Ongoing History Daily: The accidental millionaire hardcore lyricist

If you got back to the turn of the millennium, you’ll run across a band called American Nightmare who released some pretty powerful punk and hardcore material, largely written by vocalist Wes Eisold. When the band broke up in 2004, everyone, including Eisold, thought that was it.

But in 2007, stories began to circulate about a weird relationship involving Fall Out Boy. Eisold found out that the band used some of the lyrics he wrote for American Nightmare for their album Infinity on High and had failed to ask permission. This resulted in some behind-the-scenes legal action that ultimately say Eisold receiving writing credits on three songs on the album.

He now receives a stream of revenue courtesy of Fall Out Boy and has allegedly made over a million dollars.