Fall Out Boy
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<tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Chicago, Illinois, USA</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Alternative rock |
- This article is about the Chicago alternative rock band. For the Simpsons character, see Fallout Boy.
Fall Out Boy is an American alternative rock/pop-punk/emo<ref name=RAW>
John Norris. MTV News Raw: Fall Out Boy MTV.com. June 5, 2006. Podcast accessed on 2006-2006-07-18</ref> band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois that formed in 2000. The band consists of Patrick Stump (lead vocals, guitar), Peter Wentz (bass, backup vocalist, and primary lyricist), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andrew Hurley (drums).
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Biography
2002-2004: Indie Success
The band released Split EP with Project Rocket in 2002 on Uprising Records. The band then released their debut album Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, on Uprising Records in 2003.<ref name=AOL>Loftus, Johnny (2005). "Biography: Fall Out Boy" All Music Guide (accessed April 14, 2006)</ref> During this period Fall Out Boy built a following playing in Chicago, but especially the surrounding suburbia, which had become a popular area for punk, and hardcore music. One venue of particular significance and influence was the Knights of Columbus Hall. This was the site of many early Fall Out Boy shows. The Fall Out Boy video for "Dead on Arrival" was shot at the Knights of Columbus Hall, which also served as a site for several "secret shows".
Drummer Andrew Hurley joined the band after Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend was released. The same year they released their second full-length album, Take This to Your Grave, on Fueled By Ramen, with singles such as "Grand Theft Autumn (Where is Your Boy)" and "Saturday" receiving airplay on FUSE and mtvU. The album achieved Gold status, though only after the success of their next album. In 2003 the band signed with Island Records. They released the acoustic EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, on Fueled By Ramen, which included a DVD, in 2004.
2005-2006: Commercial Beginnings
In 2005, the band's stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan® in a suicide attempt. He told Rolling Stone that he has a fascination with the suicides of Elliott Smith and Ian Curtis and was quoted saying "It's so hard to think about and understand. I'm not making an argument for being a disturbed genius; I was a confused kid. I felt like I was Pete Wentz for everybody else, and I didn't have Pete Wentz to turn to." [1] The song "I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)," from their album From Under The Cork Tree, is based upon Wentz's attempted suicide.
On May 3, 2005, Fall Out Boy released their major label debut (third full-length album) From Under The Cork Tree,<ref name=AOL/> which debuted on the Billboard charts at #9, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week, and soon thereafter achieving Double Platinum status. Their first single, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," peaked at #8 on the Billboard "Hot 100" charts and reached #1 on MTV's TRL, where the video was retired. The video also won the MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. The band was nominated for "Best New Artist" at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
The band was also featured on the soundtrack for the Tony Hawk's American Wasteland video game which was released in October 2005. For this they recorded their version of the hardcore punk classic "Start Today" by Gorilla Biscuits.
On March 3rd, 2006 the band played a secret show at the Knitting Factory, NYC under the name Saved Latin.
Fall Out Boy has toured with multiple bands, including Taking Back Sunday, Less Than Jake, blink-182, Panic! At the Disco, Midtown, Hawthorne Heights, The All-American Rejects, The Academy Is..., The Hush Sound, October Fall, and From First to Last.
2007: Infinity on High
Fall Out Boy's next album was announced to be titled Infinity on High, and is scheduled for release on February 6, 2007. The lead single, titled This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race, was debuted at the 2006 American Music Awards.
According to Alternative Press the new cd will have 12 tracks on it, which include the songs, "Satisfaction", "Law and Order", and the other leaked song, "Carpel Tunnel of Love".
Discography
EP's
 <center>May 28, 2002 <center>Uprising Records |
 <center>May 18, 2004 <center>Fueled by Ramen <center> #153 US<ref name="US Chart Positions">US Chart Positions</ref> |
Albums
 <center>February 25, 2003 <center>Uprising Records |
 <center>May 6, 2003 <center>Fueled By Ramen <center>#98 UK |
 <center>May 3, 2005 <center>Island Records <center> #9 US (3x Platinum)<ref name="US Chart Positions"> <center> #12 UK |
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 <center>February 6, 2007 <center>Island Records |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||||
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| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Pop 100 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Mainstream Rock | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 2003 | "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" | - | 84 | - | - | - | Take This To Your Grave |
| 2003 | "Dead On Arrival" | - | - | - | - | - | Take This To Your Grave |
| 2003 | "Saturday" | - | - | - | - | - | Take This To Your Grave |
| 2005 | "Sugar, We're Going Down" | 8 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 8 | From Under The Cork Tree |
| 2006 | "Dance, Dance" | 9 | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | From Under The Cork Tree |
| 2006 | "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" | 65 | 45 | 38 | - | 38 | From Under The Cork Tree |
| 2007 | "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" | - | - | 27 | - | - | Infinity On High |
External links
- Fall Out Boy Official Site
- Fall Out Boy - Pete Wentz Interview on Crazewire
- Interview with Patrick by HateSomethingBeautiful
- Interview with the band from March 2004 on Designer Punk
Notes
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