document_title: Wild 'n Out

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text: Wild 'n Out

text: Premise[edit]

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text: Similar in premise to shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the series puts two teams of comedians against each other in a series of Wild 'n Out games which are all basically "improvisational" comedy games. The Teams are the "Red Squad", which was the team name until season 5 where they became the "Platinum Squad" and were permanently captained by Cannon; and the "Black Squad", led by a celebrity guest until season 7 where the situation was reversed with Cannon becoming the Black Squad team captain and the celebrity guest leading the Platinum Squad. For season 8, the colors were revamped once again with the Gold Squad replacing the Black Squad. The Gold Squad is led by Cannon while the celebrity guest remains captain of the Platinum Squad. However starting in Season 9, Nick returned to leading his original Red Squad team color while the Black Squad team color returned also.

text: After three such games, the two teams square off against each other in the final round of the game called 'WildStyle', in which they must deliver a punchline directed at their opponent's team member(s) within a freestyle rap. The comedians "beef" with each other; however, some are impersonal jokes. Although similar to Whose Line, the "points don't matter", the teams score one point per round victory during the normal rounds, plus one point per favorably judged punchline during 'Wild Style', which makes it similar in format to the improv show ComedySportz.[6]

text: Each episode also includes a musical performance, occasionally by the guest captain for the Black/Platinum Squad (Nick Cannon performed with Migos in Season 6 in the episode featuring Chanel Iman). At times, the musical guest comes out just before 'Wild Style' as the judge for the beefs. Major changes were implemented for the second season including shifting the show location to Hollywood and the teams now compete for a "Wild 'n Out" Championship belt which if the Black Squad wins, the team captain gets to take home.

text: Production[edit]

text: For the first four seasons, the show filmed from Los Angeles/Hollywood and aired on MTV. The first run episodes were suspended as Mr. Renaissance Entertainment became Ncredible Entertainment in 2012. Upon being revived in 2012, the show was produced in New York City and aired on MTV2 during Seasons 5–7, it also returned to that location for Season 9. In 2016, the show returned to airing new episodes on MTV and also for the first time since Season 4, production is in Los Angeles.

text: The "Wild 'n Out Theme Song" for Seasons 1–4 was produced by Fatman Scoop. The theme music for Season 5 onward was created by Cannon himself, with a new remixed version made for Season 8.

text: Cast[edit]

text: Season 1–4[edit]

text:
Nick Cannon
DJ D-Wrek
Affion Crockett
Alanna Ubach
Biz Markie
Brandon T. Jackson
Cameron Goodman
Carlos "Spanky" Hayes
Christine Lakin
Clinton Sparks
Corey Holcomb
Darrel Heath
Deon Cole
DeRay Davis
Dominique
Earthquake
Gene Hong
Guy Torry
Jackie Long
John Brown
Joshua Funk
Katt Williams
Kevin Hart
Leonard Robinson
Loni Love
Luenell
Marques Ray
Mikey Day
Nic Nac
Nyima Funk
Randall Park
N. Shiver
Rasika Mathur
Rob Hoffman
Scruncho
$hamrock
Taran Killam

text: Seasons 5–7 (the revival/MTV2 era)[edit]

text:
Nick Cannon
DJ D-Wrek
Aarona Lopez
Akaash Singh
Anthony "Chico" Bean
B-Daht
Blair Christian
Carlos "Spanky" Hayes
Chaunte Wayans
Conceited
Corey Holcomb
Darren Brand
DC Young Fly
DeRay Davis
DoBoy
Emmanuel Hudson
Esther Ku
Hitman Holla
Hunter Steibel
Jack Thriller
Jacob Williams
James Davis
Jon Gabrus
Karlous Miller
King Bach
Kojo
Matt Rife
Mikey Day
Natasha Rothwell
Pete Davidson
Rasika Mathur
Rip Micheals
Rosa Acosta
Shak Standley
Shawty
TattooManPaige
Timothy DeLaGhetto
Will "Spank" Horton
LuiFromDaRoc

text: Season 8-present (the return to MTV)[edit]

text:
Nick Cannon
DJ D-Wrek
Chico Bean
B-Daht
Becky "Pickles" Robinson
Billy Sorrells
B.Simone
Blair Christian
Royce Bell
Corey Charron
Cristian Oliveras
Conceited (rapper)
Corey Holcomb
Julia Young
Cynthia LuCiette
Darren Brand
DC Young Fly
DeRay Davis
DoBoy
Elgin "Davisito" David
Emmanuel Hudson
Funny Mike
Hitman Holla
Jack Thriller
Jacob Williams
Jess Hilarious
Burpie
Jon Gabrus
Justina Valentine
Karlous Miller
Matt Rife
Michael Blackson
Nate Jackson
Rip Micheals
Ross Bryant
Teddy Ray
Timothy DeLaGhetto
Tonio Skits

text: Games[edit]

text:
World's Worst: a game where the world best goes wrong; introduced in Season 1 in an episode featuring SNL comedian, Kenan Thompson.
You Can't Say That: A game where the most inappropriate thing is said on live TV; this game was first introduced in Season 1 in an episode featuring Wu-Tang Clan member, Method Man.
Let Me Holla: Members from each team use a pick up line on a Wild'n Out girl. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
The Interrogation Game: an improv comedy game of interrogating an unknown suspect and the suspect must give out a clue of who they are. This was used in Season 1 by Christina Milian.
The Hating Game: a comedic version of the Dating Game with bad intentions heard about the bachelors. Used in Season 1 featuring guest team captain, Fonzworth Bentley.
Before and After: A game where one person from each team is giving a category as he/she must act out a person or thing before and after.
Tore Up from the Floor Up: A game where people from the audience are called to walk the runway as the teams clown about the outfits. the team with funny lines, earn bells. Buzzers for non-funny jokes.
Celebrity Death Battle: an improv game where two people rhyme as the celebrities shown in a picture.
Turn Up For What: A member from each team shout "Turn up......" The audience then ask "Turn up for what?" If the reply is funny, music is played; if it's unfunny, they get crickets. The team with the most points wins.
Got Props: Each team is given a prop and has to use it in a scenario. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
That's My Dog: A game where two people of the same team (one the owner of the dog and the other as the dog) must come to an understanding of clues DJ D-Wrek gives out. First introduced in Season 1 by principal cast member (later guest team captain), Kevin Hart.
Unhappily Ever After: A funny take on fairy tales with bad endings. Used in Season 1 by guest team captain, Kanye West.
Remix: Each team has to remix a nursery rhyme or a song of some sort. The audience decides the winner after.
Trap N Out: an alternative version of Remix first introduced in Wild N' Out Season 8 when Migos were team captains/performers.
R and Beef: Each team has to make a R&B song from audience suggestions or problems. The audience decides the winner after.
Rock N Beef: An alternative version of R & Beef used in an episode featuring Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.
Pie or Die: Each member is given a word and has to use it correctly in a freestyle rap. If they use it correctly, they gain a bell. If they don't use it correctly, screw up the rap by forgetting what to say next, they get a pie to the face. The team with the most bells wins.
Talking Spit: The team captains sit down and fill their mouth with water. Opposite members of each team try to make them laugh. The team that has the most spits loses.
Pillow Talk: An alternative version of Talkin' Spit using pillows in substitution of water bottles and a bucket. This concept was used in an episode featuring Victoria's Secret model Chanel Iman.
Family Reunion: Each member of each team have to introduce a member of the audience as their "family member" and if the introduction is funny they get a bell, if it's unfunny they get a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
Eat Dat Ass Up: Each team is given a random dance to do. The team that does it the best wins.
Plead the Fifth: The team captain of both teams sit in a cage and are asked questions by the opposing members. The captains have to answer the questions truthfully. The only way to get out of answering the question is saying "I plead the fifth". The team who pleads the fifth the most loses.
Now You Wild Out: Each team is given a place to rap a description about what to do at the place and end with punchline "Now You Wild Out" and its keep going until one team can't think of a rhyme. The team with the most points wins.
Pick up and Kill it: One person from each team is rap battling about a specific topic. The team with most points wins.
Flow Job: One member of each team must freestyle rap about the occupation they are given to a Wild 'n Out girl. If she gets it, they earn a bell, and if she doesn't, they get a buzzer.
Twerk Work: Teams make up twerk songs based on occupation suggestions from twitter. The audience decides the winner after.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Members from each team use their best breaking up technique on a wild'n out girl. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
So Fly: Members from each team compliment their captain. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
So Ballin': an alternative version of So Fly used in Season 4 by rap artist, Jim Jones.
Late Night Questions: A game were one person ask a question in bed causing the other to be uncomfortable.
Star Sightings: Members from each team go out and find people in the audience that look like stars. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
Who's On The Pole: Members from each team can say jokes about audience members who go up on stage and dance on the pole. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's not funny, you get nothing. The team with the most points wins.
Bail Me Out: Members from each team try to get their captain to say which celebrity they are trying to be. The team that gets the most right wins.
Wildagram: DJ D-Wrek will give each team a celebrity name and they got 15 seconds to act out their "Wildagram" post. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.
Instaham: Photo of a celebrity will be shown on the screen and the cast members have to explain what happened with a funny punchline. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins. This game was introduced in Season 1 as Snap on the Shots with guest team captain, Eva Pigford.
Hood Jeopardy: Jeopardy with a twist, each team member can go up and say the answer to whats on screen. If it's funny, it gets a bell; if it's unfunny, it gets a buzzer. The team with the most points wins.

