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135-536: The Mania Tour (stylized as M A  N   I    A Tour ) was a headlining concert tour by Fall Out Boy , in support of the group's seventh studio album Mania (2018). The tour started with a special intimate show in Chicago on September 16, 2017, and concluded in New Orleans on October 10, 2018. On April 27, 2017, the band released the first single and music video for " Young and Menace ". With

270-491: A Borders bookstore in Wilmette , while Trohman was discussing Neurosis with a friend, Stump interrupted them to correct their classification of the band; the ensuing conversation soon shifted to Trohman and Wentz's new project. Stump, viewing it as an opportunity to try out with "local hardcore celebrity" Wentz, directed Trohman to his MP3.com page, which contained sung-through acoustic recordings. Stump intended to try out as

405-420: A pop-punk band, Fall Out Boy has also been described as pop rock , emo , pop , alternative rock , emo pop , power pop , and punk rock , with elements of electronic , R&B , soul , funk , orchestral , disco , blue-eyed soul , electropop , power pop , new wave , and hardcore punk . The members of the band were in hardcore, metalcore , and grindcore bands. Pete Wentz describes

540-453: A "blueprint for both break-up records and timeless pop-punk". In 2018, Rock Sound put Take This to Your Grave at number 18 in their list of the 100 best pop-punk albums, describing it as "poetic and utterly brilliant", while 2005's From Under The Cork Tree was placed at number 3 behind only Green Day 's Dookie and Blink-182 's Enema of the State . Rock Sound described From Under

675-530: A "rather stunning renaissance", and Entertainment Weekly called the number one a "major accomplishment for a band whom many in the industry had dismissed as kings of a genre whose time had passed". The record's lead single, " My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) ", was released on February 4, 2013, and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 , marking the band's first top twenty single since

810-502: A Bad Bet ", and "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" ), synthesizers, and guest artists. The band also shows a number of influences, with "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes" borrowing a chord sequence from The Who song " Baba O'Riley ". The group has worked with many producers and artists, including The Neptunes , Timbaland , Ryan Adams , Lil Wayne , and Kanye West , the latter of which Patrick Stump described as "the Prince of his generation". When

945-434: A Fall Out Boy song online and cold-called the band members at their apartment, first reaching Stump and later talking to Wentz for an hour. Rob Stevenson from Island Records eventually offered the band a "first-ever incubator sort of deal", in which they gave the band money to sign with Fueled by Ramen for the group's one-off debut, knowing they could "upstream" the band to radio on the sophomore record. Fueled by Ramen, at

1080-406: A Grudge ". The video is a continuation of the music video for the band's song, " This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race ". On May 29, 2023, Trohman confirmed in an Instagram post that he had returned to the band. On June 5, 2023, it was announced that the band would be featured on Taylor Swift 's re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor's Version) , on the song " Electric Touch ". On June 28, 2023,

1215-426: A Pariah". In the post, Stump lamented the harsh reception of the record and his status as a "has-been" at 27. Stump revealed that fans harassed him on his solo tour, hurling insults such as "We liked you better fat", and noted that "Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again." Aside from Soul Punk and personal developments, Stump moonlighted as

1350-627: A drummer, but Trohman urged him to bring out his acoustic guitar; Stump impressed Trohman and Wentz with songs from Saves the Day 's Through Being Cool . While Wentz wanted Racetraitor bandmate Andy Hurley to join the group as drummer, Hurley appeared uninterested and too busy at the time. The band's first public performance came in a cafeteria at DePaul University alongside Stilwell and another group that performed Black Sabbath's self-titled debut album in its entirety. The band's only performance with guitarist John Flamandan and original drummer Ben Rose

1485-514: A fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics , friends voted on the name. The band's second performance, at a southern Illinois university with the Killing Tree , began with Wentz introducing the band under a name Stump recalled as "very long". According to Stump, an audience member yelled out, "Fuck that, no, you're Fall Out Boy!", and the band were credited later in the show under that name by Killing Tree frontman Tim McIlrath . As

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1620-471: A highly competitive week with other big debuts, becoming Fall Out Boy's third consecutive top ten album. This is in contrast to the band's more successful previous effort, which shifted 260,000 copies in its opening week to debut at number one on the chart. Folie spent two weeks within the top 20 out of its 22 chart weeks. It also entered Billboard 's Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts at number three. Within two months of its release, Folie à Deux

1755-501: A little bit, but overall, I stayed pretty much out of it, more or less. Mania has some cool ideas and interesting stuff in there. But it didn't work as well, and I can't say I love it." Mania debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 on February 3, 2018 with 130,000 album-equivalent units , of which 117,000 were pure album sales. It is Fall Out Boy's fourth US number-one album. In Nielsen's mid-year music chart for 2018, Mania

1890-460: A medley of five songs at the ceremony. This honor is given to artists who have used MTV Woodie Awards as a "launching pad" in achieving chart topping success within their musical careers, thus influencing up and coming bands. The award also recognizes bands "sticking to their roots" and "maintaining their loyal fan base". The group had won the Woodie Award for Streaming for " Grand Theft Autumn " at

2025-507: A milestone in their career as their first headline show at a stadium. On December 7, 2018, Fall Out Boy received their second Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album for Mania . In 2019, the band was sued by Furry Puppet Studio for overusing llama puppets made by the company. According to the company, the llamas were only licensed for use in the " Young and Menace " video but were used at live shows, on merchandise, during TV appearances, and in multiple music videos. On September 10, 2019,

2160-458: A normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 59 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Fan opinions were much more negative than critical consensus. Varsity UK called the album "Genuinely annoying" and stated "Ultimately in Fall Out Boy's case it's not 'going pop' that causes the damage, but rather the greedy desire to have

2295-530: A novel, Gray , that he had been working on for six years outside the band, and began hosting the reality tattoo competition show Best Ink . Hurley ventured farther into rock during the hiatus, drumming with multiple bands over the three-year period. He continued to manage his record label, Fuck City, and drummed for bands Burning Empires and Enabler. He also formed heavy metal outfit The Damned Things with Trohman, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax , and Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die . Despite this,

