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Chicago emo/pop-punk four-piece formed in 2001. Dense lyric couplets and Stump melody on Sugar, We're Goin Down (2005) moved the band from Warped Tour scale to arenas; Centuries (2014) marked the post-hiatus stadium return.
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Landmark
Sugar, We're Goin Down · 2005
Couplet lyric and melodic chorus as mid-2000s emo-punk mass face.
Opened
Wentz density and Stump melody; Warped Tour to stadium chant.
01 / 06
Dense lyric plus pop-punk chorus
Wentz writes stacked references and couplets; Stump sings them as R&B-aware pop melodies over Trohman power chords. Sugar, We're Goin Down is the 2005 citation. Centuries later uses chant arena production over Warped-era grit. Same four names; different mix loudness and hook scale.
02 / 06
Stable four since Hurley
Early drummers rotated; Hurley locked in 2003. Stump, Wentz, Trohman, and Hurley held through hiatus and return. No classic lineup fracture—the four names are the band. Peak commercial units: Cork Tree 2005 and Centuries 2014. The drum chair is the only dated change: Pareskuwicz, then Hurley in 2003. The 2009 stop and 2013 return keep the same four.
03 / 06
Emo-punk to arena return
Mid-2000s peers (My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco) shared the Warped-to-MTV path; Fall Out Boy leaned hardest into pop-chorus writing. Centuries is often cited for 2010s emo-revival stadium production. Debt to Green Day melody and hardcore scene energy.
04 / 06
Sugar, We're Goin Down
Cork Tree breakthrough; Wentz couplet and Stump chorus hook.
05 / 06
Dance, Dance
Syncopated verse punch; mid-2000s emo-punk radio pair with Sugar.
06 / 06
Centuries
Chant stadium single; post-hiatus American Beauty/American Psycho era.
01 / 06
Dense lyric plus pop-punk chorus
Chicago emo/pop-punk four-piece formed in 2001. Dense lyric couplets and Stump melody on Sugar, We're Goin Down (2005) moved the band from Warped Tour scale to arenas; Centuries (2014) marked the post-hiatus stadium return.
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Lineup versions
Cork Tree–Infinity four
Peak2003–
Sugar and Centuries; Chicago emo-punk to arena return. Pareskuwicz drums until Take This to Your Grave. Hurley is the drummer from that album. Kunasch is the early extra guitar.
- Patrick StumpVocals, Guitar
- Pete WentzBass, Lyrics
- Joe TrohmanGuitar
- Andy HurleyDrums
Quotes
“I write too many words. Patrick makes them singable.”
— Pete Wentz, 2005 · Press interview excerpt
“Centuries was us learning the stadium chorus without dropping the band identity.”
— Patrick Stump, 2015 · Studio interview excerpt
Scenes
| Year | Track | On stage | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sugar, We're Goin DownCork Tree breakthrough; Wentz couplet and Stump chorus hook. | Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley | |
| 2005 | Dance, DanceSyncopated verse punch; mid-2000s emo-punk radio pair with Sugar. | Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley | |
| 2014 | CenturiesChant stadium single; post-hiatus American Beauty/American Psycho era. | Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley |