Bradley: How long
has Fall Out Boy been around? How many shows have you played to
date? Do you keep a band diary?
FOB: About 2
and a half years now. We played over 270 shows last year. Yes.
Scope it over at http://www.falloutboyrock.com/journal.
Bradley: Where
is Fall Out Boy from? What bands have you been in prior to FOB?
FOB: The suburbs
of Chicago. We were in some hardcore bands like: Racetraitor,
Arma Angelus, Extinction, and Birthright.
Bradley: Fall Out
Boy is a Simpsons reference, has there been any legal issues with
this?
FOB: It's spelled
Fall Out Boy. So its not a Simpsons reference, ha.
Bradley: Things
have been going pretty fast for you guys lately, do you have time
to stop and smell the roses? And if so, what do they smell like?
FOB: They smell
like dogshit. Wait that is dogshit.
Bradley: What has
been your favorite venue to play of all time?
FOB: Arlington
Heights Knights of Columbus.
Bradley: Have you
ever been dumpster-diving? And if so, what did you score?
FOB: Just cause
we don't shower dont make us homeless.
Bradley: Lets put
this to an end, who is the hottest member of the band?
FOB: Ack, why
choose?
Bradley: If you
had to label yourself in a musical category would you suck it
up and take it like a man, throw a temper tantrum like a child,
or debate about it endlessly like a senior citizen?
FOB: Categories
are for the library and I ain't no bookworm.
Bradley: What musical
category do you put yourself in? How did you get involved in this
type of music?
FOB: Pop and
punk, not pop punk. I got involved cause I think I did something
bad in another life that I'm being punished for
Bradley: How did
the high-school student produced show, Paradox, impact your sound
and attitude?
FOB: Ah, I dunno.
I think I hung out with some kids from it.
Bradley: How does
Fall Out Boy distinguish between punk and pop-punk? What is pop
punk to you?
FOB: I dunno.
It's so stupid to sit here and try to dumb it down. In the end
no one wants to be what they are. We play with certain bands that
sound a certain way. If you want to call us pop punk that is fine.
We play music that we love and that is what's important to us.
Bradley: Patrick,
do you have hopes that someone will make a musical based on the songs of Fall
Out Boy similar to the way playwright Catherine Johnson
employed ABBA in the Broadway musical, "Mamma Mia!" ?
FOB: He says
it's already in production.
Bradley: What are
your top 5 Chicago bands?
FOB: Cheap Trick,
Alkaline Trio, The Academy, Extinction, Naked Raygun, and Screeching
Weasel(had to get it in there).
Bradley: What is
your current relationship with the area known as Chicagoland?
FOB: I sleep
in a bed located there when I'm home. And miss most of my friends
alot.
Bradley: What subscriptions,
if any, do you have?
FOB: Alternative
Press.
Bradley: On a scale
of 1 to 10, (1 being Mel Gibson and 10 being Pauly Shore) how
seriously do you take yourselves as a group?
FOB: Those two
sound very similiar to me.
Bradley: Don't
you think Redline Distribution is just soo awesome?
FOB: Definitely.
Wink wink.
Bradley: On women;
bikini, boyshort, or thong?
FOB: Thong, ain't
got no time for a camel toe.
Bradley: The Hilton
or The Holiday Inn?
FOB: Pete likes
the Paris Hilton.
Bradley: Legos
or Lincoln Logs?
FOB: Legos, duh.
Bradley: Choose
one: cassette tape / vinyl / compact disk / eight track / i-pod.
FOB: I-pod.
Bradley: Dungeons
and Dragons or Mike Tyson's Punch Out?
FOB: We ain't
no geeks. Tyson's Punch Out.
Bradley: What's
gross?
FOB: These questions,
haha.
Bradley: What's
grosser than gross?
FOB: The sick
chair I'm sitting in.
Bradley: Has anyone
in the band ever landed a kickflip?
FOB: We swear
we were landing them yesterday.
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