2430-519: A pop-punk event that featured The All-American Rejects , Hawthorne Heights , and From First to Last . The tour also featured The Hush Sound for half of the tour and October Fall for half. The band played to 53 dates in the U.S., Canada, and the UK. After taking a two-month-long break following the band's Black Clouds and Underdogs tour in promotion of From Under the Cork Tree , Fall Out Boy returned to

2565-511: A professional songwriter/producer, co-writing tracks with Bruno Mars and All Time Low , and pursued acting. Wentz formed electronic duo Black Cards with vocalist Bebe Rexha in July 2010. The project released one single before album delays led to Rexha's departure in 2011. Black Cards added Spencer Peterson to complete the Use Your Disillusion EP in 2012. Wentz also completed writing

2700-473: A return to guitar-driven material. Sarah Jamieson of DIY , wrote that, "[the album] sounds closer to...their 2008 record Folie à Deux than 2018's... Mania , there's a return to the bold, luscious pop-rock that they honed early on." Alternative Press called it "a...classic work of pop-punk gold with smart lyrics, stirring instrumentals, and the head-banging rock". The album also has elements of disco, soul and funk. A central part of Fall Out Boy's sound

2835-434: A show at Wrigley Field , marking their first headlining stadium show. In 2018, Fall Out Boy also received their second Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album for Mania . On January 18, 2023, the group announced its eighth studio album, So Much (for) Stardust , which was released on March 24. Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois by friends Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman . Wentz

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2970-418: A slower piano ballad ("Golden"). R&B influences on Infinity on High are on songs such as " This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race " and two of the album's tracks are produced by R&B singer/producer Babyface . On Folie à Deux , the group continues to evolve its sound, with less of a pop-punk sound and increasing the use of piano (such as " What a Catch, Donnie ", " Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on

3105-438: A song sang by Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Each set of headphones had a different song that fans could listen to. The room also featured warped mirrors on the wall, as well as spinning faceless ballerinas and a broken music box with the lyrics "One look from you and I'm on that faded love out of my body, and I'm flying up above." The washroom in the facility was also FOB-themed and had posters for their album as well as strands of yarn on

3240-509: A succession of drummers before Hurley joined. Their debut album, Take This to Your Grave (2003), became an underground success and helped the band gain a dedicated fan base through heavy touring. With Wentz as the band's lyricist and Stump as the primary composer, Fall Out Boy's 2005 major-label breakthrough, From Under the Cork Tree , produced two hit singles, " Sugar, We're Goin Down " and " Dance, Dance ". It went double platinum , transforming

3375-563: A writing session. Wentz reached out to Stump after he penned his letter, as he too felt he was in a dark place and needed a creative outlet. He was at first reluctant to approach Stump, likening the phone call to reconnecting with a lover after years of acrimony. "I know what you need – you need your band", Wentz told Stump. "I think it's kind of weird that we haven't really seen each other this year. We paid for each other's houses and you don't know my kid", Wentz remarked. The result, "three or four" new songs, were shelved with near immediacy, with

3510-471: Is also influenced by a wide variety of bands and artists, including Elvis Costello , Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell , Prince , Michael Jackson , and David Bowie . Fall Out Boy's albums Take This to Your Grave and From Under the Cork Tree are both said to have pop-punk as well as punk rock sounds and influences, and Infinity on High features a wide range of styles and instrumentation, including orchestral arrangements ("Thnks fr th Mmrs" ) and

3645-421: Is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago , in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump , bassist Pete Wentz , lead guitarist Joe Trohman , and drummer Andy Hurley . The band originated from Chicago's hardcore punk scene and was formed by Wentz and Trohman as a pop-punk side project; Stump joined shortly thereafter. The group went through

3780-628: Is rooted in the band's lyrics, mainly penned by bassist Pete Wentz, who commonly uses irony and other literary devices to narrate personal experience and stories. Wentz stated, "I write about what I'm going through most of the time, or what I imagine people are going through most of the time." He draws inspiration from authors such as Charles Bukowski , Ernest Hemingway , and JT LeRoy , as well as rappers such as Lil Wayne , who he described as his primary influence while writing Infinity on High . On Fall Out Boy's earlier works, Wentz wrote primarily about love and heartbreak. Themes addressed on From Under

3915-565: The Billboard 200 chart, with first week sales of 154,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan . The arrival of Save Rock and Roll posted the quartet's third-biggest sales week, and earned the group's second career number one on the chart. The band's chart success was described as unexpected by music journalists. Andy Greene in Rolling Stone called the band's comeback

4050-580: The Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on Billboard Mainstream Top 40. Fall Out Boy also was featured on the track "Back to Earth" from Steve Aoki 's second album Neon Future I , which was released on September 30, 2014. Another song titled " Immortals " was released October 14, 2014, as part of the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film Big Hero 6 . The group remade the Chicago Bulls 's anthem "Only

4185-543: The Chicago hardcore scene before joining Fall Out Boy. Wentz described the band's affiliation with the genre by saying "I think the interesting thing is that we are all hardcore kids that are writing pop music...It gives us a different style because at our core we are always hardcore. That aspect is always going to be evident in the music. We are hardcore kids that couldn't quite cut it as hardcore kids." He referred to Fall Out Boy's genre as "softcore": hardcore punk mixed with pop sensibility. Lead singer Patrick Stump, however,

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4320-671: The United States and Canada . The constant touring schedule became difficult for the band due to conflicting fan opinion regarding Folie à Deux : concertgoers would "boo the band for performing numbers from the record in concert", leading Stump to describe touring in support of Folie as like "being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in Clandestine hoods." "Some of us were miserable onstage", said guitarist Joe Trohman. "Others were just drunk." A greatest hits compilation, Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits

4455-582: The Young Wild Things Tour , an international arena tour featuring Gym Class Heroes , Plain White T's and Cute Is What We Aim For . Inspired by Maurice Sendak 's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are , the concert tour and included sets designed by artist Rob Dobi containing images from the book. The band's "hugely successful" amphitheater tour to promote Infinity led to the release of

