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Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

Fact Sheet

Musical genre:Alternative  
City  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Years active2001-
Official sitehttp://www.falloutboyrock.com/
Fall Out Boy is a four-member alternative rock band from the suburbs of Chicago, that formed in 2001. They started to achieve notable success with 2003's Take This to Your Grave (Fueled By Ramen), with singles such as "Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy?)" and "Saturday," receiving airplay on Fuse and MTVU.

The band signed to Island Records in 2003, and on May 3, 2005, released their major label debut From Under The Cork Tree (Island), which debuted on the Billboard charts at #9, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. Their breakout single "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," peaked at #8 on the Billboard "Hot 100" charts, and reached #1 on MTV's TRL, where the video was retired. The video also won the MTV2 award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Their newest single is "Dance, Dance," which has already topped MTV's TRL countdown. The video premiered on MTV2 on Oct. 15, 2005.




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