text: Broadcast history[edit]

text: Season 1[edit]

text:
No.
Team captain
Writer
Performer/guest
Original airdate
No. in total

1
"Orlando Jones"
Nick Cannon
Cassidy/Biz Markie
July 28, 2005
1

The first episode sets up the whole season. The start off the show by playing "The Questions Game", in which the Black and Red team can only ask each other questions. Orlando Jones comes up with a funny question, "Did Yo Mamma tell you?", and wins it for the Black Team. The second game they play is "Tore up from the Floor Up". They bring people out of the audience that they think look funny and make fun of them. During this game Robert Hoffman strips nearly all the way down, leaving his underwear and his long, white, grey-on-the-tip socks. Robert Hoffman seems to love being in his socks, and leaves his shoes off for a while. Hoffman's team wins that round. The 3rd game is a game called "I’m On the List!", wherein the Black Team and the Red Team have to act out celebrity personalities and the team captains have to figure out who the impression is of, then let that "celebrity" into the club. The Red Team wins the 3rd game. And the last game is called "Wild Style". The cast has to go head to head free styling each other and making punch lines. Who ever is the funniest wins the whole game. The Red Team Wins the whole thing! Cassidy comes through and plays "I'm A Hustla" from his album I'm A Hustla.

2
"Christina Milian"
Nick Cannon
Common
August 4, 2005
2

Nick Cannon on the Red Team goes against Christina Millian on the Black Team to see who can win. Christina Millian tries to take Nick Cannon's comedy crown. They play "Talkin' Spit", "The Interrogation Game", "R&Beef" and "Wild Style" like they do at the end of the show every night. Nick Cannon's Red Team wins at the end of the show. Common Performs "Go" from his album BE and break dances on the floor with Affion Crockett, one of the stars off "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild N' Out".

3
"Ying Yang Twins"
Nick Cannon
Ying Yang Twins
August 11, 2005
3

In this episode the Ying Yang Twins are the captain of the Black Team. In the first game called "Got Props?" the team members get a prop and use them to do funny things. The Black Team wins that round. In the next round called "Star Sightings" the two teams have to go out in the audience and find people that look like celebrities, but do it in a funny way. The Red Team wins that round. Up next is funny game called "That's My Dog", 1 person from each team has to be a dog, they only can bark and act out things, but they can’t speak. And the other person from each team has to find out what the dog is saying. The Black Team wins that game. In the last round called "Wild Style", the teams go head to head and do funny punch lines. The Red team wins that round, so that means they win the whole thing. Afterwards the Ying Yang Twins perform their hit song "Wait (The Whisper Song)" from their CD USA (United States of Atlanta).

4
"Kanye West"
Nick Cannon
Kanye West/Tracee Ellis Ross
August 18, 2005
4

This week's episode is with Kanye West, he is the captain of the Black Team. The first game is called "Tore up from the Floor Up", the teammates go out into the audience and get people that they think looks funny and sends them on stage and make punch lines about them. The Black Team wins that round. Next up is a game called "The Hating Game", it's like the dating game but the woman picks the guy that she hates the most by their lines. Tracee Ross plays the lady that pick between two guys that she hates the most. The Red Team wins that one. In this round they play a game called the "Unhappily Ever After" game, the audience comes up with a story that the cast comes up with that doesn’t end "Happily Ever After". The Red Team wins that. In the "Wildstyle" round Kanye West and Nick Cannon's team goes against each other making punch lines as they go along. Kanye's Black Team wins the whole thing. At the end Kanye hypes the crowd with a song from his "Late Registration" album called "Diamonds of Sierra Leone".

5
"Eva Pigford"
Nick Cannon
T.I. & P$C
August 25, 2005
5

This time the Black Team captain is Eva Pigford. She was along her protege Chynna Terrell. In the first game "Snap on the Shots", the team members off each team make jokes of pictures that come up on a screen: if it's funny, they get a ding; if it's not they get a buzzer. The Black Team wins that round. The 2nd game 1 person from each team has to sit in a chair and put water in his or her mouth, one of the people from each team and has to say something funny so that the other person can spit the water out of their mouth and win a point. The Red Team takes that round. The 3rd game is "60 Second Sequel" where the audience screams out a movie so that the team members can make a sequel to it. If the audience screams loud for a team that team wins. The Red team wins that round. In the last round "Wildstyle" the two teams go head to head making punch lines; the Red Team wins the last round. At the end T.I. and P$C perform "Set It Out".

6
"Kenan Thompson"
Nick Cannon
The Pussycat Dolls
September 1, 2005
6

This episode Kenan Thompson comes through and is the captain of the Black Team. In the 1st game "World's Worst" the team members have to do a skit and make fun of things that a person can do the worst of. The Red Team wins that round. The next game is called "Star Sightings": the two teams go out and find people in the audience that look like stars. In the 3rd game called "Unhappily Ever After", the team members make a skit of stories that end happily ever after, but the team has to make their ending unhappy and funny. The Red Team wins. In the last game "Wildstyle" they go against each other making funny punch lines. The Red Team wins it all. At the end The Pussycat Dolls perform their hit single "Don’t Cha".

7
"Fonzworth Bentley"
Nick Cannon
Trillville/Vanessa Minnillo
September 8, 2005
7

In this episode Farnsworth Bentley is the captain of the Black Team. In the first game called "Got Props?" the Wild N’ Out members have to do something funny with the props that are given to them. The Black Team takes that round. In the next game "Tore up from the Floor Up" the cast goes out and finds people they think are funny and send them on stage to make fun of them and how they are dressed. The Black Team wins that one. TRL’S host Vanessa Minnillo selects the Red Team as she plays the game "The Hating Game"; the Red Team wins that round. In the last round "Wildstyle" the Black Team wins overall. After the show Trillville plays a hit song from their album Some Cut.

8
"Omarion"
Nick Cannon
Lil Wayne
September 15, 2005
8

In the 8th episode Omarion is the captain of the Black Team. In the first game "World's Worst" the members do things that people can be the worst at; the Red Team wins the 1st round. In the 2nd round they play a game called "Do Dat Dance". DJ D-Wrek has to come up with a new dance move and the cast has to create it. The Red Team wins again. In the next game called "Deaf Jam" they have to play out a song without saying any words, and their teammate has to figure it out. The Red Team wins this round too. In the last game "Wildstyle" everyone pitches in and goes against others. The Black team wins overall. Lil’ Wayne performs "Earthquake" after the show.

9
"Kevin Hart"
Nick Cannon
David Banner
September 22, 2005
9

Kevin Hart joins his black team crew in a game called "That's My Dog". That's where one teammate has to be a dog and the other has to be a person who tries to figure out what the person is saying. The Black Team wins that round. The next round DJ D-Wrek explains "The Questions Game" where a Red teammate and a Black teammate have to keep asking questions, and if one teammate doesn't know a question to ask the other team wins the point. The Red Team wins the round. In the next game "60 Second Sequel" both of the teams are giving a movie to make a sequel to. The Black Team wins that round. In the last round "WildStyle", at the end the black team wins. David Banner gets the crowd hyped with a song.

10
"Method Man"
Nick Cannon
Lil Scrappy
September 29, 2005
10

Method Man comes through, captain of the Black Team. They start it off playing the game "You Can't Say That Shit" were you can say bad things but not make it obvious you are saying it. The Black Team wins that. The next game they play is called "Star Sighting" where the person has to find an audience member that looks like a celebrity. The Black Team wins. Next up is the "R&Beef Game"; you have to sings songs that are really funny. The Black Team wins that one. At the end they play the "WildStyle" game. The Red Team wins the whole thing. Lil' Scrappy then performs "No Problem".

text: Season 2[edit]

text: The 2nd season contains a total of 10 episodes which were broadcast from February 2 to April 6, 2006 on MTV.

text:
Lil Jon (Team Captain & Performer)
Tyra Banks (Team Captain)
Cedric the Entertainer (Team Captain)
Marques Houston (Team Captain)
Rev Run (Team Captain)
Kelly Rowland (Team Captain)
Mike Jones (Team Captain & Performer)
Charlie Murphy (Team Captain)
Wayne Brady (Team Captain)
Mike Epps (Team Captain)
Ne-Yo (Performer)
Sean Paul (Performer and special referee for WildStyle)
Three 6 Mafia (Performers)
Dem Franchize Boyz with Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat (Performers)
Young Jeezy with Akon (Performers)
Rhymefest (Performer for WildStyle)
Bobby Brown (Joined Red Squad for the game R & Beef in the Marques Houston episode)
Joy Bryant (Bachelorette for The Hating Game in the Mike Epps episode)
Rich Boy (Performer)
Busta Rhymes (Performer)
Paul Wall (Performer)
Pitbull (Performer)

text: Season 3[edit]

text: The 3rd season contains a total of 8 episodes which were broadcast from August 10 to October 5, 2006 on MTV.

text:
Big Boi (Team Captain & Performer)
Fat Joe (Team Captain)
Andy Milonakis (Team Captain)
Warren Sapp (Team Captain)
Jamie Kennedy (Team Captain)
E-40 (Team Captain & Performer)
Ray J (Team Captain)
Talib Kweli (Team Captain)
Purple Ribbon All-Stars (Performers; member Killer Mike was a guest judge for WildStyle)
Chamillionaire with Krayzie Bone (Performers)
Method Man (Performer)
Lupe Fiasco (Performer)
Field Mob (Performers)
Clipse and Pharrell (Performers)
Yung Joc (Performer)
Lil Jon (Judge for Remix in the Big Boi episode)
Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander (Judge for Let Me Holla in the E-40 episode)

text: Season 4[edit]

text: The 4th season contains a total of 20 episodes which were broadcast from May 12 to September 6, 2007 on MTV.

text:
Snoop Dogg (Team Captain & Performer)
Ne-Yo (Team Captain & Performer)
Lloyd (Team Captain & Performer)
Steve-O (Team Captain)
Fabolous (Team Captain & Performer)
Brooke Hogan (Team Captain)
Redman (Team Captain & Performer)
Swizz Beatz (Team Captain & Performer)
Tara Reid (Team Captain)
Young Buck (Team Captain & Performer)
Pauly Shore (Team Captain)
Jim Jones (Team Captain & Performer)
Serena Williams (Team Captain)
Common (Team Captain & Performer)
Terry Crews (Team Captain)
Paula DeAnda (Team Captain)
Big Boy (Team Captain)
Sommore (Team Captain)
Bruce Bruce (Team Captain)
Katt Williams (Team Captain)
Big Daddy Kane (Performer)
Three 6 Mafia (Performers)
Izzy Battle (Performer)
Nate Dogg (Performer)
The Fixxers (Performers & Judges for Wildstyle in the Pauly Shore episode)
Crime Mob (Performers)
Pretty Ricky (Performers)
Baby Boy da Prince (Performer & Judge for Wildstyle in the Paula DeAnda episode)
Unk (Performer)
Mike Jones (Performer)
Paul Wall (Performer)
Huey (Performer)
Lil Jon (Special Guest in the Common episode)
Liz Hernandez (bachelorette for the Hating Game in the Big Boy episode)

text: Season 5[edit]

text: The 5th season contains a total of 12 episodes which were broadcast from July 9 to September 24, 2013 on MTV2.

text:
Kevin Hart (Team Captain )
Mac Miller (Team Captain & Performer)
2 Chainz (Team Captain & Performer)
Vinny Guadagnino (Team Captain)
French Montana (Team Captain & Performer)
A$AP Rocky (Team Captain & Performer)
Amar'e Stoudemire (Team Captain)
Lil Duval (Team Captain)
Chanel West Coast (Team Captain)
Joe Budden (Team Captain & Performer)
Machine Gun Kelly (Team Captain & Performer)
DJ Khaled (Performer)
Talib Kweli (Performer)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Performers)
Joey Badass (Performer)
Pusha T (Performer)
Kirko Bangz (Performer)
Mike Epps (Special Guest)
Cast of Guy Code (Special Guests)
Mariah Carey (Special Guest)
Big Boi (Special Guest)
Styles P (Special Guest)

text: Season 6[edit]

text: The 6th season contains a total of 16 episodes which were broadcast from July 2, 2014 to February 4, 2015 on MTV2.

text:
Rick Ross (Team Captain & Performer)
Nelly (Team Captain & Performer)
Skylar Diggins (Team Captain)
Bow Wow (Team Captain)
Chrissy Teigen (Team Captain)
Austin Mahone (Team Captain & Performer)
Riff Raff (Team Captain & Performer)
Asher Roth (Team Captain)
Tech N9ne (Team Captain & Performer)
Amber Rose (Team Captain)
Brandon T. Jackson (Team Captain)
Maino (Team Captain)
Chanel Iman (Team Captain)
Peter Gunz (Team Captain)
Sage The Gemini (Team Captain & Performer)
Adrian Broner (Team Captain)
Meek Mill (Performer)
Vic Mensa (Performer)
Que (Performer)
PWD (Performers)
Troy Ave (Performer)
Krizz Kaliko (Performer)
Wiz Khalifa (Performer)
Wonder Broz (Performers)
Yo Gotti (Performer)
Rich Homie Quan (Performer)
Migos (Performers)
Angel Haze (Performer)
Michael Strahan (Special Guest)
Drita D'Avanzo (Special Guest)
MURS (Special Guest)
Jim Jones (Special Guest)
Jessica White (Special Guest)

text: Season 7[edit]

text: The 7th season contains a total of 16 episodes which were broadcast from June 10, 2015 to January 6, 2016 on MTV2. There are also stand up specials after the episodes in this season are finished.

text:
Fabolous (Team Captain & Performer)
Rae Sremmurd (Team Captains & Performers)
T-Pain (Team Captain & Performer)
Pete Wentz (Team Captain)
Zendaya (Team Captain)
Ne-Yo (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
Nick Young (Team Captain)
Ty Dolla $ign (Team Captain & Performer)
Mack Wilds (Team Captain)
DJ Drama (Team Co-Captain)
DeJ Loaf (Team Captain & Performer)
A$AP Ferg (Team Captain & Performer)
Jordin Sparks (Team Captain)
Snoop Dogg (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
Shaquille O'Neal (Team Captain)
Ray J (Team Captain)
Remy Ma (Team Captain)
Tiny Lister, Jr. (Team Captain)
Fat Joe (Team Captain & Performer)
Fetty Wap (Performer)
French Montana (Performer)
O.T. Genasis (Performer)
Migos (Performers)
K Camp (Performer)
Hitman Holla & Conceited (Performers)
Kevin Hart (Special Guest)
Safaree Samuels (Special Guest)
A-Town & Snacks (Special Guests)
IceJJFish (Special Guest)
Hailey Clauson (Special Guest)
Arsonal Da Rebel (Special Guest)
Lil Duval (Special Guest & Performer)
The Breakfast Club (Special Guests)
The Kid Mero & Desus (Special Guests)

text: Season 8[edit]

text: The 8th season contains a total of 21 episodes which were broadcast from August 4, 2016 to April 20, 2017 on MTV, marking the first time in almost a decade that the show aired new episodes on its original network.

text:
Tyga (Team Captain & Performer)
Iggy Azalea (Team Captain & Performer)
Waka Flocka Flame (Team Captain)
Travis Scott (Team Captain & Performer)
Bella Thorne (Team Captain)
Jadakiss (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
T.I. (Team Captain & Performer)
Young Dro (Team Co-Captain)
Lil Dicky (Team Captain & Performer)
Keke Palmer (Team Captain)
Erykah Badu (Team Co-Captain)
Timbaland (Team Captain)
Stevie J & Joseline Hernandez (Team Captains)
2 Chainz (Team Captain & Performer)
K. Michelle (Team Captain)
Flo Rida (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
Trevor Jackson (Team Captain)
Chris Paul (Team Captain)
Samantha Hoopes (Team Captain)
Trina (Team Captain & Performer)
Lil Bibby (Team Captain)
Migos (Team Captains & Performers)
Faizon Love (Team Captain)
Deontay Wilder (Team Captain)
Omarion (Team Captain & Performer)
Tate Kobang (Performer)
Curren$y (Performer)
Kehlani (Performer)
Yo Gotti (Performer)
DRAM (rapper) (Performer)
ILoveMemphis (Performer)
Jeremih (Performer)
Dreezy (Performer)
2 Milly (Performer)
Tory Lanez (Performer)
Scott Disick (Special Guest)
Travis Mills (Special Guest)
Erica Mena (Special Guest)
DJ Whoo Kid (Special Guest)
Russell Simmons (Special Guest)
Rachel Hilbert (Special Guest)
Mack Wilds (Special Guest)
Too $hort (Special Guest)
Lyfe Jennings (Special Guest)
Les Twins (Special Guests)
Jay Leno (Special Guest)
Antonio Cromartie (Special Guest)
Lance Stephenson (Special Guest)
Don Benjamin (Special Guest)
Russell Peters (Special Guest)
Ta'Rhonda Jones (Special Guest)
Safaree Samuels (Special Guest)

text: Season 9[edit]

text: The 9th season contains a total of 16 episodes which were broadcast from June 29 to October 5, 2017 on MTV.

text:
Chance the Rapper (Team Captain & Performer)
Vic Mensa (Team Captain & Performer)
Dave East (Team Captain & Performer)
Nev Schulman (Team Co-Captain)
Lil Yachty (Team Captain & Performer)
Blac Chyna (Team Captain)
The Cast of The New Edition Story (Team Captains)
Tami Roman (Team Captain)
Remy Ma (Team Captain)
Papoose (Team Co-Captain)
Killer Mike (Team Captain)
Young M.A (Team Captain & Performer)
Rick Ross (Team Captain & Performer)
Jake Miller (Team Captain & Performer)
Lil Rel Howery (Team Captain)
LeSean McCoy (Team Captain)
DJ Self (Team Captain)
Wendy Williams (Team Captain)
Saba (Performer)
It's A Movie (Performer)
Nick Grant (Performer)
Lecrae (Performer)
Hitman Holla & Conceited (Performers)
Run the Jewels (Performers)
Ayo & Teo (Performers)
Kid the Wiz, SNS & The Waffle Crew (Performers)
Kodie Shane (Performer)
Blac Youngsta (Performer)
Terrence Jenkins (Special Guest)
Method Man (Special Guest)
Dick Gregory (Special Guest)
Naturi Naughton (Special Guest)
YesJulz (Special Guest)
Shameik Moore (Special Guest)
Mia Kang (Special Guest)
Todrick Hall (Special Guest)
Demaris Lewis (Special Guest)
Cipha Sounds (Special Guest)

text: Season 10[edit]

text: The 10th season contains a total of 16 episodes which were broadcast from November 30, 2017 to March 1, 2018 on MTV.

text:
Desiigner (Team Captain & Performer)
Wu-Tang Clan (Team Captains & Performers)
Serayah (Team Captain & Performer)
Santa Claus (Team Captain)
Pete Davidson (Team Captain)
PnB Rock (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
Machine Gun Kelly (Team Captain & Performer)
Ayo & Teo (Team Captains & Performers)
Keyshia Cole (Team Captain & Performer)
Fabolous (Team Captain & Performer)
Elijah Kelley (Team Co-Captain)
The Combs Brothers (Team Captains & Performers)
Tee Grizzley (Team Captain & Performer)
Wyclef Jean (Team Captain & Performer)
Kyle (Team Captain & Performer)
Gary Owen (Team Captain)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie (Team Captain & Performer)
Don Q (Team Co-Captain & Performer)
A$AP Mob (Team Captains & Performers)
Jacquees (Performer)
21 Savage (Performer)
Kranium (Special Guest)
Sommer Ray (Special Guest)
Fatboy SSE (Special Guest)
Slick Woods (Special Guest)
DeRay Davis (Special Guest)
Smokepurpp (Special Guest)
Sara Sampaio (Special Guest)
Sky (Special Guest)
Kid The Wiz (Special Guest)
Yvng Swag (Special Guest)
CyHi The Prynce (Special Guest)

text: Season 11[edit]

text: The 11th season will consist of 22 episodes and premiered on March 15, 2018 on MTV, two weeks after the end of Season 10. The season will resume on July 12, 2018.

text:
Angela Rye (Red Team - IWD special)
Tameka Cottle (Red Team - IWD special)
Ally Brooke (Black Team/Performer - IWD special)
Dreezy (Black Team - IWD special)
Rasika Mathur (Black Team - IWD special)
Tami Roman (Black Team - IWD special)
The Cast of All That (Team Captains)
PRETTYMUCH (Team Captains & Performers)
Laurie Hernandez (Team Captain)
Topic (Performer - IWD special)
SOB X RBE (Performer)
Yvng Swag (Performer)
MC Lyte (Special Guest - IWD special)
Shameik Moore (Special Guest)
Nafessa Williams (Special Guest)
Zaytoven (Special Guest)
Affion Crockett
Amara La Negra
Anthony Ramos
Baby Ariel
BJ The Chicago Kid
Blac Youngsta
Bobby Lytes
Bryan Abasolo
Chief Keef
Cordell Broadus
Dolph Ziggler
Famous Dex
Jack & Jack
Justine Skye
Kap G
Keke Palmer
Kent Jones
Maino
Martellus Bennett
Michael Bennett
Mikey Day
Pete Davidson
Prince Royce
Rachel Lindsay
Rapsody
Rick Ross
Roy Woods
T.I.
Trick Daddy
Tyga
Vic Mensa
Winnie Harlow

text: Season 12[edit]

text: The 12th season will be filming in Atlanta from June 30 to July 14, 2018.

text:
24 Hours[disambiguation needed]
Andre Drummond
Angel McCoughtry
Ayo & Teo
BlocBoy JB
Bow Wow
Brett Gray
Chloe x Halle
Da Brat
Denzel Curry
Deon Cole
Dwight Howard
Eric Bellinger
Hood Celebrity
Jacquees
Jermaine Dupri
Josephine Skriver
Kandi Burruss
Kountry Wayne
Lais Ribeiro
Lil Baby
Marvin Bagley III
Matt Triplett
O.T. Genasis
Sasha Banks
Shaun T
Tiffany Hayes
Trae the Truth
Trinidad Cardona
Tyron Woodley
Young M.A


document_title: Fall Out Boy

question_text: how long have fall out boy been together

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text: Fall Out Boy

text: History

text: 2001–2002: Early years

text: Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois by friends Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman. Wentz was a "visible fixture" of the relatively small Chicago hardcore punk scene of the late 1990s, performing in various groups such as Birthright, Extinction and First Born, as well the metalcore band Arma Angelus and the more political Racetraitor, "a band that managed to land the covers of Maximumrocknroll and Heartattack fanzines before releasing a single note of music."[1] Wentz was growing dissatisfied with the changing mores of the community, which he viewed as a transition from political activism to an emphasis on moshing and breakdowns.[1] With enthusiasm in Arma Angelus waning, he created a pop punk side project with Trohman as an "easy and escapist" project.[1] Trohman met Patrick Stump, then a drummer for grindcore band Xgrinding processX[2] and a host of other bands that "never really managed," at a Borders bookstore in Wilmette.[3] While discussing Neurosis with a friend, Stump interrupted the conversation to correct their classification of the band in a conversation that soon shifted to the new band.[3] Stump, viewing it as an opportunity to try out with "local hardcore celebrity" Wentz, directed Trohman to his MP3.com page, which contained sung-through acoustic recordings.[3] Stump intended to try out as a drummer, but Trohman urged him to bring out his acoustic guitar; he impressed the duo with songs from Saves the Day's Through Being Cool. While Wentz wanted Racetraitor bandmate Andy Hurley in the group as drummer, Hurley appeared uninterested and too busy.[3]

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text: The band's first public performance came in a cafeteria at DePaul University alongside Stilwell and another group that performed Black Sabbath in its entirety.[4] The band's only performance with guitarist John Flamandan and original drummer Ben Rose was in retrospect described as "goofy" and "bad," but Trohman made an active effort to make the band work, picking up members for practice.[4] Wentz and Stump argued over band names; the former favored verbose, tongue-in-cheek names while the latter desired to reference Tom Waits in name.[4] After creating a short list of names that included "Fall Out Boy," a fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics, friends voted on the name. The band's second performance, at a southern Illinois university with The Killing Tree, began with Wentz introducing the band under a name Stump recalled as "very long."[4] According to Stump, an audience member yelled out, "Fuck that, no, you're Fall Out Boy!," and the band were credited later in the show under that name by Killing Tree frontman Tim McIlrath. As the group looked up to McIlrath, and Trohman and Stump were "die-hard" Simpsons fans, the name stuck.[4][5] The group's first cassette tape demo was recorded in Rose's basement, but the band later set off for Wisconsin to record a proper demo with 7 Angels 7 Plagues drummer Jared Logan, whom Wentz knew through connections in the hardcore scene.[4]

text: Several more members passed through the group, including drummer Mike Pareskuwicz of Subsist and guitarist T.J. "Racine" Kunasch.[4] While Stump at this point felt uninterested in the group, Wentz was, according to Uprising Records owner Sean Muttaqi, viewing the group as "the thing that would make him famous. He had a clear vision."[4] Wentz was "singularly focused on taking things to the next level," and threw the band into promotion via early social media. Muttaqi got word of the demo and wanted to release half of it as a split extended play with Hurley's band Project Rocket, which the band viewed as competition.[4] Uprising desired to release an album with the emerging band, which to that point had only written three songs. With the help of Logan, the group attempted to put together a collection of songs in two days, and recorded them as Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend. The rushed recording experience and underdeveloped songs left the band dissatisfied.[4] When the band set off to Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin to record three songs for a possible split 7-inch with 504 Plan, engineer Sean O'Keefe suggested the band record the trio with Hurley.[6] Hurley was also recording an EP with his new group the Kill Pill in Chicago the same day, but raced to Madison to lay down drums for Fall Out Boy. "It was still a fill-in thing but when Andy sat in, it just felt different. It was one of those "a-ha" moments," recalled Wentz.[6]

text: 2003–2004: Early success and Take This to Your Grave

text: The band booked a two-week tour with Spitalfield, but Pareskuwicz was unable to get time off from work and Kunasch was kicked out of the band as the group "had all gotten sick of him."[6] Kunasch was temporarily replaced by friend Brandon Hamm on guitar, alongside drummer Chris Envy from the recently disbanded Showoff, but both quit prior to the kickoff of the tour.[6] The band invited Hurley instead to fill-in once more, while Stump borrowed one of Trohman's guitars for the trek. While most shows were cancelled, the band played any show possible: "Let's just get on whatever show we can. You can pay us in pizza," remembered Wentz.[6] As the tour concluded, the general consensus was that Hurley would be the band's new drummer, and the band began to shop around the three songs from the group's unreleased split as a demo to record labels. The band members set their sights on pop punk labels, and attempted with considerable effort to join Drive-Thru Records.[7] A showcase for label co-founders went largely mediocre, and the band were offered to sign to side label Rushmore, an offer that the members of the band declined. They got particularly far in discussions with The Militia Group and Victory Records, and Bob McLynn of Crush Management became the band's first manager.[8] The band re-entered the studio with O'Keefe to record several more tracks to create label interest. Wentz felt "in the backseat" in writing the songs and temporarily questioned his place in the group, but Stump argued in his favor: "No! That's not fair! Don't leave me with this band! Don't make me kind of like this band and then leave it! That's bullshit!"[8]

text: The band's early tour vehicle was a "tiny V6 that was running on three cylinders, and it was not getting enough air, so it would drive really slowly," recalled Wentz. "We had to turn on the hot air to reach the speed limit, so we had the heat on all the time in 120 degree weather. It was so hot it melted the plastic molding around the windows. When it rained, we'd get all wet."[5] John Janick of Fueled by Ramen had heard an early version of a song online and cold-called the band members at their apartment, first reaching Stump and later talking to Wentz for an hour.[8] Rob Stevenson from Island Records eventually offered the band a "first-ever incubator sort of deal," in which they gave the band money to sign with Fueled by Ramen for the group's one-off debut, knowing they could "upstream" the band to radio on the sophomore record.[8] Fueled by Ramen, at the time the smallest of independent labels clamoring to sign the band, would effectively release the group's debut album and help build the band's ever-expanding fanbase before the group moved to Island.[8] The band again partnered with O'Keefe at Smart Studios, bringing together the three songs from the demo and recording an additional seven songs in nine days. The band, according to Stump, didn't "sleep anywhere that we could shower [...] There was a girl that Andy's girlfriend at the time went to school with who let us sleep on her floor, but we'd be there for maybe four hours at a time. It was crazy."[9][10] As the band progressed and the members' roles became more defined, Wentz took lyrics extremely seriously in contrast to Stump, who had been the group's primary lyricist up to that point.[11] Arguments during the recording sessions led to what "most reductively boils down to Wentz writing the lyrics and Stump writing the melodies."[3]

text: The band's debut album, Take This to Your Grave, was issued by Fueled by Ramen in May 2003. Previously, one of the band's earliest recordings, Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, had not seen release until shortly before Grave in March 2003, when the band had gained considerable momentum. "Our record was something being rushed out to help generate some interest, but that interest was building before we could even get the record out," said Sean Muttaqi.[12] The band actively tried to stop Uprising from releasing the recordings (as the band's relationship with Muttaqi had grown sour), as the band viewed it as a "giant piece of garbage" recorded before Hurley's involvement that the band members ceased to consider the debut album of the group.[12] Gradually, the band's fanbase grew in size as the label pushed for the album's mainstream success. According to Wentz, shows began to end in a near-riot and the group were banned from several venues because the entire crowd would end up onstage.[13] The band gained positive reviews for subsequent gigs at South by Southwest (SXSW) and various tour appearances.[14] The band joined the Warped Tour for five dates in the summer of 2004, and on one date the band had only performed three songs when the stage collapsed due to the large crowd.[13] The band appeared on the cover of the August 2004 edition of Alternative Press, and listening stations at Hot Topic partially helped the album move 2,000-3,000 copies per week by Christmas 2004, at which point the label considered the band "tipping" into mainstream success.[13]

text: 2005–2006: From Under the Cork Tree

text: The band had been flooded with "hyperbolic praise," and deemed "the next big thing" by multiple media outlets.[15] Before recording the follow-up to its debut, the band released the acoustic EP/DVD My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue. The EP was the band's first charting on the Billboard 200 at number 153. From Under the Cork Tree was recorded in Burbank, California, and served as the first time the band had stayed in California for an extended period of time.[16] The group lived in corporate housing during the making of the album.[16] In contrast to Take This to Your Grave's rushed recording schedule, Fall Out Boy took a much more gradual pace while working on From Under the Cork Tree. It was the first Fall Out Boy record in which Stump created all the music and Wentz wrote all the lyrics, continuing the approach they took for some songs on Grave. Stump felt that this process was much more "smooth" as every member was able to focus on his individual strengths.[17] He explained: "We haven't had any of those moments when I play the music and he'll say, 'I don't like that,' and he'll read me lyrics and I'll say, 'I don't like those lyrics.' It's very natural and fun."[17] Despite this, the band had great difficulty creating its desired sound for the album, constantly scrapping new material. Two weeks before recording sessions began, the group abandoned ten songs and wrote eight more, including the album's first single, "Sugar, We're Goin Down."[15]

text: The band suffered a setback, however, when Wentz had an emotional breakdown in February 2005, culminating in an unsuccessful suicide attempt. He had withdrawn from the rest of the group, with his condition only apparent through his lyrics, and had also become obsessed with the recent Indian tsunami and his own self-doubt.[18] "It is particularly overwhelming when you are on the cusp of doing something very big and thinking that it will be a big flop," he said later. Wentz swallowed a handful of Ativan anxiety pills (he described the act as "hypermedicating") in the Chicago Best Buy parking lot.[18] After being rushed to the hospital and having his stomach pumped, Wentz moved back home to Wilmette to live with his parents.[18]

text: From Under the Cork Tree debuted and peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 upon its May 2005 release. It was spearheaded by the band's breakthrough single, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down," reached number eight in the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 2005, and in the UK chart in February 2006, crossing over from Alternative to Pop radio.[18] "Dance, Dance," the album's second single, also was a top ten hit in the United States and was certified 3x Platinum in 2014.[14] The record's success led to stardom among teenagers in North America, and the band's first arena tour had the group playing to 10,000 people per night.[18] Rolling Stone wrote that the band's "anthems," distributed and marketed through their MySpace, connected with "skinny-jeans-wearing teen girls."[19] In support of From Under the Cork Tree, the band toured exhaustively with international tours, TRL visits, late-night television appearances and music award shows.[14] The band performed at music festivals in 2005 and 2006, including the third Nintendo Fusion Tour in the fall of 2005, joining The Starting Line, Motion City Soundtrack, Boys Night Out, and Panic! at the Disco on a 31 city tour.[20] The album earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist,[14] and has sold over 2.7 million copies in the United States, becoming the group's best-selling album.[18] "Sugar, We're Goin Down" also won the band an MTV Music Video Award.[21]

text: 2007: Infinity on High

text: In the wake of the band's multiplatinum success, the "especially extroverted" Wentz became the most publicly visible member of the band.[14][19] He confided to the press his suicide attempt and nude photos of the bassist appeared on the Internet in 2006.[19] He gained additional exposure through his clothing line, his Decaydance record label (an imprint of Fueled by Ramen), and eventually a celebrity relationship with pop singer Ashlee Simpson, which made the two tabloid fixtures in the United States.[14][19][22] Due to its increased success from the group's MTV Video Music Award, the group headlined the Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour, a pop punk event that featured The All-American Rejects, Well-Known Secret, Hawthorne Heights, and From First to Last. The tour also featured The Hush Sound for half of the tour and October Fall for half. The band played to 53 dates in the US, Canada, and the UK.[23]

text: After taking a two-month-long break following the band’s Black Clouds and Underdogs tour in promotion of the band's 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree, Fall Out Boy returned to the studio to begin work on a follow-up effort.[24] The band began writing songs for the new album while touring, and intended to quickly make a new album in order to keep momentum in the wake of its breakthrough success.[25] In early 2007, the group released its third studio album, Infinity on High, which was the band's second release on major label Island. The album marked a departure in Fall Out Boy’s sound in which the band implemented a diverse array of musical styles including funk, R&B, and flamenco.[24][26] As reported by Billboard, Fall Out Boy "drifts further from its hardcore punk roots to write increasingly accessible pop tunes," a slight departure from the group's previous more pop punk sound predominant on their 2003 effort, Take This to Your Grave.[27]

text: Infinity's first week was a major success and was the band's biggest selling week, selling 260,000 copies to debut at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200[28][29] and inside the top five worldwide. This charting was first started with lead single "The Carpal Tunnel of Love", with minor success on the Billboard charts.[30] This success was bolstered by the further-successful second single "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", which reached No. 2 in both the US and UK as well as the top five in many other countries.[31] On the band's decision to pick the song as a single, Wentz commented "There may be other songs on the record that would be bigger radio hits, but this one had the right message."[32] "Thnks fr th Mmrs", the third single, peaked just outside the top 10 at No. 11 on the strength of sales and popular radio play, and went on to sell over two million copies in the US.[33] It found its greatest success in Australia where it charted at No. 3. In 2007, Fall Out Boy placed at No. 9 in the Top Selling Digital Artists chart with 4,423,000 digital tracks sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[34] The album itself has sold over two million copies worldwide and subsequently was certified Platinum in the United States.[35]

text: Fall Out Boy then headlined the 2007 Honda Civic Tour to promote the album. Though the tour was initially postponed due to personal issues,[36] it would take place with +44, Cobra Starship, The Academy Is... and Paul Wall as supporting acts. The band also headlined the Young Wild Things Tour, an international arena tour featuring Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's and Cute Is What We Aim For.[37] Inspired by Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are, the concert tour and included sets designed by artist Rob Dobi containing images from the book.[37] The band's "hugely successful" amphitheater tour to promote Infinity led to the release of the 2008 live album Live in Phoenix, consisting of live material recorded during a June 22, 2007, concert at Phoenix's Cricket Wireless Pavilion, a date of the Honda Civic Tour. The disc also a studio cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It", with guitarist John Mayer guesting for a guitar solo. The track was released as a single and became a mainstay on the iTunes top ten.[38]

text: 2008–2009: Folie à Deux

text: The band members decided to keep publicity down during the recording of their fourth album, as the group was taken aback by such press surrounding Infinity on High.[38] Sessions proved to be difficult for the band as Wentz started taking LSD when Zach Blair lead guitarist for Rise Against made him try it at a party in April 2008. The goal in Wentz using LSD was to hope it would influence his songwriting, but it just made him distracted from writing songs, which annoyed Stump, so he stopped using LSD in August 2008. Wentz later said he had taken LSD over 50 times.[39] Stump called the making of the album "painful", noting that he and Wentz quarreled over many issues, revealing "I threw something across the room over a major-to-minor progression."[40] On previous albums, Trohman felt he and Hurley did not have enough musical freedom and that Stump and Wentz exerted too much control over the group: "I felt, 'Man, this isn't my band anymore.' It's no one's fault, and I don't want to make it seem that way. It was more of a complex I developed based off of stuff I was reading. It's hard to hear, 'Joe and Andy are just along for the ride.'"[41] To amend the situation, Trohman sat down with Stump to communicate his concerns, which led to more collaboration on Folie à Deux. "It made me feel like I owned the songs a lot more. It made me really excited about contributing to Fall Out Boy and made me find my role in the band," Trohman recalled.[41]

text: As the release of the new album approached, the band and its management found that they would have to navigate changes in the music industry, facing declining record sales, the lack of a proper outlet for exhibition of music videos, and the burgeoning US economic crisis.[42] To promote the album, Wentz launched a viral campaign in August 2008, inspired by George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), and the autocratic, overbearing Big Brother organization.[43] Folie à Deux, released in December 2008, did not perform as well commercially as its predecessor, Infinity on High. It debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 150,000 copies during a highly competitive week with other big debuts, becoming Fall Out Boy's third consecutive top ten album.[44][45] This is in contrast to the band's more successful previous effort which shifted 260,000 copies in its opening week to debut at number one the chart.[45] Folie spent two weeks within the top 20 out of its 22 chart weeks.[44] It also entered Billboard's Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts at number three.[44] Within two months of its release, Folie à Deux was certified Gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of 500,000 copies.[46] The lead single, "I Don't Care", reached a peak at number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100,[47] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of one million copies.[48]

text: To promote the album, Fall Out Boy embarked on the Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux, which included dates in the United States and Canada.[49] The constant touring schedule became difficult for the band due to conflicting fan opinion regarding Folie à Deux: concertgoers would "boo the band for performing numbers from the record in concert", leading Stump to describe touring in support of Folie as like "being the last act at the vaudeville show: We were rotten vegetable targets in Clandestine hoods."[50] "Some of us were miserable onstage," said guitarist Joe Trohman. "Others were just drunk."[51] A greatest hits compilation, Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits, followed in the fall, and following these events, the band decided to take a break. The band's decision stemmed from disillusionment with the music industry and Stump recalled that "We found ourselves running on fumes a little bit -- creatively and probably as people, too."[52] Stump realized the band was desperate to take a break; he sat the group down and explained that a hiatus was in order if the band wanted to continue in the future.[53] All involved felt the dynamic of the group had changed as personalities developed.[53]

text: Rumors and misquotes led to confusion as to what such a break truly meant; Wentz preferred to not refer to the break as a "hiatus," instead explaining that the band was just "decompressing."[54] Fall Out Boy played its last show at Madison Square Garden on October 4, 2009. Near the end, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus shaved Wentz's head in a move Rolling Stone would later describe as a "symbolic cleansing of the past, but also the beginning of a very dark chapter for the band."[53]

text: 2010–2012: Hiatus and solo careers

text: By the time the break began, Stump was the heaviest he had ever been and loathed the band's image as an "emo" band.[55] Coming home from tour, drummer Andy Hurley "went through the darkest depression [I've] ever felt. I looked at my calendar and it was just empty."[51] Wentz, who had been abusing Xanax and Klonopin, was divorced by his wife Ashlee Simpson and returned to therapy.[51][56] "I'd basically gone from being the guy in Fall Out Boy to being the guy who, like, hangs out all day," Wentz recalled.[55] Previously known as the "overexposed, despised" leader of the band, Wentz "simply grew up," sharing custody of his son and embracing maturity: "There was a jump-cut in my life. I started thinking – like, being old would be cool."[55]

text: During the hiatus, the band members each pursued individual musical interests, which were met with "varying degrees of failure."[51] Stump was the only member of the quartet to take on a solo project while Fall Out Boy was on hiatus, recording debut album Soul Punk entirely on his own: he wrote, produced, and played every instrument for all tracks on the record. In addition, he married his longtime girlfriend and lost over sixty pounds through portion control and exercise.[57][58] Stump blew through most of his savings putting together a large band to tour behind Soul Punk, but ticket sales were sparse and the album stalled commercially.[51] During a particularly dark moment in February 2012, Stump poured his heart out in a 1500-word blog entry called "We Liked You Better Fat: Confessions of a Pariah."[50][53] In the post, Stump lamented the harsh reception of the record and his status as a "has-been" at 27. Stump revealed that fans harassed him on his solo tour, hurling insults such as "We liked you better fat," and noted that "Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again."[59] Aside from Soul Punk and personal developments, Stump moonlighted as a professional songwriter/producer, co-writing tracks with Bruno Mars and All Time Low, and pursued acting.[50]

text: Wentz formed electronic duo Black Cards with vocalist Bebe Rexha in July 2010. The project released one single before album delays led to Rexha's departure in 2011. Black Cards added Spencer Peterson to complete the Use Your Disillusion EP in 2012.[58] Wentz also completed writing a novel, Gray, that he had been working on for six years outside the band, and began hosting the reality tattoo competition show Best Ink.[60] Hurley ventured farther into rock during the hiatus, drumming with multiple bands over the three-year period. He continued to manage his record label, Fuck City, and drummed for bands Burning Empires and Enabler.[58] He also formed heavy metal outfit The Damned Things with Trohman, Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax, and Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die.[58] Despite this, the members all remained cordial to one another; Wentz was Stump's best man at his wedding.[61] The hiatus was, all things considered, beneficial for the group and its members, according to Hurley. "The hiatus helped them all kind of figure themselves out," he explained in 2013. "Especially Joe and Patrick, who were so young. And Pete is a million times better."[55]

text: 2013–2014: Reformation and Save Rock and Roll

text: Stump and Wentz met up for the first time in several years in early 2012 for a writing session. Wentz reached out to Stump after he penned his letter, as he too felt he was in a dark place and needed a creative outlet.[53] He was at first reluctant to approach Stump, likening the phone call to reconnecting with a lover after years of acrimony.[55] "I know what you need – you need your band," Wentz told Stump.[55] "I think it's kind of weird that we haven't really seen each other this year. We paid for each other's houses and you don't know my kid," Wentz remarked.[61] The result, "three or four" new songs, were shelved with near immediacy, with the two concluding that "it just wasn't right and didn't feel right."[62] Several months later, the two reconvened and wrote tracks that they felt truly represented the band in a modern form.[53] The band decided that if a comeback was in order, it must represent the band in its current form: "We didn't want to come back just to bask in the glory days and, like, and collect a few checks and pretend ... and do our best 2003 impersonation," said Stump.[63] Afterwards, the quartet held an all-day secret meeting at their manager's home in New York City where they discussed ideas and the mechanics of getting together to record.[53][62] Trohman was the last to be contacted, through a three-hour phone call from Stump. As Trohman was arguably the most excited to begin other projects, he had a list of stipulations for rejoining the band. "If I'm not coming back to this band writing music […] then I don't want to," he remarked. Stump supported Trohman's ambition saying Trohman "needed to be writing more."[61]

text: The band members' main goal was to reinvent the group's sound from scratch, creating what Trohman called a "reimagining of the band," which focuses more on pop.[55] Sessions were not without difficulties, as the band struggled initially to produce new material. Walker had doubts about the band's volatility, feeling the record would not get made following "meltdown after meltdown."[55] The entire album was recorded in secrecy from the music industry, critics, and fans of the band.[63] While specifically denying that the group's announcement was a reunion because "[the group had] never broke[n] up", the band announced a reunion tour and details of Save Rock and Roll on February 4, 2013.[64] The quartet's announcement included a photo of the group that had been taken earlier that morning of the band members huddled around a bonfire tossing copies of their back catalog into flames at the original location of Comiskey Park, the location of 1979's Disco Demolition Night, a baseball promotional event which involved destroying disco records.[65] A message on the group's website read "when we were kids the only thing that got us through most days was music. It's why we started Fall Out Boy in the first place. This isn't a reunion because we never broke up. We needed to plug back in and make some music that matters to us. The future of Fall Out Boy starts now. Save rock and roll..."[66] Save Rock and Roll debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with first week sales of 154,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[67] The arrival of Save Rock and Roll posted the quartet's third-biggest sales week, and earned the group's second career number one on the chart.[67] The band's chart success was best described as unexpected by music journalists. Rolling Stone called the band's comeback a "rather stunning renaissance",[53] and Entertainment Weekly called the number one a "major accomplishment for a band whom many in the industry had dismissed as kings of a genre whose time had passed."[68]

text: The record's lead single, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)", peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the band's first top twenty single since the group's 2008 cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It".[69] It was certified 3x Platinum in the US for over 3 million sales. Inspired in part by Daft Punk's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, the band released a music video for every song on the album in a series titled The Young Blood Chronicles between February 2013 and May 2014.[70] The band also released a hardcore punk-influenced EP, PAX AM Days, in late 2013.[71] Fall Out Boy covered Elton John's (who was featured on the Save Rock And Roll title track) song "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" for inclusion in the fortieth anniversary re-release edition of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on March 25, 2014, alongside covers by different artists.[72]

text: Fall Out Boy headlined Save Rock And Roll tours (including US, Australian and European legs) and played at music festivals around the world for one and a half years. The group co-headlined Monumentour with Paramore in North America to close the Save Rock And Roll era.[73]

text: 2014–2016: American Beauty/American Psycho

text: On June 2, 2014, Wentz stated that he and Stump were writing new music: "We're writing. I was just listening to something Patrick had written in the trailer. So we're writing, finishing out the album cycle in South Africa in September." In a later interview with Rock Sound regarding the status of the album, Wentz commented "We don’t have an exact timetable yet. I have a two-week old son and Patrick has a baby on the way in October, so there’s a lot going on." as well as stating a rough release time as early 2015.[74] In December 2014 the band played radio-sponsored Christmas shows, including KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas.[75]

text: "Centuries" - the first single of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album[76] - premiered on September 8, 2014 on BBC Radio 1, receiving a worldwide release the next day.[77][78] By the 2010s, there were few rock bands achieving success on mainstream radio and the charts, but "Centuries" defied the odds to peak at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on Billboard Mainstream Top 40.[79] Fall Out Boy also was featured on the track "Back to Earth" from Steve Aoki's second album Neon Future I, which was released on September 30, 2014.[80] Another song titled "Immortals" was released October 14, 2014, as part of the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film Big Hero 6.[81] The group remade the Chicago Bulls's anthem "Only the Bulls" with guest Lupe Fiasco. The recording of the song was released in November 2014.[82]

text: On November 24, 2014, the title of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album was announced as American Beauty/American Psycho; the album was released on January 20, 2015. The album's title track premiered on BBC Radio 1 in the UK along with the album's title reveal.[83] American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 192,000 first week sales and 218,000 equivalent album units, becoming Fall Out Boy's third No. 1 album.[84] The band played two small venue release shows in January 2015, in London and Chicago.[85] American Beauty/American Psycho was certified platinum in the US on March 1, 2016, after selling 1 millions units.[86] From February through March, the band played at the Australian Soundwave festival for the first time, with two additional side shows in Sydney and Brisbane.[87]

text: Fall Out Boy inducted Green Day into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 18, 2015.[88] On May 18, the group performed its song "Uma Thurman" with Wiz Khalifa on the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.[89] In June–August 2015, Fall Out Boy began touring across the United States with Wiz Khalifa, Hoodie Allen, and MAX on the "Boys of Zummer Tour".[90]

text: On October 1, 2015, the "American Beauty/American Psycho" European tour kicked off in Dublin, Ireland, and consisted of 12 dates with shows in the UK, Russia, and Europe.[91] On May 24, 2015 it was announced English rapper Professor Green would support Fall Out Boy on the 8-date leg of the band's UK tour. New York based dance-duo Matt and Kim were added as additional support for the UK tour.[92] On October 23, 2015, Fall Out Boy announced via Twitter the release of a re-worked version of its sixth studio album, Make America Psycho Again. The remix album features a remade version of each track from the original record, each featuring a different rapper. The album was released on October 30, 2015. It included the version of "Uma Thurman" featuring Wiz Khalifa which had been originally performed at the Billboard Music Awards.[93] On March 1, 2016, it was announced Fall Out Boy are to headline Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK in August 2016 along with Biffy Clyro.[94]

text: 2017–present: Mania

text: On April 27, 2017, Fall Out Boy announced that their new album was set to be released on September 15, titled Mania. The first single, "Young and Menace," was released the same day.[95] The second single, "Champion," was released in the U.S. on June 22[96] and worldwide on June 23. Music videos have been posted to Vevo and YouTube for both songs. The band plans to begin the Mania Tour in North America in October 2017 with hip hop artist blackbear[97] and actor-rapper Jaden Smith,[98] and will perform in Australia in 2018 with indie band WAAX.[99] On August 3, 2017, Patrick Stump tweeted that the album's release would be pushed back to January 19, 2018, because the band were not satisfied with the results of their work at the time.[100] On November 6, 2017, the band announced the album's completion and revealed the track list.[101]

text: Musical style and influences

text:
"Sugar, We're Goin Down"

The Phoenix New Times writer Martin Cizmar wrote that "Sugar, We're Goin Down" was possibly "the most listened-to emo track of all time".[102]

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text: While widely considered to be a pop punk band,[103][104][105] Fall Out Boy has also been described as pop rock[106][107][108] emo,[103][109] and emo pop,[103][110] and cites emo group The Get Up Kids as an influence among many other bands. When interviewed for a retrospective article in Alternative Press at the time The Get Up Kids disbanded in 2005, Pete Wentz stated that "Fall Out Boy would not be a band if it were not for The Get Up Kids."[111] Early in the band's career, when Jared Logan was producing the group's debut album, he asked bassist Pete Wentz what sound the band desired for recording. Wentz responded by "handing over the first two New Found Glory records".[112] Wentz also cites Green Day, the Ramones, Screeching Weasel, Metallica, Earth Crisis, Gorilla Biscuits and Lifetime as influences.[113] The band acknowledges its hardcore punk roots as an influence; all four members were involved in the Chicago hardcore scene before joining Fall Out Boy.[18] Wentz described the band's affiliation with the genre by saying "I think the interesting thing is that we are all hardcore kids that are writing pop music...It gives us a different style because at our core we are always hardcore. That aspect is always going to be evident in the music. We are hardcore kids that couldn't quite cut it as hardcore kids."[18] He referred to Fall Out Boy's genre as "softcore": hardcore punk mixed with pop sensibility.[18] Lead singer Patrick Stump, however, is also influenced by artists he listened to while growing up including Prince,[114] Michael Jackson,[114] and David Bowie.[115]