4590-473: The "American Beauty/American Psycho" European tour kicked off in Dublin, Ireland, and consisted of 12 dates with shows in the UK, Russia, and Europe. On May 24, 2015, it was announced English rapper Professor Green would support Fall Out Boy on the 8-date leg of the band's UK tour. New York based dance -duo Matt and Kim were added as additional support for the UK tour. On October 23, 2015, Fall Out Boy announced

4725-459: The "song changed my life, I have a music career in a large part due to that song". In 2009, Phoenix New Times writer Martin Cizmar had described "Sugar, We're Goin Down" as possibly "the most listened-to emo track of all time". Mania (Fall Out Boy album) Upon the album release, Mania received largely mixed reviews from music critics, but fared well commercially, debuting at number-one on

4860-569: The 2008 live album Live in Phoenix , consisting of live material recorded during a June 22, 2007, concert at Phoenix 's Cricket Wireless Pavilion , a date of the Honda Civic Tour. The disc also included a studio cover of Michael Jackson 's " Beat It ", with guitarist John Mayer guesting for a guitar solo. The track was released as a single and became a mainstay on the iTunes top ten. The band members decided to keep publicity down during

4995-524: The Bulls" with guest Lupe Fiasco . The recording of the song was released in November 2014. On November 24, 2014, the title of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album was announced as American Beauty/American Psycho ; the album was released on January 20, 2015. The album's title track premiered on BBC Radio 1 in the UK along with the album's title reveal. American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on

5130-663: The Chicago Best Buy parking lot. After being rushed to the hospital and having his stomach pumped , Wentz moved back home to Wilmette to live with his parents. From Under the Cork Tree debuted and peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 upon its May 3, 2005 release. It was spearheaded by the band's breakthrough single, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down", reached number eight in the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 2005, and in

5265-471: The Cork Tree as "intelligent, intriguing and utterly intoxicating...They will still be talking about this one in 50 year's time." In 2017, Fall Out Boy were announced as the first winners of Rock Sound 's Hall of Fame Award as part of the Rock Sound Awards. In an interview accompanying the band's win, Patrick Stump stated one reason for the band's success is " Sugar, We're Goin Down ", explaining that

5400-503: The Cork Tree include narcissism and megalomania , while many tracks on Infinity on High discuss the ups and downs of fame. While writing Folie à Deux , he explored moral dilemmas and societal shortcomings, as well as concepts such as trust, infidelity, responsibility, and commitment. While the album does contain political overtones, the band wanted to avoid being overt about these themes, leaving many lyrics open to interpretation for listeners. Fall Out Boy have been instrumental in

5535-448: The Cork Tree , the band toured exhaustively with international tours, TRL visits, late-night television appearances and music award shows. The band performed at music festivals in 2005 and 2006, including the third Nintendo Fusion Tour in the fall of 2005, joining The Starting Line , Motion City Soundtrack , Boys Night Out , and Panic! at the Disco on a 31 city tour. The album earned

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5670-518: The Cork Tree . It was the first Fall Out Boy record in which Stump created all the music and Wentz wrote all the lyrics, continuing the approach they took for some songs on Grave . Stump felt that this process was much more "smooth" as every member was able to focus on his individual strengths. He explained: "We haven't had any of those moments when I play the music and he'll say, 'I don't like that,' and he'll read me lyrics and I'll say, 'I don't like those lyrics.' It's very natural and fun." Despite this,

5805-506: The Hella Mega Tour, the band announced that they would not be performing at New York's Citi Field , Boston's Fenway Park due to one of the band's team members testing positive for COVID-19. They later announced they would drop out of an August 8 date at Washington D.C. 's Nationals Park . However, Green Day and Weezer performed as scheduled. On January 11, 2023, the band announced the lead single from their upcoming album, " Love from

5940-512: The Internet in 2006. He gained additional exposure through his clothing line, his Decaydance record label (an imprint of Fueled by Ramen), and eventually a celebrity relationship with pop singer Ashlee Simpson , which made the two tabloid fixtures in the United States. Due to its increased success from the group's MTV Video Music Award, Fall Out Boy headlined the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour,

6075-454: The Other Side ". The song was released on January 18, alongside the announcement for the album So Much (for) Stardust , which was released on March 24. Following the conclusion of their album deal with Island Records, the band signed with Fueled by Ramen and Elektra Records for the album's release, marking their first release under Fueled by Ramen since Take This to Your Grave. It

6210-505: The Real Ones", was released on September 14, 2017. The fourth single, "Hold Me Tight or Don't", was released on November 15 with its music video, which takes a notable influence from the Mexican holiday Day Of The Dead. "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" was released as the fifth single, accompanied with its music video premiere on January 11, 2018. A music video for "Church" was released along with

6345-582: The Top Selling Digital Artists chart with 4,423,000 digital tracks sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan . The album itself has sold over two million copies worldwide and subsequently was certified Platinum in the United States. Fall Out Boy then headlined the 2007 Honda Civic Tour to promote the album. Though the tour was initially postponed due to "personal issues," it would take place with +44 , Cobra Starship , The Academy Is... and Paul Wall as supporting acts. The band also headlined

6480-643: The UK chart in February 2006, crossing over from Alternative to Pop radio. " Dance, Dance ", the album's second single, also was a top ten hit in the United States and was certified 3× Platinum in 2014. The record's success led to stardom among teenagers in North America, and the band's first arena tour had the group playing to 10,000 people per night. Rolling Stone wrote that the band's "anthems", distributed and marketed through their MySpace , connected with "skinny-jeans-wearing teen girls". In support of From Under

6615-691: The US Billboard 200 with 192,000 first week sales and 218,000 equivalent album units, becoming Fall Out Boy's third No. 1 album. The band played two small venue release shows in January 2015, in London and Chicago. American Beauty/American Psycho was certified platinum in the US on March 1, 2016, after selling 1 million units. From February through March, the band played at the Australian Soundwave festival for

6750-446: The US Billboard 200 . However, it is the band's first album since their debut studio album, Take This to Your Grave (2003), to not produce a Billboard Hot 100 single on the chart. The album was nominated for the category of Best Rock Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards . Fall Out Boy enjoyed commercial success and worldwide acclaim after releasing their sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho (2015). During

