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Fall Out Boy Album- When Punk Is Worth Platinum
In music years, Fall Out Boy merch and albums definitely fall within the young category. These musical works started coming out only in 2001. Nine years is nothing compared to legendary bands that have been playing for decades. Unfortunately, the group also apparently has a short life span.
Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman were the first two official members of the band. They were friends who had some experience playing punk and decided to venture on their own. They recruited their third member Patrick Stump in a bookstore and later went on to ask T.J. Kunasch and Mike Pareskuwicz to play with the band.
The group had no name when it first started playing. Its current name came to light however when an audience member in one of their performances suggested it. The name is in reference to a character in The Simpsons. From here, the story of the punks that got away with platinum officially began. The following year, the group began modestly with the release of a demo, EP and LP. This was to be the start of the makings of a full Fall Out Boy album.
Before the band could warm up to fame, Kunasch and Pareskuwicz left in 2003 and Andrew John Hurley was asked to join the group. On this same year, Take This to Your Grave was released. It took some time for the debut release to pick up steam and only got gold status after the band was already at the top of its game. The group’s first real taste of success came with the second album From Under the Cork Tree which was released in 2005. It entered the Billboard 200 top ten, sold thousands of copies in week one and paved the way for top selling band merchandise. The album catapulted to platinum and then to double platinum.
The band members followed through on their outstanding success producing more chart topping albums and singles in the succeeding years. Infinity on High came out in 2007 and sold even more copies than their second release. This was followed by Folie a Deux in 2008 and then a greatest hits compilation Believers Never Die in 2009.
For music analysts, the release of a best hits album seemed too early for a group that was only in its childhood stage. Fans began to think something was not right. They weren’t entirely wrong for thinking from a negative perspective. As 2009 wound up to a close, the band issued a statement that they would go on a break. The announcement sounded almost like a death toll because it was vague and offered no assurance of future plans for the group. The speculations became worse because band members offered different statements in online sites. The only thing fans could gather was that the band did not know what the future held for them.
There may no longer be any Fall Out Boy albums in the making. This is unfortunate considering that the group has the makings of future pop punk legends. For whatever it’s worth though, it’s obvious that their music will remain relevant at least to one generation of punk music lovers who grew up to their music.
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