BACK IN JULY OF 2005 I WENT TO THE VANS WARPED IN TINLEY PARK WITH MY LIVE MUSIC LOVING FRIEND KRISSER…JUST ONE OF OUR MANY MEMORABLE MUSIC ADVENTURES…YOU ALL GOTTA HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS FOR A FULL LIFE, BTW! AT THAT FEST WAS A REALLY GREAT VARIETY OF ROCK OUTFITS INCLUDING THE OFFSPRING, ATREYU, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DROPKICK MURPHY’S, THE HORROR POPS, AND THE RECENT GRAMMY WINNERS PARAMORE…BUT OUT OF ALL OF IT THE BAND THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST TO ME WAS A GROUP OF PUNKS FROM JUST 45 MINUTES OR SO FROM THE TINLEY PARK VENUE PARKING LOT THAT WE WERE STANDING IN AND THEY BLEW ME AWAY! LESS THAN 2 YEARS LATER, ON THIS DATE IN 2007 THAT BAND’S 3RD ALBUM, “INFINITY ON HIGH” DROPPED AND SHOT TO THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD CHARTS, DEBUTING AT #1 AND SOLD MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILLION ALBUMS IN THE FIRST WEEK …..JUST 4 YEARS AFTER FORMING AS A BAND, THE WILMETTE ILLINOIS ROCKERS FALL OUT BOY TOOK THE ALBUM TOP SPOT ON THIS DATE IN 2007..AND THE SECOND SINGLE THAT PEAKED AT #2 ON THE CHARTS “THIS AINT A SCENE, IT’S AN ARMS RACE”, IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
