Fall Out Boy
Wiki, Facts

 Fall Out Boy facts

• The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley
• The band originated from Chicago's hardcore punk scene, with which all members were involved at one point
• The group was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop punk side project of the members' respective hardcore bands, and Stump joined shortly thereafter
• The group went through a succession of drummers before landing Hurley and recording the group's debut album, Take This to Your Grave (2003)
• The album became an underground success and helped the band gain a dedicated fanbase through heavy touring, as well as some moderate commercial success
• Take This to Your Grave has commonly been cited as an influential blueprint for pop punk music in the 2000s
• With Wentz as the band's lyricist and Stump as the primary composer, 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, transforming the group into superstars and making Wentz a celebrity and tabloid fixture
• Fall Out Boy received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2006 Grammy Awards
• The band's 2007 follow-up, Infinity on High, landed at number one on the Billboard 200 with 260,000 first week sales
• It produced two worldwide hit singles, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs