Pete Wentz’s Gray: An Unsung Great American Novel

Pete Wentz’s (and James Montgomery’s) novel Gray turned a decade old. It is my favorite book of all time.

Beauty School Dropout Are Bringing the Edge Back To Rock

Emo-rock band Beauty School Dropout— AKA Pete Wentz and Mark Hoppus new pop-punk proteges— sat down with us after their show at Beat Kitchen in Chicago to discuss how they’re bringing a new twist to emo tradition.

Ryan Ross and Pete Wentz: The True* Origins of Panic! at the Disco

The official version of the history of Panic! at the Disco isn’t quite the full story. Fragments of the truth behind the initial meeting between Ryan Ross and Pete Wentz are still visible online, and, when pieced together, tell a far more intriguing tale.

Rock Band Beauty School Dropout Debut “Assassin” Via Pete Wentz/Mark Hoppus Label Venture Verswire

A band of Californian cowboy pirates — known as Beauty School Dropout— have just dropped your newest addiction in the form of their blistering new single “Assassin.”

“Pretty Girls Make Graves:” Behind the Title of Fall Out Boy’s Debut Record

This essay offers in-depth literary analysis of a single weighted line from Fall Out Boy’s history: “Take This To Your Grave.” This line drew inspiration from both The Smiths and Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums, weaving a web between three narratives that swirl disdainfully around the feminine sex and rather suggestively around the masculine.

PETE WENTZ AND HEY CHRIS: STAY GOLD, DUDE, STAY GOLD.

Fall Out Boy, Robert Frost, The Outsiders, and what it really means to sell out.

Interview with Daisy Grenade

This week, we jumped on Zoom with Dani and Keaton from the bubble grunge / pop punk band Daisy Grenade!