Break Up Boy? Fall Out Boy lose a self-amputated Stump
Stump goes solo
We're not sure exactly what provoked it (perhaps someone borrowed
Pete Wentz's eyeliner without asking?), but it seems that the members of
Fall Out Boy are on the outs. The four punk-poppers are currently
embroiled in a furious Twitter feud -- an online battle the likes of
which we haven't seen since Courtney Love challenged her own daughter to the Facebook equivalent of a schoolyard tussle this past December.
But
Stump's bandmates, it seems, were not exactly on the same page.
Commence a maelstrom of outraged (and hilarious) tweets from all four
corners of the FOB camp ... not to mention the likes of John Mayer,
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, and Mark Hoppus, who is doing his darnedest
lately to let the world know he is
back. (In case anyone hasn't heard, he's announced there will be
a new, "weird" Blink album dropping sometime in 2011.)
Wentz, never keen to share the spotlight, promptly denied Stumps' claim, tweeting that the band is "
in the same place it ever was"
and that he (assumedly unlike Stump) is not a "negative person." Andy
Hurley, drummer and generally overlooked Fall Out Boy member, was less
combative, diplomatically tweeting that he loved the band and "
it will always be fun for me." Not to be outdone, guitarist Joe Trohman added, simply, "
I quit too."
Soon
thereafter, the feud degenerated into a quagmire of Twittter updates,
and not all of which made a whole lot of sense. Some of our
favorites:
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trohman @xsavedgex fine, i quit too. and i'm doing this to myself right now - live feed: http://yfrog.com/4aznylj 02 Feb 2010 from Tweetie in reply to xsavedgex -
johncmayer I am replacing Mark Hoppus in Fall Out Boy. RT @markhoppus For the record: as of right now, I am also quitting Fall Out Boy. 03 Feb 2010 from web -
johncmayer As defacto leader and bass player of Fall Out Boy, I am thrilled to announce Queensryche's Geoff Tate is our new singer. 03 Feb 2010 from web -
markhoppus As of this moment, I am replacing John Mayer in the band "John Mayer." 03 Feb 2010 from TweetDeck -
petewentz im messing around. though i am looking for a day job. maybe jersey shore x fob collabo. beat the beat? 04 Feb 2010 from web
For
us, at this point, the question isn't "Will Fall Out Boy call it
quits?" but rather "Wouldn't it be great if they just kept this up for
a while longer?"
BONUS "PETE WENTZ HAS A MOMENT OF CLARITY" TWEET
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petewentz why did i take my shirt off for the cover of rolling stone? that will haunt me to my grave. thats official douchbag behavior. 05 Feb 2010 from web