<P> 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 . Wentz and Stump argued over band names ; the former favored verbose , tongue - in - cheek names while the latter desired to reference Tom Waits in name . After creating a short list of names that included `` Fall Out Boy , '' a fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics , friends voted on the name . The band 's second performance , at a southern Illinois university with The Killing Tree , began with Wentz introducing the band under a name Stump recalled as `` very long . '' According to Stump , an audience member yelled out , `` Fuck that , no , you 're Fall Out Boy ! , '' and the band were credited later in the show under that name by Killing Tree frontman Tim McIlrath . As the group looked up to McIlrath , and Trohman and Stump were `` die - hard '' Simpsons fans , the name stuck . The group 's first cassette tape demo was recorded in Rose 's basement , but the band 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . Wentz and Stump argued over band names ; the former favored verbose , tongue - in - cheek names while the latter desired to reference Tom Waits in name . After creating a short list of names that included `` Fall Out Boy , '' a fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics , friends voted on the name . The band 's second performance , at a southern Illinois university with The Killing Tree , began with Wentz introducing the band under a name Stump recalled as `` very long . '' According to Stump , an audience member yelled out , `` Fuck that , no , you 're Fall Out Boy ! , '' and the band were credited later in the show under that name by Killing Tree frontman Tim McIlrath . As the group looked up to McIlrath , and Trohman and Stump were `` die - hard '' Simpsons fans , the name stuck . The group 's first cassette tape demo was recorded in Rose 's basement , but the band 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 . </P>
where did the band fall out boy get their name
where did the band fall out boy get their name
a fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics ,
a fictional character from The Simpsons and Bongo Comics ,