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Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is far more recognizable than the average rock band bassist. With jet-black asymmetrical bangs, slightly smeared eyeliner and a toothy grin, Wentz certainly makes for a memorable image, but it’s his public antics that have created such an unforgettable impression. “I honestly don’t care what the perception is of me to the world,” says the 27-year-old, while sipping on a Starbucks’ vanilla latte on a rainy day in New York City. “It’s a weird thing to have come to, but after you’ve gone through the ringer so many times you don’t care. But I do… Read more »

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is far more recognizable than the average rock band bassist. With jet-black asymmetrical bangs, slightly smeared eyeliner and a toothy grin, Wentz certainly makes for a memorable image, but it’s his public antics that have created such an unforgettable impression. “I honestly don’t care what the perception is of me to the world,” says the 27-year-old, while sipping on a Starbucks’ vanilla latte on a rainy day in New York City. “It’s a weird thing to have come to, but after you’ve gone through the ringer so many times you don’t care. But I do… Read more »

Say what you will about Fall Out Boy, the dudes are punctual. Facing a day during which they’ll play three shows in three cities across the country over the course of 19 hours, the band arrived at the “TRL” studios in Times Square bright-eyed and relatively bushy-tailed at the very un-rocking hour of 8 a.m., ready to kick off the festivities with a ripping performance in front of a throng of extremely vocal fans – many of whom had lined up at 6 a.m., braving subzero wind chills to secure a spot in the studio. “I’m not tired yet,” FOB… Read more »

Much like their friend/mentor/sorta-boss Jay-Z, Fall Out Boy plan to celebrate the release of their new album with a larger-than-life publicity stunt. They’re even taking a tip from Jay and his epic eight-shows-in-one-day effort by staging multiple shows in multiple locations over the course of a single day. On February 6, the day their Infinity On High album hits stores , FOB will team with MTV to play three shows – in three different cities – in one day. It’s a continent-spanning endeavor they’ve dubbed Infinity Flight 206. The whole thing kicks off with a morning performance at MTV’s Times… Read more »

Fall Out Boy have described their recent album leak onto the internet as ‘devastating’, and have targeted a disgruntled worker at the pressing plant manufacturing their new album as the source of the leak. “Infinity On High” was leaked prematurely onto file sharing sites some four weeks ahead of its release date in February, and bassist Pete Wentz says the band’s label suspect a low-level worker at the CD duplicating plant. “Our job is to put out records and tour and make music. What are we gonna do? Sit at the plant and watch everybody?,” says Wentz. “Some guy working… Read more »

By now, you might be aware that Fall Out Boy’s new album, Infinity on High, somehow leaked online over the weekend. What you might not know is what FOB’s label, Island Records, plans to do about it. You may have heard that the label was thinking about moving the album’s release date up a week, from February 6 to January 30. And you probably read the reports on various message boards that FOB mouthpiece/bassist Pete Wentz all but confirmed that move onstage at a Friends or Enemies Tour stop in Atlanta. Well, it turns out that none of that information… Read more »

Robbie Williams’ batchelor liftstyle seems to be continuing apace, with news raging in the gossip columns this week over the Brit star stepping out with Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz’s ex. Wentz split from 21-year-old Trachtenberg last year, but remains close to his former squeeze – and thinks Williams would suit the ‘Black Christmas’ star. He says in a new interview, “I talked to her last night actually. We didn’t talk about Robbie Williams, though. I do think it’s definitely a possibility. I’ve seen Robbie making his rounds in California. He’s a good looking gentleman. So I wouldn’t see… Read more »

Panic! at the Disco went from a group of teenagers who’d written only three songs and never played a live show to the biggest new rock band in America. Their secret: Put together a band the way you’d create a MySpace page and let the kids run wild Ryan Ross bought his C55 Mercedes three months ago, but it’s been parked in his Las Vegas garage ever since. When the Panic! at the Disco guitarist climbs behind the wheel, cues up Tom Waits’ new Orphans collection and starts pushing buttons on the navigation system, he’s still not sure how it… Read more »

In their never-ending quest to secure ‘hood status, Fall Out Boy have tapped Babyface as a producer on their Infinity on High album, recruited Def Jam honcho Jay-Z to drop a verse on the upcoming disc and spent copious interview space praising the lyrical skills of Lil Wayne. And yet, none of those things seemed to land them the cred they so desperately sought . So in a move that’s bound to leave fans on both sides of the aisle pumped yet flustered, they’ve turned to Kanye West to remix the first single from Infinity, “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s… Read more »

The quartet’s comfort in La-La Land has nothing to do with the Hollywood parties they’ve been frequenting and everything to do with the vibe of their long-awaited new album, ‘Infinity on High.’ Though ‘Infinity’ was born in the San Fernando Valley suburb just a few exits from Hollywood off the 101 freeway (“We’re a Burbank type of band,” bassist Pete Wentz says), the unique characteristic of Tinseltown was an unavoidable subject matter for the new album. “This is one of the best places to observe people,” he says. “And the interesting part about it is that Hollywood’s not actually, like,… Read more »