text: Fall Out Boy's albums Take This to Your Grave and From Under the Cork Tree are both said to have pop punk as well as punk rock sounds and influences,[116][117] and Infinity on High features a wide range of styles and instrumentation, including orchestral arrangements ("Thnks fr th Mmrs"[118]) and a slower piano ballad ("Golden"[119]). R&B influences on Infinity on High are on songs such as "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and two of the album's tracks are produced by R&B singer/producer Babyface. On Folie à Deux, the group continues to evolve its sound, with less of a pop punk sound and increasing the use of piano (such as "What a Catch, Donnie",[120] "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet",[121] and "20 Dollar Nose Bleed"[121]), synthesizers, and guest artists. The band also shows a number of influences, with "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes" borrowing a chord sequence from The Who song "Baba O'Riley".[122] The group has worked with many producers and artists, including The Neptunes, Timbaland, Ryan Adams, Lil Wayne and Kanye West, the latter of which Patrick Stump described as "the Prince of his generation."[123]

text: When the band returned from hiatus with Save Rock and Roll, their main goal was to reinvent the sound of the group from scratch, creating what Trohman called a "reimagining of the band", which focused more on pop and moved away from the punk aspects of their sound.[55] While mostly an album which mixes pop, rock and R&B,[124] the record was still described by Dave Simpson of The Guardian as a pop punk record, but also noted influences from Heart in the album's ballads.[125] In American Beauty/American Psycho, the band felt influences from playing with different artists and expanded on boundaries further than Save Rock and Roll did.[126] In an interview with Rolling Stone, guitarist Joe Trohman said the album has "hip hop grooves with guitars on it," with "more in your face guitar than Save Rock and Roll".[127] Annie Zaleski of Alternative Press described American Beauty/American Psycho as a "mix of fluid grooves, punky riffs and outré pop sensibilities."[126]

text: A central part of Fall Out Boy's sound is rooted in the band's lyrics, mainly penned by bassist Pete Wentz, who commonly uses irony and other literary devices to narrate personal experience and stories.[116] Wentz stated, "I write about what I’m going through most of the time, or what I imagine people are going through most of the time."[128] He draws inspiration from authors such as Charles Bukowski, Ernest Hemingway, and JT LeRoy, as well as rappers such as Lil Wayne, who he described as his primary influence while writing Infinity on High.[129][130] On Fall Out Boy's earlier works, Wentz wrote primarily about love and heartbreak.[131] Themes addressed on From Under the Cork Tree include narcissism and megalomania, while many tracks on Infinity on High discuss the ups and downs of fame.[119][129][132] While writing Folie à Deux, he explored moral dilemmas and societal shortcomings, as well as concepts such as trust, infidelity, responsibility, and commitment.[133] While the album does contain political overtones, the band wanted to avoid being overt about these themes, leaving many lyrics open to interpretation for listeners.[133]

text: Legacy

text: Fall Out Boy have been instrumental in the careers of other artists, such as Panic! at the Disco, whom Pete Wentz signed to his record label, Decaydance Records, in late 2004.[134] Several artists, such as You Me at Six[135] and Taylor Swift,[136] have created or performed covers of Fall Out Boy songs as a homage to the band.

text: The Fall Out Boy band members were the first inductees to the "Hall of Wood" at the 2015 MtvU Woodie Awards and performed a medley of five songs at the ceremony.[137] This honor is given to artists who have used MTV Woodie Awards as a "launching pad" in achieving chart topping success within their musical careers, thus influencing up and coming bands. The award also recognizes bands “sticking to their roots” and “maintaining their loyal fan base.”[138] The group had won the Woodie Award for Streaming for "Grand Theft Autumn" at the first ceremony in 2004.[139]

text: Band members

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Current members

Patrick Stump – lead vocals (2001–present); rhythm guitar (2002–present)
Joe Trohman – lead guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)
Pete Wentz – bass, unclean vocals, backing vocals (2001–present)
Andy Hurley – drums, percussion (2003–present)

Former members

T.J. Kunasch – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2001–2002)
Brandon Hamm – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2002)
Ben Rose – drums, percussion (2001)
Mike Pareskuwicz – drums, percussion (2001–2003)

text: Timeline

text: Discography

text:
Take This to Your Grave (2003)
From Under the Cork Tree (2005)
Infinity on High (2007)
Folie à Deux (2008)
Save Rock and Roll (2013)
American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)
Mania (2018)

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text: Awards and nominations

text: A select list of Fall Out Boy's awards and nominations.

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

2004
"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy"
MtvU Woodie Award - Streaming Artist[140]
Won

2005
"Sugar, We're Goin Down"
MTV Video Music Award - MTV2 Award

2006
"Dance, Dance"
MuchMusic Video Award - People's Choice: Favorite International Group

"Sugar, We're Goin Down"
Kerrang! Award - Best Single
Nominated

Kerrang! Award – Best Video
Won

"Dance, Dance"
Teen Choice Award – Rock Track

Teen Choice Award – Single

Fall Out Boy
Teen Choice Award – Rock Group

MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice

Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Nominated

2007
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Kerrang! Award – Best Video
Won

"Thnks fr th Mmrs"
Teen Choice Award – Single

Nickelodeon's Australian Kids' Choice Awards - Fave Song[141]

Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Award – Single

Fall Out Boy
Teen Choice Award – Best Group

MTV Video Music Award – Best Group

Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Award - Best Band[142]
Nominated

2008
"The Take Over, the Breaks Over"
MuchMusic Video Award – People's Choice: Favorite International Video
Won

Fall Out Boy
TMF Award – Best Live International

TMF Award – Best Rock International

TMF Award – Best Alternative International

"Beat It"
MTV Video Music Award – Best Rock Video
Nominated

Fall Out Boy
Teen Choice Award – Choice Rock Group

Pete Wentz
Teen Choice Award – Choice Hotties

2009
"I Don't Care"
NRJ Music Award – Best International Band

2013
"The Phoenix"
Kerrang! Award for Best Single
Won

"My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)"
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
Nominated

Fall Out Boy
MTV Europe Music Awards - Best Alternative

2014
Fall Out Boy
People's Choice Awards - Favorite Alternative Band[143]
Won

Fall Out Boy
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Artist
Nominated

Save Rock and Roll
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Album

Fall Out Boy
Kerrang! Awards - Best International Band
Won

Save Rock and Roll Tour
Kerrang! Awards - Best Event

Pete Wentz
Kerrang! Awards - Tweeter of the Year
Nominated

Fall Out Boy
Alternative Press Award - Artist of the Year
Won

Fall Out Boy
Alternative Press Award - Best Live Band
Nominated

Save Rock and Roll
Alternative Press Award - Album of the Year

"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
Alternative Press Award - Song of the Year

Pete Wentz
Alternative Press Award - Best Bassist

Fall Out Boy & The Band Perry
CMT Music Awards - CMT Performance of the Year

Fall Out Boy
World Music Awards - World's Best Alternative Act
Won

Fall Out Boy
World Music Awards - World's Best Group
Nominated

Fall Out Boy
World Music Awards - World's Best Live Act

Save Rock and Roll
World Music Awards - World's Best Album

"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
World Music Awards - World's Best Song

"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"
World Music Awards - World's Best Music Video

2015
Fall Out Boy
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Artist

"Centuries"
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Song

Teen Choice Awards - Choice Song: Group

Fall Out Boy
Teen Choice Awards - Choice Music Group: Male

"Uma Thurman"
Teen Choice Awards - Choice Rock Song

The Boys of Zummer (with Wiz Khalifa)
Teen Choice Awards - Choice Summer Tour

"Uma Thurman"
MTV Video Music Award - Best Rock Video
Won

Fall Out Boy
American Music Awards - Favorite Alternative Band

Fall Out Boy
People's Choice Awards - Favorite Group
Nominated

2016
Fall Out Boy
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Artist

"Uma Thurman"
Billboard Music Awards - Top Rock Song

Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Song To Dance To

Fall Out Boy
Radio Disney Music Awards - Best Music Group

Alternative Press Music Awards - Artist of the Year

Patrick Stump
Alternative Press Music Awards - Best Vocalist
Won

Fall Out Boy
Teen Choice Awards - Choice Music Group
Nominated

MTV Video Music Award - Best Rock Video


document_title: My Old School

question_text: who played guitar solo on my old school

question_tokens: who played guitar solo on my old school

text: My Old School

text: Credits[edit]

text:
Donald Fagen – piano, lead vocals, backup vocals
Walter Becker – bass
Denny Dias – rhythm guitar
Jeff Baxter – lead guitar
Jim Hodder – drums, percussion
Sherlie Matthews, Myrna Matthews, Patricia Hall, Royce Jones – backup vocals
Ernie Watts – saxophone
Johnny Rotella – saxophone
Lanny Morgan – saxophone
Bill Perkins – saxophone

text: Key signature and composition[edit]

text: The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker[3] and is in the key of G major. The original studio track features a guitar solo by Jeff Baxter.