Peter Lewis Kingston "Pete" Wentz III (born June 5, 1979) is an American musician, lyricist and Music video director, most famous for his work with the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy. In recent years, he has hosted the MTV program FNMTV. Wentz was born Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III, in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He is the son of Dale Wentz, a high school admissions counselor of Hawaiian and Indian heritage,[citation needed] and Pete Wentz II, a lawyer. He attended New Trier High School and North Shore Country Day School, where he was an all-state soccer player. During his freshman year of high school, he began skipping school regularly and a school counselor convinced his parents to send him to boot camp to straighten him out. During this time, Wentz began writing songs as a way to vent out his frustrations. After graduating from high school in 1997, he attended DePaul University where he studied political science, dropping out one quarter shy of graduation to focus more on music.Wentz recalled in a Rolling Stone interview that his earliest musical memory was listening to The Foundations' song "Build Me Up Buttercup" in the back of his dad's car.
He owns Clandestine Industries.
He wrote a book called The Boy With a Thorn in His Side.
He wrote all the songs on "From Under The Cork Tree".
Owns his own record label, Decaydance Records.
Was an all-state soccer player.
Plays bass guitar.
The eldest of three children. Has a younger brother and a younger sister.
Plays the piano.
Has two dogs - Hemingway (an English Bulldog) and Rigby.
[April 2008] Announced engagement to Ashlee Simpson.
Ex-brother-in-law of Jessica Simpson.
Married girlfriend Ashlee Simpson on May 17, 2008 in an intimate ceremony at her parents home in Los Angeles.
[May 2008] Is expecting his first child with wife Ashlee Simpson.
Became a father for the 1st time at age 29 when his ex-wife Ashlee Simpson gave birth to their son Bronx Mowgli Wentz on November 20, 2008.
Ex-son-in-law of Joe Simpson and Tina Simpson.
(December 2005) Just finished his American tour with Fall Out Boy. And, in January, hes going to start their European tour.
(March 2006) Starting his US tour with Fall Out Boy.
Recently opened his own bar in New York City called Angels and Kings.
(July 2007) Has just completed US Honda Civic Tour with Fall Out Boy , will be touring in early fall/winter.
Became a father for the 2nd time at age 35 when his girlfriend Meagan Camper gave birth to their son Saint Lazslo Wentz on August 20, 2014.
Petes paternal grandparents, Roy Albert Wentz and Phyllis Norbury, were both of German and English descent. Petes maternal grandparents, Arthur Winston Lewis and Dolores Laura Kirlew, were both born in New York, and all of their own parents were black Jamaican immigrants. Petes grandfather Arthur, who is related to General Colin Powell , served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (from 1983 to 1986).
If you know me you know how uncool I am. I stutter, wear bad clothes,make bad jokes, make conversation uncomfortable, the list goes on.
Thank you for making me feel okay.
The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.
He sang “I wish I weren’t me” over and over again just flat of the key of love until he forgot the words and could only hum along. Everyday was the same. The same stupid smile on the same stupid boy. Until the days blurred into a haze and the boy dropped into a depression. Not a cool dark room and cigarette depression like the songs he loved, but one that felt like he was being smothered by a safe, suburban, monotonous blanket. Everything felt like a headache to the boy. Every face, every stupid stuttered sentence all wrapped up into the biggest headache ever. So the boy took an aspirin. And another and another and then went to sleep, lullabyed by hopes he would never wake up to.
He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.
Ghost towns filled with sad people who settled for what life offered them. The road unfurls before us. Everything is possible. I feel sick to my stomach.
First he threw out all of his records, trashed his heart and then he went to sleep.
The stars crossed and The Boy wished he could have hung himself on them.
Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.
He felt like the last bullet in a gun meant for revenge, sealed with a kiss.
These jeans looked so good on me when I looked in the mirror I wanted to fuck myself.
Life is a deep and contemplative story stuck on repeat. love, loss, self-destruction, self-discovery,We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags. ” Gay is not a synonym for shitty. If you wanna say something’s shitty, say it’s shitty. Stop being such homophobic assholes.
He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.
As a kid, I always went to therapists; the first time was when my parents were separated on my sixth birthday, then on and off since then. .
