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Gym Class Heroes is an American alternative hip hop band from Geneva, New York. They have collaborated with Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump on numerous occasions, notably for providing backing vocals on the song "Cupid's Chokehold." Stump also produced the majority of their album The Quilt.
The group formed when Travie McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley in high school and decided to form a band. After the addition of guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo and bassist Eric Roberts, the group was signed to Fueled By Ramen and Decaydance Records (Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's independent record label), on which they released their debut album, The Papercut Chronicles. The group gained a strong fan base while promoting the album, appearing at festivals such as Bamboozle and Warped Tour. In 2006, the group released the gold-selling album As Cruel as School Children. Since that release, the band's single "Cupid's Chokehold" reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Clothes Off!!" peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. On September 9, 2008, Gym Class Heroes released their third album, The Quilt, which contained numerous collaborations with other artists.Travie McCoy has recently pursued a solo career, releasing the album Lazarus in June 2010. Lumumba-Kasongo has been working on his side-project Soul, while McGinley now drums in the rock group Kill the Frontman. However, the group plans to release The Papercut Chronicles II in 2011, and is currently in the studio recording demos for the album.
The band plans to release The Papercut Chronicles II in late summer 2011. McCoy says of the album, "We're about 12 demos deep. All I got to say is it's definitely going back to the essence of Gym Class Heroes, which is four dudes sitting in a room, vibing off each other and making organic, dark metal." McCoy says that while he is currently focused on promoting Lazarus, January and February are set aside for him to rejoin his bandmates in the studio.
Additionally, the band is noted for not using samples in its music, a practice commonly used in hip-hop. McCoy states that "It’s more fun and organic in the live show. There’s definitely a lot of acts that can pull off a DJ/MC thing but then a lot that can’t. Also I guess it’s all we know." However, As Cruel as School Children does contain samples, with McGinley commenting, "We’ve always been a band and we never did sampling at all before but within the last couple of years we’ve embraced it more. In the songs we did with Patrick Stump we used it."
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Name | Patrick Stump |
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Name | Patrick Vaughn Stump |
Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Patrick Martin Stumph |
Born | April 27, 1984Glenview, Illinois |
Genre | Pop rock, alternative rock, pop punk, emo, R&B;, funk, synthpop |
Occupation | Musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, record producer |
Instrument | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, percussion, keyboard, trombone, trumpet, synthesizer |
Years active | 2001–present |
Associated acts | Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship, Panic! at the Disco |
Label | Island, Fueled by Ramen, Decaydance |
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Vocal range | Baritone, Tenor |
Notable instruments | Gibson SG |
Patrick Vaughn Stump (born Patrick Martin Stumph on April 27, 1984) is a singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, and music critic. He is the composer, lead singer, and multi-instrumentalist for Fall Out Boy, an American alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois. Stump has been credited for being a soulful vocalist suitable for R&B;, as well as one of the best voices in pop-punk. He is currently working on his debut solo album, Soul Punk and has released his debut 6-song EP titled Truant Wave on 22 February 2011.
Following a 2002 Split EP with Project Rocket, the band's first mini-LP, Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, was released in 2003 on Uprising Records, though they shortly left the label to sign to Fueled By Ramen. They released Take This To Your Grave in 2003, their first full-length album. It's been credited with earning the band's first significant fan base, as well as some minor commercial success.
In 2003, Stump and his band mates went on to sign with the major label Island Records, and released the acoustic-based EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue CD and DVD in 2004. It gave the band a splash of a Billboard 200 charting at #153. This was followed by their third studio album, From Under The Cork Tree in 2005, which helped the band with their mainstream breakthrough. It has since been certified 2x Platinum by RIAA, with a sales total of over 2.5 milion. It reached #9 on the Billboard 200, where it stayed for two non-consecutive weeks, giving the band it' first Top 10 album, lead by the chart topping first single (#8 Billboard Hot 100), Sugar We're Goin Down, which has been certified 2x Platinum. The album's second single, Dance, Dance also enjoyed mainstream success, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. and winning various awards. Fall Out Boy was nominated for the "Best New Artist" Grammy award in 2005.
Their fourth studio album, Infinity On High, was released to major chart topping success in 2007. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 260,000 sales, #1 on other various Billboard charts, and in the Top 10 worldwide, giving the band it's first #1 album. It was spurred on by the #2 charting lead single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race". "Thnks fr th Mmrs" is a notable single from the album, peaking just outside the Top 10 at #11. It is known for its catchy pop-rock tune that highlights the band's sound evolving from the pop-punk orientated Take This to Your Grave to more accessible pop-rock sound. The band's most recent album, Folie à Deux, was released on 16, 2008 in the United States. It did not receive as much mainstream as its predecessor, but gave the band it's third consecutive Top 10 album, peaking at #8 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the lead single, I Don't Care.
