Out now: Our interview with Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. We discuss every inch of his musical career spanning over 20 years: his first ever band and the show where FOB got their name, clearing the air around decade-old FOB demo rumors, reflections on his solo album Soul Punk, his hardcore music features, and more!
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Thank you endlessly to Patrick Stump for his participation both in this interview and in our ongoing archive efforts! Despite his busy schedule, he has made time for passionate fans like us to engage one-on-one. We never intended to be an “official” archive by any means. After we reached out to the producer of Take This To Your Grave Sean O’Keefe in 2024, Patrick made the effort to get in contact with us!
SPECIAL THANKS: David Safran, Sean O’ Keefe, Dave Hoffa, Joe Edmonds, Guav The Straight-Edge Weapon XXX, the fan artists who lended their pieces, Sera, Ghoul, Mac, Muttley, Shrew, Rachel, Kirk, Ben, Jamie, Jason, Evan, Ava/Michael, Glitch, Laura, Jen, Bray, and the rest of our archive helpers!
Fall Out Boy forever!
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CREDITS
Interviewers
Joey – Instagram and LinkedIn
Des – Instagram
Oliver – Twitter
Lizzie – Band Instagram, Personal Instagram, LinkedIn
Katie
Amal – Twitter
Kay
Editors
Joey
Kay
Lizzie
Oliver
Additional crew
Chevie – Twitter
Date filmed: September 17th, 2025
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awesome interview! so cool you were able to talk to patrick about the demos and early stuff 😀 sidenote: yall are doing great work, but maybe some small parts could have been edited out😅(him refilling his water, etc.) keep up the good work though!