Pete Wentz

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III born June 5 1979 is an American musician best known as the bassist and lyricist for the rock band Fall Out Boy since 2001 Before Fall Out Boy Wentz was a fixture of the Chicago hardcore scene and was the lead singer and songwriter for Arma Angelus a metalcore band During Fall Out Boys hiatus from 2009 to 2012 Wentz formed the experimental electropop and dubstep group Black Cards He owns a record label DCD2 Records which has signed bands including Panic at the Disco and Gym Class Heroes Fall Out Boy returned from hiatus in February 2013 and have since released three numberone albums Save Rock and Roll American BeautyAmerican Psycho and Mania Wentz has also ventured into other nonmusical projects including writing acting and fashion in 2005 he founded a clothing company called Clandestine Industries He also hosts the TV show Best Ink and runs a film production company called Bartskull Films as well as a bar called Angels Kings His philanthropic activities include collaborations with Invisible Children Inc and UNICEFs Tap Project a fundraising project that helps bring clean drinking water to people worldwide People magazine states that no bassist has upstaged a frontman as well as Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy He is also a minority owner of the Phoenix Rising FC a USL Championship team Description above from the Wikipedia article Pete Wentz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia