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Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979 in Wilmette, Illinois) is the bassist and primary lyricist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy.

Biography

Pete grew up in a Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois. In high school he was an all-state soccer player. He attended DePaul University where he studied Political Science, dropping out one semester shy of graduation to focus on his music. He was also into the hardcore punk scene, and was in several bands before Fall Out Boy, including xfirstbornx, Arma Angelus, 7 Angels of the Apocalypse / Culture of Violence, Extinction, Forever Ended Today, and Yellow Road Priest.[citation needed] Fall Out Boy is the fourth band that Wentz and Andy Hurley have played in together. Wentz's involvement in the punk scene motivated him to pursue a straight-edge lifestyle. [1]

Enterprises

Wentz has written a book entitled The Boy With the Thorn In His Side, which is a story based on nightmares he had as a child.[2] It is named after a song by The Smiths. He has another book titled "Rainy Day Kids", which was scheduled to be released February 14th, 2006, but has been postponed because he was unsatisfied with some of the material.[3] In addition, Wentz is currently writing another book, alternating chapters with William Beckett of The Academy Is....

Wentz has a company called Clandestine Industries, which distributes books and, more notably, clothing, among other things. Additionally, he owns his own imprint of Fueled By Ramen, Decaydance Records, which has signed several bands, including: Panic! At The Disco, October Fall, Gym Class Heroes, The Hush Sound and Lifetime. He also has a film production company called Bartskull Films, which has released the DVD "Release the Bats", a film with Pete and his friends goofing off.

Selected events

In February 2005, in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, Wentz took an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to Rolling Stone, he said "I was isolating myself further and further, [a]nd the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all."[1]

Wentz has a scar on his chin, reportedly from falling over on stage and a scar on his eyebrow from fellow bandmate Joe Trohman accidentally hitting him with his guitar.[citation needed] Info can be found on Fall Out Boy's Website (Falloutboyrock.com) also in the Holister Video on (Youtube.com).

In March of 2006, nude photos of Pete Wentz were posted on the Internet to the LiveJournal celebrity gossip community Oh No They Didn't. The LiveJournal poster reported that she received the photos third-hand, and that Wentz originally sent the pictures to a woman in whom he allegedly had romantic interest. After the pictures spread across the Internet, Wentz posted a response on Fall Out Boy's website and blog asserting that the pictures were stolen from his T-Mobile Sidekick, and that after "feeling badly about this for about 24 hours, I am now ready to get back to laughing."[4]

Additionally, on May 22, 2006, semi-nude photos of Wentz surfaced again on the internet through a Fueled by Ramen newsletter, with a tongue-in-cheek post script, begging the recipients not to spread the images, then noting how awesome the new Hush Sound CD was. This was a publicity stunt to promote the release of The Hush Sound's latest CD. The Hush Sound are signed to Fueled by Ramen, the same label as FOB as well as Wentz' Decaydance Records. [1]

Trivia

  • He uses a Custom Made Fender '57 Precision Bass in White Blonde Transparent with an Aged Yellow pickguard. He has removed the vintage pickup and bridge covers as well as the finger rest.
  • He has 37 tattoos.
  • He was voted 3rd on Teen People's 20 hottest celebrities list.
  • He has had a few small roles in the show One Tree Hill on the WB.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hiatt, Brian (2006). "Let's Hear It for Fall Out Boy" Rolling Stone (accessed May 9, 2006)
  2. ^ Amazon.com Product page (accessed April 12, 2006)
  3. ^ Nguyen, Jeanette (2005). "Fall Out Boy: Pete Wentz". themusicegdge.com (accessed April 12, 2006)
  4. ^ Montgomery, James (2006). "Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Comments On ... You Know, Those Photos" VH1.com (accessed May 6, 2006)

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