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Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band
Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer A ...
since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the
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scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for
Arma Angelus Arma Angelus (formerly known as Novena) was a metalcore band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2002. Members of the band were Pete Wentz
, a
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band. During Fall Out Boy's hiatus from 2009 to 2012, Wentz formed the
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,
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and
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group
Black Cards Black Cards was an American electronic music band that formed in July 2010 as Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's new main project following the band's indefinite hiatus. Originally conceived as a four-piece electropop band, Wentz played bass guit ...
. He owns a record label,
DCD2 Records DCD2 Records, formerly known as Decaydance Records, is an independent record label owned by Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy and partners, based in New York City. It was founded as an imprint of Fueled by Ramen. The first band Wentz s ...
, which has signed bands including
Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...
and
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. Fall Out Boy returned from hiatus in February 2013, and have since released three number-one albums; ''
Save Rock and Roll ''Save Rock and Roll'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was produced by Butch Walker and released April 12, 2013, through Island Records. On October 15, the album was re-released with ''PAX AM Days'', an extended p ...
'', ''
American Beauty/American Psycho ''American Beauty/American Psycho'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''AB/AP'') is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album ''Save Ro ...
'', and ''
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''. Wentz has also ventured into other non-musical projects, including writing, acting, and fashion; in 2005 he founded a clothing company called Clandestine Industries. He hosts the TV show ''
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'' and runs a film production company called Bartskull Films, as well as a bar called
Angels & Kings Angels & Kings was a nightclub in New York City, New York, located at 500 East 11th Street. The club was opened in 2007 by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and Jamison Ernest of Yellow Fever, and is owned by several other musicians, including member ...
. His philanthropic activities include collaborations with
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, a fundraising project that helps bring clean drinking water to people worldwide, ''People'' magazine states that "no bassist has upstaged a frontman as well as Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy." He is also a minority owner of the
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, a
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team.


Early life

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III was born in
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, an affluent suburb of Chicago. His parents are Dale (née Lewis), a high school admissions counselor, and Pete Wentz II, an attorney."Post-election pop cultural round-up"
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, Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Wentz is of English and German descent on his father's side and
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descent on his mother's side. He has a younger sister, Hillary, and a younger brother, Andrew. His maternal grandfather, Arthur Winston Lewis, served as the U.S. Ambassador to
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; Arthur Winston Lewis' cousin was General
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. Wentz' parents met in the 1970s while campaigning for Joe Biden's senatorial run. Wentz recalled in a ''
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'' interview that his earliest musical memory was listening to
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' song "
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" in the back of his father's car. Wentz attended
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, where he was an all-state soccer player. He considered pursuing a professional career in the sport, but decided that music was a more fulfilling choice; he says that he "always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting." During his first year of high school, he began skipping school regularly and smoking
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with friends, but later quit as it was affecting his grades at school. After graduating from high school in 1997, he attended
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, where he studied
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, dropping out one quarter shy of graduation to focus on
Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer A ...
.


Music career


Arma Angelus and other early projects (1993–2002)

Wentz was primarily involved in the Chicago
hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...
scene and was in several bands in the late 1990s. He formed his first band, First Born, in 1993. By the mid-1990s, he became an infrequent bass player for
Racetraitor Racetraitor is an American hardcore punk band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band attracted controversy in the late 1990s, before any releases, as a result of their radical take on racial politics, which focused on ideas like systemic ra ...
. Wentz formed the metalcore band Novena (later renamed to
Arma Angelus Arma Angelus (formerly known as Novena) was a metalcore band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2002. Members of the band were Pete Wentz
) soon after, along with Adam Bishop of XshroudX and Extinction; Daniel Binaei of Racetraitor; and Timothy Miller. The band cycled through six bassists before recruiting
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, who had recently departed from Baxter. They released their debut EP ''the Grave End of the Shovel'' in 2000. Around this time, Binaei's partial relocation of California led to hiring of Jay Jancetic of Extinction. McIlrath then departed from the band in 2000, in order to focus on Transistor Revolt and
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, leading to the band's recruitment of, XshroudX and Restraint member, Christopher Gutierrez. In 2001, the released their debut album ''Where Sleeplessness Is Rest From Nightmares''. In support of the album they toured with Throwdown and
Hatebreed Hatebreed is an American hardcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. The band released its debut album '' Satisfaction is the Death of Desire'' in 1997, which gave the band a cult following. The band signed to Universal Records ...
, and performed at
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. These tours also saw the recruitment of bassist
Joe Trohman Joseph Mark Trohman (born September 1, 1984) is an American musician, singer, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the American rock band Fall Out Boy,Joe Bosso.The Fall Guy. ''Guitar World''. Janua ...
, after Gutierrez's departure, however Trohman's severe stage fright led to the band bringing him back mid-tour, and residing Trohman to selling merchandise. Around this time, Wentz also played in Birthright, Extinction and Yellow Road Priest. He and Arma Angelus' bassist
Joe Trohman Joseph Mark Trohman (born September 1, 1984) is an American musician, singer, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the American rock band Fall Out Boy,Joe Bosso.The Fall Guy. ''Guitar World''. Janua ...
founded the
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band
Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer A ...
after Trohman introduced Wentz to a musical acquaintance, Patrick Stump.
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agreed to drum part-time, but only joined the band full-time later. In 2002, Arma Angelus, played its last show.Norris, John (June 5, 2006)
''MTV News Raw: Fall Out Boy''
, MTV.com; accessed July 18, 2006.


