JohnCenaFan28
10-14-2008, 09:01 PM
Rock band Fall Out Boy have pushed back the release of their next album so it no longer clashes with the US presidential election on 4 November.
In a statement posted on their website, the group said they had originally thought "it would be fun" for the release to coincide with the poll.
But they added: "This is not the election to be cute. This is the most important election of our time."
Their new record, Folie a Deux, will now be released on 16 December.
The group said their record is a "social commentary" and the album title is "relevant to the candidates", but felt they had made the right decision.
"We felt as though rather than making a commentary we were only riding the wave of the election.
"This seemed less and less like what we intended to do and more of a gimmick."
The band, best known for hits such as This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race, said they felt interviews and press had "skewed us into a partisan band".
"We never intended to be the band that shoved our ideas down peoples throats," they added.
-BBC News
In a statement posted on their website, the group said they had originally thought "it would be fun" for the release to coincide with the poll.
But they added: "This is not the election to be cute. This is the most important election of our time."
Their new record, Folie a Deux, will now be released on 16 December.
The group said their record is a "social commentary" and the album title is "relevant to the candidates", but felt they had made the right decision.
"We felt as though rather than making a commentary we were only riding the wave of the election.
"This seemed less and less like what we intended to do and more of a gimmick."
The band, best known for hits such as This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race, said they felt interviews and press had "skewed us into a partisan band".
"We never intended to be the band that shoved our ideas down peoples throats," they added.
-BBC News