The Fall Out Boy Handbook - Everything You Need to Know about Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is an American pop punk band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The members originally played in local underground hardcore bands before forming Fall Out Boy. With Pete Wentz as the band's primary lyricist and Patrick Stump as the primary composer, Fall Out Boy broke out of the underground music scene and reached mainstream success with their major label album From Under the Cork Tree. Released in 2005 as the follow-up to their 2003 debut Take This to Your Grave, the album won several awards and achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.7 million albums in the United States, spawning top ten singles "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance." In 2007, Fall Out Boy released their third album Infinity on High, to major chart success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 and selling 260,000 copies in its first week, with top five chartings worldwide. It contained the hits "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs." The group released Folie a Deux in 2008 and further evolved their musical palette. The group announced an indefinite hiatus in late 2009, stating that they have not broken up, rather that the members are taking a rest and engaging in various side projects. Stump released a solo album called Soul Punk in 2011, Wentz formed Black Cards, while Hurley and Trohman formed The Damned Things and then respectively moved onto With Knives and Enabler. Fall Out Boy was ranked the 93rd Best Artist of the 2000-10 decade by Billboard. On February 4, 2013, Fall Out Boy announced their comeback with a new album, Save Rock and Roll, as well as a tour and a new single. This book is your ultimate resource for Fall Out Boy. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Fall Out Boy's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Contents, Fall Out Boy, "The Take Over, the Breaks Over," A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me," All Time Low, Alpha Dog (song), Alternative Press, Alternative rock, America's Suitehearts, America's Suitehearts: Remixed, Retouched, Rehabbed and Retoxed, Andy Hurley, Anthrax (band), Arma Angelus, Ashlee Simpson, Backing vocalist, Beat It, Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux, Birthright (band), Black Cards, Blink-182, Blink-182 in Concert, Boys Night Out (band), Brendon Urie, Cobra Starship, Dance, Dance, Dead on Arrival (song), Debbie Harry, Decaydance Records, Emo, Every Time I Die, Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, Fall Out Boy discography, Fall Out Toy Works, Folie a Deux (album), From Under the Cork Tree, Fueled by Ramen, Grammy Award for Best New Artist...and more pages Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.