Fall Out Boy (2001–2009, 2013–present)

In 2002, Fall Out Boy released an EP called '' Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket Split EP''. Soon after, in 2003, the band released their mini-LP ''
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend ''Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend'' is the debut mini-LP and the second extended play (EP) by American rock band Fall Out Boy. Recorded in two days around February to September 2002 on a low budget, the rushed schedule left the b ...
'' on Uprising Records.Loftus, Johnny
"Biography: Fall Out Boy"
. ''All Music Guide''. Accessed April 14, 2006.
This album would later be digitally remastered and reissued after the band's third, successful full-album release ''
From Under the Cork Tree ''From Under the Cork Tree'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut. The music was composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, ...
'', on the major label
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. In 2003, the band released their first full-length album, ''
Take This to Your Grave ''Take This to Your Grave'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on May 6, 2003, by Fueled by Ramen. When the band was signed to Island Records, the label employed an unusual strategy that allowed them to sign ...
'' through
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. Fall Out Boy signed with major label Island Records in 2003 and in 2004 released an acoustic EP and DVD entitled '' My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue''. Their third album, ''
From Under the Cork Tree ''From Under the Cork Tree'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut. The music was composed by lead vocalist and guitarist Patrick Stump, ...
'', was released in 2005. Wentz wrote the lyrics to the lead single, "
Sugar, We're Goin Down "Sugar, We're Goin Down" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" was released to US radio on April 4, 2005, as the lead single from their second album, '' From Under the Cork Tree'' (2005). Two different CD singl ...
" with his dad in Chicago; the song peaked at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and spent months in the top 50 of the Hot 100, marking five weeks in the top 10 and fourteen weeks in the top 20. The band's major label debut album has since been certified
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by the
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as well as "Sugar, We're Goin Down". In 2007, Fall Out Boy's fourth album, ''
Infinity on High ''Infinity on High'' is the third studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on February 6, 2007, by Island Records. Recorded from July to October 2006 at Pass Studios in Los Angeles, California, its music was composed by lead si ...
'' was released to major success, debuting at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 260,000 sales, spurred by the lead single, "
This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy and the second single from their commercially successful third studio album ''Infinity on High'' (2007). The song officially debuted on November 21 at the Ame ...
", which reached the top ten in the US & UK and topped the charts in New Zealand. The second single, "
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" sold more than 2 million units in the US. The band's fifth studio album, ''
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'' was released on December 13, 2008, and debuted at No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band toured extensively in support of their albums. In November 2009, the four band members announced they will be taking an indefinite hiatus, saying they were unsure of the future of the band. Wentz has said that his personal reason for taking a break is that he feels that his name and marriage to pop singer
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had become a hindrance for the band. He added: "I think the world needs a little less Pete Wentz". On February 4, 2013, Fall Out Boy unexpectedly announced their return, along with an album and single with which all four members contributed. Once again, Wentz had main control of song writing duties. On April 12, 2013, the band released a new album entitled, ''
Save Rock and Roll ''Save Rock and Roll'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was produced by Butch Walker and released April 12, 2013, through Island Records. On October 15, the album was re-released with ''PAX AM Days'', an extended p ...
,'' featuring the lead single ''
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'', and dates for a new tour. The band played their first show in over three years on the night of February 4 in Chicago. ''Save Rock and Roll'' peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 154,000 copies in its first week, becoming the band's fourth consecutive top 10 album. With Fall Out Boy, Wentz toured heavily throughout 2013 and 2014 on the album, selling out arenas worldwide, with bands such as
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on the
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. In October 2013, they released a new EP, ''
PAX AM Days ''PAX AM Days'' (stylized as ''PAX•AM Days'') is an EP by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on October 15, 2013, by Island Records and PAX AM. It consists of hardcore punk and punk rock influenced tracks recorded during a two-day "marat ...
'' which they recorded in a two-day session with producer
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. Sixth studio album ''
American Beauty/American Psycho ''American Beauty/American Psycho'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''AB/AP'') is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album ''Save Ro ...
'' was released to become the band's third ''Billboard'' 200 No. 1 album, debuting with 192,000 first week sales and 218,000 equivalent album units. The album was preceded by the triple Platinum top 10 single ''
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'' was released to mainstream radio on April 14, 2014, and peaked at 22 on the 'Billboard' Top 100, and were certified as Platinum in August 2015. In April 2017, Fall Out Boy released Young and Menace, the lead single for the seventh studio album. The band's seventh album ''
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'' was officially released January 19, 2018, and debuted at number one on the
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, making it the band's third consecutive and fourth chart-topping debut overall. In 2018, Fall Out Boy headlined
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in the band's hometown of Chicago, marking a milestone in their career as their first headline show at a stadium.


