Pete Wentz
Background information
Birth name	Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III
Also known as	Pete Wentz
Born	June 5, 1979
Origin	Wilmette, Illinois
Genre(s)	Pop-Punk
Years active	2000–present
Label(s)	Decaydance Records, Fueled by Ramen, Island Records

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Biography

Wentz grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of, Chicago, Illinois. He attended New Trier Township High School and North Shore Country Day School where he was an all-state soccer player. After graduating from high school in 1997, he attended DePaul University, where he studied Political Science, dropping out one semester shy of graduation to focus on music. Wilmette is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... New Trier High School New Trier High School is a nationally-recognized comprehensive high school located approximately 16 miles north of Chicago and is academically considered to be the best non-selective public high school in Illinois, and one of the best high schools in the country. ... North Shore Country Day School   North Shore Country Day School is a co-educational, college preparatory school in Winnetka, Illinois, in the United States. ... DePaul University should not be confused with DePauw University. ... Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ...

Wentz was primarily involved in the Chicago Hardcore Punk scene and was in several bands in the late 1990s, including xfirstbornx, Arma Angelus (with Tim McIlrath, frontman of Rise Against), 7 Angels of the Apocalypse / Culture of Violence, xBirthrightx, Extinction, Forever Ended Today, Yellow Road Priest, and Project Rocket.^{[citation needed]} In 2001, he co-founded the Pop-Punk/Emo band Fall Out Boy with Joe Trohman, and Patrick Stump, with Andy Hurley later joining the band. Arma Angelus, the band which Wentz screamed/sang for, played its last show in 2004.^[1] Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... Arma Angelus is a metallic hardcore band from Chicago. ... McIlrath in 2005. ... Rise Against is a punk/hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois, USA. Formed in 1999, and originally performing under the name Transistor Revolt, they released a self-produced demo entitled Transistor Revolt in 2000, a year before signing with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling, and... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Emo is a subgenre of hardcore punk music. ... Fall Out Boy is an alternative rock/pop punk/emo[1] band from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois that formed in 2001. ... Joseph Mark Trohman (born on September 1, 1984 in Hollywood, Florida) is most notably the lead guitarist for the Chicago-based alternative rock band Fall Out Boy. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Enterprises

Wentz for the GAP

Wentz has written a book entitled The Boy With the Thorn In His Side, which is a story based on nightmares he had as a child.^[2] The title was taken from a track off of the Smiths' critically-acclaimed record The Queen is Dead. He has another book titled "Rainy Day Kids", which was scheduled to be released February 14, 2006, but has been postponed.^[3] In addition, Wentz is currently co-writing another book with William Beckett of The Academy Is.... Image File history File links Pete_Wentz_Gap_ad. ... Image File history File links Pete_Wentz_Gap_ad. ... The Boy With the Thorn In His Side (ISBN 0960357440) is a 2005 book written by Pete Wentz, bass player of Fall Out Boy and is illustrated by Joe Tesauro. ... The Queen Is Dead is an album by The Smiths. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... William Eugene Beckett Jr. ... The Academy Is. ...

Wentz has a company called Clandestine Industries, which distributes books and, more notably, clothing, among other things. Additionally, he owns his own imprint of Fueled By Ramen, Decaydance Records, which has signed several bands, including: Panic! At the Disco, October Fall, Gym Class Heroes, The Hush Sound, Cobra Starship, and Lifetime. He also has a film production company called Bartskull Films, which has released the DVD Release the Bats which stars Wentz, his fellow bandmates, and several of his personal friends. Wentz has also tried his hand at modeling, and is featured in a GAP ad for the Fall 2006 season.^[4] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Decaydance Records is a record company started by Fall Out Boys bassist Pete Wentz. ... Panic! at the Disco is a rock band with dance influences from Las Vegas, Nevada whose 2005 debut album A Fever You Cant Sweat Out charted the Billboard 200. ... October Fall is a Chicago, Illinois rock band signed to Fueled By Ramen record label, Decaydance Records. ... Gym Class Heroes is a four member hip-hop band from Geneva, New York. ... The Hush Sound is a band from DuPage County, Illinois. ... Cobra Starship is the side project of Midtowns singer Gabe Saporta. ... Lifetime is a melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. ... Pete Wentz Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979 in Wilmette, Illinois) is the bassist, back up vocalist, and primary lyricist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy. ... Gap, Inc. ...

Selected events

In February 2005, in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, Wentz took an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to Rolling Stone, he said "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all." After this event, Pete Wentz moved back in with his parents. Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ... Lorazepam (marketed under the brand names Ativan®, Temesta®, Tavor®) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. ... // History John Lennon - RS 1 (November 9, 1967)How I Won the War Film Still Founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who is still editor and publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason, Rolling Stone was initially identified with and reported on the hippie counterculture of the...

In March of 2006, nude photos of Wentz were posted and spread quickly across the Internet. Wentz posted a response on Fall Out Boy's website and blog asserting that the pictures were stolen from his T-Mobile Sidekick, and that after "feeling badly about this for about 24 hours, I am now ready to get back to laughing."^[5] It has been suggested that Online diary be merged into this article or section. ... The Danger Hiptop is a GPRS cell phone with wireless Internet capabilities and some functionality similar to a PDA. The Hiptop is sold by T-Mobile in the United States under the name T-Mobile Sidekick. ...

Notes

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External links

• Peter Wentz on The Internet Movie Database
• Official Fall Out Boy Website
• Clandestine Industries
• Fueled By Ramen
• Bartskull Films
• Decaydance Records
• Friends Or Enemies