6885-538: The US and UK as well as the top five in many other countries. On the band's decision to pick the song as a single, Wentz commented "There may be other songs on the record that would be bigger radio hits, but this one had the right message." " Thnks fr th Mmrs ", the third single, peaked at No. 12, and went on to sell over two million copies in the US. It found its greatest success in Australia, where it charted at No. 3. In 2007, Fall Out Boy placed at No. 9 in

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7020-406: The album "feeling rushed." Mania was originally scheduled for a release on September 15, 2017, worldwide. However, on August 3, 2017, Patrick Stump announced that the record would be pushed back until January 19, 2018. "The album just really isn't ready, and it felt very rushed," Stump said on Twitter. "I'm never going to put a record out I genuinely don't believe is at least as strong or valid as

7155-451: The album and the fanbase's negative reaction to it in 2023, Pete Wentz said "I feel like our thoughts on 'MANIA' were taken a little out of context. Two records before, we were making albums in a landscape that was not particularly friendly to bands, and so we were just trying to figure out how to survive. It was like The Last of Us: The Pop Radio Version, starring Fall Out Boy fighting the zombies that do not want bands existing. I think 'MANIA'

7290-450: The album move 2,000-3,000 copies per week by Christmas 2004, at which point the label considered the band "tipping" into mainstream success. The band had been flooded with "hyperbolic praise", and deemed "the next big thing" by multiple media outlets. Before recording the follow-up to its debut, the band released the acoustic EP/DVD My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue . The EP

7425-606: The album on January 19, 2018. On July 23, 2018, a music video for "Bishops Knife Trick" was released. During recording sessions for Mania , the band scrapped three unfinished tracks; "Past Life", "Wrong Side of Paradise", and "Footprints in the Snow". The tracks were released by Fall Out Boy, under the alias Frosty & The Nightmare Making Machines, in the form of an extended play (EP), entitled Llamania , on February 23, 2018, through physical CD. Mania received mixed to negative reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns

7560-416: The album's completion on November 6, 2017, along with the final track list. " Hold Me Tight or Don't " was then released as the fourth single on November 15, with the music video being released alongside. Mania was officially released January 19, 2018 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , making it the band's third consecutive and fourth chart-topping debut overall. On February 23, 2018,

7695-522: The album, Wentz launched a viral campaign in August 2008, inspired by George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), and the autocratic, overbearing Big Brother organization. Folie à Deux , released in December 2008, did not perform as well commercially as its predecessor, Infinity on High . It debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 150,000 copies during

7830-456: The band a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist , and has sold over 2.7 million copies in the United States, becoming the group's best-selling album. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" also won the band an MTV Music Video Award . In the wake of the band's multiplatinum success, the "especially extroverted" Wentz became the most publicly visible member of the band. He confided to the press about his suicide attempt and his nude photos appeared on

7965-534: The band announced the Hella Mega Tour with Green Day and Weezer as headliners along themselves, with The Interrupters as an opening act. They also released " Dear Future Self (Hands Up) " off their second compilation album, Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two , released in November 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the summer leg of the tour was rescheduled to 2021. On August 4, 2021, during

8100-614: The band announced the So Much For (Tour) Dust Tour in support of their eighth album, which began on June 21, 2023, at Wrigley Field in Chicago and concluded on April 6, 2024, at Target Center in Minneapolis. The tour featured bands such as Bring Me the Horizon , The Academy Is... , Alkaline Trio . On March 24, the same day the album was released, the band released a music video for " Hold Me Like

8235-655: The band felt influences from playing with different artists and expanded on boundaries further than Save Rock and Roll did. In an interview with Rolling Stone , guitarist Joe Trohman said the album has "hip hop grooves with guitars on it", with "more in your face guitar than Save Rock and Roll ". Annie Zaleski of Alternative Press described American Beauty/American Psycho as a "mix of fluid grooves, punky riffs and outré pop sensibilities". Their seventh album, Mania , continued their departure from pop-punk and has been described as pop rock, electronic rock , and electropop. Their eighth album, So Much (for) Stardust , marked

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8370-419: The band had great difficulty creating its desired sound for the album, constantly scrapping new material. Two weeks before recording sessions began, the group abandoned ten songs and wrote eight more, including the album's first single, " Sugar, We're Goin Down ". The band suffered a setback, however, when Wentz had an emotional breakdown in February 2005, culminating in a suicide attempt. He had withdrawn from

8505-403: The band played radio-sponsored Christmas shows, including KROQ 's Almost Acoustic Christmas. " Centuries " – the first single of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album – premiered on September 8, 2014, on BBC Radio 1 , receiving a worldwide release the next day. By the 2010s, there were few rock bands achieving success on mainstream radio and the charts, but "Centuries" peaked at No. 10 on

8640-536: The band released an updated version of Billy Joel 's 1989 single " We Didn't Start the Fire ", featuring lyrics updated to include events from 1989 to 2023. On December 15, 2023, the band released the demo song, "Pavlove", for the fifteenth anniversary of their fourth album, Folie à Deux . On February 28, 2024, the band released a music video for the album's fourth single, title track " So Much (For) Stardust ", featuring NBA player Jimmy Butler . While considered to be

8775-487: The band released an EP called Llamania . The EP contains three unfinished demo recordings. On August 23, 2018, the band released an EP called Lake Effect Kid . The EP includes a new version of a demo, with the same name, from the band's 2008 mixtape, CitizensFOB Mixtape: Welcome to the New Administration . In September 2018, Fall Out Boy headlined Wrigley Field in the band's hometown of Chicago, marking

8910-467: The band released the EP PAX AM Days , consisting of eight punk-influenced tracks that were recorded during a two-day session with producer Ryan Adams . The band's sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 , and spawned the top-10 hit " Centuries " and the single " Uma Thurman " which reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 . This

9045-433: The band returned from hiatus with Save Rock and Roll , their main goal was to reinvent the sound of the group from scratch, creating what Trohman called a "reimagining of the band", which focused more on pop and moved away from the punk aspects of their sound. The album mixes pop, rock and R&B, and Dave Simpson of The Guardian noted influences from Heart in the album's ballads. In American Beauty/American Psycho ,

