Band Snoops on Fall Out Boy's iTunes Network

In what may be one of the weirdest stories ever, a New York band called Liars is friends with a band called Architecture in Helsinki that was at the same hotel as Fall Out Boy, and while snooping around on an iTunes network, they found a bunch of guitar tracks that Joe Trohman had put on iTunes. The band has said before they do a lot of songwriting that way, what with being on two buses... and I guess it's true.

Anyway, the guys from Liars went public with another band's tales of Fall Out Boy guitar tracks, via MySpace, saying:

Those guys were in a hotel where all the occupants' iTunes were connected. ... They logged on and found heaps of guitar-riff recordings that were apparently awesome. So they search to find whose computer it's coming from, and lo and behold, it's the solo recordings of FOB's lead guitarist (insert name here) ... who knew!?

Which is just a really strange thing. The "those guys" they are referring to is a band called Architecture in Helsinki, by the way, just in case this story wasn't confusing enough to begin with.

Joe Trohman spoke with MTV about the random bands revealing Fall Out Boy's secrets:

You know, it's hard to say what exactly the ... Helsinki guys were checking out. Everything I have recorded has either been some riffs floating around in my head that I just had to record (which have no purpose within FOB or anything at all so far) or are for Fall Out Boy, just mainly demos. I definitely love metal and from time to time come up with ideas for some heavy songs. Metal and heavy music in general is what I grew up on as you know, so I can't escape the ideas I have for those songs. Are they for a side project? No side projects here. My focus is all on Fall Out Boy, and it would be safe to say that some of the heavy stuff that was heard is for Fall Out Boy, or being proposed for some new song ideas.

So while the band wanted to keep any new material to themselves, somehow, they managed to let a few things slip, some bands decided to get their 15 minutes of fame [especially Liars, who are probably getting more than a few MySpace hits] and reveal that the new Fall Out Boy stuff will be a bit harder and more metal. Okay. Got it.

Unfortunately, Joe is not at all comfortable with what happened:

At first ... I freaked out, had a terrible pit in my stomach, so to speak. I have an extreme lack of confidence in myself, and am very private about my little things I recorded for self-satisfaction. With that being said, I'm also bad with computers. I had no clue my iTunes was on 'Share Mode,' " he wrote. "But upon reading Liars' blog, it was really cool hearing some positive feedback about something that I never planned on showing anyone. Definitely really flattering. I back that band, and AIH, so it's cool to hear that stuff from bands I like. Either way, I went into my preferences and turned the sharing off. I'm shaking thinking about it right now.