Facts
Pete has his nipple pierced
Pete is the oldest member of the band
Pete will usually hang upside-down from somthing on stage if he can.
Pete likes to jump off of high objects while performing
Pete has Nightmare Before Christmas tattoos
Pete once got struck in the head by Joe's guitar
At one point or another, all members of FOB were in Arma Angelus
At the last Arma Angelus show ever, Patrick played drums, Joe played guitar, and Pete sang
The guys didn't like their first CD. Pete says they were the "worst band ever."
Pete played bass in the band firstborn.
In the last two years, FOB has played near 500 shows
The cover of the first FOB demo was a scene from karate kid and featured the songs: growing up, jericho, and switchblades and infidelity.
Fall Out Boy is the 4th band Pete and Andy have done together
Original names also considered for Fall Out Boy were: Short Story, Unhappy Ending and Forget Me Not
That no auto-tune is used on the lead vocals on FOB records
Pete was an all-state soccer player before Fall Out Boy began
On Fall Out Boy's first tour ever with Spitalfield, in 2 weeks they only played 2 shows.
Wentz was an all-state soccer player in high school.
Pete has a younger brother named Andrew, and a younger sister named Hillary.
He is a big fan of Morrissey and he also enjoys the Smiths.
When he was a child, he would write stories and go around selling them to the neighbors in a wagon.
Pete currently lives with his parents and two dogs (Pandora and Marley) in Wilmette, Illinois
Pete attended DePaul University where he studied political science. He was just one semester shy of graduation when he quit to focus on music.
He is the bassist, backup vocalist, and primary lyricist for fall out boy
He attended New Trier Township High school and North Shore Country Day School
He was an all-state soccer player
He graduated High School in 1997
After graduation he attended DePaul University where he studied Political Science
He dropped out of college just 1 semester shy of graduation to focus on music
He was in several bands in the late 1990s including: xfirstbornx, Arma Angelus (with Tim McIlrath, from Ries against), 7 Angles of the Apocalypse/ Culture of Violence, xBirthrightx, Extention, Forever Ended Today, Yellow Road Priest, Racetraitor, and Project Rocket
In 2001 he co-founded Fall Out Boy with Joe, and Patrick
He wrote a book called The Boy With the Thorn In HIs Side, which is a story based on nightmares he had as a child
He has another book titled "Rainy Day Kids," which the release has been postponed
He is also currently co-writing another book with William Beckett of The Academy Is...
He has a company called Clandenstine Industries, which distributes books and clothing among other things.
He also owns his own imprint of Fulled by Ramen, Decaydance Records, which has signed artists including: Panic! At The Disco, October Fall, Gym Class Heroes, The Hush Sound, Cobra Starship, and Lifetime
He also has a film production company called Bartskull Films which has released the DVD Release the Bats which stars Wentz and FOB and several personal friends. (the sequil is curently in teh works
He has also tried his hand at modeling, and was featured in a GAP ad for Fall 2006
He played a minor role as himself on the show One Tree Hill
In Feb 2005 he overdosed on the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result spent a week in the hospital, in what appeared to be a suicide attempt
Commenting on the event to a magazine, he said "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all."
After this event, Pete Wentz moved back in with his parents.
In March of 2006 nude photos of Pete were posted and quickly spread accross the Internet.
The pictures were stolen from his T-Mobile Sidekick
The video for the single "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" contains a scene that makes reference to the incident