Artist of the Week: Fall Out Boy

Here's the deal, you all know I like new music, and when a band I like releases a new album, there's not much to do but have them as my artist of the week. Even more so this week cause, this week's artist hits a little close to home. So let's get to know set band a little better. The band was formed in 2001 in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. It all started when friends Joe Trohman (Guitar) and Pete Wentz (Bass), after playing in other bands, decided to make they're own band. After over hearing him talking about a band they both like Trohman introduced himself to Patrick Stumb and told him about his band. Patrick would try out for drums, but the band noticed that he had some vocal skills, so he took the front man spot. After doing some small shows without a name, the band asked the crowd for suggestions at one of their shows. After hearing someone yelling it out, the band took the name of Simpson's character Radioactive Man's sidekick. shortly after, Andy Hurley (Drums) would joined the band, and Stump would take on rhythm guitar to fill in the sound. After doing small shows in Chicago and surrounding suburbs, the band signed a deal with indie label Fueled by Ramen. Then in May of 2003, the band released their first full-length album Take This to Your Grave. The album would eventually become a big success and be certified gold thanks to singles like "Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy", "Dead on Arrival", and "Saturday". After the success of the album, the band signed a contract with with Island Records and started recording their next album. Then in May of 2005, the band released their major label debut album From Under the Cork Tree. The album would have huge success and go double Platinum thanks to singles like "Sugar, We're Going Down", "Dance, Dance" and "A Little Less Sixteen Candles a Little More "Touch Me"". The band would go on numerous headlining tours including the Nintendo Fusion Tour which also included The Starting Line and Panic at the Disco. In February of 2007, the band would released their third album Infinity on High, which would go to sell 260,000 copies in it's first week. The album would spawn a couple of good singles in "This Ain't a Scene, it's an Arms Race", "The Carpal Tunnel of Love" and "Thnks fr th Mmrs". After headlining the Honda Civic Tour, the band started writing a new album and soon headed into the studio to start recording. This week, the band released their fourth album in Folie A Deux.


If you're not sure if you're gonna like this album, you can listen to it in it's entirety on the band's Myspace page. But after giving it a little listen, I'm sure you will. That being said, this week's artist is Fall Out Boy with their video "I Don't Care", enjoy.