Joe Trohman a musician, singer, and record producer best known for his work as the lead guitarist and backup vocalist for the American rock band Fall Out Boy announced on Wednesday, January 18 2023, that he is temporarily stepping away from the band.
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The news was shared on the band’s social media accounts. Trohman said that his mental health “has rapidly deteriorated over the past several years.”
Continuing, he said that “to avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell.”
He went on to say how it “pains me to make this decision” at the same time that the band announced its new album, one that he said, “fills me with great pride.”
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However, Trohman said that he plans on rejoining Fall Out Boy and that he “must recover which means putting myself and my mental health first.”
a note from Joe: pic.twitter.com/CbK887oWLn
— Fall Out Boy (@falloutboy) January 19, 2023
Fall Out Boy began in 2001 as a side project for Trohman and Pete Wentz from the hardcore punk scene in which they were involved, and the band has four number-one albums on the US Billboard 200, as well as numerous platinum and multi-platinum singles in the US and abroad.
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