In February 2005, Fall Out Boy bass player and primary lyricist Pete Wentz tried to kill himself by overdosing on the anxiety drug Ativan, which explains the subtitle "Atavan Halen" (also a play on the band Van Halen). Wentz told Rolling Stone magazine that he has a fascination with the suicides of Elliott Smith and Ian Curtis, and was quoted as saying, "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking a… read more
In February 2005, Fall Out Boy bass player and primary lyricist Pete Wentz tried to kill himself by overdosing on the anxiety drug Ativan, which expl… read more
In February 2005, Fall Out Boy bass player and primary lyricist Pete Wentz tried to kill himself by overdosing on the anxiety drug Ativan, which explains the subtitle "Atavan Halen&… read more
Fall Out Boy is a band formed in 2001 in Glenview, Illinois after good friends Joe Trohman and Pete Wentz met high schooler Patrick Stump. Stump originally auditioned as a drummer, but soon became the lead singer. The following year, the band debuted with a self-released demo and followed it up with the May 28, 2002 release of Split EP, which featured Project Rocket, on Uprising Records. The group released a mini-LP, Evening Out With Your Girlfriend, also on Uprising Records, in 2003. 2003–2004: Independent success After the release of their mini-album, Fall Out Boy built a large fo… read more
Fall Out Boy is a band formed in 2001 in Glenview, Illinois after good friends Joe Trohman and Pete Wentz met high schooler Patrick Stump. Stump originally auditioned as a drummer, but soon became the lead singer. The following year, t… read more