Fall Out Boy

Released: January 1, 2011

Songwriter: Patrick Stump Pete Wentz Joe Trohman Andy Hurley

Producer: Fall Out Boy

PETE: Up next is My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up). This, uh... to me this song was I think, once we got- When I heard Patrick do the verses in this song, I kind of was like 'oh we can build a body of work around this'. I think this was the flagship of what Save Rock and Roll was gonna be. There are songs that are more aggressive, and there are songs that are less aggressive that they all kinda fit around this

PATRICK: I think up to this point in the recording we had been kinda- Butch Walker produced and the band were kinda feeling each other out in terms of kinda figuring out what direction we were gonna go with and all those other things. And I think once this song kinda fell into place the whole record was easy after that.

ANDY: It was like dominoes.

PATRICK: It was like dominoes because I think it gave us like a blueprint.

JOE: It did definitely set up a sonic blueprint for the record for sure

ANDY: Sonic boom

JOE: Boom

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band hailing from Wilmette, Illinois. The band was formed in 2001 by Pete Wentz, who supplies bass and lyrics to the band, and guitarist Joe Trohman, who both used to be part of metalcore band Arma Angelus. Trohman later recruited vocalist Patrick Stump, who initially tried out as the band’s drummer, after meeting him in a bookstore. After the release of Project Rocket/Fall Out Boy, a split EP with Project Rocket. It was recorded without current drummer Andy Hurley due to him being disinterested in the project; Hurley later joined in 2003 as a replacement touring drummer.

Fueled By Ramen, who were a small independent label at the time, personally called Fall Out Boy to ask them to record a full-length record after hearing one of their demos online. This album became their 2003 debut, Take This To Your Grave, and was a tipping point between the band’s underground success to success in the mainstream. It was the band’s last album to feature Stump as the lead lyricist.

The band’s 2004 acoustic EP, My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, became their first charting release and gave fans a taste of what to expect on their sophomore album From Under The Cork Tree. The album creation was set back in February 2005 after Wentz’s suicide attempt, which influenced songs such as “7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen).” The album was released in May 2005 through Island Records, featuring guest vocals from William Beckett of The Academy Is… and Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco.

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