Fall Out Boy
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- This page is about the Chicago alternative rock band. For The Simpsons character, see Fallout Boy.
Fall Out Boy | |
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| Fall_out_boy_promopicture.jpg (from l.) Wentz, Stump, Hurley, Trohman | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Wilmette, Illinois |
| Years active | 2001 to present |
| Members | Pete Wentz Patrick Stump Joe Trohman Andy Hurley |
| Past members | Chris Envy |
| Website | www.FallOutBoyRock.com |
Fall Out Boy is an alternative rock band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois that formed in 2001. The band consists of Pete Wentz (bass, backing vocals), Patrick Stump (lead vocals, guitar), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums).
Band history
Beginnings — 2001-2003
In 2001, friends Trohman and Wentz met Stump at a convention bookstore. After listening to some of Stump's tracks on MP3.com, they thought his tenor voice would be a good match to the band that they were forming. While still unnamed, the band asked the audience at a college show what their band should be called, and an audience member yelled out "Fallout Boy," the name of superhero Radioactive Man's sidekick on the animated TV show The Simpsons. The band claim that, at the time, they were unaware of the character.
Lead singer and guitarist Chris Envy of Maverick Records' Showoff briefly joined the band in 2002 when the other member's of Showoff broke off to create The Fold [1].
2003-present
The band released the EP Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, on Uprising Records in 2003 [2]. That same year they released their first 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. In 2003 the band signed with Island Records. Fall Out Boy released an acoustic EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, which included a DVD, in 2004.
In 2005, the band's stability was threatened when Wentz over-dosed on anxiety medication Ativan in an ostensible suicide attempt [1]. On May 3, 2005, they released their major label debut From Under The Cork Tree[2], which debuted on the Billboard charts at #9, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week, and soon achieving Double Platinum status. Their breakout 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.
In 2006, Fall Out Boy appeared on the cover of Britain's NME magazine for the week beginning April 17, and were credited with staging "a punk rock revolution." They are expected to begin the process of recording a new album in June of 2006[3].
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Label(s) | Status | US Chart Position | UK Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Take This to Your Grave | Fueled By Ramen | Gold | ||
| 2005 | From Under the Cork Tree | Island | Double Platinum | 9 | 12 |
EPs
| Year | Title | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Split EP, with Project Rocket | Uprising |
| 2003 | Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend | Uprising |
| 2004 | My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue | Fueled By Ramen |
| 2005 | Evening Out With Your Girlfriend (Remastered) | Uprising |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | Pop 100 | US Modern Rock | UK singles | |||
| 2003 | "Dead on Arrival" | - | - | - | - | Take This to Your Grave |
| "Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy" | - | 84 | - | - | Take This to Your Grave | |
| 2004 | "Saturday" | - | - | - | - | Take This to Your Grave |
| 2005 | "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | From Under the Cork Tree |
| "Dance, Dance" | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | From Under the Cork Tree | |
| 2006 | "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" | 70 | 46 | 38 | - | From Under the Cork Tree |
Japan
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon | J-Rock 100 | Tyoko Top 50 | Japanese Mainstream Rock | |||
| 2006 | "The Music or the Misery" | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | From Under the Cork Tree |
| 2006 | "Roxanne" | 1 | 94 | 1 | 1 | From Under the Cork Tree |
United Kingdom
- Sugar, We're Goin' Down (6/2/2006) 8
- Dance, Dance (17/4/2006) 8
- A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me" (26/6/2006)
Awards
2005
- "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" - MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards
Trivia
- Fall Out Boy have had a number of their tracks, including "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'" and "Dance, Dance," performed by the Angry String Orchestra on the album String Quartet Tribute to Fall Out Boy.
- While Patrick Stump is the lead singer, Wentz (the oldest and most outgoing of the quartet) tends to take on the traditional role of "frontman" by being the band's chief spokesman and creating the banter on stage. Stump is quoted as saying "With Pete, I get to be the anti-frontman."[1]
- While Wentz is the chief lyricist for the band, Patrick Stump is its "musical engine,"[1] putting Wentz's lyrics to music and arranging the tunes.
External links
- Fall Out Boy Official Site
- Fall Out Boy on MySpace
- Fall Out Boy on PureVolume
- Fall Out Boy at the Internet Movie Database
- Fall Out Boy Review by UnRated Magazine
Notes
- ^ a b c d Hiatt, Brian (2006). "Let's Hear It for Fall Out Boy" Rolling Stone (accessed April 14, 2006)
- ^ a b Loftus, Johnny (2005). "Biography: Fall Out Boy" All Music Guide (accessed April 14, 2006)
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529146/20060420/index.jhtml?headlines=true
