The band formed in 2001 in an Illinois suburb by local hardcore boy Pete Wentz and guitarist Joe Trohman. Before I start to dive bang-first into that mess, let’s look at where they started. I bit my tongue through the genre-jumping, the painful yet glorious tracks with “Titles Stylized Like Full Sentences Out Of A Myspace Manifesto.” And yes, I even stuck it out through their latest cringe-worthy flirtations with electronic dance music. In 2009 with their future murky, my friends and I became late adopters of the pop-punk spirit, combining the onset of puberty, hormones and the discovery of entry-level Hot Topic fare.Ĭonsidering their latest album, “ MANIA“, released this past month, I straightened my bangs and listened to every Fall Out Boy studio album going all the way back to their first appearance on the scene in 2003. This period was a regrouping both personally and sonically for the members who struggled with mild drug abuse, communication and a distaste for their image as an “emo” band. During my time as a Fall Out Boy fan - we’ll call them the middle school years - the band was actually in the midst of their infamous five-year hiatus.

Before this week, my relationship with the band Fall Out Boy was nothing more than vaguely nostalgic memories surrounding their “Infinity on High”/”From Under the Cork Tree” era glory days. To begin this exploration of pop-punk royalty, I will preface with an exercise in honesty. (Fernando Loz/Wikimedia Commons)Īrts writer Camille Saures reviews Fall out Boy’s newest album “MANIA,” and looks back on the winding history of the pop-punk balladeer’s career and rise to NFL commercial prominence. American pop rock band Fall Out Boy live in concert in 2014.

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