# 1 Their name is a 'Simpsons' reference

Bands are always getting asked where their name came from. The secret is that most have no real meaning, that it just "sounded right." Fall Out Boy's story is a little bit more interesting—they were accidentally christened by a fan! The tale goes like this: The guys played a show without completely agreeing on a name. Legend has it their original moniker was something verbose, and maybe even a Tom Waits reference. The Illinois act went through a list of possible names at an early performance and a fan yelled out, "F*ck that! No! You're Fall Out Boy!" The rest is history.