(born September 1, 1984) is the lead guitarist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy.

Joe was born in Hollywood, Florida to Jewish American parents and went to Hebrew school.^[1] His father is a cardiologist. Trohman grew up in South Russell, east of Cleveland, Ohio. He lived there for 12 years and attended Chagrin Falls Schools, playing the trombone in the school band until he picked up guitar later in his secondary school years. He moved to Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago when he was around 12 years old. He attended Washburne Middle School, where he participated in various bands for fun. After Washburne, he attended New Trier Township High School, where band mate Pete Wentz also went to school. During his high school years he was part of the audio visual club, New Trier Network, as well as briefly playing bass in Arma Angelus with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz on vocals.

Trohman co-founded Fall Out Boy with Pete Wentz. The two had become tired of the hardcore scene in which they had participated through various bands in the Chicago area, they joked about starting a pop-punk band. Trohman met Patrick Stump while in a Borders Group bookstore after talking about a common appreciation for the band, Neurosis.

Joe Trohman has used many guitars during his career. In the Take This To Your Grave days, he was seen using the Gibson Les Paul guitars. During From Under The Cork Tree, Joe mainly used Fender Telecasters. Currently, Joe Trohman is endorsed by Washburn Guitars, with whom he has his own custom shop models.^[2] He used those guitars often on the "Black Clouds and Underdogs" Tour. As seen during the American Music Awards, Joe used guitars based on the Infinity On High graphics. His main guitar now is a baby blue Washburn Pilsen Idol. His backups are sometimes stock Pilsens and stock Idol 66PROs.

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