9180-519: The band set off to Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin to record three songs for a possible split 7-inch with 504 Plan, engineer Sean O'Keefe suggested the band record the songs with Hurley. Hurley was recording an EP with his new group the Kill Pill in Chicago on the same day, but raced to Madison to play drums for Fall Out Boy. "It was still a fill-in thing but when Andy sat in, it just felt different. It

9315-401: The band viewed as competition. Uprising wanted to release an album with the emerging band, which had only written three songs at that point. With the help of Logan, the group attempted to put together a collection of songs in two days and recorded them as Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend . The rushed recording experience and underdeveloped songs left the band dissatisfied. When

9450-408: The band wanted to continue in the future. All involved felt the dynamic of the group had changed as personalities developed. Rumors and misquotes led to confusion as to what such a break truly meant. Wentz preferred to not refer to the break as a "hiatus", instead explaining that the band was just "decompressing". Fall Out Boy played its last show at Madison Square Garden on October 4, 2009. Near

9585-596: The band were not satisfied with the results of their work at the time. The proceeds from the Houston leg of the Mania Tour was donated to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. " The Last of the Real Ones ", released on September 14, 2017, in North America and worldwide the following day, was the third single from Mania to be released, and was played on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 18, 2017, after being debuted at House of Blues in Chicago on September 16. The band announced

9720-418: The band's first manager. The band re-entered the studio with O'Keefe to record several more tracks to create label interest. Wentz felt "in the backseat" in writing the songs and temporarily questioned his place in the group, but Stump argued in his favor: "No! That's not fair! Don't leave me with this band! Don't make me kind of like this band and then leave it! That's bullshit!" The band's early tour vehicle

9855-418: The band's sound as "softcore" due to their use of hardcore elements. Fall Out Boy's influences include Green Day , The Damned , Sex Pistols , Metallica , The Kinks , The Rolling Stones , and Weezer . Wentz in particular has expressed a fondness for The Get Up Kids stating in 2005 that "Fall Out Boy would not be a band if it were not for The Get Up Kids." Early in the band's career, when Jared Logan

9990-490: The best of both worlds; to make a move for the cool kids while still hanging out with the old ones in case things don't work out.". In a more positive review, Medium stated "'MANIA' is an eclectic mess of tracks, but that's the point. It's the manic thoughts of an individual experiencing life. While it really feels like a departure for the band, it does feel as if they are trying something different for themselves and really pouring everything they can into it." When asked about

10125-408: The careers of other artists, such as Panic! at the Disco , whom Pete Wentz signed to his record label, Decaydance Records , in late 2004. Several artists, such as You Me at Six and Taylor Swift , have created or performed covers of Fall Out Boy songs in homage to the band. The Fall Out Boy band members were the first inductees to the "Hall of Wood" at the 2015 MtvU Woodie Awards and performed

10260-460: The changing mores of the community, which he viewed as a transition from political activism to an emphasis on moshing and breakdowns . With enthusiasm in Arma Angelus waning, he created a pop-punk side project with Trohman that was intended to be "easy and escapist". Patrick Stump was the drummer for grindcore band Xgrinding processX and a host of other bands that "never really managed." At

10395-465: The end, Blink-182 's Mark Hoppus shaved Wentz's head in a move Andy Greene in Rolling Stone later described as a "symbolic cleansing of the past, but also the beginning of a very dark chapter for the band". By the time the break began, Stump was the heaviest he had ever been and loathed the band's image as an " emo " band. Coming home from tour, drummer Andy Hurley "went through the darkest depression [I've] ever felt. I looked at my calendar and it

10530-524: The entire crowd would end up onstage. The band gained positive reviews for subsequent gigs at South by Southwest (SXSW) and various tour appearances. The band joined the Warped Tour for five dates in the summer of 2004, and on one date the band had only performed three songs when the stage collapsed due to the large crowd. The band appeared on the cover of the August 2004 edition of Alternative Press , and listening stations at Hot Topic partially helped

10665-436: The extensive touring in support of the album, the group began writing and recording material for a seventh album. The beginning of the production process for Mania began after the band's frontman Patrick Stump introduced the song "Young and Menace" to bass guitarist Pete Wentz at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2016, which inspired the musicians to record a full-length. In an interview with Rolling Stone , Wentz described

10800-457: The first ceremony in 2004. In a list of the 50 greatest pop-punk albums of all time, Rolling Stone placed Fall Out Boy's 2003 album Take This To Your Grave as the fifth greatest, citing it as "[ushering] in a whole new, genre-blurring scene, in which heavy riffs and a screamo aesthetic mingled with old-fashioned teen heartbreak". In a similar list, Kerrang! magazine placed Take This To Your Grave at number 11 out of 51, describing it as

10935-505: The first digital single "Love, Sex, Death" premiered with its accompanying video. The EP marked a return to Fall Out Boy's hardcore musical roots, the "antithesis" to the polished Save Rock and Roll . PAX AM Days was recorded across two days in July 2013 with producer Ryan Adams . Fall Out Boy covered Elton John's (who was featured on the Save Rock And Roll title track) song " Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting " for inclusion in

11070-545: The first time, with two additional side shows in Sydney and Brisbane. Fall Out Boy inducted Green Day into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18, 2015. On May 18, the group performed their song " Uma Thurman " with Wiz Khalifa on the 2015 Billboard Music Awards . In June–August 2015, Fall Out Boy toured across the United States with Wiz Khalifa, Hoodie Allen , and MAX on the " Boys of Zummer Tour ". On October 1, 2015,

11205-507: The fortieth anniversary re-release edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on March 25, 2014, alongside covers by different artists. Fall Out Boy headlined Save Rock And Roll tours (including US, Australian and European legs) and played at music festivals around the world for one and a half years. The group co-headlined Monumentour with Paramore in North America to close the Save Rock And Roll era. On June 2, 2014, Wentz stated that he and Stump were writing new music: "We're writing. I

11340-418: The group into superstars and making Wentz a celebrity and tabloid fixture. Fall Out Boy received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2006 Grammy Awards . Infinity on High (2007) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 260,000 first week sales. It produced two worldwide hit singles, " This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race " and " Thnks fr th Mmrs ". Their following album, Folie à Deux (2008),

