''The Young Blood Chronicles'' is a 2014 American
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
composed of
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
s produced by
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 ...
, featuring each song from the group's fifth studio album, ''
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). The separate, eleven videos were uploaded online gradually, but also link together to form the narrative film, which made its premiere on May 21, 2014 on television network
Palladia. The film stars the members of Fall Out Boy –
Patrick Stump
Patrick Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy, originally from Wilmette, I ...
,
Pete Wentz
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 since 2001. Before Fall Out Boy, Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lea ...
,
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 ...
and
Andy Hurley
Andrew John Hurley (born May 31, 1980) is an American musician. He is the drummer for the rock band Fall Out Boy. Prior to Fall Out Boy, Hurley played in several hardcore punk bands. He joined Fall Out Boy as the full-time drummer in 2003 and ...
– and also features guest appearances from
2 Chainz
Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, al ...
,
Big Sean
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. Anderson began his music career in 2007 and gained popularity in 2010 with his third mixtape '' Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big''. He then s ...
,
Foxes
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
,
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as t ...
,
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
and
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...
. ''The Young Blood Chronicles'' was also released as a limited edition DVD on July 14, 2014.
Plot
The plot is based on the uncut long-form edit of the movie. The original was split into 11 separate music videos, each released individually, beginning with the music video for "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)" and ending with "Save Rock and Roll."
The Phoenix
The Defenders of the Faith (
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 ...
) are in possession of a glowing briefcase, which Stump handcuffs to his left hand. As he heads out down the sidewalk, he sees a young boy that distracts him while a woman stuns him from behind with a taser, then kidnaps him. Stump is taken to a room where he is tied to a chair and his hand is strapped to a cutting board by two women. After some tormenting, the women cut off Stump's hand, freeing the briefcase. They continue to torture him by inserting probes into him and removing some of his organs. (Samuel Caruana “The Kid” who appears throughout the movie) delivers Stump's hand in a plastic bag to Wentz's house. After finding the hand, Wentz releases a hawk that symbolizes "The Phoenix." The other members are also kidnapped: Hurley in a parking lot, Trohman at a gas station and Wentz on a rooftop. The Defenders of The Faith are taken by a group of women called the "Vixens".
Young Volcanoes
The Vixens bring Wentz, Hurley, and Trohman to a dinner table, blindfolded, at which Stump is already seated, fully aware of what is happening. They are strapped to chairs and hooked to intravenous drips. They are served blood wine, hookahs and sniffable coloured powder resembling cocaine. The women then serve them cobbler, fruit and Stump's organs. The drugs make them believe they are dancing with their captors and naked women wearing bloody animal masks, yet are left still bound to their chairs. The briefcase is delivered to a vehicle with the license plate "RATATAT".
Alone Together
Stump, Wentz, Hurley, and Trohman are bound and set up to be tormented in separate rooms in an abandoned building. Stump is hooked to machines in a chapel, Wentz surrounded by paparazzi-like mannequins, Trohman subjected to angry children throwing food and Hurley forced to listen to music and watch television. Wentz seduces one of his captors, then kills her with a hook she was wearing. He runs down the corridors of the building looking for the others while escaping the Vixens. Wentz frees "The Herald" (
Big Sean
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. Anderson began his music career in 2007 and gained popularity in 2010 with his third mixtape '' Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big''. He then s ...
) and while attempting to rescue Stump, attaches the hook to where his hand was. Wentz fails to free him as the women shot him with a tranquilizing dart. In the meantime, the device Stump is hooked to slowly, with a gauge that says "Evil-Meter", turns him more and more evil.
The band is handcuffed, blindfolded, and forced into a van.
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
"The Problem Solver" (
2 Chainz
Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, al ...
), with assistance from Vixens, burn and destroy various Fall Out Boy merchandise. The video ends by showing the tied up and bound "Defenders" in the back of a van.
The Mighty Fall
The van "The Defenders" are trapped in is set on fire, but they are unbound by Stump's hook and escape in time. They are welcomed to a gang of children, armed with various weapons. The band flees to the woods, with the kids on their tail. All but Stump are eventually caught and beaten by the children. Stump escapes to an open patch of the forest. The leader of the children is Samuel Caruana, who plays a boombox, the sound from which transforms Stump to his evil, yellow-eyed state. The Herald (
Big Sean
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson (born March 25, 1988), known professionally as Big Sean, is an American rapper. Anderson began his music career in 2007 and gained popularity in 2010 with his third mixtape '' Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big''. He then s ...
) saves Stump and "The Defenders" by killing the boy, yet is beaten, then killed by the Vixens. The remaining children cease their violence and flee, while the band members they have beaten all collapse in the woods.
