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Fall Out Boy split, Wentz blames himself
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 19 November 2009
Fall Out Boy have decided to go on indefinite hiatus, and bassist Pete Wentz reckons it’s all down to him and his crazy tabloid antics.
Wentz told Kerrang!: “My biggest personal reason for taking a break is that I feel my name has become a hindrance for the band. [Frontman Patrick Stump] is a musical genius and it’s unfortunate that he gets reviewed based on whatever’s going on in my personal life or how my hair looks. I think the world needs a little less Pete Wentz. A lot of people think Fall Out Boy is me. But it’s the four of us. I want to fucking vomit when I read intros that say, ‘Pete Wentz: accidental internet poster boy’. It makes me feel ugly. People who read the tabloids probably think all I do is visit Starbucks and hang out in nightclubs”.
And this after Thrash Hits named them one of the bands of the decade: www.thrashhits.com/2009/11/bands-of-the-decade-fall-out-boy/