11475-586: The group looked up to McIlrath, and Trohman and Stump were "die-hard" Simpsons fans, the name stuck. The group's first cassette tape demo was recorded in Ben Rose's basement, but the band later set off for Wisconsin to record a proper demo with 7 Angels 7 Plagues drummer Jared Logan, whom Wentz knew through connections in the hardcore scene. Several more members passed through the group, including drummer Mike Pareskuwicz of Subsist and guitarist T.J. "Racine" Kunasch. While Stump at this point felt uninterested in

11610-474: The group's 2008 cover of Michael Jackson's " Beat It ". It was certified 8× Platinum in the US for over 8 million sales. Inspired in part by Daft Punk 's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem , the band released a music video for every song on the album in a series titled The Young Blood Chronicles between February 2013 and May 2014. Fall Out Boy released a hardcore punk-influenced EP, PAX AM Days , on October 15, 2013. On September 30,

11745-402: The group, Wentz, according to Uprising Records owner Sean Muttaqi, viewed the group as "the thing that would make him famous. He had a clear vision." Wentz was "singularly focused on taking things to the next level" and began promoting the band via early social media . Muttaqi got word of the demo and wanted to release half of it as a split extended play with Hurley's band Project Rocket, which

11880-414: The group: "I felt, 'Man, this isn't my band anymore.' It's no one's fault, and I don't want to make it seem that way. It was more of a complex I developed based on stuff I was reading. It's hard to hear, 'Joe and Andy are just along for the ride. ' " To amend the situation, Trohman sat down with Stump to communicate his concerns, which led to more collaboration on Folie à Deux . "It made me feel like I owned

12015-413: The kickoff of the tour. The band invited Hurley to fill-in once more, while Stump borrowed one of Trohman's guitars for the trek. While most shows were cancelled, the band played any show possible: "Let's just get on whatever show we can. You can pay us in pizza", remembered Wentz. As the tour concluded, the general consensus was that Hurley would be the band's new drummer, and the band began to shop around

12150-557: The lyrics and Stump writing the melodies". The band's debut album, Take This to Your Grave , was released on May 6, 2003. Evening Out with Your Girlfriend was released shortly before Grave in March 2003, when the band had gained considerable momentum. "Our record was something being rushed out to help generate some interest, but that interest was building before we could even get the record out", said Uprising Records owner Sean Muttaqi. The band actively tried to stop Uprising from releasing

12285-441: The members all remained cordial to one another; Wentz was Stump's best man at his wedding. The hiatus was, all things considered, beneficial for the group and its members, according to Hurley. "The hiatus helped them all kind of figure themselves out", he explained in 2013. "Especially Joe and Patrick, who were so young. And Pete is a million times better." Stump and Wentz met up for the first time in several years in early 2012 for

12420-418: The mirrors for fans to take a picture with, a homage to the artwork for their EP Lake Effect Kid . Room four was "Young and Menace"-themed, and was upside-down. Fans also had the opportunity to listen to music with headphones while feeling upside down. Room five was "Church"-themed, and had gothic themed curtains surrounding a coffin. The coffin was a mirror that had the effect of making it look endless. Room six

12555-472: The music industry, critics, and fans of the band. While specifically denying that the group's announcement was a reunion because "[the group had] never broke[n] up", the band announced a reunion tour and details of Save Rock and Roll on February 4, 2013. The quartet's announcement included a photo of the group that had been taken earlier that morning of the band members huddled around a bonfire, tossing copies of their back catalog into flames at Comiskey Park ,

12690-428: The one that came before it and in order to do that we need a little bit more time to properly and carefully record solid performances." On November 6, 2017, the band announced on social media that the album had been completed and revealed the tracklist. In the lead up to the album's release, it became evident that several streaming platforms had published the tracks of the album out of order. The physical copies retain

12825-676: The order originally released by the band. The album sees the group further departing from a pop-punk and alternative rock sound and having a more " experimental " approach to their newfound sound, incorporating pop rock , electronic rock , and electropop . In support of the album, the band performed the singles on television and embarked on the Mania Tour in October 2017. The tour, which took place in both North America, Australia and New Zealand, featured support from blackbear , Jaden Smith , and Waax . The song "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)",

12960-517: The original location of 1979's Disco Demolition Night , a baseball promotional event which involved destroying disco records. A message on the group's website read "when we were kids the only thing that got us through most days was music. It's why we started Fall Out Boy in the first place. This isn't a reunion because we never broke up. We needed to plug back in and make some music that matters to us. The future of Fall Out Boy starts now. Save rock and roll..." Save Rock and Roll debuted at number one on

13095-614: The quartet held an all-day secret meeting at their manager's home in New York City where they discussed ideas and the mechanics of getting together to record. Trohman was the last to be contacted, through a three-hour phone call from Stump. While Trohman was arguably the most excited to begin other projects, he had stipulations for rejoining the band. "If I'm not coming back to this band writing music […] then I don't want to", he remarked. Stump supported Trohman's ambition, saying Trohman "needed to be writing more". The band members' main goal

13230-530: The record, including "Wilson," a dimly-lit jungle with the lyrics "I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color" on the wall; "Sunshine Riptide," which featured a ball pit with pills and pill bottles with the FOB logo on them, and had "The pills are kicking in" on the wall; Room three was titled "Give Me a Boost", taken from their song "Heaven's Gate." This room was unique as it had headphones for fans to listen to unreleased tracks and remixes, including one version of

13365-442: The record. In addition, he married his longtime girlfriend and lost over sixty pounds through portion control and exercise. Stump blew through most of his savings putting together a large band to tour behind Soul Punk , but ticket sales were sparse and the album stalled commercially. During a particularly dark moment in February 2012, Stump poured his heart out in a 1500-word blog entry called "We Liked You Better Fat: Confessions of

13500-474: The recording of their fourth album, as the group was taken aback by press surrounding Infinity on High . Sessions proved to be difficult for the band; Stump called the making of the album "painful", noting that he and Wentz quarreled over many issues, revealing "I threw something across the room over a major-to-minor progression." On previous albums, Trohman felt he and Hurley did not have enough musical freedom and that Stump and Wentz exerted too much control over