The band was the opening act of Blink-182's renunion tour. After the tour, they released a Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits compilation album in 2009, featuring all of their singles, two new songs, including the single "Alpha Dog" and two rarities. In February 2010 the band took an indefinite break.
On November 29, Patrick put up on his website two different versions of his debut single as a solo artist "Spotlight". One is called "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)", and the other is called "Spotlight (New Regrets)". He also included download links for both songs. Patrick claims after months he still could not decide which version he liked better and asked his fans to vote in the poll, also on his website, for the version of the single they liked better and wanted to see on the album. The polls closed leading toward "Spotlight (Oh New Regrets)", however Patrick has since decided to include "Spotlight (New Regrets)" on Soul Punk and put "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)" on his debut EP, Truant Wave, claiming that the votes were too close and that he felt as if "Oh Nostalgia basically needed its own record", building Truant Wave around it. Most recently, Stump has put up a poll as to what song he should do an a capella cover of next.
Patrick released the first EP of his solo career, Truant Wave, digitally on February 22. The extended play consisted of songs Stump "felt strongly about but didn't have place for within the narrative of Soul Punk" and includes special guest artists Alph-A-Bit, Om’mas Keith of Sa-Ra, David-Andrew 'D.A.' Wallach of Chester French, and Driis.
On April 6, Stump contributed an unreleased song, entitled "Saturday Night Again" to the album "Download To Donate: Japan Tsunami Relief" to provide relief for Japan after the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
On May 6 2011, Stump updated his website and also posted to his Facebook and Twitter, announcing "I feel like I'm gonna explode 5.9.11" with a link which led to a video called "Tsar bomba", which was a video of a bomb explosion. The "I feel like I'm gonna explode" phrase came from a song called "Explode", which Stump premiered at his live show and could be from his upcoming album. The "5.9.11" was a date. A new song, titled "Explode" was revealed on May 9 2011, with a message, "Listen to "Explode" off of my upcoming album Soul Punk on Vulture". Vulture was the website that Stump released the song to. NyMag.com commented that the song is "heavily indebted to Michael Jackson and, in good news for FOB loyalists, not totally unlike Stump's old band" The song's video caption read "Soul Punk: coming late Summer".
In addition to producing albums, Stump has also remixed various tracks for soundtracks or special releases. Among various others, he's notably provided a "Queen Of Apology" remix for The Sounds on the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack, a remix of the Fall Out Boy single "Dance, Dance" available on the Sugar, We're Goin' Down EP, a "Sugar We're Goin Down" remix on Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree special edition release, and "Pace Yourself" for The Higher on their album, On Fire. He has also recently remixed Good Charlotte's "Little Things" for their remix compilation, Greatest Remixes.
Patrick Stump remixed All Time Low's "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)'" originally released on their latest album, Nothing Personal.
Patrick also did his own version of the theme song for The CW's TV series, One Tree Hill. Stump's version was featured on the third episode of season 8 named The Space in Between.
Patrick provided a song for Season 5 Episode 3 Big Trouble in Little Clerks 2 of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken in which he parodied James Cameron's Avatar.
Stump has also been working on a film of his own creation called Moustachette.
On February 1, 2009, Gretsch released the G5135PS Electromatic Stump-O-Matic Signature Guitar, based on their model body with personal stylings by Patrick Stump such as a "kill switch" and stripes. Also, Patrick Stump signed and gave away two of his signature guitars that he used to record Fall Out Boy's fifth album, Folie à Deux.He also appeared as a guest with Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates on 'Live from Daryl's House', playing guitar on several of Hall and Oates' own songs, as well playing guitar on a couple of selections from the catalog of Fall Out Boy, such as "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "I Don't Care" and, additionally, performing as a drummer/vocalist on a version of "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year" on the same show.
He played in a sleek black tuxedo, white moon boots and fingerless leather gloves, and on some songs he played the electric guitar. His setlist varied from show to show, and premiered new songs that may be from his upcoming Soul Punk album, such as "Explode", "Allie", "Cryptozoology" and "Everyone", as well as covers such as "Cupid's Chokehold" by Gym Class Heroes, "All of the Lights" by Kayne West, "Kiss My Sass" by Cobra Starship and a "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Prince, whom Stump has cited as a major influence. He played songs from Truant Wave as well as "Spotlight (New Regrets)" which he previously released as a 7" vinyl. They were all positively recieved by the youthful audience, with the energetic Stump showing that he is also a great performer, his bouyant spirit filling the venues well. Musically, Stump’s moving into more soulful territory, his songwriting showing stronger pop influences than ever; the best of the new tracks are tight, snappy, with the dense vocal harmonies of the recorded tracks well-preserved by the group. The shows were much smaller than Fall Out Boy's arena rock shows, but this gave a sense of intimacy and a chance for fans to see an assured, confident, exciting performer up close. After most or all of each show, Stump held a meet and greet session with his fans.
In May 2011 he will be the opening act for Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae on their "Hooligans In Wondaland Tour" for four shows, starting from May 17.
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