全美地下Hardcore乐界窜升最快的一组抢眼年轻部队,爽劲庞克曲式空降全美流行专辑榜TOP 9+网路销售榜亚军知名AMG音乐网站高度赞誉送上四星半近满分评价。
充满年轻活力朝气,畅快将庞克的不羁气焰完全释放,聆听Green Day的音乐带给他们创作上的灵感,些许EMO风格夹带流畅声线,Fall Out Boy虽然和时下偶像团体般,在团名中加入个"Boy"字眼,但是,他们可完全不按牌理出牌,踢爆时下做作男孩偶像团体的面具,给你最热血的新世代之音!
虽然让台湾乐迷感到陌生,但是来自芝加哥的Fall Out Boy,却是在全美地下Hardcore乐界,窜升最快的一组抢眼年轻部队。由主唱/吉他手Patrick Stump、吉他手Joseph Trohman、贝斯手Peter Wentz及鼓手Andrew Hurley四人在2000年组织而成,夹带Metal-Core、Hardcore Punk等劲道,不时点缀出的流行音韵,都让Fall Out Boy的歌曲朗朗上口容易消化,充满旺盛精力所演出的舞台效果,皆是令台下乐迷为之疯狂的诱因。2001年自资发行DEMO带,引起广泛讨论,隔年偕同独立Emo乐团Project Rocket合力发行专辑,这时独立厂牌的兴趣随即蜂拥而至,2003年AMG送上四星半近满分专辑『Take This To Your Grave』,无强大宣传后盾下,狂销20余万的惊人数字,对Fall Out Boy而言,可是莫大鼓舞,很快的主流大厂纷纷丢出善意合作计画,几经评估花落环球音乐旗下名厂Island,日后大大小小的庞克音乐盛会上,都可看到Fall Out Boy身影,终於苦尽甘来的将他们音乐版图扩展至放眼国际!
2001年,乐队发行了首张专辑《Fall Out Boy's Evening Out With Your Girl》。2002年,他们与另外一支EMO团体“Project Rocket”发表了一张合辑,之后很多独立厂牌都争先恐后地想要签下Fall Out Boy,他们最终选择了拉蒙的纵火唱片。
2003年,乐队的第二张专辑《Take This To Your Grave》发行,不但AMG网站给了这张专辑四星半的高分评价,没有费心宣传,这张专辑便创下20多万的惊人销量。此后Fall Out Boy开始被很多主流大厂所关注,而环球音乐旗下的名厂小岛唱片公司则成了乐队的新东家。
Fall Out Boy's full-length label debut, Take This to Your Grave is a smart collection of emo-influenced pop-punk tunes. It's long on harmony and the kind of earnest, dual guitar riffing listeners have come to expect from young rockers raised on a diet of hardcore, Punk-O-Rama comps, and MTV. But Fall Out Boy really necks ahead of the pack behind the enormous voice of dreamboat-in-training lead singer Patrick Stump and lyrical content that merges musings on love and youth with healthy amounts of cutting cynicism, savvy popular culture touchstones, and cheeky phraseology. Though it was issued by Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello's Fueled By Ramen imprint, a hefty advance from Island allowed Fall Out Boy to record Grave at Butch Vig's Smart Studios compound in Madison, WI, and employ the skills of producer Sean O'Keefe, who'd handled the boards for units like Lucky Boys Confusion and Motion City Soundtrack. Of course, Island will be looking for a substantial return on investment from Fall Out Boy. But before the band follows in the footsteps of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional -- which it deserves to and will -- listeners can enjoy Take This to Your Grave's undeniable mixture of exuberance and romantic hardcore. ... Read More...