13635-433: The recordings (as the band's relationship with Muttaqi had grown sour), as the band viewed it as a "giant piece of garbage" recorded before Hurley's involvement, which the band members no longer considered their debut album. Gradually, the band's fanbase grew in size as the label pushed for the album's mainstream success. According to Wentz, shows began to end in a near-riot and the group were banned from several venues because

13770-480: The release came the announcement of a fall arena tour. On July 13, 2017, the band announced a leg in Oceania , which is scheduled to take place in 2018. On January 19, 2018, Fall Out Boy announced the show at Wrigley Field, which took place on September 8, 2018. This set list is from the concert on September 8, 2018 in Chicago . It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour. Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy

13905-482: The release of a re-worked version of its sixth studio album called, Make America Psycho Again . The remix album features a remade version of each track from the original record, each featuring a different rapper. The album was released on October 30, 2015. It included the version of "Uma Thurman" featuring Wiz Khalifa which had been originally performed at the Billboard Music Awards. On March 1, 2016, it

14040-404: The rest of the group, with his condition only apparent through his lyrics, and had also become obsessed with the recent Indian tsunami and his own self-doubt. "It is particularly overwhelming when you are on the cusp of doing something very big and thinking that it will be a big flop", he said later. Wentz swallowed a handful of Ativan anxiety pills (he described the act as "hypermedicating") in

14175-494: The same day that the song was released. The band performed as a trio, without Trohman, marking the first time they have ever done so publicly. On January 19, 2023, the band posted a photo of another package containing another seashell marked 2 of 13 with the date January 25, 2023, and a speculated song title: "Heartbreak Feels So Good". The band later confirmed " Heartbreak Feels So Good " and its release date, with promotion featuring actress Nicole Kidman . On January 31, 2023,

14310-426: The songs a lot more. It made me really excited about contributing to Fall Out Boy and made me find my role in the band," Trohman recalled. As the release of the new album approached, the band and its management found that they would have to navigate changes in the music industry, facing declining record sales, the lack of a proper outlet for exhibition of music videos, and the burgeoning US economic crisis. To promote

14445-627: The studio to begin work on a follow-up effort. The band began writing songs for the new album while touring, and intended to quickly make a new album in order to keep momentum in the wake of its breakthrough success. On February 6, 2007, the band released its third studio album, Infinity on High , the band's second release on major label Island . The album implements a diverse array of musical styles, including funk , R&B , and flamenco . As reported by Billboard , Fall Out Boy "drifts further from its hardcore punk roots to write increasingly accessible pop tunes." Infinity ' s first week

14580-532: The three songs from the group's unreleased split as a demo to record labels. The band members set their sights on pop-punk labels and attempted, with considerable effort, to join Drive-Thru Records . A showcase for label co-founders went largely mediocre, and the band were offered to sign to side label Rushmore , which they declined. They got particularly far in discussions with The Militia Group and Victory Records , and Bob McLynn of Crush Management became

14715-444: The time the smallest of independent labels clamoring to sign the band, would effectively release the group's debut album and help build the band's expanding fanbase before the group moved to Island. The band again partnered with O'Keefe at Smart Studios, bringing together the three songs from the demo and recording an additional seven songs in nine days. The band, according to Stump, didn't "sleep anywhere that we could shower [...] There

14850-461: The two concluding that "it just wasn't right and didn't feel right." Several months later, the two reconvened and wrote tracks that they felt truly represented the band in a modern form. The band decided that if a comeback was in order, it must represent the band in its current form: "We didn't want to come back just to bask in the glory days and, like, and collect a few checks and pretend ... and do our best 2003 impersonation", said Stump. Afterwards,

14985-448: The vision behind Mania . "It feels like every once in awhile, you've gotta do a hard restart that clears the cache and erases the hard drive. I think that's what [ Mania ] was – a big palette cleanse," said Wentz. After the release of the album's first two singles, "Young and Menace" and "Champion", Patrick Stump issued a statement on Twitter confirming that the band was postponing the release date for Mania until January 19, 2018 due to

15120-418: Was a "tiny V6 that was running on three cylinders, and it was not getting enough air, so it would drive really slowly", recalled Wentz. "We had to turn on the hot air to reach the speed limit, so we had the heat on all the time in 120-degree weather. It was so hot it melted the plastic molding around the windows. When it rained, we'd get all wet." John Janick of Fueled by Ramen had heard an early version of

15255-423: Was a "visible fixture" of the relatively small Chicago hardcore scene of the late 1990s, performing in groups such as Birthright, Extinction and First Born. He was also part of the metalcore band Arma Angelus and the more political Racetraitor , "a band that managed to land the covers of Maximumrocknroll and Heartattack fanzines before releasing a single note of music". Wentz was growing dissatisfied with

15390-414: Was a commercial disappointment and received a mixed response. Following the release of Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits in 2009, the band went on hiatus and the members worked on side projects. The band reunited with Save Rock and Roll (2013), which became Fall Out Boy's second number-one album, and included the top 20 single " My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) ". The same year,

15525-527: Was a direct response to all that. There's a frustrated sound on there. I think it's intentionally noisy, semi-intentionally and polarizing." In his memoir "None of this Rocks", Guitarist Joe Trohman revealed he wanted little to do with the album and regrets it, stating "I'd say, 'I'm gonna extricate myself from this. This is not what I want to do,'" he recalls. "'When you have some stuff together, give it to me. If you want me to throw some ideas on there or whatever, I'll do it in my recording studio.' And I did that

15660-449: Was a girl that Andy's girlfriend at the time went to school with who let us sleep on her floor, but we'd be there for maybe four hours at a time. It was crazy." As the band progressed and the members' roles became more defined, Wentz took lyrics extremely seriously in contrast to Stump, who had been the group's primary lyricist up to that point. Arguments during the recording sessions led to what "most reductively boils down to Wentz writing

15795-436: Was a jump-cut in my life. I started thinking – like, being old would be cool." During the hiatus, the band members each pursued individual musical interests, which were met with "varying degrees of failure". Stump was the only member of the quartet to take on a solo project while Fall Out Boy was on hiatus, recording debut album Soul Punk entirely on his own: he wrote, produced, and played every instrument for all tracks on

