention Center
11/29/07 San Jose, CA San Jose State Event Center Arena
12/01/07 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
12/02/07 Las Vegas, NV The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas

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[edit] Announcements

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Information

[edit] Singles

Album Information
  • Saturday
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Fueled By Ramen
  • Dance, Dance
  • Released: April 20, 2006
  • Label: Universal/Mercury
  • Thnks fr th Mmrs
  • Released: April 9, 2007
  • Label: Fueled By Ramen and Island Def Jam

[edit] EPs

EP Information


[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

[edit] Other artists

[edit] Similar artists

[edit] Influences

[edit] Contemporaries

[edit] Trivia

  • Pete Wentz makes a cameo in Cobra Starship's first video for their song Snakes on a Plane (Bring It).
  • Members of Fall Out Boy appeared on the television program One Tree Hill, and Wentz had his own story-arch.

[edit] Reviews

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