Happy Birthday - Pete Wentz |
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Pete Wentz (age 41)
Pete Wentz, the bassist and primary lyricist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy, was born Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III in Wilmette, Illinois. He is the son of Dale (Lewis), a high school admissions counselor, and Pete Wentz, an attorney. His grandfather, Arthur Winston Lewis, served as U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone. Pete's father is of German and English descent, while Pete's maternal grandparents were both from black Jamaican families. Pete grew up in the Chicago hardcore punk scene, and was in several bands before Fall Out Boy, including Firstborn, Arma Angelus, 7 Angels of the Apocalypse / Culture of Violence, Extinction, Forever Ended Today, and Yellow Road Priest. He grew up with band member Joe Trohman. Fall Out Boy is the 4th band that Pete Wentz and Andrew Hurley have done together. Peter Lewis Kingston «Pete» Wentz III es un músico estadounidense conocido por ser el bajista y letrista principal de la banda estadounidense Fall Out Boy. Cuando Fall Out Boy anunció el hiato temporal en 2009, Wentz formó el grupo de electropop/dubstep experimental llamado Black Cards. |