He is the bassist and primary lyricist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy Pete grew up in the Chicago punk rock 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 Boyis the fourth band that Pete Wentz and Andy Hurley have done together. Wentz also follows the straight edge lifestyle. Wentz has written a book entitled The Boy With the Thorn In His Side, which is a story based on nightmares he had as a child. It is named after a song by The Smiths. He has another book titled "Rainy Day Kids", which was scheduled to be released February 14th, 2006, but has been postponed because he was unsatisfied with some of the material.In addition, Wentz is currently writing another book, alternating chapters with William Beckett of The Academy Is.... Wentz has a company called Clandestine Industries, which distributes books and, more notably, clothing, among other things. Additionally, he owns his own imprint of Fueled By Ramen, Decaydance Records, which has signed several bands, including: Panic! At The Disco, The Academy Is..., October Fall, Gym Class Heroes, The Hush Sound and Lifetime. He also has a film production company called Bartskull Films, which has released the DVD "Release the Bats", a film about Peter, his friends both in and outside of Fall Out Boy and many Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen bands. In February 2005, in what appeared to be a suicide attempt, Wentz took an overdose of the anxiety medication Ativan, and as a result, spent a week in the hospital. Commenting on the event to Rolling Stone, he said "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all."