School of Rock WOM
December 27th, 2006
“This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” is the first single from Fall Out Boy’s upcoming album, Infinity on High. When I first heard the song on Sirius Alt Nation about 3 weeks ago I called my daughter and let her listen in on her cell. My twelve year old daughter knew about the song because it had been lurking on the internet since its debut on Q101 in Chicago on November 16. Do you think old guard bands like Metallica, would drive down to their hometown radio station and just hand over a music file off their upcoming album? Chicago is the home to a plethora of softcore, alternative, punk, post-hardcore bands like Fall Out Boy, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, and Plain White T’s so it made perfect sense to me that FOB opted to premiere their new tune via their hometown radio station, instead of during their live performance on the American Music Awards. I also have to give high kudos tobassist Pete Wentz for giving it up to become hi-jacked. The song started rolling through the internet, made it’s debut on Sirius Alt Nation at number 4, and is the current number one song. And guess what, you can’t download it on itunes until February 6, 2007. So what does a dad do for his rockstar wannabe daughter? I get my tail down to Target when the doors open on a late November Sunday morning and purchase Guitar #313 signed by Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy.
Love’em or hate’em do yourself a favor, check out the video. It’s a mashed up history of Fall Out Boy video characters mixed with a tongue-in-cheek look at emo rock, the arts and don’t take it so seriously attitude.
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John Bell says:
I love when bands love their fans. It used to be that country music and soap opera stars were called out as genre’s that care for their fans best but all it takes is a choice. Grateful Dead/Phish did it for years in their own authentic way. I don’t know if I will ever get that kind of love from Nick Cave - his standoffish-ness is part of his thing. On the other hand, I feel it every time I go to a Social D. concert.
December 29th, 2006 at 5:36 amFall Out Boy is pretty smart for respecting the hometown fan.
Geno says:
John are you a Social Distortion fan? I’m a big fan too. I’m trying to educate my daughter on with bands like The Dolls, Social D, Ramones, etc… but for some reason she thinks the Sex Pistols are cooler… I think its that Save the Queen album cover art.
December 29th, 2006 at 7:18 amJohn Bell says:
This really says it all (and perhaps too much):
http://johnbell.vox.com/library/post/social-distortion-in-baltimore.html
December 30th, 2006 at 8:14 amJoe O'Keefe says:
This is a killer tune. I make CD’s for my gym in return for my membership and I was all over this song the day it was released. My daughters are pretty young. I look forward to sharing new releases like this. Although my four year appears to be a huge Tom Petty fan, she loves “American Girl”. Hey, it beats the Wiggles!!
February 16th, 2007 at 6:02 am