Fall Out Boy
Pete Wentz's swoopy black fringe, Patrick Stump's soaring voice, and song titles that ran on forever. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" ruled TRL and Warped Tour, making Fall Out Boy the pop-punk face of the MySpace era.
Fall Out Boy formed in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois in 2001, started by bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz and guitarist Joe Trohman as a pop-punk side project, with Patrick Stump joining on lead vocals and drummer Andy Hurley completing the lineup. Their debut album, Take This to Your Grave (2003), built an underground following through relentless touring.
The breakthrough was From Under the Cork Tree (2005), which debuted in the Billboard 200's top ten and went double platinum, powered by the single 'Sugar, We're Goin Down' — a Top 10 Hot 100 hit whose video was a TRL staple. The follow-up, Infinity on High (2007), debuted at number one, confirming Fall Out Boy as one of the biggest bands of the mid-2000s emo/pop-punk wave.
The group went on hiatus after a 2009 greatest-hits release, with Wentz an especially visible tabloid presence during the era's MySpace peak. They reunited in 2013 with the chart-topping Save Rock and Roll and pivoted toward arena pop, but their defining run belongs to the mid-2000s.
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