Patrick Stump

Patrick Martin(Vaughn) Stump
Background information
Birth name	Patrick Martin Stumph
Born	April 27, 1984 (1984-04-27) (age 25) Evanston, Illinois
Genres	Alternative rock Pop punk Pop rock
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Island Records, Fueled by Ramen, Decaydance
Notable instruments
Gibson SGStump-O-Matic.

Patrick Stump (born Patrick Martin Stumph, April 27, 1984) is a singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, and music critic. He is a composer, lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and occasional pianist of Fall Out Boy, an American band from Chicago, Illinois. He has also begun producing the works of other bands, such as Gym Class Heroes, Tyga, and Cobra Starship, among others.

Career

Before Fall Out Boy, Patrick Stump was the drummer of a few suburban Chicago bands. Despite originally auditioning as the drummer for Fall Out Boy, and having no previous experience singing in a band, he became the somewhat reluctant lead singer after his vocal range was discovered. Several lineup changes were to follow, after which he began playing rhythm guitar for the band. At this point, current drummer Andy Hurley was also brought in.

Following a 2002 Split EP with Project Rocket, the band's first full-length album, Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, was released in 2003 on Uprising Records, though they shortly left the label to sign to Fueled By Ramen. They released Take This To Your Grave in 2003, their second full-length album. It's been credited with earning the band's first significant fanbase, as well as some minor commercial success.

In 2003, Stump and his bandmates went on to sign with Island Records, and released the acoustic-based EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue CD and DVD in 2004. This was followed with their third studio album, From Under The Cork Tree, which went double-platinum in 2005. Their fourth studio album, Infinity On High, was released to generally positive reviews in 2007, and their most recent album, Folie à Deux, was released on December 15 and 16, 2008 in Europe, and United States/worldwide, respectively.^[1]

In a Rolling Stone interview with Stump, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds said of him, "Patrick is one of the hottest dudes I've seen in a long time... He has a great voice – very talented." Stump also writes music for bands such as Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes.

In Fall Out Boy (FOB), Stump writes the majority of the music for the band, while bassist Pete Wentz writes the majority of the lyrics. Guitarist Joe Trohman said of Stump, "I guess Patrick is some kind of musical genius – he's a mad scientist."

Patrick Stump is a huge fan of Prince and David Bowie.

Music projects

As a producer, along with a handful of Fall Out Boy tracks, Stump has worked with The Hush Sound on Like Vines, Gym Class Heroes on As Cruel As School Children and Cobra Starship on ¡Viva La Cobra!. He also produced a track on Lupe Fiasco's The Cool.^[2] He was also featured in a song by hip-hop group The Roots On their 2008 album Rising Down. In 2008, he executive- and co-produced The Cab's Whisper War and Gym Class Heroes' The Quilt, as well as several tracks on Tyga's No Introduction. He is currently said to be working with Cobra Starship and The Cab again on their upcoming records.

In addition to producing albums, Stump has also remixed various tracks for soundtracks or special releases. Among various others, he's notably provided a "Queen Of Apology" remix for The Sounds on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack, a remix of the Fall Out Boy single "Dance, Dance" available on the Sugar, We're Goin' Down EP, a "Sugar We're Goin Down" remix on Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree special edition release, and "Pace Yourself" for The Higher on their album, On Fire. He has also recently remixed Good Charlotte's "Little Things" for their remix compilation, Greatest Remixes.

Patrick Stump remixed All Time Low's “Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don’t)" originally released on their latest album, “Nothing Personal.”

Other projects

Stump is a contributing writer for Rolling Stone where he reviews albums. He also has a personal website, used to inform readers of his newest projects. ^[3]

In January 2008, Stump was a guest star on the television crime-drama Law & Order. He appeared in the Season 18 two-hour premiere as Marty Dressler, a lowly employee of an electrical company, who is suspected in the kidnapping of the wife and daughter of an executive. The episode, titled "Darkness", aired on January 2, 2008 on NBC. He was not paid for this episode. ^[4]

Stump has also been working on a film of his own creation called Moustachette.^[5]

On February 1, 2009, Gretsch released the G5135P5 Electromatic Stump-O-Matic Signature Guitar, based on their model body with personal stylings by Patrick Stump such as a "kill switch" and stripes. Also, Patrick Stump signed and gave away two of his signature guitars that he used to record Fall Out Boy's fifth album, Folie à Deux.

On October 31, 2009 Patrick did a benefit concert, Foodstock, at his old high school, Glenbrook South High School (GBS), in Glenview, Illinois. ^[6]

References

External links

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• Official Patrick Stump Website
• Patrick Stump at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Fall Out Boy Website
• Fueled by Ramen
• Decaydance Records
• FriendsOrEnemies.com
• Patrick Stump "In My Room" SPIN Dec. '08 Issue