Fall Out Boy, Anthrax Members Unite in The Damned ThingsBy: Daniel Kreps
There’s another new supergroup of sorts on the horizon: two members of Fall Out Boy are using their time away from the band to provide riffs and beats for a new heavy metal side project called the Damned Things. FOB guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley have teamed with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley and bassist David Karon in the new band, which Ian describes to Rock Sound as “Kyuss meeting Thin Lizzy.”
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz Explains His New Gabe Saporta TattooBy Kyle Anderson
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz isn’t just a friend to Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta — he’s also his label boss and friendly rival. As a result, the two have been maintaining a prank war for the past few months, culminating in a recent victory for Saporta.
Paying up on a bet he made a few months ago, Wentz got a new tattoo on his leg — a tattoo of Saporta’s face.
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Fall Out Boy keeping abreast of digital revolutionBy Cortney Harding
In this age of oversharing, it seems strange to think that until 10 or 15 years ago the most a fan could hope for in terms of communication from a famous artist was a signed picture from a fan club or a few minutes outside a tour bus after a show.
When Pete Wentz and his band, Fall Out Boy, started making noise in 2003, the band was noted not only for its emo-pop music but also the way it used e-mail and blog postings to forge closer relationships with fans at a time when most acts were still getting online.
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