<P> The entire album was recorded in secrecy from the music industry, critics, and fans of the band . Stump recalled: "There was a couple times there was paparazzi that got us outside and didn't put two and two together". The decision to keep recording a secret was partially so that the group members had the option to not make the record if the sessions did not work out . Keeping the secret was difficult, especially for a group so visible on social media; Hurley stayed away from Twitter, and all members got as far away from one another in public as possible . Rumors began to swirl in late 2012 after a friend of the band tweeted that the band was in the process of recording new material, though each member of the band was quick to deny any chance of a reunion . The band remained tight - lipped until the very end; when the Chicago Tribune asked Wentz a week prior to the announcement whether a Fall Out Boy reunion was happening, he replied: "It's not ." Plans nearly went sideways when Wentz went to dinner with rapper 2 Chainz to discuss plans for the "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" video . Following the conversation, 2 Chainz posted to Instagram a photo of Wentz and himself with the caption "Fall Out Boyz feat . 2 Chainz?" To the members of Fall Out Boy's surprise and relief, fans of the band denied the possibility, finding the idea too absurd . Stump recalls he wrote "somewhere near 25%" of the lyrics, the most since on Take This to Your Grave . </P> <P> The title originated as a tongue - in - cheek remark after Wentz envisioned album reviews that would sarcastically state that the band "came back to save rock and roll ." It was also partially inspired by the return of rock - based acts on contemporary hit radio, such as the success of recent Fun and Gotye singles . </P> <P> The cover of Save Rock and Roll features a photograph of two young boys--one wearing traditional Buddhist monk robes, the other in jeans and a T - shirt, smoking a cigarette--taken by Roger Stonehouse in Burma . The image was found early on in the production process, as the band scoured the Internet for inspirational images . The band members felt that the photo "really solidified what (they) were trying to get across on the record: The idea of old and new clashing . Tradition and change coming together". </P> <P> While specifically denying that the announcement was a reunion because "(we) never broke up", the band announced a reunion tour and details of Save Rock and Roll on February 4, 2013 . The quartet's announcement included a photo of them, taken earlier that morning, huddled around a bonfire, tossing copies of the band's back catalog into the flames at the original location of 1979's Disco Demolition Night . The band performed an "intimate" show the same night at Chicago's Subterranean, followed by two more club slots in New York City and Los Angeles the same week . Stump playfully chided the hometown crowd at the Subterranean: "I told you we were gonna come back! Why didn't you believe me?" </P>

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