When a picture of Pete Wentz naked emerged on the internet last year, the Fall Out Boy bassist nearly quit the band.
But now for the first time the punk four-piece, currently number one in America, have said the incident actually helped them.
Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump is quoted as saying: "It basically forced us to make an album quickly because I wanted to make sure people remembered that we're a band and not a sideshow."
Pete Wentz himself added: "It's like a footnote now, like how Michael Jackson set his hair on fire in a Pepsi commercial."
The Fall Out Boy star was persuaded not to turn his back on fame and continue with the band, after the photo emerged.
"People always want to see Pete in this 'I'm-a-crazy-rock-star' light and it's a shame because they lose so much about him in the fine print." Patrick continued.
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Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump is quoted as saying: ”It basically forced us to make an album quickly because I wanted to make sure people remembered that we’re a band and not a sideshow.” <br><br>
Yet in their latest video they include several references to it.
- In the video it is expressing how upset Pete is to be doing it. Any real Fall Out Boy fans wouldnt care about that and should respect him for the great things he has brought to the music industry. Forget about all the gossip we love you for being a fantastic bassist!!
- Could you be any more ignorant? They put it in the video as a reference to that’s what people like you only think of them, and why all of their female fans like them, strictly because of their appearance. Your intelligence can’t comprehend their sense of humor they can consistently poke at themselves.
- that’s called irony my friend
- The include references to things like the photos, and the moon man thing, because they are realizing how ridiculous it is to dwell on stuff like that, and are just making fun of themselves.
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