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Casual Screaming About Fall Out Boy

This is a post way overdue. Of all the new albums of 2018, MANIA, is my most played album and I will 100% be writing a "Kinda Review" about it.

Today, I'm writing about Fall Out Boy because I have loved them since middle school. I got into them after I got into MCR. I will explain that because it's a funny story that pretty much encompasses 12 year old me PERFECTLY.

Let's start with the basics as I do with every post about a band.
(L to R) Patrick Stump, Andy Hurley, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman
The band is made up of four members:
Patrick Stump - Lead Vocals
Pete Wentz - Bass
Joe Trohman - Guitar
Andy Hurley - Drums

Discography:
Studio Albums:
Take This to Your Grave (2003)
From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Infinity on High (2007)
Folie à Deux (2008)
Save Rock and Roll (2013)
American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
MANIA (2018)

Live Albums:
Live in Phoenix (2008)
Live in Tokoyo (2013)

EPs:
Projects Rocket/Fall Out Boy (2002)
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend (2003)
My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue (2004)
Leaked in London (2007)
America's Suitehearts: Remixed. Retouched, Rehabbed and Retoxed (2009)
PAX AM Days (2013)
Spotify Singles (2018)
Llamania [credited as Frost & the Nightmare Making Machine] (2018)
Lake Effect Kid (2018)

I didn't include the remix/compilation/mixtape albums. But you can find that all with a quick Google search.
As I am writing this, I am saving more photos of this band than I will use in this post because I have no self-control. I'm also jamming to MANIA because I love this album more than I will probably ever love my children if I have children.

I feel like I've always known of Fall Out Boy. "Sugar We're Going Down" or "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" was the first song I heard by them where I knew what to call the band. I don't remember which, but it was one of them. Let me tell you, besides of course loving their music there is another reason I became a fan.

I watched the "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" video and IMMEDIATELY crushed on Pete. Was it the guyliner or was it that he kind of reminded me of Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance, who I was obsessed with at the time? Who knows? I was maybe eleven or twelve and I had a weird taste in men back then. No joke every guy I seriously crushed on in middle school reminded me of Frank Iero in some way. I am now realizing that as an adult. I could make you a list.

So you can say Pete is the one who attracted me to the band and Patrick's vocals is what has kept me here. Boy, can that man sing. I want a sing-off between Patrick and Brendon Urie. I know I'm not the only one.
I don't have as much to say about Fall Out Boy as I did for Panic! at the Disco because even though I have always loved their music, I never seriously obsessed over them. Well until MANIA came out and I have been harassing everyone in my life to listen to it.

It's funny, though because recently, I have been listening to Folie à Deux a lot. I made my dad listen to "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" a few times when he lets me have the aux cord in his car.

I've been thinking about what's my favorite Fall Out Boy song, as I've been writing this and I don't know because it's between three songs.

Favorite Song: "Church", "20 Dollar Nose Bleed", "I Don't Care"
Least Favorite Song: I don't have one.
Rate out of 10: 11/10 would recommend

I can 100% blame my pre-MANIA hype on CrankThatFrank because he went hard on his channel. But when the album came out, it met that hype.
Go listen to MANIA if you have not. If you have never heard Fall Out Boy, which I doubt, go check them out!

I have some more "Casual Screaming" and "Fangirl Friday" posts about more bands and artists. There are also some "Kinda Reviews" in the works.

Also some posts about some shows I love. Mosts post take at least 45 minutes to write and I'm trying to backlog them so I can at least post every day in November.
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