I think that the origin of the band's name is pretty funny. Actually, they did not have a name until their second gig. As we can see, from the start they just loved playing music, and they didn't care about anything else, they didn't even had a name to identify them!
When they where playing in a concert, the audience suddenly asked for their names, and as we can infer, they could not reply! Then one of the audience members shouted out “Fall Out Boy.” From that day, that became their name forever. Funny, isn't it?
The group had a very personal way of playing music. It can be considered pop-punk sound with some elements of emo mixed in. This expectacular sound is a result of a fantastic combination and copenetration between the four members in the group. I'm going to present them a little bit:
-Pete Wentz: bassist and primary lyricist for the American rock band "Fall Out Boy". He and Arma Angelus' bassist Joe Trohman founded the pop punk band.
In February 2005, Wentz spent a week in the hospital, because he attempted suicide by taking an overdose of Ativan, (an anxiety medication). We have to mention that he has a bipolar disorder, and that was the reason of this serious incident. Anyway, after all his problems, he is considered the "soul" of the band, and an indispensable member of the group.
Here you can visit Pete Wentz's personal blog.
-Patrick Stumpt: He is the composer, multi-instrumentalist and lead singer of the band. Besides, he is a record producer and also a music critic.
Apart from producing albums, Stump has also remixed various tracks for soundtracks, such as a remix for the sounds on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack, a remix of the Fall Out Boy single "Dance, Dance" (later you will be able to read the lirycs of this song), a remix on Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree special edition release, and also "Pace Yourself" for On Fire.
There's a lot of information in his personal website.
-Joe Trohman: He is the lead guitarist of the band. As an original detail we can remark that Trohman collects guitars, and has designed an electric guitar for Washburn Guitars called the Joe Trohman Washburn Idol. Another remarkable thing can be that this musician is fond of Star Wars, he once confesed that his closet in his apartment is full 95% of Star Wars toys.
-Andy Hurley: He is currently the drummer of the hardcore band "Burning Empires". He joined Fall Out Boy in 2003. Its an intersting fact, that he sutudied a double-majoring in anthropology and history.He describes himself as an anarcho-primitivist, what, as we can imagine, means that he believes that humans are supposed to live the way they did it 10,000 years ago.
Here is one of my favorites songs: "I don't care"
Say my name, and his in the same breath, I
Dare you to say they taste the same,
Let the leaves fall off in the summer
And let December glow in flames
Brace myself and let go,
Start it over again in Mexico
These friends, they don't love you
They just love the hotel suites, now
I don't care what you think,
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery
I don't care what you think
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery
Oh, take a chance, let your body get a tolerance,
I'm not a chance, but a heat wave in your pants
Pull a breath like another cigarette,
Palms up, I'm trading 'em (trading 'em)
I'm the oracle in my chest,
Let the guitar scream like a fascist,
Sweat it out, shut your mouth,
Free love on the streets, but
In the alley and I ain't that cheap, now
I don't care what you think,
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery
I don't care what you think,
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery
Said-a, I don't care just a-what you think,
As long as it's about me, you said-a
I don't care just what you think,
As long as it's about me, you said-a
I don't care (I don't care)
You said I don't care (I don't care)
Said I don't care,
I don't care
I don't care (I don't care), I said-a
I don't care
I don't care what you think,
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery
I don't care what you think,
As long as it's about me
The best of us can find happiness
In misery..
"The song I Don't Care was listed for 95 weeks in 10 different charts.
Its first appearance was in the US Airplay Top 100 and the last appearance was in the Australia Singles Top 50. Its peak position was number 17, on the Finland Singles Top 20, it stayed there for a week. Its highest entry was number 17 in the Finland Singles Top 20".
All in all, this group that emerge in 2001, has became one of the most popular rock bands nowadays.
From Under the Cork Tree was the album that released in 2005, and won several awards. It also achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.5 million albums in the United States alone.
On February 2, 2010, the band is said to have broken up but no official press news or information about this fact was given. Since that moment, the band has reafirmed their status, and their prestigious and power as one the best bands on the stages.
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