Today's RedEye
The RedEye is Chicago's free daily paper, and generally it's a hunk of trite that I avoid reading, but the cover story today piqued my interest, and after reading it I tracked down the online edition:
"My Life as a Groupie"
For you tl;dr people, here's the relevance:
Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump said the band has less interaction with groupies now than when they were starting out, as the crowds are too big for them to meet fans.
Still, he gets the women who flash their breasts during concerts, the kids who wait at their hotel lobby for an autograph and the men who scale fences to shove demos in his hand in hopes that it'll help get them signed. He said he has been propositioned by a woman in line at an autograph signing. Stump, 24, who has been in committed relationships since joining the band, said he finds it degrading when women throw themselves at musicians.
While being a groupie is a person's prerogative, he said, the romantic notion of serving as muse might be wishful thinking.
"If I were single and looking for a muse," Stump said, "I probably wouldn't be looking for it from a different girl in every town."
Paaaatrick. <3333
"My Life as a Groupie"
For you tl;dr people, here's the relevance:
Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump said the band has less interaction with groupies now than when they were starting out, as the crowds are too big for them to meet fans.
Still, he gets the women who flash their breasts during concerts, the kids who wait at their hotel lobby for an autograph and the men who scale fences to shove demos in his hand in hopes that it'll help get them signed. He said he has been propositioned by a woman in line at an autograph signing. Stump, 24, who has been in committed relationships since joining the band, said he finds it degrading when women throw themselves at musicians.
While being a groupie is a person's prerogative, he said, the romantic notion of serving as muse might be wishful thinking.
"If I were single and looking for a muse," Stump said, "I probably wouldn't be looking for it from a different girl in every town."
Paaaatrick. <3333