Fall Out Boy: Bizarre Album Plans

Fall Out Boy have begun prepearing the release of their breakthrough "From Under the Cork Tree" album's follow-up, naming as a desired producer quite unexpected person.

"The guy we really want and we're trying to lock it down with is very bizarre for Fall Out Boy," bassist Pete Wentz said. "It's Babyface. He said he wants to do it, but nothing's confirmed yet. I swear to God, he's going to do at least six songs with us."

The band has already written most of the album, so the producer wouldn't have to do a lot of pre-production work on the album.

Wentz said he and the rest of the band wanted to work with Babyface quite some time ago already, but met him to talk about this only recently. The producer, who have done records with almost every R&B star in the '90s, tempted FOB with one of his lesser-known projects.

"He did the soundtrack to [the 2001 film version of] 'Josie and the Pussycats,' and it's amazing. So we're going to have him do it, and have someone who's really into heavy music engineer it," Wentz laughed. "We haven't confirmed him but we're looking to tap him for the job and we will be demoing a couple of songs with him for sure."

While they await word from Babyface, Fall Out Boy will keep busy with a variety of projects: Wentz is behind the upcoming "bizarro-Friendster" site FriendsOrEnemies.com, and frontman Patrick Stump will be producing the new album from Chicago's the Hush Sound.

Thanks for the info to MTV.com.

Comments

[PhoenixSurvivor]

Fall Out Boy are amazing, Peter Wentz is a great songwriter if you looked past Sugar, We're Going Down you'd see that. Don't judge a book by a cover, they're just another emo/pop punk band

[PhoenixSurvivor]

Shite, meant to say "not just another =/

[selloutpunx]

there can never be too many bands of any genre. honestly, if you don't like it, don't listen to it. ignore the news for that band. move on with your life and listen to whatever it is you listen to. i don't really care about fallout boy, they are an alright band. but it's just not my thing, but to say they are shit or whatnot...where's your album sales? where's your record deal?

[one-eye-open]

They're fun to listen to and all but they freakin suck live which ruined everything for me. antoher un-talented studio band.

[Haveacigar]

yea their guitar could be played by a 3 year old, but the lyrics are good. If they dropped the screamo and got more of a metal sound like Tool, they could be potentially great. (not comparing them to Tool)

[TeenBite]

Hhm, I despise Good Charlotte and Green Day etc. as much as anyone else here. However, I do like them. Their two albums contain ambition and some great hooks. I like their lead singer's tone too, it sets them apart from the other pop punk bands.

[Neon D-von]

From Under the Cork Tree is good stuff. Don't give me this crap about how Fallout Boy is simple or basic. Bands don't freak out and play at their very best for every second of every song. They write music that sounds good. Fallout Boy's stuff gets stuck in your head like crazy too.

[Neon D-von]

That being said...Babyface?

[xXbleed4meXx]

Fall Out Boy is a great band...their music is more real than the FUCKING SHIT metal bands that are out there. they sing about real things, for real people...there arent many bands that can connect like they do.

[xXbleed4meXx]

oh, and one more thing...all you ASSHOLES who love metal, it makes me happy that you hate Fall Out Boy coz if you loved them i'd know i was doing something seriously wrong with my life.

[It_Dies_Today]

to be fair teenbite green day were a band before recently(and when i say band i mean didnt suck) i see what d_byrne is saying with the used and mcr their popular but they dont sound like ******* if only more bands could do that wed be set. and for the record ive seen people getting disemboweled that sounds better than fallout boy their songs make me wanna cut myself but i dont because im not an emo ***** lmao bleed4me no one cares because everyone here likes metal metals the shit and its not goin away because of some band like fall out boy

[It_Dies_Today]

sorry for double post browser ****ed up

[THC-Llama]

um...just becuase a song is simple doesnt mean it sucks,it means its simple....the beatles anyone? how many insane shredding solos do they have...and if any of you people bashing them actually listened to their album and their lyrics instead of being so icredibly closed minded to every genre that isnt metal you would see that their lyrics are really good and that there is nothing wrong with the music besides the fact that is like basic..it may not be great but who ever said its supposed to be...and honestly if you dont have anything else to do except come here and say that a band ****ing sucks ass and should die...please dont bother to disgrace this comment board with your ignorance...and why would you even read the article if you hate the band so much?

[It_Dies_Today]

well it said bizarre album plans i was hopin it was like next release date 40 years. but how unfortunate that it could not be so and i dont like the beatles either to be fair. this fallout boy though its mostly the fact that they blow dogs that bothers me

[istandalone]

xXbleed4meXx wrote:

Fall Out Boy is a great band...their music is more real than the FUCKING SHIT metal bands that are out there. they sing about real things, for real people...there arent many bands that can connect like they do.

ok...ok... i wasnt gonna say anything until you said this, "****ing shit metal bands"? metallica, pantera, slayer, "****ing shit"? i dont think so, these guys helped CREATE a genre of rock and if u dont consider it that they created it they sure as hell really helped it get going, but fall out boy they are just following some trend of all the other emo bands and are never going to be remembered as anything so shut the f*** up

[f8ta1ity54]

even though their music is simple pop crap, i'll give them props cuz so many ppl like it...well mostly pop punk emo kids with hair in their faces with one inch pins and black finger nails wearing hello kitty and nightmare before christmas t-shirts.

[d_byrne23]

yeah i was being kind until i heard you take shots at the metal genre? lolololol..i sigged that one

[It_Dies_Today]

i dont think ive ever seen any one take a shot at the metal genre before today

[MOnkeytoss]

People flame on Metal all the time. Ever been in the room with a "gangsta"?

Fall Out Boys cool, i dont have a problem with them. I dont listen to 'em, but ehhh. Theyre just another band hopping aboard the emo-express. I hope their new cd is atleast something different from the last 2.

[Steve Cropper]

I dont see anything good about fallout boy. As far as I'm concerned they are scraping the bottom in terms of talent. I don't even believe anyone should even give them a listen. They have sold their integrity for fame.

[Steve Cropper]

All it is these days, is your pasteurized and processed teenage angst.

[AcDc_1337]

Simple doesnt mean crap, more or less 14 bar metal songs that are ever changing are crap. who wants to listen to a different song every bar in 1 playing for 14 minutes.. i like metal, but that just gets annoying. As for simple, The Ramones, now who doesnt like them? they are god fathers, and all they do is Power Chords. Simple = hook = gets stuck in your head, and you listen to it mroe because its catchy. i dont like emo, but some bands appeal differently, like this one. they arent that great, they just arent that bad either. though the babyface thing is pushing it too far.

[jmorrison]

xXbleed4meXx wrote:

Fall Out Boy is a great band...their music is more real than the FUCKING SHIT metal bands that are out there. they sing about real things, for real people...there arent many bands that can connect like they do.

connect with what? how much your parents dont understand you and how cutting eases the pain? bullshit. fall out boy is just another shitty emo trash band that i hope that dies with my chemical rimjob and the used. maybe i wouldnt bash them so much if the singer could acctually sing.

[TeenBite]

Argh, don't you love it when someone on your side of the argument suddenly disses metal and EVERYONE turns against you...

[lessthanweezer7]

It's so funny when pop-punk fans and metal fans start fighting. Hey, here's a though.

DIVERSIFY YOUR' MUSICAL TASTE YOU ELITIST MORONS!

Listen to something different for once in your' life. And if you don't like it, you don't like it. Just cause you don't like Fall Out Boy doesn't mean they suck. I genuinely don't even like them...but they have a good lyricist, a good vocalist, and some catchy songs.

So maybe widen out a little and stop being so closeminded.

[TeenBite]

So the fact that I, a music fan for a good few years now, likes them means nothing at all to you? I bet you've only heard one song a few times on a music channel too.

Shut the hell up before making a music debate something else.

[Let it Happen]

^^^ totally agree with the above..
yeah, go listen to tool, dream theater, and other bands u've never heard of. u might actually like it. i think fall out boy is a pretty good band. yes, some of their fans are gay and they aren't too awesome live, but hey, i think they write well thought out music.

[TheJoeyH Show]

one-eye-open wrote:

They're fun to listen to and all but they freakin suck live which ruined everything for me. antoher un-talented studio band.

They suck live? Are you kidding me? Unless they've completely changed since I saw them in Spring 2005 ...

They were awesome live .. it was one of best punk concerts I've ever been to ...

[team_seagull]

For probably the millionth time, this is just a news article about fall out boy. If you don't like them that's great for you but do you really need to tell everyone else that you think they're "gay" or "shit" or "retarded". Morons

[rykk11]

anyway about the topic that sure is weird that they're gunna get babyface to record songs for their new album

[Pyro128]

Saw them at warped, hoping for a good show, left after three songs, they're basist is cocky as hell

[drmmrboi]

FOB is alright, and they do have one or two songs that i really like

to hangar_18: why are dissing girls now?

[nagirrab]

Wow i like Dream Theater and power metal bands like Rhapsody and Dragonforce i also listen to jazz, blues and soul and bands like Fall Out Boy and other apparently shit pop punk bands.

For all you elitists i've got a good idea for you. Take your heads out of your arses, listen to something out of a different genre, just because its a different genre doesnt make it shit and you might be pleasantly surprised that you will become a better person and not a twat.

[PinkFender_69]

Alright, I cant remember who said it. but someone who is a METAL LOVER, said "I'd hate them less if the singer could sing better".....LIKE METAL SINGERS ARE ANY BETTER?! they're all "URGH...SHUT THE GOVERMENT BLAAAAH!!"

But I do enjoy the MUSICAL side of metal

[billiethesquid]

Even though I count blink-182, Simple Plan, Yellowcard and Starting Line in my most favourite bands, I've gotta admit that I dont really "get" Fallout Boy. I've got both their albums but they drive me to dementia. Having said that, I wish I liked them and seem to know most of the words. But their songs are BAD! And yet they get stuck in my head. Its weird. But their lyrics are so bad, I wonder if they're being postmodern? A chorus that includes the line "Hey Chris, you were our only friend. And I know this is belated, but we love you back" and songs with lines like "Why don't you show me the little bit of spunk you've been saving for his matress?" can only be in-jokes between the band and their friends thinking "Why the **** do people buy this shit!?" I've gotta admit though, I like the line "And the best part is it isnt even a good one." I think that flows really well. But anyway, if they use to be a hardcore band I dunno why they didnt stick with it. Instead of hardcore influences in shitty pop-punk, I'd rather listen to real hardcore. I bet they were pretty good at it too. Instead they just rip off New Found Glory and The Movielife who were the original hardcore bands to play pop punk. I'm gonna shut up now.

[TheGhostOfYou]

^^ Saying their lyrics suck while being a fan of the GROUPS youv'e listed makes you an idiotic moron.

Have a nice day

BTW, I can't stand fall out boy or any of the groups you listed.

[GeekStinkBreath]

I think most metal ****ing sucks.. like metallica(except one or two songs), pantera and slayer.. i do like hardcore, like it dies today (like whoever that was up there), and many others but i think thrash whatever the **** its called metal usually sucks.. that being said.. i dont see why everyone makes this so divided, like its genre vs. genre.. doesnt anyone like music from multiple genres anymore?

[geenday409]

i dont really like em, but im sure theyre good for people who like emo stuff. i heard a bunch of people/magazines saying once the whole green day craze dies out theyre gonna take theyre place and be riddiculously over played and shit.

[geenday409]

and ya, they do sound ALOT like new found glory....i used to like them alot, but they started to sound way too whiney once i heard other types of music.

[BlueZephyr]

I find "Dance, Dance, Dance" extremely catchy..

[:TheAcademyIs:]

they're better live and in person

[kjohnson08]

jmorrison wrote:

xXbleed4meXx wrote:

Fall Out Boy is a great band...their music is more real than the FUCKING SHIT metal bands that are out there. they sing about real things, for real people...there arent many bands that can connect like they do.

connect with what? how much your parents dont understand you and how cutting eases the pain? bullshit. fall out boy is just another shitty emo trash band that i hope that dies with my chemical rimjob and the used. maybe i wouldnt bash them so much if the singer could acctually sing.

since when does fall out boy sing about cutting makes things better?

[GeekStinkBreath]

FlanInTheFaceRH:

how come everytime someone makes fun of a band they always says "WELL METAL SUCKS" why do you always think the person likes metal?

i dont like Metal or Emo
but Emo is very gay
while i give metal people props

and you dont give emo props why? . ohh thats right cause they're "gay" .. makes sense *rolls eyes*

MOST spam deleted.

I'm amazed at the bullshit I read in these articles.

If I see ANY MORE "emo sucks" or "fob sucks" or "___ sucks" posts, they will be deleted, and the posters warned.

[JimmieRayVai]

eh...the music is good and catchy, but the fan base sucks so bad. i mean, yeah go ahead and write music, but dont make a fool of yourself trying to be a word whiz and make everything so trendy sounding...

[ilovetape]

ok...sry i said i hate fob...its not that they suck i just dont like them...its boring to me...sry again

[EC_Fan_Forever]

Fall Out Boy have begun prepearing the release of their breakthrough "From Under the Cork Tree"

What was so breakthrough about it? they sound like every other emo pop/punk band out there. and they would be inspired by the josie and the pussy cats soundtrack lol. that's the funniest thing ive heard all week.

[fukkindoyle]

why would someone who likes falloutboy or wahtever, start dissing metal out of nowhere? no one even said metal is better than falloutboy or anything. im gunna tell you right now, i love emo, but i love metal too. i love punk rock, and rock by itself. i love hendrix, children of bodom, neil young. everything. but guess waht, you start making fun of genres at all, then your an idiot. whoever started this whole metal sucks emo sucks debate shit, go dig yourself a grave.

[Chestaufissen]

Babyface is too good for FOB, not saying cause I like R&B but because from what I hear he's a very good singer. SO thats what I base my opinion upon.

[megamanxzero35]

fall out boy is okay, not really my cup of tea but they really didnt get a record deal because they were awesome. some guy probably heard them, saw some 12 year girl loving it, ready to pay any amount of money for a cd and merch. and looking for some quick cash, they get a record deal.

i say, if you dont like, you dont like them. you dont need to come and bash them and promote your music tastes. not everyone has the same taste. that is what makes all people special and unique.

i often wonder to myself, if mozart, bach and beetovhen were alive today, which one would be the punk, the emo, and the rockstar? my music teacher onced used that illustration to show that everyone has their own taste. so metalheads, emo kids, do us all a favor and go back to your corners and listen to your own music and maybe someday you will understand what im trying so say here

[fox69]

megamanxzero35:
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all out boy is okay, not really my cup of tea but they really didnt get a record deal because they were awesome. some guy probably heard them, saw some 12 year girl loving it, ready to pay any amount of money for a cd and merch. and looking for some quick cash, they get a record deal.

i say, if you dont like, you dont like them. you dont need to come and bash them and promote your music tastes. not everyone has the same taste. that is what makes all people special and unique.

i often wonder to myself, if mozart, bach and beetovhen were alive today, which one would be the punk, the emo, and the rockstar? my music teacher onced used that illustration to show that everyone has their own taste. so metalheads, emo kids, do us all a favor and go back to your corners and listen to your own music and maybe someday you will understand what im trying so say here

good call. i gess im a bit of a emo guy but a bitta actual hard rock to but i think its stupid how metal heads an watnot come an bash other bands. we're part of a guitar website an that meens that we're fer ALL types o music. if u don't like fall out boy or whoever the story is on then just ignore it an basically f uck off. hehe but MCR fukin rocks \m/

[Define]

Does anyone here actually realize that Fall Out Boy is a joke band? They're just imitating and basically poking fun at all the pop punk bands today. They know it.

Either that, or they sold out because they were part of the hardcore scene and now they've drifted to commercial success, but I'm pretty sure that they're basically a joke band.

[holybassbatman!]

I don't like Fall Out Boy, the songs I have heard of theirs are just annoying.

