Post by Stridess on May 9, 2006 18:04:48 GMT -5
(OMG U DON'T HAVE A FOB THREAD U LITTLE...*ahem*sorry im done.)
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].
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I just went to their concert and it was the bestest thing that ever happened to me ^^
if u get a chance, go!
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].
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I just went to their concert and it was the bestest thing that ever happened to me ^^
if u get a chance, go!
w00t!!!! Blueyishness!!! 
ok...it's fine ^.^