Members of Fall Out Boy, Every Time I Die and Anthrax have joined forces to create a metal supergroup called The Damned Things.

FOB’s Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley have teamed up with ETID’s Keith Buckley and Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano in what could be one of rock’s most unusual comings together in recent history!

The band came together through mutual friend David Karon, who will now also play bass in the band. And despite Scott Ian’s initial reservations about meeting with Trohman, the pair hit it off immediately and found themselves jamming. Described by Scott as “Kyuss meeting Thin Lizzy”, it’s uncertain how long the project will take to come into fruition with day job commitments, but all parties are excited about the songs created.

“We just started working on songs together and I really dug it,” Scott exclusively revealed to Rock Sound. “It just felt really good. From there we decided that obviously both of us are pretty busy in our day jobs but let’s see what we can do with this. Even if it takes us five years to make a record, why not?

“It’s super fun and it’s something that we do totally take seriously because we love the music we’ve created. People think of Fall Out Boy and they think of Pete Wentz and Patrick. These two guys, man, they’re fucking hardcore dudes. Joe writes some amazing riffs. We have this song called ‘A Great Reckoning’ that I swear to God, this song could be on any Thin Lizzy record. He fucking blew my mind with this song and I just can’t wait for people to hear it.”

Commenting on the project, Joe told Rock Sound: “Scott’s right hand is the reason I got into playing punk rock, hardcore and metal! Having Keith as part of the mix is insane, we all know he writes incredible lyrics but he is also a really good singer. That is showcased in Every Time I Die, but we want him to go more into singing than screaming on this project.”

Having already demoed and written over 15 songs, Rock Sound understands recording is scheduled to begin before Christmas. Watch this space.

www.thedamnedthings.com

via rocksound

— Fall Out Boy- From Now On We Are Enemies

journal post from the past

(i sound so teeny in that journal...)

anyway i hope i get another Patrick Stump hug soon!

and that if i get to meet them again that i'll acted a little less dorky and get next to patrick in the pic!

This is what he posted on iamelliotjames.com earlier

A DUSTLAND FAIRYTALE

I moved to Florida from England right after my 13th birthday. I had always been told America was the land of opportunity. My life so far has been a living testament of just that. I’ve dared to be a day dreamer and act on those dreams for as long as i can remember. Which has now brought me to this next chapter. So here we are. First off i have to say how completely flattered i am by all of you who have shown your love and good feelings towards my decision to leave Hey Monday. For those of you that are devastated i will do my best to reach out to you as my intention in leaving was never to upset anyone. What i can gather from what a lot of you are saying on all the other sites is that you’d like to know why exactly it is that i left. Like i said in my statement with the bands, it is never easy for anyone to walk away from any opportunity to do what they love, especially if that opportunity involves living your passion every day. For me as much as i loved being apart of such a moving band i had gotten to a point where my interests weren’t the same as the other members of the bands. Hey Monday has dreams, and i have dreams of my own, as i’m sure every single of one of you do, and i encourage everyone to fight for those and never settle for anything less than what you think you deserve. Always be true to yourself and follow your heart, and never get in the way of anyone trying to follow theres. As cliche as it might sound, you’ve got to love you for you, and be honest with yourself. I believe in being part of a team, because i think theres power in numbers. I would never want to let any team i was apart of down so despite a change in feelings for myself i was staying in Hey Monday in the hopes that i wouldn’t let my team down. With that being said though, for a team to work every member has got to strive for the same direction and at this current time in my life I’m choosing a new direction. I know for many this is not ideal. As much as i am the guy on stage, I’m also the fan on the other side of the barricade. I have idols, I admire others entertainers and artists, I see people i love walk out of my favorite bands too for one reason or another, i know how much it can hurt when you have an attachment to something like that.

To the ones that want to know my next move, you should know me better by now to know i never give myself away that easy. There’s a silver lining to every storm ball, I’ve counted my blessings, and a whole new set of opportunities have already begun to present themselves. Expect to see my in the studio, on the road again, and doing what i do best, and what i love best, performing, in no time at all. The future is looking brighter from where I’m standing, don’t let the sun blind you on the horizon line. Stick this out with me and I’ll make it worth your while as always, still got a few tricks up my sleeve.

