Similarly to the Lost Media Wiki, FOBAT uses “On the Hunt” channels in our Discord server to organize our current biggest goals. We try to tackle a few dedicated big searches at a time so that our efforts aren’t too sporadic. Below is our current hunts:

Punk Is Dad < Click for full info

Punk Is Dad (AKA: Punk’s Not Dad) was a TV sitcom Pete attempted to get greenlit sometime during the SRAR or AB/AP era. The only reason we know about it is because of two interviews with Pete that mention it. According to him, a pilot was made, but it was dropped after that. It is unknown what companies or people were involved with the pilot. He also states that Patrick was working on this show with him. It is unknown if he was actually in the show as an actor, or was strictly behind the scenes. Through deductive reasoning we’ve concluded that the infamous “Pete roller skating” pictures have something to do with this pilot.

Yellow Road Priest < Click for full info

Yellow Road Priest is a hardcore band hailing from Elgin, IL that lasted from 1997 to 1998. They released an off-label demo, and a split with the band Milemarker. A long digital trail that we cannot track the source of states that Pete Wentz was once in the band Yellow Road Priest. We have no idea if he was ever in this band. Both a newsletter from Dupage County Hardcore and an ABC News article are the most legitimate sources that reference him being in the band. Our goal is to determine for certain whether or not Pete was in this band.

Second FOB Show < Click for full info

The second FOB show is an important show because this was the show the band was given its name. According to the Oral History of Take This To Your Grave, Patrick explains how their second show was at a “Southern Illinois college,” and they opened for The Killing Tree. It was a fan that actually shouted out, “No, fuck that, You’re Fall Out Boy!” after they had introduced themselves simply as “Pete’s New Band.” There have been a few people that have witnessed and said that this actually happened, such as Hanif Abdurraqib (a writer and active in the scene.) He was at this show and recalls the same story in his book, They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us. However, even with multiple accounts, the actual venue and date of the show were unconfirmed for years. We successfully found both of these things, along with documentation of the show in the form of a student newspaper with pictures.