Peter Wentz
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|Years Old = 27 |Origin = Wilmette, Illinois |Genre = Pop-Punk, Emo |Years_active = 2000–present |Label = Decaydance Records, Fueled by Ramen, Island Records }}
Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979 in Wilmette, Illinois) is the bassist, back up vocalist, and primary lyricist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy.
Biography
Peter Wentz is the bassist and lyricist in the band Fall Out Boy. He grew up in the Chicago suburb of Willmette, Illinois, where he still lives with his parents (as of May 2006). He was a vegan "for a number of years," along with Andy Hurley, who still is one. He attended North Shore Country Day School.After graduating from high school in 1997 (where he was an all-state soccer player), he attended DePaul University where he studied Political Science, dropping out one semester shy of graduation to focus on his music. He was also into the punk scene, and was in several bands before Fall Out Boy, including xfirstbornx, Arma Angelus, 7 Angels of the Apocalypse / Culture of Violence, Extinction, Forever Ended Today, and Yellow Road Priest. Fall Out Boy is the fourth band that Wentz and Hurley have played in together.
Enterprises
Wentz has written a book entitled The Boy With the Thorn In His Side, which is a story based on nightmares he had as a child.Amazon.com [Product page] (accessed April 12, 2006) The title was taken from a track off of the Smiths' critically-acclaimed record The Queen is Dead. He has another book titled "Rainy Day Kids", which was scheduled to be released February 14, 2006, but has been postponed.Nguyen, Jeanette (2005).. ["Fall Out Boy: Pete Wentz"]. themusicegdge.com (accessed April 12, 2006) In addition, Wentz is currently writing another book, alternating chapters with William Beckett of The Academy Is....
Wentz has a company called Clandestine Industries, which distributes books and, more notably, clothing, among other things. Additionally, he owns his own imprint of Fueled By Ramen, Decaydance Records, which has signed several bands, including: Panic! At The Disco, October Fall, Gym Class Heroes, The Hush Sound and Lifetime. He also has a film production company called Bartskull Films, which has released the DVD Release the Bats which star Pete, fellow Fall Out Boy bandmates, and a few of his personal friends.
Selected events
In February 2005, in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, Wentz took an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to Rolling Stone, he said "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all."
In March of 2006, nude photos of Pete Wentz were posted on the Internet to the LiveJournal celebrity gossip community [Oh No They Didn't]. The LiveJournal poster reported that she received the photos third-hand, and that Wentz originally sent the pictures to a woman in whom he allegedly had romantic interest. After the pictures spread across the Internet, Wentz posted a response on Fall Out Boy's website and blog asserting that the pictures were stolen from his T-Mobile Sidekick, and that after "feeling badly about this for about 24 hours, I am now ready to get back to laughing."Montgomery, James (2006). ["Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Comments On ... You Know, Those Photos"] VH1.com (accessed May 6, 2006)
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External links
- [Official Fall Out Boy Website]
- [Clandestine Industries]
- [Fueled By Ramen]
- [Bartskull Films]
- [Decaydance Records]
- [Friends Or Enemies]
- [Peter Wentz] on The Internet Movie Database
| Fall Out Boy |
|---|
| Patrick Stump · Peter Wentz · Joe Trohman · Andy Hurley |
| Discography |
| Albums: Take This to Your Grave · From Under the Cork Tree |
| EPs: Split EP · Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend · My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue |
| Singles: Dead On Arrival · Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy · Saturday · Sugar, We're Goin Down Dance, Dance · A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" |
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