Please know that my time in Hey Monday has been the best times of my life to date. I would never trade anything for it. I feel like i’m in debt to every person thats given me the chance to do what i love doing every day. So if thank you’s are still good for something then i owe a million to Jay Harren, Rohan, Bret, Milo, Scott, Rob, Gabby, Bob, JD, Sam, Dave, Jason, Becky, Brent, Andrew Keller, Jamie Humphries, Jeff Perry, Erika, Jen Mallory, Duncan Johnson, Jen Citron, JJ Cassiere, Frosty, Pete, Brady, Dave Watson, Beth, Cat, Matt Galle, Jake Ottmann, Doneen, Slay J, Joe Clay, Zach, Jenna, Perry, Tim, Luga, Noah S, Nano, Danny K, Nick Scimeca, Amanda, Ryan Miller, Jeremy Michaels, Chris Martin, David, Alex, JM, Oscar, Josh W, Tyler, AJ, Joey BDH, Marky GK, Mike Cipcari, Bryan, Michael Berlin, Kip Beelman, Steve Scal, Patrick IQ, Andrew and Eric, Alex Collins, Leigh, Spencer, Nano, Cal Knapp, Behringer, Delicious, Dan Rosenburg,Taya, Machi, Hiro, Rei, Chet Cannon, Both Chris V’s, CP, Brendan Klein, Kyle K, Dylan, Bil Doc, T Fair, Nick Santino, Eric Holv, Loren, Alex DeLeon, Cash, Johnson, Marshall, Sonny, Ian, Dan, David, Andy, Gavin, Porter, William Beck, Butcher, Sisky, Guy, Mike, Travis, Hunter, Danny, Drew, Scoot, Chad, Max, Rian, Alex, Jack, Zach, Flyzick, Greco, Rooster, Patrick, Pete, Joe, Andy, Henry, Justin, Dre, AJ, Marcus, Diaz, Kadavar, Danny Hutto, Gabe, Vicky, Ryland, Nate, Suarez, BND, Ant, Trace, Mason, Blake, Martin, Beef, Bryan, Paul, Johnny, Mayday, Bigger Lights, Out Of Sight, Stereo, Every Ave, Friday Night Boys, Versa, ADTR, Hush Sound, There For Tomorrow, Cartel, and every band out there thats been good to me. Thank for keeping it real. Every fan, every person that bought a ticket, every person that loved it, every person that hated it, all the people on AP, every person i’ve ever talked to after a show, every person that sold me cereal at a rest stop, every person thats bought my art, every person that made fun of me for looking good in tight pants, every person that watched me play, every person that brought my gifts birthday or not, people all over america, in canada, england, scotland, wales, japan, singapore, manila, australia, new zealand, that came to a show, people everywhere in the world that talked to me, added me, or listened to me, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Finally, thank you to Cass, Jers, Pimpshaw, and Mike, you don’t an explanation to know how much i feel for you guys. Do great thing, i know you will. LTD

It’s been a pleasure,

-EL

im REALLY upset about him leaving but if it what he wants to do then i can live with it. better to do something you want to do than something you dont.

i really didnt see this coming...still im glad that i got to see them before this (only last week).

wishing Elliot the best :

so i got to the show at arounnd 6, which means no chance of seeing the bands before. so im in the queue talking to my friend (who kinda annoys me most of the time) hannah, and the queues were mixed up because the BabyCakes party was on in the academy 2 at the same time (lots of people from my school went).

then i see Jersey by the buses so i run over and give him his Pacman ghost (they had one each and gave him a hug and talked for abit.

later on we go in. i hate that spiral stairchase up to the academy 3!!! 4 for the front but its a great spot (aka good view of the drums!).

Stereo Skyline come on and they were great! alex and jersey came on for abit too! and the best part was when Mike was saying stuff in their ear pieces! it was so funny!

Then Out Of Sight! they are a really great band and they supported Hey Monday last time. then the banana fight starts! Cassadee starts throwing bananas at them! the then they said that Cassadee hit them with a lime once!

