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| Released = May 6, 2003 | Genre = | Length = 39:26 | Label = Fueled by Ramen | Producer = Sean O'Keefe | Last album = ''Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend'' (2003) | This album = ''Take This to Your Grave'' (2003) | Next album = ''My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue'' (2004) | Misc = }} ''Take This to Your Grave'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was released on May 6, 2003, by Fueled by Ramen. The album was produced by Sean O'Keefe. When the band was signed to Island Records, Island employed an unusual strategy that allowed the band to sign with independent label Fueled by Ramen for their debut, to later move to the major label for a second album. O'Keefe had helped with the band's demo, and the group returned to Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin to record the bulk of their first album. Living on a stranger's floor for part of the time and running out of money halfway through, the band recorded seven songs in nine days, bringing them together with the additional three from the demo. While Stump had previously written all prior lyrics and took them lightly, Wentz took the process with a considerable seriousness and obsessively picked apart his bandmates' lyrics. The "exhausting" process led to numerous revisions of single songs and several arguments. The album cover, which features all four bandmates sitting on a broken futon, features a blue tint reminiscent of jazz records and was the second choice after the original was rejected by the label. The album created gradual interest in the band as they toured across the country, including a five-day stint on Warped Tour 2004. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with sales of 634,000 copies, as of August 2008. The record produced three singles, including the minor success "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy". The album has often been named as a vital blueprint for pop punk music, with ''Alternative Press'' calling the record a "subcultural touchstone () a magical, transcendent and deceptively smart pop-punk masterpiece that ushered in a vibrant scene resurgence with a potent combination of charisma, new media marketing and hardcore-punk urgency." ==Background== Fall Out Boy was formed in 2001 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois by friends Pete Wentz and Joe Trohman. Pete Wentz was a "visible fixture" of the relatively small Chicago hardcore punk scene of the late 1990s, performing in various groups such as Birthright, Extinction and First Born, as well the metalcore band Arma Angelus and the more political Racetraitor, "a band that managed to land the covers of ''Maximumrocknroll'' and ''Heartattack'' fanzines before releasing a single note of music."〔Downey, 2013. p. 65〕 Wentz was growing dissatisfied with the changing mores of the community, which he viewed as a transition from political activism to an emphasis on moshing and breakdowns.〔 With enthusiasm in Arma Angelus waning, he created a pop punk side project with Trohman as an "easy and escapist" project.〔 Trohman met Patrick Stump, then a drummer for grindcore band xgrinding processx〔(Patrick Stump tweet on past bands ) Twiter. Retrieved December 26, 2013.〕 and a host other bands that "never really managed," at a Borders bookstore in Wilmette.〔 The band's first public performance came in a cafeteria at DePaul University alongside Stilwell and another group that performed ''Black Sabbath'' in its entirety.〔 The band's only performance with guitarist John Flamandan and original drummer Ben Rose was in retrospect described as "goofy" and "bad," but Trohman made an active effort to make the band work, picking up members for practice.〔Downey, 2013. p. 68〕 The group's first cassette tape demo was recorded in Rose's basement, but they later set off for Wisconsin to record a proper demo with 7 Angels 7 Plagues drummer Jared Logan, whom Wentz knew through connections in the hardcore scene.〔 Uprising Records owner Sean Muttaqi got word of the demo and wanted to release half of it as a split extended play with Hurley's band Project Rocket, which the band viewed as competition.〔 Uprising desired to release an album with the emerging band, which to that point had only written three songs. With the help of Logan, the group attempted to put together an collection of songs in two days, and recorded them as ''Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend''. The rushed recording experience and underdeveloped songs left the band discontent.〔 When the band set off to Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin to record their three songs of a possible split 7-inch with 504 Plan, engineer Sean O'Keefe suggested they record the trio with Hurley.〔 Hurley was also recording an EP with his new group the Kill Pill in Chicago the same day, but raced to Madison to lay down drums for Fall Out Boy. "It was still a fill-in thing but when Andy sat in, it just felt different. It was one of those "a-ha" moments," recalled Wentz.〔 The band booked a two-week tour with Spitalfield, and the band invited drummer Andy Hurley to fill-in for recently departed members, while Stump borrowed one of Trohman's guitars for the trek. The band began to shop around the three songs from their unreleased split as a demo to record labels. The band set their sights on pop punk labels, and attempted with considerable effort to join Drive-Thru Records.〔Downey, 2013. p. 71〕 A showcase for label co-founders went largely mediocre, and the band were offered to sign to side label Rushmore, an offer they passed. They got particularly far in discussions with The Militia Group and Victory Records, and Bob McLynn of Crush Management became the band's first manager.〔Downey, 2013. p. 72〕 The band re-entered the studio with O'Keefe to record several more tracks to create label interest. Wentz felt "in the backseat" in writing the songs and temporarily questioned his place in the group, but Stump argued in his favor: "No! That's not fair! Don't leave me with this band! Don't make me kind of like this band and then leave it! That's bullshit!"〔 John Janick of Fueled by Ramen had heard an early version of a song online and cold-called the band at their apartment, first reaching Stump and later talking to Wentz for an hour.〔 Rob Stevenson from Island Records eventually offered the band a "first-ever incubator sort of deal," in which they gave the band money to sign with Fueled by Ramen for their one-off debut, knowing they could "upstream" the band to radio on the sophomore record.〔 Fueled by Ramen, at the time the smallest of independent labels clamoring to sign the band, would effectively release their debut album and help build their ever-expanding fanbase before they moved to Island.〔 While the band had secured an investment from the label, they did not see immediate success: "Even when Fueled by Ramen got onboard, the band were still surviving on Taco Bell and hoping to find someone to stay with overnight."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take This to Your Grave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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