Fall Out Boy Band: Very Best Band

By Dylan Watson

Fall Out Boy is an American Grammy-nominated rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist-rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, bassist Pete Wentz and drummer Andy Hurley. With Pete Wentz as the band's primary lyricist, and Patrick Stump as the primary composer, Fall Out Boy reached mainstream success with its major label debut, From Under the Cork Tree. Released in 2005, the album won several awards and has achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.5 million albums in the United States alone. The band was nameless for their first two shows. At the end of their second show, they asked the audience to give them a name. One audience member suggested "Fallout Boy", a reference to the sidekick of the character Radioactive Man from The Simpsons.
On January 25, 2009, Fall Out Boy would play the theme ending on The Simpsons.

• Language: English
• Publisher: XinXii
• Release date: May 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9781304909022

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Fall Out Boy: Very Best Band

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Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy emerged in the 2000s as the biggest band in emo-pop. The Chicago quintet attracted tons of teenagers (most of them girls) to their shout-along tunes, which mixed snarky humor and big, deep-feeling choruses. As the decade wore on, Fall Out Boy continued to find new ways to market themselves — from Myspace ads to an FOB-branded video game — as the group began to sell out arenas. Pete Wentz, the band's heavily mascara'd bassist, songwriter and leader, became something of a celebrity and entrepreneur, marrying Ashley Simpson, starting a clothing company, and signing bands like Panic! At the Disco to his label, Decaydence.

Formed in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette in 2001 Fall Out Boy's line-up consists of Stump (rhythm guitar and vocals), Wentz (bass), Andy Hurley (drums, ex of Racetraitor) and Joe Trohman (lead guitar) with connections to the area's hardcore scene. An earlier configuration of the band without Hurley played on the group's 2002 debut, Fall Out Boy's Evening With Your Girlfriend. The nine-song collection that displayed lyricist Wentz's love of wordy titles and pop-culture references, often on the same track, as with Parker Lewis Can't Lose (But I'm Going To Give It My Best Shot).

A deal with Gainsville, FL-based indie Fueled By Ramen followed, resulting in Take This To Your Grave in 2003, and a follow-up acoustic EP, My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue (Number 153, 2004), both of which mostly stayed within the pop-punk formula, though with occasional flashes of wit and groove. That was enough to garner the attention of Island Records, which signed the group and released the multi-platinum From Under The Cork Tree (Number Nine, 2005), a commercial