- Joe Trohman places a high priority on it.
- The guitarist and co-founder of Fall Out Boy announced his departure from the band.
- In a message posted on the band’s official Twitter page.
Joe Trohman said, “Neil Young once roared that it is better to burn out than to fade away.” But I can categorically state that burning out is terrible.
Added he, “Without going into great detail, I must say that over the past few years, my mental health has dramatically deteriorated. So, in order to prevent disappearing forever, I will be taking a break from work, which regretfully entails putting Fall Out Boy on hold for a while.”
A few hours before to his statement, Fall Out Boy revealed that their upcoming album, So Much (For) Stardust, would be released through Fueled by Ramen, an arm of Elektra Music Group. The band’s first studio album since 2018 will be released on March 24.
In his statement on Wednesday, Trohman mentioned the eagerly awaited album, saying, “It hurts me to make this decision, especially as we are releasing a new record that fills me with tremendous pride (the sin I am most proud of).”
Then he promised his followers that his absence was only brief and that he would return.
“So, the question still stands: Will I rejoin the group? Definitely, without a doubt. I need to heal in the interim, which means putting my needs and mental health first. We appreciate everyone’s compassion and respect for this challenging but essential decision, especially my bandmates and family.”
“Smell you sooner than later, Joe Trohman,” he said in conclusion.
When addressing his memoir None of This Rocks, which was published on September 13th, Trohman opened about his struggle with mental illness in September.
“It was a big mistake to conflate my identity with the band, but ended up putting a lot of my dark emotions that were connected to that, to the other guys. So they were probably often subjected to a firestorm of like anxiety and depression. Depression isn’t just somebody sad moping on a couch, you get irritable, we get f—ing grumpy, make snide comments… I wish I had my s— together. And so I think a lot of that I reflected upon that in the book, especially. And now I like, ‘No,’ and I’m comfortable with my place in the band. It’s also like, I don’t identify myself as the guy in Fall Out Boy. I’m in Fall Out Boy, but I identify myself as me.”
Trohman said his elder daughter is already asking when she can open the book. However, he added, he’s not ready for that just yet.
“I have a mental illness. And because I grew up with a mentally ill mom, I want everything for them to be so much better “Trohman talked about his kids. “I thus hope that kids will not feel ashamed if they decide to read this book in the future. Furthermore, it is probable that by talking to me and spending time with me, they were able to learn more about me than they might have otherwise.”
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