Black Cards (2010–2012)

In July 2010, Wentz, with singer
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, guitarist Nate Patterson, and drummer Spencer Peterson, formed the ska/electropop band
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. Originally, the band had planned to release a full-length LP in the summer of 2011. However, after several delays, the departures of both Patterson and Rexha, and general uncertainty about the band's future, the group reshuffled, scrapping the original album and announcing plans to release a mixtape, write new material, and continue to remix tracks by other artists. With regards to the band's sound, Wentz has said that during the time he took off to spend with his family, he began to be inspired by Jamaican
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songs such as
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" and The Gladiators' "Warriors". Wentz then contacted producer
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(
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,
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,
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) and discussed the idea with him to mash up
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, dance and
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with 80s
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and pop to create a new experimental sound. On January 12, 2012, the band announced via Facebook that vocalist Bebe Rexha was no longer a member of the group.


Non-performance projects

Apart from his musical career, Wentz has been involved in various entrepreneurial ventures. Fall Out Boy bandmate Patrick Stump says of Wentz's endeavors: "It scares me sometimes, watching him. The two seconds you're not with that dude he's made 30 decisions that are going to affect our band for the rest of the year." Wentz's company, Clandestine Industries, distributed books, clothing, and other merchandise. On August 2, 2007, fashion company
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joined a partnership with Clandestine Industries. Wentz himself has served as a model on the DKNY/Clandestine promo website. In April 2007, Wentz came out with his own signature
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. It has a black body with a red shell pickguard and special graphics that include Wentz's own red bat/heart design on the body, plus a black bat/diamond fingerboard inlay at the 12th fret. It also features Wentz's signature on the back of the headstock. Wentz owns a very similar custom Fender bass with a purple pickguard and bat/heart. In 2008, Fender gave his son, Bronx Wentz, a three-quarter-sized modified version of his guitar. Wentz opened a nightclub in New York with his bandmates as well as members of
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, The Academy Is..., and
Cobra Starship Cobra Starship was an American dance-pop band founded in 2005 by Gabe Saporta (ex- Midtown), and headquartered in New York City. He recorded the first album as a solo project, ''While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets''. Saporta later enliste ...
; the bands' managers are also involved in the enterprise. Called
Angels & Kings Angels & Kings was a nightclub in New York City, New York, located at 500 East 11th Street. The club was opened in 2007 by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and Jamison Ernest of Yellow Fever, and is owned by several other musicians, including member ...
, the club occupies the former space on 11th Street near Avenue A that housed the Orchid Lounge. Notable guests, including
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, arrived for the grand opening on April 20, 2007.''Rolling Stone'' staff (May 2, 2007)
"Pete Wentz Opens NYC Dive Bar."
''
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''. Accessed June 21, 2007.
In June 2007, Wentz celebrated the opening of Angels & Kings' second location in Chicago. On December 13, 2008, Wentz, along with
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of
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, created several pieces for an art exhibit at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles called "Without You, I'm Just Me". The exhibit closed on December 24, 2008. Wentz appeared in the season 5 episode of ''
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'', "Point of No Return", along with then-wife
