Fall Out Boy

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Hometown:: Wilmette, Illinois, United States
Founded:: 2001
Genre:: Alternative
Label(s):: Decaydance/Island/DefJam Records
Fueled By Ramen
Uprising Records

Website:

http://www.falloutboyrock.com/

Members:

Patrick Stump (Vocals/guitar) [(2001-Present)]
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Joseph Trohman (Guitar) [(2001-Present)]
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Pete Wentz (Bass) [(2001 Present)]
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Andrew Hurley (Drums) [(2003-Present)]
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FORMER Members:

T.J. Kunasch (Guitar ) [(2001-2003)]
Mike Pareskuwicz (Drums) [(2001-2003)]

Biography

On paper, it didn’t look like it should work. But somehow the combined powers of a lyric-writing bassist obsessed with the Smiths, a singer who cherished classic Motown songs more than punk rock, a politically minded hardcore drummer and a guitarist that’s true to metal made Fall Out Boy one of the biggest success stories in American emo-punk. Bassist Pete Wentz, singer/guitarist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley converged in a Chicago suburb in 2001 with the purpose of taking a break from the city’s all-ages hardcore scene for more pop-based pursuits. Their first album, Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out With Your Girlfriend (Uprising, 2003), showed promise with its killer hooks and patently verbose titles (i.e., “The World’s Not Waiting (For Five Tired Boys In A Broken Van)”). The formula was perfected on 2003’s Take This To Your Grave, the band’s debut for Fueled By Ramen, which successfully connected with the underground pop-punk scene via undeniable melodies and lyrics teeming with pointed pop-culture references.

The speedy pop gems Generation Warped had known about for years finally broke into the mainstream with the 2005 release of From Under The Cork Tree, the band’s debut for Island. That album (as well as the relentless touring to support it) firmly installed the band (and the term “emo”) into the modern vernacular, powered by two hit singles, “Dance, Dance” and “Sugar, We’re Going Down.” The 2007 follow-up, Infinity On High, found the band seemingly hedging their bets with both longtime diehards and neophyte followers, using multiple producers (Butch Walker, Neal Avron, Babyface) and special guests (Jay-Z). Folie À Deux (2008) was a kitchen-sink affair that referenced everything from commercial hip-hop to quirky new wave to old-school glam, at the expense of the buzzsaw pop they built their reputation upon. At the beginning of February 2010, Wentz announced via his blog that Fall Out Boy had gone on indefinite hiatus, but citing that “there is the possibility that FOB will play again with or without me." While Wentz is overseeing the operations of his Decaydance label, Stump is working on a solo project, while Trohman and Hurley currently play in metal supergroup, the Damned Things with members of Every Time I Die and Anthrax. Before the release of Infinity, Wentz told AP, “No one wants to see the little band they had in their back pocket get gigantic. I think we’ve been pretty lucky that most of our fans have stuck with us.”