15930-441: Was a major success and was the band's biggest selling week, selling 260,000 copies to debut at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and inside the top five worldwide. This charting was first started with lead single " The Carpal Tunnel of Love ", with minor success on the Billboard charts. This success was bolstered by the further-successful second single " This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race ", which reached No. 2 in both

16065-404: Was also announced that the album was produced by Neal Avron , making it the first time Fall Out Boy had worked with him since Folie à Deux. The same day, guitarist Joe Trohman announced publicly on social media that he would be taking a break from the band to focus on his mental health, but stated that he intended to return. The band played "Love From The Other Side" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

16200-414: Was announced Fall Out Boy were to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August 2016 along with Biffy Clyro . On April 27, 2017, Fall Out Boy announced that their new album was set to be released on September 15, titled Mania , stylized as M A  N   I    A . The first single, " Young and Menace ", was released the same day. The second single, " Champion ",

16335-637: Was certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of 500,000 copies. The lead single, " I Don't Care ", reached a peak at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was certified two-times Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of two million copies. To promote the album, Fall Out Boy embarked on the Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux, which included dates in

16470-454: Was debuted live on October 20, 2017, as part of the Mania Tour's setlist. To promote their upcoming headlining gig at Wrigley Field, Mania , and their then-just-released EP, Lake Effect Kid , the band held a pop-up event in Chicago, IL titled "The M A  N   I    A Experience". The MANIA Experience, according to the band, was the analog to the album. It featured many rooms named after songs from

16605-414: Was followed by their first remix album Make America Psycho Again , which featured remixes of all original tracks from American Beauty/American Psycho by a different artist on each song, including Migos and Wiz Khalifa . The band's seventh studio album Mania (2018), also peaked at No. 1, making it the band's fourth No. 1 album and sixth consecutive Top 10 album. The Mania tour included

16740-430: Was in retrospect described as "goofy" and "bad", but Trohman made an active effort to make the band work, picking up members for practice. During this performance, they introduced themselves as Forget Me Not. Wentz and Stump argued over band names; the former favored verbose, tongue-in-cheek names, while the latter wanted to reference Tom Waits in name. After creating a short list of names that included "Fall Out Boy",

16875-439: Was in the theme of "Hold Me Tight or Don't", with loads of teddybears of various sizes. There was also a room in which Pete Wentz, as well as Andy Hurley, would be in a box writing with headphones on with a sign that read: "Don't Tap on The Glass," which is a reference to their song "Sunshine Riptide." This room also referenced "Church" where fans could write on the wall "confessing their sins." The lead single, "Young and Menace",

17010-408: Was just empty." Wentz, who had been abusing Xanax and Klonopin , was divorced by his wife Ashlee Simpson and returned to therapy. "I'd basically gone from being the guy in Fall Out Boy to being the guy who, like, hangs out all day", Wentz recalled. Previously known as the "overexposed, despised" leader of the band, Wentz "simply grew up", sharing custody of his son and embracing maturity: "There

17145-498: Was just listening to something Patrick had written in the trailer. So we're writing, finishing out the album cycle in South Africa in September." In a later interview with Rock Sound regarding the status of the album, Wentz commented "We don't have an exact timetable yet. I have a two-week-old son and Patrick has a baby on the way in October, so there's a lot going on," and stated a rough release time as early 2015. In December 2014,

17280-400: Was one of those 'a-ha' moments", recalled Wentz. The band booked a two-week tour with Spitalfield , but Pareskuwicz was unable to get time off from work and Kunasch was kicked out of the band as the group "had all gotten sick of him". Kunasch was temporarily replaced by friend Brandon Hamm on guitar, alongside drummer Chris Envy from the recently disbanded Showoff , but both quit prior to

17415-466: Was producing the group's debut album , he asked bassist Pete Wentz what sound the band desired for recording. Wentz responded by "handing over the first two New Found Glory records". Wentz also cites Misfits , the Ramones , Screeching Weasel , Earth Crisis , Gorilla Biscuits , and Lifetime as inspirations. The band acknowledges its hardcore punk roots as an influence; all four members were involved in

17550-411: Was released in the U.S. on June 22, 2017. Music videos were posted to Vevo and YouTube for both songs. The band launched the Mania Tour in North America in October 2017 with hip hop artist blackbear and actor-rapper Jaden Smith , and performed in Australia in 2018 with indie band WAAX. On August 3, 2017, it was announced that the album's release would be pushed back to January 19, 2018, because

17685-449: Was released on April 27, 2017 alongside its music video. The song has a notable influence from the EDM genre, hinting at another progression of the band's sound with the album. The second single, "Champion", was released on June 22 in the U.S. and on June 23 worldwide with the "visualizer" music video. On July 27, the official music video was released for the song. The third single, "The Last of

17820-403: Was released on November 17, 2009. Following these events, the band decided to take a break. The band's decision stemmed from disillusionment with the music industry. Stump recalled that "We found ourselves running on fumes a little bit – creatively and probably as people, too." Stump realized the band was desperate to take a break; he sat the group down and explained that a hiatus was in order if

17955-549: Was the band's first charting on the Billboard 200 at number 153. From Under the Cork Tree was recorded in Burbank, California , and served as the first time the band had stayed in California for an extended period of time. The group lived in corporate housing during the making of the album. In contrast to Take This to Your Grave' s rushed recording schedule, Fall Out Boy took a much more gradual pace while working on From Under

18090-412: Was the number three rock album in both equivalent units and sales, with 233,000 equivalent units including 162,000 pure sales. As of February 2023, the album has collated a total of 558,000 album-equivalent units in their home country. It has since been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for half a million units. Upon its initial release to several digital music retailers,

18225-399: Was to reinvent the group's sound from scratch, creating what Trohman called a "reimagining of the band", which focuses more on pop. Sessions were not without difficulties, as the band struggled initially to produce new material. Walker had doubts about the band's volatility, feeling the record would not get made following "meltdown after meltdown". The entire album was recorded in secrecy from

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