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With Pete Wentz as the band's primary lyricist and Patrick Stump as the primary composer, Fall Out Boy reached mainstream success with its major label debut, From Under the Cork Tree. Released in 2005, the album won several awards and achieved double platinum status after selling more than 2.5 million albums in the United States alone. It spawned the lead single "Sugar, We're Goin Down" which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to sell two million copies in the US. To support the album, the band headlined tours around the world in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, the band released the followup Infinity on High to major chart success, reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 and selling 260,000 copies its first week. The lead single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", reached #1 on the Billboard Pop 100 and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. On February 2, 2010, the band reportedly broke up although no official press statement was released. Since then, Patrick Stump, in a recent interview, explained that Fall Out Boy never broke up and are simply "on a break" while the members work on other projects. In an interview with Chicago Sun-Times, he said "Fall Out Boy is just not planning anything right now. I would be very, very surprised if we don’t do another record again”, hinting that Fall Out Boy may make more music in the future. The band's highest charting single is "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", from the platinum album Infinity on High. Their first mainstream breakthrough song is "Sugar, We're Goin Down", earning the band their first Billboard Hot 100 top 10 at #8, and has since been certified double platinum by RIAA. More of Fall Out Boy's notable singles are "Dance, Dance" (certified Platinum), "Thnks fr th Mmrs" (certified Gold) and "I Don't Care" (certified Platinum). With the release of their 2009 compilation Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits, and in regard to the legacy of the band, Allmusic senior-editor Stephen T. Erlewine wrote that Fall Out Boy "seems like one of the quintessential mainstream rock singles bands of the 2000s." The members of Fall Out Boy have engaged in various side-projects during the band's rest. Singer and guitarist Patrick Stump has released his debut EP Truant Wave, and is preparing for the release of Soul Punk, his full-length record due for release in Summer or Fall 2011. Guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley formed The Damned Things, a heavy metal supergroup with members from Anthrax and Every Time I Die; and have released their debut album, Ironiclast. Pete Wentz started an experimental band, called Black Cards with their debut album due 2011. |
