Who is Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy started in Chicago. The quartet - vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Peter Wentz, drummer Andrew Hurley, and guitarist Joseph Trohman took their thrashy metal roots and the boom of being emo offspring to create a mix of pop-punk melodies that have backhanded music fans and critics alike. They have managed to work the industry to their advantage, traveling to different countries, securing a bus for the Warped Tour, and successfully releasing their sophomore album, FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE.

SKRATCH caught up with Pete Wentz while he was driving through Florida to see what all the hoopla surrounding their MTV appearances, touring, and song titling was all about.

SKRATCH: Why do you like being a member of Fall Out Boy?
PETE: Probably because of the money or the bitches;I'm not really sure which. [Laughs] I don't know. You get paid to hang out with your friends. That's kind of a hard thing to wrap your head around, but I get paid to hang out with my friends, and that's awesome.

SKRATCH: How was the process of recording FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE?
PETE: Pretty much really insane. It was pretty much writing a bunch of songs, then trashing them, then not thinking any of the words were good enough to go with the music, and back and forth - which was kind of insane. It pretty much involved me and Patrick sharing a dark apartment for three months in L.A. and only coming out to trade words or music with each other.

SKRATCH: What do you do when you feel like all your songs are crap?
PETE: If a song doesn't make you feel alright or make you fell like so happy that you own the song, then I guess it should be trashed.

Read the Full Interview at skratchmagazine.com to find out what makes Pete Wentz tick and what keeps him energized and get the latest on Fall Out Boy's next album.

"Why are you making cupcakes when you're just gonna poop them out?" - pete wentz

Yeah, I've been writing a bunch of new stuff, but it's all secret. In fact, I may or may not have been writing stuff this entire interview." - patrick stump

"A lot of bands in music history have had titles that were easy for radio DJs. We wanted to have titles that were true to the songs. That sets us apart.""Nature shows suck ass, though cobras are pretty sweet. Pretty much any animal that has a gang named after it is pretty bad ass. I would go for an animal combo, like a bear that carried a cobra -- total unstoppable force. Give that thing wings and humanity is f***ed." - pete