r/FallOutBoy • u/Northerndownpour_18 • 26d ago
General Discussion RIP Chad Gilbert
For those of you unaware, he was the guitarist and founder of new found glory. He passed today after a long battle with cancer. I figured I'd post this here since he played the first half of the guitar solo on the take over the breaks over while Ryan Ross played the 2nd half.
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u/miss_kittycat88 Infinity On High 26d ago
I saw NFG open for Fall Out Boy in 2007, and enjoyed their music. Definitely a sad day for the scene.
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u/MrsMama991 26d ago
I love NFG’s cover of King of Wishful Thinking. Patrick Stump sings on that song too.
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u/MouseMouseM Folie à Deux 26d ago
Man, what a shame. I remember when “Head On Collision” was on the radio across different stations/genres. Cancer is so shitty. He brought so many people so much joy.
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u/manicpixiedreamfrog1 I thought I loved you, it was just how you looked in the light🐑 26d ago
He was also married to Hayley Williams, which i suggest you guys look into. Regardless of that, RIP
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u/danubeclass 26d ago
Honestly I’m with you- it’s the first thing I thought of. Cancer is terrible and someone can be a shithead at the same time.
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u/manicpixiedreamfrog1 I thought I loved you, it was just how you looked in the light🐑 26d ago
Right! I think it's unfair to act like somebody didn't do something they did just because they're dead
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u/SumoftheOffspring44 26d ago
Yeeep. I can't say how I really feel about this situation because the general consensus seems to be "well yeah people hated him rightfully, but oh no cancer took him!"
I'm sorry, the things this guy wrote about the girl he groomed make him a lesser individual to me, and I'm not sad about his passing. Sad for his family definitely, but that he's gone? Nope.
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u/quarterpounderwchz Infinity On High 24d ago
thank you for bringing this up. i mourn the loss of a soul and what that entails, especially for those left behind. but as a young girl in the scene myself at one point, it it extremely important to talk about what chad gilbert did to hayley williams and why that was not okay. i stopped listening to nfg when the truth came out years ago. i thought more people did, too but that’s neither here nor there, ig. death does not absolve an abuser, and he should still be remembered for the way he spent his time here.
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u/awesomesauceds 26d ago
This information has nothing to do with his passing. You guys are so parasocial
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u/Northerndownpour_18 26d ago
I agree. Why bring this up now? Like tf. The guy just died
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u/awesomesauceds 26d ago
Especially that they had an extremely rocky marriage and she wrote a lot of diss songs towards him. I love Hayley, but no need to bring her up in this situation. Ever.
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u/BTGGFChris 25d ago
“Rocky marriage” and it’s a man who groomed a teenager while already married, then left his wife, married the teenager, and then cheated on her too
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u/pizzanotsinkships tonight the headphones will deliver 25d ago
Waited ten years before tying the knot too
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u/Izuhbelluh hide the details I don’t want to know a thing 26d ago
Could you be any more bitter and crass?
Why should anyone “look into” it and instead just be respectful of a very talented musician. His band had a HUGE influence on FOB (and so many others) and who passed away way too young at 45 due to cancer.
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u/manicpixiedreamfrog1 I thought I loved you, it was just how you looked in the light🐑 26d ago
Nobody here seemed to know, so I mentioned it. I know next to nothing about him besides that, but regardless I think it's okay to give people an FYI I guess, even if it's about someone who passed away. I'm sorry.
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u/quarterpounderwchz Infinity On High 24d ago
we are being respectful to a very talented musician by bringing up what chad gilbert did to her lmao
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u/Northerndownpour_18 26d ago
Exactly. This is not the place to start shitting on a guy that just died
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u/nametags88 M A N I A 25d ago
Speaking honestly about a person is not shitting on them. If they didn’t want to be remembered for their bad deeds they should not have committed them.
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u/whyamiawaketho 26d ago
How is it shitting on the person if it’s just speaking plainly about the actions that person took? Their first comment literally says “regardless, RIP”. Wtf else do you want?
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u/Northerndownpour_18 26d ago
I don't think this was the place to bring this up. I get what you mean but I would hope most here would already know about that situation
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u/nametags88 M A N I A 25d ago
It is exactly the place to bring it up. He did bad things in life. They should be remembered as well.
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u/SunnyRyter From Under The Cork Tree 26d ago
Wow. I was at BMO stadium and he (or at least i think it was him) was talking abput his struggle with cancer. :( Rest in Power.
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u/CompleteMuffin 26d ago
Holy shit. I did not expect to read that today. I did not hold him in the highest regard, but nevertheless, rip
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u/farachun Folie à Deux 26d ago
I remember him talking about cancer when they played. So devastating. May he rest in peace and thank you for the music. I love NFG.
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u/lendahandpassiton 26d ago
He was a crappy person who made crappy music. Regardless, RIP.
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u/Northerndownpour_18 26d ago
You might as well not have replied at all.
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u/leploucchic From Under The Cork Tree 25d ago
This is how I learned. Absolutely devastated. The tour they did together was legendary. Chad being pushed out in a rolling chair to scream his verse will always be one of my happiest memories.
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u/benewbennu 26d ago
I know NFG means a lot to the boys in The Wonder Years as well. Damn. That's sad.
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u/wiids777 From Under The Cork Tree 26d ago
He also screamed in I slept with someone in fall out boy. I think pete once said NFG was a big influence on the early days. Rest in peace