This 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.
Back 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 High, however an iconic stay efficiency of Rihanna‘s Good Girl Gone Bad single “Shut Up And Drive.” The pop monitor 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 “got to take over the suite completely and do basically whatever we wanted,” including that they “decided to just have a punk-rock, CBGB-type show.”
While they’ve but to collaborate, again in 2015, Wentz introduced up Rihanna’s title once more throughout an interview with Notion Magazine following the discharge of Fall Out Boy’s sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho. “I’d really like to do something cool with Rihanna,” he mentioned.
Relive the efficiency beneath.
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