Every avenue came on and they were so drunk!

then HEY MONDAY!

one word: wow! ive got some videos that i'll post 2moz :D

they played the normal ones plus Should Of tried harder, and cassadee played guitar on that one! Jersey, alex and mike were great, and elliot was super cute (as always). Jersey threw me one of his guitar picks but like an idiot i dropped it! and then the annoying child infront of me got it but after the constert i got a yellow one (not the hey monday one but still!).

then THE ENCORE! if you follow them on twitter you will already know how mental it was!

we were all shouting for more so they ALL came on! and then the played Dammit by blink-182 as a new 'super-band!'. then Elliot just jumped into the middle of the crowd and Alex followed and lost his shoes (hehehe!) which some gave him back at the end. so everyone was crowd surfing! and then after would they spent like 3 minutes bowing as we all clapped. it was AWESOME!!!

(this pic is from the girl in front of me. i found it on facebook)

and then i went out after till midnight! i met stereo Skyline and i got some pics with them but they have red eye and i look horrid so they need editing! plus they signed my ticket then we were talking to Out Of Sight.

if id of seen Elliot (and given him his present plus Crunchie) it would of been the best concert ever!!

T-Shirt Photo: i put Set Off lyrics in it in the end. i was going to do Arizona but i thought it had more of a...truth to it. 'i dont care what they say cause they dont know who we are'

good because:

1) the bands were all amazing!

2) i got rid of all the posters i had to give out

3) i got The Friday Night Boys new album off the really nice merch guy

4) got 2nd to the front when The Friday Night Boys were on

5) met some awesome people

6) Jack and Alex’s jokes

7) biggest show theyve ever played in the UK

8) the Auditions 'Hot N Cold' cover

9) jack just making everyone lol

bad because:

1) my camera broke (no pics!!)

2) it was raining

3) i made an idiot ouit of myself (as normal)

4) i wasnt on the guest list!! (lucky i didnt sell my orginal ticket)

5) i got crushed through out FNB’s (i have a huge scatch up my arm from the jerk behind me)

6) i was ill anyway (i still am)

7) the guy took the glow sticks

8) near the back for All Time Low

9) Zack wasnt there because he had a wedding to go too

10) i didnt meet The Friday Night Boys (and that was my mission)

11) ive lost my voice!! ive been off school today because i cant talk at all! i sound so weird!!

its Elliot's birthday on the 29th but i thought id post this early so you all had chance to sign it! then I can send it him on his actual birthday.

thanks :D

(i get to meet ATL!! hehehehehe!!)

American Playwright Wilson Mizner once said, “The best way to keep you friends is not to give them away.” Which is a pretty awesome quote, considering it says nothing about giving away their phone numbers. 

About 2 weeks ago, Pete Wentz asked us good folks at Clandestine Industries to create a shirt exposing Cobra Starship singer Gabe Saporta’s phone number and email address, in hopes that he could reveal both live at the MTV VMAs. And as you may have seen during the broadcast, Pete wore the shirt, but because of some issues with legal, and in a turn of events that could only be deemed “lucky” for Gabe’s phone bill, was unable to show the number fully. But Pete was focused on pranking his good friend and figured this was just a bump in the road. 

So, he had us print up a limited amount of the shirt to sell the next day, hoping that what MTV stopped, could be started again by fans purchasing the shirt at ClandestineIndustries.com. We sold a good amount and word got back to Gabe OBVIOUSLY. And that’s when last night, Gabe Saporta tweeted me and asked me to call him. 

We now have stopped selling the shirt immediately. I was able to convince Gabe to allow those who have bought the piece already, to still be in line to get it. No worries if you bought one. You’ll have a genuine collector’s item (and a little gift). A piece of contraband even. With one small amazing change. As you can see, we’ve unblurred the number on the shirt. This number is now the phone number printed on the actual shirt and it was printed on the shirt by request of Gabe Saporta. 

Ever wanted to get back at your boss? Or be able to stop a prank before it happens and make it even WORSE? Well, we did. We turned the tables and we turned them fast. Go ahead and call the number. It’s real. The quicker the better, cause he has not idea what we did, so he’ll be answering the phone until he figures it out. We pulled a fast one over on the dude who thinks he can prank anyone and everyone. We’re getting the last laugh.

EVERYONE CALL IT!! and quick before he finds out!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love FOE as its is! this new one sucks! its deletes everything! all my posts, all my graphics, my background and all my notes!

this is what my page will look like on the new FOE: http://friendsorenemies.ning.com/profile/sazfob

its not finished yet but its still going to be like this and personally i dont want it to change!!

im switching to buzznet (i kinda alreday did but i still like going on my FOE because it looks better)