Fall Out Boy

Group members

Patrick Martin Stump - vocals, rhythm guitar, composer
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III - backing vocals, bass
Joseph Mark Trohman - vocals - guitar, backing vocals
Andrew John Hurley - drums
The history of the group began in early 2001. The founders were two longtime friends - Joe Troman and Pete Wentz. These two residents of Wilmett, a suburb of Chicago, started playing together in 2001, and they started as a metal project, but very soon they became convinced that such a musical direction did not suit them. Much more musicians were inspired by the success of Green Day, after which they took up the development of pop punk. After that, Joe and Pete were joined by newly graduated vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump and drummer Andy Hurley.

These four heirs to the glorious traditions of American pop-punk, united in 2001, played several concerts, but still could not think of a suitable name. In such cases, you can always turn to the people. Which they did. At one of the concerts in college, the musicians asked their listeners what the best name for the group was. Someone from the audience shouted: "Fall Out Boy!" The group liked the name, although none of them had any idea where it came from. And it came from the animated series about the Simpsons family, where one of the heroes of the comic about Radioactive Man was called that.