OK, this is why I get mad at RS. How can you take this at face value from a rich band working for a large corporation? I mean, no one questions how ridiculous this is?

Brian, I’d give up hope completely with RS. When they’re not busy being a shill for the Democratic party, they’re pandering to music audiences with crap like this or recycling formerly-relevant material and ideas from the glory days.

Wasn’t their last tour sponsored by Honda? This is a joke.

as a musician period, sometimes you must use the corporate world as much as they use you to get your point across…i mean stevie wonder had to do it to get from signed sealed delivered to living just enough, people dont take you as seriously if your not at least a little bit mainstream…i say use the system to expand your agenda

The real question is whether Fall Out Boy or Nickelback is the worst band of the past 20 years. There’s no point in mentioning anything else about either

Klause,If you have given up hope completely with RS why the fuck are you on their site and why are you reading articles about “crap”?
I’m not a FOB fan at all and I don’t like everything featured in RS but if I hated the mag I definately wouldn’t be here.Maybe try FOX news instead!

Well I would not call Nickelback a bad band. A very commercial band, but they have some good, catchy songs. Now FOB that’s a completely different story. A band souly based on cashing in on emo’s current pop culture status.

Alright, so what if Fall
Out Boy aren’t the greatest band in the world? They have many devoted fans. That most likely means their music impacted their lives somehow ~in a good way.

From what I know, Pete is a many-faceted person. The people that say nasty things about him or FOB as a whole aren’t familiar with the other,good, sides they have.

just because YOU don’t like a type of music or band dose not make it crap. I don’t like Lil Wayne but I respect him as an artist and not going to bash him for doing what he dose. RS is just being well rounded and has all types of music and artist inside.

Pete should have Burger King sponsor the next leg of the tour.His sister in law Jessica would let him charge BK whatever he wanted the way she whoofs them Whoppers down. The BK profits are through the roof. I did hear Pete did her back in the day in LA pre Ashlee. He needs to get a clue.

Talkn shit on the rolling stone message boards,is my new favorate thing to do.I predict Fall out boy,falls off the face of the planet real soon.Just like Limp Bizkit. All these bands played on mtv are for 12 and 13 year olds who have to go to warped tour with there mom and dad so ruffians dont pass them a joint “god forbid”. Anyone who likes this band now wont like them in 5 years. So why dont you stop being lame rite now, and start listening to a band with some sustinance. You will thank me later trust me

Honestly, you’re all idiots. I do agree that rolling stone is essentially democratic propaganda now, but come on about FOB. If you don’t like them, shut your face because no one else cares. It’s true that Pete shouldn’t be allowed to talk and their image gets kinda pathetic because he’s a ridiculous emo, but they make good music and Patrick, Joe, and Andy are still the bomb, so shut yourself up in your room with your totally nonconfomrist Led Zepplin albums and leave everyone else alone.

I love fall out boy Im going 2 a c. on May 13. Im in the 7th. rowe and i named my band 7 rows back.
becas i love tham os much
I LOVE PETE WENTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this article made me alot less excited for the tour :/ i love fall out boy to death, but i’m missing the old days.

Hey tickets “a band with some sustenance” like who? Also that a matter of opinion because i feel much more of a connection with a Fall Out Boy song over a Lil Wayne
song. Also I was handed a setlist from this show and they did not play “The Take Over, The Break’s Over” like stated in the article

“Fall Out Boy Take On Corporate America”

HAHAHAHAHA! Are they for real? This band owes their entire success to corporations. They should ask Eddie Vedder what being anti-corporate means.

People who complain that they are sell-outs know nothing about the hard work they put in to get where they are today. I won’t sit here and defend why I like them but really – if you’re going to throw down an argument, at least know your facts. And to those who miss “the old days”, best find yourself a local band with a small following to get that vibe. Anytime a band reaches success, the intimacy is always gone.

