AP Exclusive: Pete Wentz explains story behind new FOB video

The video for Fall Out Boy's latest single "I Don't Care" premiered on iTunes yesterday with a slew of cameo appearances: Gilby Clarke, Mark Hoppus, Pharrell, even Spencer from The Hills make appearances disguised as members of the band causing all sorts of havoc (don't worry so much about the last one–he gets punched out in the end).

But don't think Hoppus is getting into street fights or Gabe Saporta from Cobra Starship is a flasher. "The reveals of these characters have no implication on what we believe them to be. It's just mayhem and chaos," Pete Wentz tells AP. "Don't go thinking Mark Hoppus is a bad guy or anything." The former Guns N' Roses guitarist was called in to represent the quintessential Sunset Strip rocker, and ignites the action by challenging the guys when he says rock has gone soft. "Clarke is like the old-school Nick Nolte character in Tropic Thunder," says Wentz.

As for the fascist imagery of the performance parts of the video, Wentz says the band were inspired by the documentary called 638 Ways To Kill Castro. "It's like, 'What if there was a Che Guevara/Castro rally for an '80s rock band?' We got those diesel trucks and used whatever uniforms we could afford to make everybody look the same," he says.

The banners flanking the band include images of Wentz's dog Hemmingway and a bear, a nod to Luke Chueh's artwork for the cover of FOB's upcoming album, Folie A Deux.

"People can take away whatever they want from a bear screaming into a microphone," says Wentz. "I'm sure they will." -J.R. Griffin

You can view the "I Don't Care" video below; what do you think about it?