Just One Yesterday
The band wakes up the next morning in the forest, separated and barely aware of what happened the night before. While desperately looking for help and civilization, they each encounter the same snake from the previous Young Volcanoes video, which triggers their memories. Stump hitches a ride from a woman driving a 1968
Dodge
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included performance cars, and for much of its existence Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above P ...
D100 (
Foxes
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
) who finds and picks up the rest of the Defenders. She pulls up to an abandoned hospital, where it is revealed that she, "The Death Adder", is also evil. Her eyes turn pure black, and she then plays her truck's radio, (the same music in the boy's boom box) sending Stump back into his trance. Wentz, Hurley and Trohman flee into the hospital as Stump preys on them.
Where Did The Party Go
Wentz, Hurley and Trohman split up and hide in different parts of the hospital as Stump searches for them. Stump hallucinates, seeing zombie nurses and patients partying, yet still continues his hunt. Pete tries to fix a phone to dial for help, Hurley treats his wounds and Trohman hides in a closet. Eventually Stump tracks down Trohman and strangles him to death with an extension cord. As Wentz and Hurley come upon the murder, Stump then exits his trance, horrified at what he has done.
Death Valley
Trohman, on his way to heaven, is stopped by the deceased kid, Samuel Caruana, and is sent to hell instead.
Stump is detained by law enforcement and his hook is removed for booking and detainment. Wentz and Hurley are brought in for questioning. Trohman is checked in to the nightclub of hell, where he meets "The Prince of Darkness" (
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...
) and parties with him and the other souls there. After receiving a note with an address, Wentz and Hurley meet up with a secret informer from the inside, who explains who kidnapped them and their agenda. She presents Wentz with a bass-neck sword and Hurley a drum crossbow. Hurley has a substantially long make out scene with the woman before they head off to the clan's headquarters. Trohman is abruptly taken up a flight of stairs by two mysterious women, while Stump is released by police to the Vixens.
It is revealed the Vixens are cult of music-hating women whose goal is to "Silence the Noise."
Rat-a-Tat
"The Head Bitch in Charge" (
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as t ...
) rallies her fellow cult members to destroy various instruments while Wentz and Hurley infiltrate the building in search of Stump and the briefcase. Two of the Vixens drag Stump to a room and strap him down, subjecting him to videos which further his hypnosis to a fully evil state. He is taken to The Head Bitch, who tests his music-hating abilities, which he successfully passes by destroying instruments. Wentz and Hurley finally find Stump, the leader of the cult, and the briefcase. Wentz escapes with the briefcase but Hurley's throat is sliced by two vixens while covering for Wentz. The scene ends with Stump chasing after Wentz.
Miss Missing You
Stump catches up with Wentz in the black and white Miss Missing You, and chases him through a junk yard and a trailer park. After running through and fighting in several homes, they battle head to head outside with people cheering them on. Wentz stabs Stump with his sword, but Stump finishes him off with his hook, then dies from his wounds. The Vixens retrieve the briefcase, while Wentz and Stump lay lifeless in the sand.
Save Rock and Roll
Samuel Caruana returns in the elevator unsure if Stump is truly evil or not, sends him to purgatory. His evilness is tested by seeing whether he will murder someone. After refusing to, Stump is taken out of his trance and sent to heaven where he is met by his band mates. They all receive communion and meet "God" (
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...
) who presents them with powerful instruments. After performing in heaven, "God" sends them back to earth to "Save Rock and Roll" and, with their instruments, they transform the cult women back to good. Unfortunately, the briefcase is opened by the evil cult and a demon (that resembles a medieval plague doctor) emerges, who then slays anyone in sight. The movie ends with Fall Out Boy (who are covered in blood) confronting the demon, with Wentz using his power to neutralize the demon and causing its blood to splatter on "God".
Production
''The Young Blood Chronicles'' was inspired, in part, by
Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as p ...
's ''
Electroma
''Daft Punk's Electroma'' (also known as ''Electroma'') is a 2006 avant-garde science fiction film directed by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. The story revolves around the quest of two robots (the band members, played by Peter Hurtea ...
'' (2006).
Thematically, the film is intended to convey the "deceit within each of us that we have to uncover in the search for who we truly are."
Release history
Release
The narrative film comprising all eleven videos, premiered as a 45-minute film on May 21, 2014 on
Palladia.
''The Young Blood Chronicles'' was released as a limited edition DVD on July 14, 2014.
See also
* ''
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 ...
''
* ''
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''
References
External links
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2014 films
2010s English-language films
Jukebox musicals
American rock music films
2010s musical films
Fiction about purgatory
2010s American films