Whether you like Fall Out Boy or Pete Wentz or not, have the decency to get off whatever highhorses you appear to think to you’re on and have a little humility. They’re better guys than most people give them credit for. I agree, FOB has come a long way and has a very loyal fanbase. So what if they use the media or corporate topics to outreach their views to fans? They do it because they have it available to them, which is smart to me. If you have it, use it. So relax. Half of the people knocking Fall Out Boy on here have nothing better to do than belittle others who have achieved more than most of us could ask for. In my opinion, they’re a great band and I will still think so in ten years. Change doesn’t mean sellouts, it means growing up.

“Whether you like Fall Out Boy or Pete Wentz or not, have the decency to get off whatever highhorses you appear to think to you’re on and have a little humility.”

Who’s on the high horse? They’re the ones claiming to be anti-corporate. I honestly don’t have aproblem with bands and corporate affiliations. I just think they’re being ridiculously hypocritical.

how original they always end with saturday.

“People who complain that they are sell-outs know nothing about the hard work they put in to get where they are today. I won’t sit here and defend why I like them but really – if you’re going to throw down an argument, at least know your facts. And to those who miss “the old days”, best find yourself a local band with a small following to get that vibe. Anytime a band reaches success, the intimacy is always gone.”

the facts are that fob has changed for the worst. they lost everything that made them unique. the reason why they were good a few cds ago was because a) they didnt over produce everything b)they played what they liked, not what would get them more air time on local pop radio stations and c) patrick stump cowrote the lyrics. sure pete wentz is “witty” but he needs pats help. they sound the exact same as cute is what we aim for etc.
also, pete wentz is extremely untalented. look up his bass parts. they are so simple. andy has learned and acomplished a lot on his double bass and patrick has strengthened his voice a lot also but serious. petes talent hasnt changed ever. he is just for looks so the band could get money from teenybop mags. (but pete screw that up too by getting ashlee pregnant.)
goooooddddd jooooobbbbb eeemmmmmooo

“the facts are that fob has changed for the worst.”

This is called opinion – not fact.

“they lost everything that made them unique.”

In the very cookie cutter world of music, I consider them one of the most unique bands I’ve listened to. And I’m OLD. This is opinion also.

“the reason why they were good a few cds ago was because a) they didnt over produce everything”

Production has indeed gone way up. This is a stylistic choice and I can understand disliking this.

“b)they played what they liked, not what would get them more air time on local pop radio stations”

I’d love to know what quotes you can come up with to back this up. They all listen to radically different types of music and I believe that only makes them stronger. But to say that its a fact that they “played what they liked” on TTTYG and now they don’t is just playing the old sell out card. Growing and changing is not selling out. You’ll find this out when you’re grown yourself.

“c) patrick stump cowrote the lyrics. sure pete wentz is “witty” but he needs pats help.”

And he PS feels he is not at all strong in the lyrics department. That said, PW will and has admitted that he spews stuff out into a notebook that is not at all in any shape to be a song. Its Patrick who takes his words and crafts a song from them. And I’ve never been more impressed with a kid than I am with him. Opinion based in quotation from them.

“they sound the exact same as cute is what we aim for etc.”

Again – opinion – and I could not disagree more.

“also, pete wentz is extremely untalented. look up his bass parts. they are so simple.”

Yes, Pete will win no award for his skills that is for certain. Luckily for him, he has been able to surround himself with talented friends. And I believe he knows this.

“andy has learned and acomplished a lot on his double bass and patrick has strengthened his voice a lot also but serious. petes talent hasnt changed ever.”

Again, I can’t fault you regarding Pete’s skill level. That does not change the fact that they, as a whole, have improved drastically from 2003 to now – all of them – precisely because they are willing to grow and change with their ages.

I guess I just get so tired of the usual blathering about hating this or that member, how they look, who they date, how they’ve changed. For me, its all about the music and how it speaks to me emotionally. In my 47 years, I don’t think I’ve heard a band that lyrically and musically has spoken to me as they do. and for that, I’m GLAD they: speak out, stay in the internet news arena, tour relentlessly, make friends across genres, incorporate new sounds, challenge themselves, etc. There’s joy in that – and they bring that to me.