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there are not enough words for how much i love and respect pete and all of fob.

from the journal at falloutboyrock.com:

Wednesday, May 3, 2006
"I took my daughters to your concert in Charlotte, NC last night and was
very dissappointed in the show. The ticket said "ALL AGES". F & L and your
band was very foul mouthed and anti-morals. Who do you think finances the
sale of CDs and Tickets, Hello - Parents...
Charlotte is not the
demoralized city that liberal San Fransico and other cities across the North and West are. I am going to contact the local and
national news media, and the arenas that you are touring in the future and
do my best to be a thorn in your side. I had looked forward to this concert with my girls for months. I didnt spend over $200.00 for tickets,
gas, food, and unforturnately shirts that I purchased for them before the
concerts, for you to give your own personal political testimony, cursing
anyone who disagreed. This was a concert, not some liberal homosexual
rally. I predict that you have lost a lot of financial support in the last
24 hours. I am not the only parent with morals that had children at this
concert. That is what is so upsetting - your band's biggest audience is
CHILDREN 10 and up. Your responsibility was to sing your songs. The music wasnt that bad, but when you opened your mouth to talk, you blew it.
Here's to your band being just another "Spice
Girls" looking back and remembering the good times and 15 minutes of fame, because you underated who pays your bills. By the way, my children will not be a part of your sick idea of family."

this is an email our label recieved and i just wanted to take the time to respond to it publicly.

both i and fall out boy goof around alot but this is something that we take extremely seriously. yes, i have a mouth like a sailor. it frustrated my mother growing up. i censor myself the best i can but at the same time i am not going to change in order to simply make myself more lucrative. i try my best to be the best person i can be. i want to be a good role model for younger kids. i dont smoke, drink or do drugs- we don't hang out with groupies or engage in the typical band debauchery. we are fairly boring as anyone would tell you. we sit around and read books and watch dvds. we simply love playing music.

though being in a public position with a spotlight i think it is extremely important to use this pedistal to enlighten younger kids to certain things about the world. the only thing i said in charlotte was (quoted word for word): "you can leave this show and say i think this guy is an arrogant jerk. or think this band is better than this one- because these are your opinions- i understand that. the only thing we consider unacceptable is for you to engage in sexist, racist or homophobic behavior. if you do and want to continue to we dont want you as a fan- return our merch and leave". if that is offensive to you, i apologize but we don't want you to be part of our fanbase.

it is not a liberal homosexual rally but at the same time it will never be a klu klux klan rally. we don't need to sell tickets that badly.

i encourage fans of our band to grow up to become good people and to change the world. unfortunately, i dont believe that treating other people as inhuman is acceptable.

though- our idea of family is one of equality and openess- hopefully you will reconsider.

"tell me what you want what you really really want..."

read some press on us. we are pretty ok guys for the most part.


if you wanna be my lover, first you have to....

peter patrick joe and andy.


posted by: fob

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pete's a lot classier in his response than i would've been. i probably would've said something like "i don't respond to people who can't spell disappointed or fortunately correctly." (not like email doesn't have spell check, y'know?)

i feel sorry for this woman's children. and i wonder how old they are? i'm very much against people younger than 13 going to concerts. the "biggest audience is children 10 and up" thing is bullshit, though. (and really, if her daughters were young, what kind of parent takes their young kids to a concert without doing research on the bands? homophobic ones, apparently. if her daughters are older, they probably knew the score and made sure not to say anything to mommy dearest, to make sure they could go.)

i really think the woman just wanted to whine about how her homophobic beliefs weren't being pandered to, and added in the parts about being upset by cursing to make it seem more like she was just a 'concerned parent'. (you can tell a lot by the way she throws the words "morals" and "liberal" around. code for: 'i'm a radical evangelical christian conservative freak!')


i am SO PROUD of fall out boy. ♥!