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. Wentz also hosted the Australia MTV VMAs on March 27, 2009. Wentz collaborated with
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on the track "In Transit" on the ''
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'' soundtrack for the 2010 movie ''
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''. He was also a judge for the 10th and 11th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. Friends or Enemies was a blogging platform created by Wentz to showcase "VIP" content of the bands signed to DCD2. The site first appeared online in the latter half of 2005 stating "coming this fall". On January 16, 2006 the page published its first post, welcoming people to its BETA version; earlier that day Wentz appeared on MTV's ''TRL'' wearing a friendsorenemies.com branded t-shirt, to promote the website. The platform allowed its users to customise their own page, comment and reply, and post entries on their profile. In support of Friends or Enemies, William Beckett of The Academy Is... posted on their website that it is "the hatester's MySpace", and Cobra Starship shared a preview of their music video, Church of Hot Addiction on the website, a week before it was to be aired on
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. By February 2007, Equalstudio, the designer and host of the website, stated there were over 100,000 members on Friends or Enemies. The website became a hub for posting tour announcements and updates, and had increased its VIP journals to include bands that were not signed to DCD2, such as Armour For Sleep and
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In 2009, Twitter and Facebook accounts were created, which posted the same content as the website, that was still being regularly updated with blogs and competitions. Also in 2009, Friends or Enemies began posting on their YouTube channel which published skits, live performances and interviews. Through 2011 and 2012, the social media pages began to post links to new music videos, while the website continued with blog updates from bands. Despite 2012 being the year for the website that had amassed the most blog posts, in January 2013, Wentz posted an edited photograph of
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with a shaved head, which served as his last post. By May 2013, the homepage stated the "Network soffline" and has remained down since.


Writing

Wentz has written a book entitled ''
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'', a story based on nightmares he had as a child.Product page
''
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The title is a reference to "
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" on The Smiths' album ''
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''. Wentz explained that writing books serves as another mode of self-expression other than songwriting: "My inspiration and my ideas don't begin and end at the beginning and the ending of a song. It is too limiting." It was reported that he was to publish another book, entitled ''Rainy Day Kids'', but years went by without any word on the book's progress, and Wentz even expressed on his Twitter account that he didn't think it would ever come to fruition. However, in February 2012, he posted a photo on his personal blog of what appeared to be a rough draft of the book's manuscript, explaining that he was currently in the process of editing ''Rainy Day Kids'' and that it would be 40–50 pages longer than he originally expected. On December 13, 2012, Wentz revealed the cover for the book, now titled ''Gray'', on his personal blog. The book, which was written with
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writer and former
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co-host James Montgomery, was released on February 26, 2013. In June 2009, it was announced that Wentz was working on a five-issue comic book mini-series called ''
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'', to be published by
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. The idea was conceived by Wentz and designer Darren Romanelli. The plot is loosely based on the Fall Out Boy song "Tiffany Blews" and focuses on "a mysterious toymaker, a cyborg gal named Tiffany and a kid in a bear suit that looks lifted from the cover of Fall Out Boy's ''Folie á Deux."'' With writing by Brett Lewis, and art by Sam Basri, the first issue was released on September 2, 2009.


