Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

This article is about the Chicago pop punk band. For the Simpsons character, see Fallout Boy.

Fall Out Boy are an American alternative rock/pop punk/emo band from Wilmette, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago, Illinois) that formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump (lead vocals, guitar), Peter Wentz (bass, backup vocalist, and primary lyricist), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums).

Biography

2002-2004: Beginnings & early indie days

The band released a 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. 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 Andy 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 (From Under the Cork Tree)

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 and third full-length album, From Under the Cork Tree, which debuted on the Billboard 200 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" 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.

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, debuted at the 2006 American Music Awards. The video debuted on MTV Tuesday, December 19, 2006.

According to Alternative Press and Rolling Stone, the new CD will have 12 tracks on it, which will include the songs "Satisfaction", "Thriller", "Law and Order", and the other leaked song, "Carpal Tunnel of Love".

On December 16, the official Island Records newsletter confirmed the cover art for the album. It had been previously submitted into a contest that had been running on their website by a "PT WNTZ" (Presumably a shortened version of Pete Wentz).

Discography

EPs

• 1. Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket Split EP May 28, 2002 Uprising Records
  1. Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket Split EP
  May 28, 2002
  Uprising Records
• 
  2. My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue
  May 18, 2004
  Fueled by Ramen
  #153 US
  

Albums

• 1. Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend February 25, 2003 Uprising Records
  1. Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend
  February 25, 2003
  Uprising Records
• 
  2. Take This to Your Grave
  May 6, 2003
  Fueled By Ramen
  #98 UK
• 
  3. From Under the Cork Tree
  May 3, 2005
  Island Records
  #9 US (2x Platinum)<ref name="US Chart Positions">
  #12 UK
• 
  4. Infinity on High
  February 6, 2007
  Island Records

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions					Album
		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 Goin' Down"	8	6	3	36	8	From Under the Cork Tree
2005	"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
2006	"This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"	-	-	13	-	-	Infinity on High
2006	"The Carpal Tunnel of Love"	81	-	-	-	-	Infinity on High

Videography

• Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy
• Dead On Arrival (tour video)
• Saturday
• Sugar We're Going Down (tour version) (2005)
• Sugar We're Going Down (2005)
• Dance, Dance (2005)
• A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' (2006)
• This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (2006)

Trivia

• The name "Fall Out Boy" was chosen when the band asked the crowd in their second show what their name should be and an audience member shouted out "Fallout Boy," the name of superhero Radioactive Man's sidekick on the animated TV show The Simpsons. The band was unaware of the Simpsons reference until later. When the creators of the Simpsons found out about Fall Out Boy's name, they feared that they would be sued, however, no legal action about the name was ever taken.

• Dolls were created in the likeness of the four members.

• The title of the band's third album "From Under the Cork Tree" is a phrase taken from the popular children's book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf.

External links

• Fall Out Boy Official Site
• Fall Out Boy - Pete Wentz Interview on Crazewire
• Interview: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz December 14, 2006
• Interview with Patrick by HateSomethingBeautiful
• Interview with the band from March 2004 on Designer Punk