Andrew Hurley: FROM THE GRAVE TO THE CORK TREE

14.5_39-40.qxp 4/11/05 10:38 AM Page 39 by Billy RamirezANDREW HURLEYVVibeibe FROM THE GRAVE TO THE CORK TREEDrummers Making A Difference ook reports, gym class, stale lunch, and driver’s ed are all still fresh in the memoriesBof the members of Fall Out Boy. The Boy was born just a few years ago while bassist Pete Wentz, vocalist Patrick Stump, and guitarist Joe Trohman were in high school in Chicago. They recruited their buddy Andrew Hurley to man the drums, and the quartet quickly recorded a demo (a joint CD with Project Rocket), and released their first full-length record Take This To Your Grave on the Fueled By Ramen label. At their age, it’s a good bet Top Ramen is their source of fuel. Hurley, one of the band’s elder statesmen at 24 years old, joined after Fall Out Boy unsuccessfully auditioned a series of drummers. “I was in college, going full-time, and we were playing local shows. That was about the time we started talking to labels, and interest started growing, and it totally took off very fast,” Hurley says with an innocent voice that befits his calm, bespectacled face, but belies his tattooed arms and intense playing. “We were writing and recording Take This To Your Grave when I was still in school full time. I’d be going down from Milwaukee, which is an hour and a half away, so I’d be driving there and back everyday to go to school, and then I’d go do pre-production for the record.