That is Flashback, the place we’re reminiscing about a few of the most iconic and obscure moments in alt-rock historical past. This week, we’re homing in on Fall Out Boy’s historic efficiency with Rihanna.
Again in 2007, Fall Out Boy made music historical past on the MTV VMAs. Not solely did the pop-punk outfit ship a searing rendition of their hit “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” from their third album Infinity On Excessive, however an iconic reside efficiency of Rihanna‘s Good Lady Gone Dangerous single “Shut Up And Drive.” The pop observe already had a rock edge, however throughout their set at The Palms in Las Vegas, Fall Out Boy added grittier guitar riffs and Rihanna’s vocals took a extra syrupy flip.
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In an interview with MTV, bassist and songwriter Pete Wentz recalled that the band “bought to take over the suite utterly and do mainly no matter we needed,” including that they “determined to only have a punk-rock, CBGB-type present.”
Whereas they’ve but to collaborate, again in 2015, Wentz introduced up Rihanna’s identify once more throughout an interview with Notion Journal following the discharge of Fall Out Boy’s sixth studio album, American Magnificence/American Psycho. “I might actually love to do one thing cool with Rihanna,” he stated.
Relive the efficiency under.
