Long live the car crash hearts

It's been a pretty interesting couple of weeks in the land of Fall Out Boy.

Over the last week, Pete took to his twitter to address many issues in regard to not only the band, but his personal life. Perez Hilton, an infamous gossip blogger, posted a vicious attack on Pete on his website. Accompanied by a picture of Pete's son Bronx crying, Hilton said, " ." Pete later replied on his twitter and his personal website, calling Hilton a "closeted bully," and threatening to hurt him physically. He later removed all threatening posts and posted an apology. Pete has always said that he tries to shelter his child from the media because he wants him to grow up as normally as possible.
Pete also donated his time to Haiti Relief efforts in New York City, attending the candle lit vigil and working with UNICEF.
It has also been announced in the recent past that Pete, along with Mark Hoppus cowrote a song together for the upcoming Alice in Wonderland movie, called "In Transit." He has also stated that he will be back in the studio with Hoppus within the next week, but just for fun.
Pete has also been working with Craig Owens (formerly of the hardcore band Chiodos) on some new material but they have yet to confirm any possible side project.

Patrick, who once vowed that he would never have an account on any social networking website, created a twitter (as seen on the right side of this page,) and a facebook. His personal website also got a makeover. On the site, he posted a video of himself playing various instruments, such as guitar, drums, and trumpet, that said he is currently working on a solo album. He told MTV news, though, that he doesn't want to think of it as a side project because "[He] never liked that phrase, but I'm sure it will get used.'Solo' just sounds to me like it implies that it's some kind of vacation or something." But it sounds like that a new record from him is something we can be looking forward to in the near future.

Last week, Joe was on Friends or Enemies radio everyday from 3-7 pm, which a bunch of different guests.
Joe, along with Andy, announced that they had started a band called The Damned Things with Anthrax's Scott Ian, Rob Caggiano and Every Time I Die vocalist Keith Buckley.

Andy is also currently drumming for a new band, called Burning Empires, featuring Stuart Ross, Ryan Morgan, and Kyle Johnson of Misery Signals, plus Matt Mixon, formerly of 7 Angels 7 Plagues. All of the guys also work for Andy's record label.



Unfortunately, late Monday night, Pete hinted at the end of Fall Out Boy on twitter and his blog. He started a Q&A session with fans, one of whom asked when the hiatus would be over. He replied, "man. dont you get it? a hiatus is forever until you get lonely or old. i dont plan on either." And proceeded to post a short explaination on his blog. He says that he can never see himself playing with Fall Out Boy again, but they band may reunite without him in the future. This caused an uproar of attacks from fans on twitter, all blaming him for the break up. Andy did take to his twitter in Pete's defense, though it didn't have much effect. Pete later said, "attack me. i am one of YOU only with a kevlar and an alligator shell. blame it all on me. cos i can take it. if u knew only knew how i felt."
Though none of the members have officially stated that Fall Out Boy is indeed over, it seems pretty evident that they are. At least for now. Even if they did reunite in the future without Pete, it wouldn't be an official reunion.
This is a rough time for all the members of the band, so other artists, such as Alex DeLeon of The Cab, have shown their support for the guys in different ways. DeLeon posted this on his blog, and Pete reposted it on his. Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat of All Time Low also showed their support on twitter.
Regardless, Fall Out Boy has had a major impact on the music industry. Whether they are together or not, their diehard fans (including myself) will always support them and their future endeavors. We can only hope that one day, maybe five years from now, Fall Out Boy will come back together the way blink-182 did in 2009.

Pete posted this picture (and caption) on his blog today:


I miss truck stops and sneaking nachos.