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In music years, Fall Out Boy merch and albums definitely fall within the young category. These musical works started coming out only in 2001. Nine years is nothing compared to legendary bands that have been playing for decades. Unfortunately, the group also apparently has a short life span.

A little under a decade ago, pals Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman decided to form their own band. This seemed to be the appropriate decision since both of them already had punk band exposure. They later met Patrick Stump who was to be another band member. Mike Pareskuwicz and T.J. Kunasch were then tapped to round up the original complement.

The new friends started playing together even before they had a stage name. Their current name is a result of name solicitations from the audience. One audience member suggested the name which was lifted from the iconic cartoon The Simpsons. This was to be the beginning of the story of the punks that eventually got platinum. The year that followed was marked by the release of their EP and LP, works which were sure to be followed by a Fall Out Boy album.

Before the group could start enjoying some success and outstanding band merchandise sales, the two last members to be recruited decided to pack up and leave. Andrew John Hurley stepped in to fill the blanks and it was at this time in 2003 that Take This to Your Grave came out. The album reached gold status but only after the group was already popular. It was really their 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree that spelled success for the band. The work got the 9th slot in the Billboard 200 and sold over 60,000 copies in its first week alone. This was the piece of work that eventually soared to platinum and even reached double platinum.

With excellent sales under their belt, there was no question about recording more albums. In 2007, the group released Infinity on High which was even more of a bestseller than their platinum album. They followed up in succeeding years with Folie a Deux in 2008 and Believers Never Die in 2009. This last one was a greatest hits collection.

Critics noted that for a young, decade old band, a hits compilation was a bit early for release. Understandably, fans started to question the group’s intentions of staying for the long haul. The idea that the group was breaking up didn’t seem far-fetched. Before they could work on anything new in 2009, the group said it would be on a break. This caused a fair amount of confusion regarding the group’s standing especially since there was no definite time frame placed on the break. Band members fanned the fire by sending out different messages in online sites. The only thing fans knew for sure was that the band wasn’t sure where it was going.

Apparently, there are no more Fall Out Boy albums in the mill. This is indeed a sad fact for punk fans around the world. If they played on, they would have easily become legends in the fairly new punk genre.