Exclusive Audio: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Bares His Emo Soul

Fall Out Boy's bassist/mouthpiece/teen idol Pete Wentz chews the fat with our Austin Scaggs, covering everything from golf-themed costume parties to his larcenous T-shirt obsession to his conflicting feelings about Panic! at the Disco.

On his friends (and labelmates) Panic! at the Disco: the spectacle of their live shows and his thoughts on being eclipsed by a band he helped break.

Divulging his frustration at finding out the band's new album, Infinity on High, leaked on the Internet prior to its release.

Discussing his massive collection of hoodies.

Revealing his experiences recording the new album with Babyface.

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Song Stories

“All Along the Watchtower”

The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1968

Jimi Hendrix got hold of Bob Dylan's early John Wesley Harding tapes and in late 1967 recorded a version of "All Along the Watchtower" with the Experience in London. Dissatisfied with that first development, Hendrix brought those tapes with him to New York in early 1968 when he began work on Electric Ladyland. Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's engineer at the time, told Rolling Stone that Hendrix "was still looked upon by his basically white audience as the mammoth black guitar hero. There was a constant fight within him to expand himself." Hendrix's successful take on Dylan's work has long been recognized by the songwriter. "I liked Jimi Hendrix's record of this and ever since he died I've been doing it that way," Dylan wrote in the liner notes to his Biograph box set. "Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it's a tribute to him in some kind of way."

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