Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy (commonly abbreviated as FOB) is a 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), Pete Wentz (bass, backup vocalist, and primary lyricist), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums).

Biography

2002–2004: The beginning

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.[1] During this period Fall Out Boy built a following playing in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. The Knights of Columbus Hall was the site of many early Fall Out Boy shows. Their video for "Dead on Arrival" was filmed there, which also served as a site for several "secret shows".

Drummer Andy Hurley, formerly of Racetraitor, joined the band soon after Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girlfriend was released. The same year, after signing to Fueled by Ramen, 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)

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"Sugar, We're Goin Down"
From the album "From Under The Cork Tree"
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In 2005, the band's stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan in a failed 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 title of the song "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)" 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,[1] 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 featured on Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault , a tribute album to the band Jawbreaker, covering Save Your Generation. They also did a cover of Roxanne by The Police for the limited edition of Take This To Your Grave and for Policia: A Tribute To The Police.

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 latest album is titled Infinity on High, and was released 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. They have also collaborated with producer Timbaland for his new album Timbaland Presents Shock Value and rap mogul Jay-Z, who made all the band members honorary members of his Roc-A-Fella family. They are featuring in Timbaland's song, One & Only.

In the album's opening week, Infinity on High reached number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 260,000 copies.[2]

"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart on February 4, 2007, making it their most successful song in the UK to date. This was after the single entered the U.S. Hot 100 at number 2 and the U.S. Pop 100 at number 1.

The Infinity on High album cover.

Fall Out Boy will be headlining the Honda Civic Tour along with bands and performers such as, +44, The Academy Is..., Paul Wall and Cobra Starship. The tour was supposed to start April 18 and end on June 11, but due to personal issues, the tour has been postponed.[3]. The band is promoting their new album on this tour, and Fall Out Boy has been confirmed as one of the acts playing in the Live Earth concerts on July 7, 2007.

Lead singer Patrick Stump was featured in two songs with Gym Class Heroes, also signed with Fueled By Ramen, named Cupid's Chokehold and Clothes Off!.

Discography

EPs

Albums

Singles

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Pop 100 U.S. Modern Rock UK Singles Chart Album
2003 "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" - - - Take This to Your Grave
"Dead on Arrival" - - - -
"Saturday" - - - -
2005 "Sugar, We're Goin Down" 8 6 3 8 From Under the Cork Tree
"Dance, Dance" 9 6 2 8
2006 "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More 'Touch Me'" 65 45 38 38
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" 2 1 8 2 Infinity on High
2007 "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" (Digital single) 81 - - -
"Thnks fr th Mmrs" 124 - - 41

Videography

External links

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Loftus, Johnny (2005). "Biography: Fall Out Boy" All Music Guide (accessed April 14, 2006)
  2. ^ a b US Chart Positions Cite error: The named reference "US Chart Positions" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).


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