Fall Out Boy are a pop-punk band from Illinois, home of Screeching Weasel, Alkaline Trio, and the Smoking Popes. Whether or not they belong to the "
emo" genre depends on your definition of "
emo" and that's quite a controversial label to go around slapping upon things these days, so we'll leave it up to you.
The band consists of Patrick Stump (vocals, rhythm guitar) Joe Trohman (lead guitar) Pete Wentz (bassist, lyricist) and Andy Hurley (drums).
The band is well known for such songs as "Dance, Dance," "Sugar, We're Going Down," "This Ain't a Scene, it's an Arms Race," "I Don't Care,", "Thnks fr th Mmrs" and "America's Suitehearts." They have currently released five albums and have had better than a dozen singles total.
They have numerous music videos, including one where they pretended to be vampire hunters that went on for about seven minutes, and one with Turk from
Scrubs. Other notable deeds the band has committed include impregnating Ashlee Simpson, wearing remarkably tight trousers, almost getting a Guinness World Record for playing a live concert on all seven continents in a certain amount of time, and having some really strange lyrics.
They have nothing to do with the mascot of the
Fallout game series, Vault Boy, and are named after
Radioactive Man's faithful sidekick.
The band is currently on indefinite hiatus. Patrick has started a solo musical effort, Pete has started a dancehall band called the Black Cards, and Joe and Andy have joined a metal band called The Damned Things.
Discography:
- Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend (2003)
- Take This to Your Grave (2003)
- From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
- Infinity on High (2007)
- Folie à Deux (2008)
- Believers Never Die-Greatest Hits (2009)
Do tropes apply to them? Why yes.
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