Fall Out Boy is a pop-emo band from the suburbs of Chicago, that formed in 2001. While still unnamed, the band asked the audience at a show what their band should be called, and an audience member yelled out "Fall Out Boy," presumably referring to the sidekick to Radioactive Man, a comic book hero in The Simpsons. The band started to achieve notable success with 2003's ''Take This to Your Grave'' (Fueled By Ramen), with singles such as "Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy?)" and "Saturday," receiving airplay on Fuse and MTVU. The band signed to Island Records in 2003, and on May 3, 2005, released their major label debut ''From Under The Cork Tree'' (Island), which debuted on the ''Billboard'' charts at #9, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. The album has since been certified as platinum. 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. Their next single was "Dance, Dance," which also topped MTV's TRL countdown. The video premiered on MTV2 on Oct. 15, 2005. The band has also been nominated for "Best New Artist" at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
Band Members
- Patrick Stump - lead vocals, guitar
- Pete Wentz - bass
- Joe Trohman - guitar
- Take This to Your Grave (2003)
- Take This to Your Grave: Director's Cut (2005)
- From Under The Cork Tree (2005)
EP
- Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket split EP 2002
- Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girl (2003)
- The Fall Out Boy biography and discography at http://www.falloutboyrock.com
- Fueled By Ramen's biography and discography of Fall Out Boy at http://www.fueledbyramen.com/bands
- The DVD on the Fall Out Boy EP "My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue"
- http://www.amazon.com for the release dates that were not on any site.
- http://www.billboard.com for records sales, and chart info