Fall Out Boy

Type Band

Origin Wilmette, Illinois

Active 2001–present

Pop Punk Emo Alternative Rock Pop Rock Punk Rock

100% Authorship Score Complete Artist

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois in 2001. The band — Patrick Stump (vocals, guitar), Pete Wentz (bass), Joe Trohman (guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums) — built their reputation on the Fueled by Ramen pop-punk circuit before crossing over to mainstream success with From Under the Cork Tree in 2005. What makes Fall Out Boy structurally unusual among rock bands is the near-total division of creative labor between two members: Pete Wentz writes the lyrics for virtually every song, while Patrick Stump composes the music and melody. The result is a songwriting partnership as symbiotic as Lennon/McCartney but with an even sharper division of roles.

Data Insight

Fall Out Boy's member credit table is unique — it shows Pete Wentz with near-100% lyricist credit and near-0% composer credit, and Patrick Stump with the exact inverse. No other band on this site splits the creative roles this cleanly. The data makes visible what fans have always known: Wentz is the writer, Stump is the musician, and together they are greater than the sum of their parts.

Member Credit Breakdown

Percentage of all tracks (across all albums) where each member holds credit.

Member	Period	Lyrics	Music	Production	Performance
Patrick Stump	2001–present	0%	100%	0%	100%
Pete Wentz	2001–present	100%	0%	0%	100%
Joe Trohman	2001–present	0%	0%	0%	100%
Andy Hurley	2001–present	0%	0%	0%	100%

Fall Out Boy

Member Credit Breakdown

Discography

Take This to Your Grave

From Under the Cork Tree

Infinity on High

Folie à Deux

Save Rock and Roll

American Beauty/American Psycho

Mania

So Much (for) Stardust

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