Film and television work

Wentz also has a film production company called Bartskull Films, which put out the DVD ''Release the Bats'', starring Wentz, his bandmates, and several of his personal friends. Wentz has told several sources that he has all the footage to release a sequel, but editing and time constraints have kept him from doing so, and therefore the fate of the project is still up in the air. Wentz was in a multi-episode arc of the show ''
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'', appearing at Tric (the local all-ages club in Tree Hill) with the entire band. The band first appeared in an episode "An Attempt to Tip the Scales", where they played their single "Dance, Dance" and went on to appear on Peyton and Ellie's (also One Tree Hill's album) tribute album, "Friends with Benefit" to support cancer awareness. Wentz made his first solo cameo in the episode "When It Isn't Like It Should Be" as the romantic interest of Peyton Sawyer, a senior at Tree Hill who had booked the band to play at Tric. He also made a brief cameo appearance in the show ''
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''. On February 6, 2008, it was reported that Wentz was the leading candidate for writer
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's follow-up film to ''
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'', ''
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''. The role ended up going to
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. On February 24, 2008, Wentz appeared in comedian
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's video "I'm Fucking
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" as a chorus member (along with many other celebrities). The video was in response to one made by Kimmel's then-girlfriend,
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, "I'm Fucking
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". In 2009, he made a cameo appearance as himself in ''
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''. In 2016, he made a guest appearance on the
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series ''
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''. In 2012, he appeared as himself on ''
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''. In 2017, Wentz guest starred, with his bandmates, in
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's ''
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'' playing himself in the first, third and fourth parts of "The Night Begins to Shine". Their cover of the title song from the special was commercially released. Wentz hosts the TV show ''Best Ink''. Wentz directed a music video for the song " If It's Love" by American rock band
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. He was a contestant in an episode of the Nickelodeon game show '' Double Dare''. In 2020, he made a guest appearance on two episodes of the
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show ''
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''.


Personal life

Wentz has
bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that last from days to weeks each. If the elevated mood is severe or associated with ...
, and has taken medication for it since he was eighteen. In February 2005, Wentz attempted suicide by taking an overdose of the anxiety medication
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, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to a magazine, he said: The suicide attempt was put into song form, "7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen)", and released on their album ''
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''. After this event, Wentz moved back in with his parents. Wentz later spoke of his suicide attempt to the support site Halfofus.com. In 2006, Wentz started dating singer
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. In April 2008, Simpson and Wentz confirmed their engagement,"Ashlee and Pete Fall into Engagement"
E! Online, April 9, 2008.
and were married on May 17, 2008, at Simpson's parents' residence in
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, with her father officiating the ceremony. Two weeks later, she confirmed her pregnancy. Her surname changed from Simpson to Wentz and she was briefly known professionally as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. Simpson gave birth to their son on November 20, 2008. On February 8, 2011, Simpson filed for divorce, citing "
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". She asked for joint custody and primary physical custody of their son with visitation for Wentz, along with spousal support. However, a later report said that Simpson believed the couple simply "married too young", with the source stating that, "It was honestly a classic case of marrying young, having a kid young and growing apart over the years". Wentz reportedly did not want the divorce. Their divorce was finalized on November 22, 2011. Wentz is currently in a relationship with Meagan Camper. They have two children together, a son born in 2014 and a daughter born in 2018.


Philanthropy and activism

Wentz is a supporter of
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, an organization dedicated to helping the cause of displaced refugees in
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. He and Fall Out Boy traveled to the nation, and filmed the music video for the song " I'm Like a Lawyer... (Me & You)" there. Prior to the trip, he participated in an event organized by Invisible Children called "Displace Me", in which 67,000 activists throughout the United States slept in the streets in makeshift cardboard villages, hoping to raise awareness about those displaced by the Ugandan government. Along with
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and
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, Wentz is a spokesperson for
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's Half of Us campaign, a program aimed at lowering the rate of teenage suicide. Wentz was a vegetarian for many years, and appeared on the ballot of
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's third annual "Sexiest Vegetarian" awards.


Discography


Arma Angelus

* ''
Where Sleeplessness Is Rest from Nightmares ''Where Sleeplessness Is Rest from Nightmares'' is the only studio album by the Chicago metalcore band Arma Angelus. It was released December 4, 2001, through Eulogy Recordings. Track listing All music composed by Arma Angelus. All lyrics writt ...
'' (2001)


Fall Out Boy

* ''
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'' (2003) * ''
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'' (2005) * ''
Infinity on High ''Infinity on High'' is the third studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on February 6, 2007, by Island Records. Recorded from July to October 2006 at Pass Studios in Los Angeles, California, its music was composed by lead si ...
'' (2007) * ''
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'' (2008) * ''
Save Rock and Roll ''Save Rock and Roll'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was produced by Butch Walker and released April 12, 2013, through Island Records. On October 15, the album was re-released with ''PAX AM Days'', an extended p ...
'' (2013) * ''
American Beauty/American Psycho ''American Beauty/American Psycho'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''AB/AP'') is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album ''Save Ro ...
'' (2015) * ''
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'' (2018)


Black Cards


Other Work


Singles


Albums


References


External links


Pete Wentz's Official website
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