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Posted on 2009-01-10 03:00:08
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1602396/20090109/fall_out_boy.jhtml

'This whole thing is stupid,' frontman Patrick Stump writes about clamor over mag's FOB cover story.By James Montgomery

Fall Out Boy on the February cover of <i>Blender</i>Photo: Blender Magazine

Hey, remember that Blender cover story that got Fall Out Boy all hot-and-bothered earlier this week? You know, the one drummer Andy Hurley called "sensationalist" and "pure bullsh--"? Well, it turns out that it's not really that big of a deal anymore!

So say Fall Out Boy themselves, who took to the blogosphere in the days following MTV News' initial report on the incident to let their fans know that they've buried the hatchet with the magazine.

"Hey, so I want to say that this whole thing is stupid. Blender wrote a good article and doesn't deserve the flak that it's supposedly getting from the band about it," frontman Patrick Stump wrote on his personal site, PatrickStump.com. "To set the record straight ... I like Blender. I read Blender. ... the cover story dealt with the fact that we are a polarizing band whom people either love or absolutely hate ... and the nature of writing a piece like that is that you're going to have to include some stuff a band doesn't want to hear.

"The only reason I thought it prudent to say anything was because it never fully resolved the issue of the band's 'secret breakup,' instead leaving it an open issue to confuse our audience," Stump continued. "That's why I referred to the article as 'plotless' in an interview with MTV.com, because Blender established the conflict without showing you the resolution that had already happened."

In an e-mail to MTV News that Stump wrote earlier in the week, he insisted that quotes from him and guitarist Joe Trohman were taken out of context and said he was bothered by the article's portrayal of FOB bassist Pete Wentz, but apparently that, too, is now water under the bridge.

"Blender is right, it was essentially a positive piece, and perhaps we are over-sensitive. They said they stand by their reporting, and I think they have every reason to," Stump wrote. "And as much as I don't like hearing Pete Wentz jabs, I also don't like hearing about how 'bad' good journalism is. Music is a community and should operate as such."

Trohman also addressed the Blender story on his blog, in a post titled "Oh, for f---'s sake ... ," telling fans to "bring the drama down, maybe from '10' to 'negative 16.' "

"There's an entertaining, interesting story out there. Enjoy it," he wrote. "There's no more juice to squeeze out of this lemon."

When asked for a statement about FOB's changed tune, a spokesperson for Blender told MTV News that the magazine's original stance still held true: "We stand by our reporting. Anyone who reads the entire article will see that it is not only fair but essentially positive."

The Fall Out Boy issue of Blender is due on newsstands Tuesday.

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