Soul Punk
pop Hip-Hop electronic dance Patrick Stump
Song only available on the Japan deluxe edition of Soul Punk. This is a track that Patrick gave to Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief to support children and families in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Read more on Last.fm.

Patrick Martin Vaughn Stump, born on April 27, 1984, in Glenview, Illinois, is a Chicago musician, composer, and producer. Most notably, he is the composer, lead singer, and multi-instrumentalist for Fall Out Boy, an American alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois. Stump comes from a musically inclined family. His father, Dave Stump, is a folk singer, and his older brother, Kevin, is an accomplished violinist[citation needed]. Stump participated in the Music Center of Deerfield's program before secondary education and played drums for a number of bands during middle school and high school, including Public Display of Infection, Xgrinding processX, and Patterson. He also performed in "Paradox," a student-created theatrical performance at Glenbrook South, from 2000-2002. He wrote for Channel Zero, a student-produced publication focusing on social issues. He was active in WGBK 88.5 FM the District 225 radio station. Stump removed the "H" at the end of his name because of pronunciation errors. In 2009, he added Vaughn to his name to honor his mother's side of the family, who have influenced and supported him just as much if not more than his father's side. He would also like it to be known that "it's just pronounced 'Von.'" When he joined Fall Out Boy, Stump had never sung for a band before nor had he had singing lessons. He first met Joe Trohman at a Borders bookstore, where they struck up a conversation. He joined the band Trohman and Pete Wentz had formed as a pop-punk side project, both of them active in Chicago's hardcore/punk scene. In earlier bands, Stump had primarily played the drums, however, upon the formation of Fall Out Boy, he took on lead vocals, and later, when an early guitar player quit days before their first tour, he added guitar to his duties. Though Stump is the lead singer of Fall Out Boy, he is extremely camera shy; thus, the more outgoing Wentz acts as the frontman for the band. However, in 2009, Wentz said that he was trying to "step back" from his frontman-type role and give the spotlight to Stump. Wentz writes lyrics and Stump writes most of the music for Fall Out Boy; Wentz e-mails huge files of lyrics to Stump who puts them to music. As a producer, he has worked with The Hush Sound on Like Vines, Gym Class Heroes on As Cruel as School Children and The Quilt, Cobra Starship on ¡Viva La Cobra!, Tyga on No Introduction and Lupe Fiasco on the song "Little Weapon". Guest vocal appearances include Gym Class Heroes' "Clothes Off!" and "Cupid's Chokehold", October Fall's "Second Chances," Knockout's "Breakaway," Motion City Soundtrack's "Everything Is Alright," The Hush Sound's "Don't Wake Me Up," and Misery Signals' "One Day I'll Stay Home." Stump plays Gibson SG Specials, mainly using a silver one with two humbuckers in his early recordings and more recently an Epiphone SG G-400 Custom, which is equipped with three humbuckers. His current guitar is still a Gibson SG but with a custom graphic designed after Fall Out Boy released Infinity on High. The guitar company Gretsch® created a guitar similar to the Corvette that Stump often plays on stage. This model is called the G5135-PS Patrick Vaughn Stump Signature Series Gretsch® STUMP-O-MATIC Electromatic® Corvette Guitar and can be bought at any Gretsch® dealer as of February 1, 2009. Stump added the position of director to his array of talents with his short film "Moustachette." The film is a "sarcastic comedy about art and the artless life." Stump says that its theme is similar to that of Fall Out Boy's "Folie à Deux." The film features actors such as Stump himself, Ryan Key, Arman Pardisi, Mary King, Jaky Gallagher, and Pete Wentz. Stump has ventured into acting on several other occasions, including appearances in the shows One Tree Hill, Law & Order, and House M.D., the film Sex Drive, and voice acting roles in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Teen Titans Go!, Family Guy, and Dead End: Paranormal Park. He has also composed the scores for several films and TV shows including Spell, Spidey and His Amazing Friends, Merry Little Batman, Black Friday, and Hot Wheels Let's Race. He is currently in a relationship with his wife, Elisa, whom he married in 2012. During Fall Out Boy's hiatus from 2009 to 2013, Stump released his Truant Wave EP in February 2011 and album, Soul Punk, in October 2011. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.