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History
Early years
Fall Out Boy was formed in early 2001 by friends Joe Trohman and Pete Wentz. The two had played in various bands in the Chicago area. The group released a mini-LP, Fall Out Boy’s Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, on Uprising Records, in 2003.
The band was nameless for their first two shows.
Independent success
The band received an advance from Island Records to record their proper debut, but the advance came with a right of first refusal for Island on Fall Out Boy’s next album. With major financing in place, the recording of Take This to Your Grave took place at the Butch Vig owned Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, with Sean O’Keefe producing.
In mid-2003, the band signed with Island Records which is a part of the mainstream label The Island Def Jam Music Group, along with Def Jam Records.
Commercial debut
On May 3, 2005, Fall Out Boy released their major label debut, From Under the Cork Tree, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at #9, selling over 68,000 copies in its first week. The album achieved double platinum status and has sold over 2.5 million albums in the US alone. Earlier that year, the band’s stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan in a failed suicide attempt.
The video won the MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, prompting a huge new interest and surge in sales.
The second single off the album, “Dance, Dance”, became their second Top 10 Single when it peaked at #9 on the Hot 100. It reached #6 on the Pop 100, becoming the band’s highest charting single when it reached #2 on the Modern Rock Charts. The video for the song premiered on TRL on October 11, 2005; it soon reached #1 and was later retired on January 17, 2006. “Dance, Dance” was also featured on the PlayStation 2 version of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova by Konami.
The band headlined the Nintendo Fusion Tour in the fall of 2005, joining The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out, and Panic! The tour also featured The Hush Sound for half of the tour and October Fall for half.
Fall Out Boy’s latest album is titled Infinity on High and was released on February 6, 2007. The lead single, “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”, debuted at the 2006 American Music Awards. The video debuted on MTV on Tuesday, December 19, 2006. In the album’s opening week, Infinity on High reached #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 260,000 copies.
The single also peaked on the U.S. Hot 100 at #2 and the U.S. Pop 100 at #1. “The Carpal Tunnel of Love” (the second single released from the album) reached #81 on the U.S. Hot 100 by way of digital sales alone. “Thnks fr th Mmrs” was released on April 9, 2007, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the UK Singles Chart. On July 9, 2007, the third single from the album, The Take Over, the Breaks Over, was released.
Fall Out Boy was the headlining act of the Honda Civic Tour.
On January 14, 2008, Pete Wentz interviewed MTV about the Infinity on High follow-up album. Wentz revealed the album has folk styles, but it is not essentially a folk album.
The band was also featured on rapper and producer Timbaland’s album, Timbaland Presents Shock Value, for the song “One and Only”.
Despite objections from these groups, the bandâs bassist Pete Wentz brought a chimpanzee to the Kerrang! Awards and was pictured at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards with a black and white monkey.
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