Joe Trohman
Joe Trohman
Joseph Mark "Joe" Trohmanis an American musician, songwriter, composer, singer, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the American rock band Fall Out Boy, as well as the lead and rhythm guitarist for heavy metal supergroup The Damned Things. Fall Out Boy began as Trohman and Pete Wentz's side project from the hardcore punk scene they were involved with, and the band has scored three number one albums on the US Billboard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth1 September 1984
CountryUnited States of America
We know things are going well, but we've been on the road nonstop for so long, that we really haven't had time to catch our breath or think about a lot of that kind of stuff.
I've been touring a lot, and I don't always know how to get around. Google Maps on the iPhone is pretty helpful with that.
I don't tolerate anything that runs slowly. Whether it be a phone, tablet or computer, it has to run at optimum speed.
I have an amp that doesn't have a master volume. It sounds awesome, but we just can't get an appropriate decibel level out of it.
I feel like touchscreen technology blows my mind still. It just makes me think of all of the sci-fi films I enjoyed as a kid.
I feel like I've become less of a music snob and less of a snob about a lot of things because I realize I came off as such a bad person because of that.
We knew the band was doing well and the album was doing well, but it just totally came out of left field that we got the nomination.
We really don't like the label thing at all. Everyone likes to categorize and simplify things. Why? Don't try to describe it, just listen to it for what it is.
I'll never like virtual keypads. Nothing can compete with an actual QWERTY-style keypad.
I like guitar sounds to be a little somber.
People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.
If I was going to do Fall Out Boy, I wanted it to be a real outlet for my writing.
I love what I do and the music I make and the bands I've done, especially Fall Out Boy. I also love what I love, and I don't care if other people like it.