STUMP READY FOR SOLO FAME
PATRICK STUMP is confident he’ll be able to handle life in the spotlight when he kicks off a solo career - because he’s carefully watched his form er FALL OUT BOY bandmate PETE WENTZ deal with fame.
The singer admits he is rarely recognised in public because bassist Wen tz served as the Dance, Dance hitmakers’ unofficial frontman before the g roup decided to take a break earlier this year (10).
But Stump, who is preparing to release a solo album, insists he’s learn ed a lot by seeing Wentz tackle the lead role.
He tells the Washington Post, "I don’t get recognised at all. I’m not u sed to getting recognised. It really is a unique position. There’s certai nly not a lot of solo artists in that situation. I can think of other ban ds where the lead singer wasn’t really the main guy, the focus of the att ention. But I can’t think of a lot of times where that guy then goes off and does a solo record.
"I think I have the good fortune of seeing (fame) happen to someone els e very close to me (Wentz)… so I think I have a very good handle on it.
" And Stump is excited to show fans his R&B side after so many years as a rock star: "Having been in a somewhat popular rock band, I’m not really much of a rock guy. I’m not really comfortable with it, it’s not really w hat I know. But it certainly is for Pete as a lyricist, so you can’t writ e an R&B song to that, it just doesn’t sing right, it doesn’t feel right.
So at the end of the day, it almost felt more like a Ouija board, where I wasn’t really in control. It just kind of directed you."
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