Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is a pop punk/emo pop band formed in Wilmette, Illinois in 2001. They hailed from the underground “hardcore” scene in Chicago. The band consists of vocalist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band originated from Chicago's hardcore punk scene. The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop punk side project, and Stump joined shortly thereafter. The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording their debut album, Take This to Your Grave.

The band's 2005 major-label breakthrough, From Under the Cork Tree, produced two hit singles, "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance", and went double platinum. Their 2007 album, Infinity on High, landed at number one on the Billboard 200, and produced several hit singles, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs". Folie à Deux, the band's fourth album, created a mixed response from fans. The band went into hiatus from 2009 to 2012 to "decompress” and explored various side projects. In 2012 they regrouped and recorded Save Rock and Roll, which gave them their second career number one and produced the top 20 single "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark". While Fall Out Boy's music has been typically described as pop punk, the band were generally seen in the mid-2000s at the forefront of the "emo pop" explosion. While widely considered to be a pop punk band, Fall Out Boy has also been described as emo pop, and a pop rock band.

Fall Out Boy had many influences when forming the band Some of the bands influences are bands like The Get Up Kids, Green Day, The Ramones, Screeching Weasel, Metallica, Earth Crisis, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime as influences. The band acknowledge...

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...album does contain political overtones, the band wanted to avoid being overt about these themes, leaving many lyrics open to interpretation for listeners.

Fall out boy is a popular band who hailed from the underground hardcore scene in Chicago. There known for their style of music and their songs. Fall Out Boy is an amazing band who have many influences that shaped the band into its own style. They are seen as different genres such as pop punk, emo pop, and pop rock. The band went on hiatus in 2009 and rejoined in 2012 for their latest album Save Rock and Roll and have toured with the band Paramore. They have made and still working on their albums music videos that tell the story of The Young Blood Chronicles. There is talk of their next album coming out next year. Fall Out Boy is a amazing band that mix up there style of music and make great music for their fans.