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Fall Out Boy are making one of the biggest comebacks of the year, and hardly anyone saw it coming. The pop-rockers reformed to release their latest album Save Rock and Roll, and have been attracting both praise and criticism since. Not that they care about any of that, of course.
"Being polarizing is good, I don't think that there's anything wrong with being polarizing," guitarist Joe Trohman told us. "I think a lot of people look at this band as to where we left off last, and they put the emo tag on things or the pop punk tag or whatever, and that's kind of for other people to do. We don't feel the need to put ourselves in a category, that's for other people."
Bassist Pete Wentz agreed, adding, "I'm sure a lot of 70s rock bands don't want to be called 70s rock. This is just the descriptor, how the world can tell the difference. We don't care, really."
We caught up with the band when they hit London to talk to them about the response to their album, working with Courtney Love and Foxes and, of course, how they feel about still being labelled emo.
Save Rock and Roll is out now. Read our Fall Out Boy round-up here, and check out the interview below.
