Fall Out Boy

Just last week, Fall Out Boy released "Centuries," which is the first single off the band's upcoming as-yet-unnamed sixth studio album on Island /Republic Records. It will serve as the official anthem of ESPN's College Football Playoff coverage.

"We never had a plan to jump right back into it after the whirlwind year we've had... but sometimes the song calls you," Wentz said in a release. "We started writing 'Centuries' while we were on tour. Traveling the world for the last year we have seen, and been a part of, the landscape and fabric of music - from tiny sweaty clubs in Australia to insanely huge festivals in the UK. It felt impossible not to react to it, to be inspired and to want to scream back."

Formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in 2001, Fall Out Boy consists of vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. Their debut album, Take This to Your Grave (2003) became an underground success and helped the band gain a dedicated fan-base through heavy touring, as well as some moderate commercial success.

Fall Out Boy's 2005 major-label breakthrough, From Under the Cork Tree, produced two hit singles, "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance", and went double platinum, transforming the group into superstars and making Wentz a celebrity and tabloid fixture. Their 2007 follow-up, Infinity on High, landed at number one on the Billboard 200. Folie à Deux, the band's fourth album, created a mixed response from fans. Following the release of Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits, the band took a hiatus from 2009 to 2012 to explore various side projects. They regrouped and recorded Save Rock And Roll in 2013, which gave the band a Gold Album and Triple Platinum single, "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark."

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