[_RockOnForever_]

[b]megamanxzero35[
/b] wrote:

fall out boy is okay, not really my cup of tea but they really didnt get a record deal because they were awesome. some guy probably heard them, saw some 12 year girl loving it, ready to pay any amount of money for a cd and merch. and looking for some quick cash, they get a record deal.

i say, if you dont like, you dont like them. you dont need to come and bash them and promote your music tastes. not everyone has the same taste. that is what makes all people special and unique.

i often wonder to myself, if mozart, bach and beetovhen were alive today, which one would be the punk, the emo, and the rockstar? my music teacher onced used that illustration to show that everyone has their own taste. so metalheads, emo kids, do us all a favor and go back to your corners and listen to your own music and maybe someday you will understand what im trying so say here

amen man. gotta go with you on that. fob is ok. i think their first CD was better though. its the first time i've heard of a band collaborating with an R&B artist.

[DanSumthing]

Cork Tree is a very fun album.
A lot of good stuff on there.

[burndttoast]

I absolutely abhor this band. Personally, I think the only thing that they have going for them is the dude's sideburns, haha.

[forsaknazrael]

Does anyone here actually realize that Fall Out Boy is a joke band? They're just imitating and basically poking fun at all the pop punk bands today. They know it.

Either that, or they sold out because they were part of the hardcore scene and now they've drifted to commercial success, but I'm pretty sure that they're basically a joke band.

Ehh...it started off as just a joke...but it was fun.
And isn't that what music is about? Writing the truth, and having fun?
too many people are concerned with popularity...coverage..and record deals.
who the hell cares? music is music. i met the guys, these guys are for real, they believe in what they do, which is more than i can say about most artists these days.
think about this stat: they did over 500 shows in 2 years. that's dedication. that's love of music.
and i think we're missing alot of that these days.

they arent the greatest band ever but they have a hella good guitarist. [About MCR]

true that. i also think the solo in I'm Not okay is pretty talented-ness.

[sexpistolramone]

some1 plz explain to me...i do NOT understand the whole genre war and where i "stand"...see.i love old skool PUNK ROCK..like the ramones...sex pistols ect...but i also love blink 182...i love emo and i also love metal..ive bin heavily into metal, emo, punk, pop punk and everything inbeween since i started listening to music (when i got shot outta the womb) so what the hell am i? cuz metal n emo seem ti fight alot and i feel like defending both sides

[rpguitardude]

just one question ..... who the hell is babyface ? am I the only one here who doesn't know him ?

[Staind_Black]

Haveacigar wrote:

yea their guitar could be played by a 3 year old, but the lyrics are good. If they dropped the screamo and got more of a metal sound like Tool, they could be potentially great. (not comparing them to Tool)

I would hope not; Tool is far greater that FOB will ever be in the area of genius.

But even with that being said, for some reason they're growing on me. "Sugar, We're Going Down" was an annoying song (amusing video though)to me, but their new one, "Dance, Dance" kinda caught my attention. Not really the best music in the world, but it's not the worst either.

[TheGuitarDreams]

lessthanweezer7
wrote:

It's so funny when pop-punk fans and metal fans start fighting. Hey, here's a though.

DIVERSIFY YOUR' MUSICAL TASTE YOU ELITIST MORONS!

Listen to something different for once in your' life. And if you don't like it, you don't like it. Just cause you don't like Fall Out Boy doesn't mean they suck. I genuinely don't even like them...but they have a good lyricist, a good vocalist, and some catchy songs.

So maybe widen out a little and stop being so closeminded.

Finally somebody on this site is making some godamn sense around here.

[TheGuitarDreams]

team_seagull wrote:

For probably the millionth time, this is just a news article about fall out boy. If you don't like them that's great for you but do you really need to tell everyone else that you think they're "gay" or "shit" or "retarded". Morons

This guy's makin' a hell of a lot of sense too.

[FebreeZeO]

Damn right. I listen to Nirvana, Atreyu, Metallica, Fall out boy, all american rejects, as i lay dying etc.

No type of music is the best. Music was made to appeal to people's taste's. Music is for fun, and any kind of music can be fun, whether you bob your head or mosh.

[FebreeZeO]

tastes***