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The Fall Out Boy merch and albums are a testament to a group that is one of the youngest success stories in the music industry. The group has been around for roughly ten years but in the industry, that is considered fairly young. The sad news is that the phenomenal group seems to have died out even before it could grow up.

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 group had no name when it first started playing. Its current name came to light however when an audience member in one of their performances suggested it. The name is in reference to a character in The Simpsons. From here, the story of the punks that got away with platinum officially began. The following year, the group began modestly with the release of a demo, EP and LP. This was to be the start of the makings of a full Fall Out Boy album.

Before the group could start enjoying some success, 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, sold over 60,000 copies in its first week alone and opened a new line of band merchandise. This was the piece of work that eventually soared to platinum and even reached double platinum.

The band members followed through on their outstanding success producing more chart topping albums and singles in the succeeding years. Infinity on High came out in 2007 and sold even more copies than their second release. This was followed by Folie a Deux in 2008 and then a greatest hits compilation Believers Never Die in 2009.

For a group that wasn’t even a decade old the release of a greatest hits collection seemed premature and fans started to worry about the group’s direction. Indeed, the distress that band members felt was not wholly unfounded. Near the end of 2009, the group announced that they would be going on a break. This spurred a huge number of speculative discussions that only added to the confusion as to the group’s official status. The mixed messages sent out by band members in social networking sites online did not help ease the apprehension of fans. What was made certain was that the group was not sure what would happen or where it would go.

There may no longer be any Fall Out Boy albums in the making. This is unfortunate considering that the group has the makings of future pop punk legends. For whatever it’s worth though, it’s obvious that their music will remain relevant at least to one generation of punk music lovers who grew up to their music.

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