I recognize this is a strange band. It was a nice surprise and some fresh air is always wellcome.
How would I define these guys?. Hard job. Mixture of rock, pop and punk. It depends on the song. You´ll find a little of them on each song. For my metal friends, forget about this band. Rest of the world, try it.
Fall out boy was formed in Wilmette , Illinois in 2001.The band consists of Patrick Stump (vocals and guitar), Joe Trohman (guitar and vocals), Pete Wentz (bass guitar and vocals), and Andy Hurley (drums and percussion).
Name?. After a show, they asked the audience to give them a name. One audience member suggested "Fallout Boy", a reference to the sidekick of the character Radioactive Man from The Simpsons. On 25th of January 2009, Fall Out Boy would play the theme ending on The Simpsons.
With Pete Wentz as the band's primary lyricist, and Patrick Stump the primary composer, Fall Out Boy reached mainstream success with its first major label album on May 3, 2005, From Under the Cork Tree, whch debuted on the Billboard 200 at #9, selling over 68,000 copies in its first week. The album achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.5 million albums in the United States alone.
In early 2007, the band released its second major label album, Infinity on High. The album had a successful debut week, selling 260,000 copies and reaching number one on the Billboard 200. This charting was spurred by the single This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race, which reached number two in the U.S. and U.K.
A viral campaign was launched by Pete Wentz on August 18, 2008 to promote what is now known to be the band's fifth studio album Folie a Deux.
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