Fall Out Boy Singer Reflects On 10th Anniversary Of “Take This To Your Grave”

Patrick Stump, vocalist of Fall Out Boy, posted on his official site his thoughts on the 10th anniversary of the band’s breakthrough album, Take This To Your Grave. An excerpt from the post can be seen below, with the full post that can be read at this location.

Ten years ago today, my band released our debut album Take This To Your Grave. We were just four unsuspecting Midwestern nerds named after a moderately obscure Simpsons character, living life like the background characters in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. We were totally unprepared for everything that followed.

Up to that point in the band’s history, we were merely something to do before we were forced to give in to the pressures of real life. We saw ourselves as a pretty cool excuse for a semester off of college. My accountant mother was also the ex-wife of a musician (my dad in point of fact). She knew empirically the odds weren’t in our favor and wisely advised me to consider planning on getting a real job. Instead of taking her advice, I went ahead and recorded an album.