Fall Out Boy iare a pop punk band from Wilmette, Illinois, They formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump (lead vocals, guitar), Pete Wentz (bass, backup vocalist, and primary lyricist), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums).
This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" got to number 2 in the UK Singles Chart on 4 February 2007, making it their most successful song in the UK to date. And got to the US Hot 100 at number 2 and the US Pop 100 at number 1.
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In 2005, the band's stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan in a failed suicide attempt. He told Rolling Stone that he has a fascination with the suicides of Elliott Smith and Ian Curtis and was quoted saying "It's so hard to think about and understand. I'm not making an argument for being a disturbed genius; I was a confused kid. I felt like I was Pete Wentz for everybody else, and I didn't have Pete Wentz to turn to." [1] The song "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)" from their album From Under the Cork Tree, is based upon Wentz's attempted suicide.
