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Joe Trohman was born in Hollywood, Fla., and grew up in Ohio before moving to the suburbs of Chicago. He is the cofounder and lead guitarist of the two-time Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum band Fall Out Boy. Outside of his career in music, Trohman writes for television and is currently developing an animated series with Brian Posehn. None of This Rocks (Hachette, September 13, 2022) chronicles a turbulent life, told in Trohman's unmistakable voice with a sense of humor in the face of the tragic and the absurd.
Handsell readers your book in about 25 words or less:
Love memoirs? Hate egomaniacal indulgence? None of This Rocks is an antirockstar memoir! Instead of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, it's depression, depression, anxiety! Also, jokes!
On your nightstand now:
The Comedians by Kliph Nesteroff.
Favorite book when you were a child:
I read through The Lord of The Rings multiple times. I wasn't popular growing up.
Your top five authors:
Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Moore, Clive Barker, Philip K. Dick.
Book you've faked reading:
I've "read" Infinite Jest--and by read, I made it to page 75. If you have trouble falling asleep, I highly recommend this one.
Book you're an evangelist for:
Joe Hill's NOS4A2. First, I love me some Joes! Second, it's such a vivid and unique read. If I had infinite copies, I'd give one to every person I know.
Book you've bought for the cover:
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. I used to have a thing for skulls. Yuck. Not the book (it's great), just my youthful "dark" aesthetic. The worst!
Book you hid from your parents:
I had a volume of The Complete Crumb Comics. The cover donned an adult dressed as an infant with massive, exposed boobs. I did not want my parents to assume I had a thing for giant, large-breasted babies.
Book that changed your life:
A Wrinkle in Time was one of the first sci-fi/fantasy novels I remember losing myself within. I'm still gone!
Favorite line from a book:
"You were not put on this Earth just to get in touch with God" --from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. As a budding atheist, this line weirdly spoke to me.
Five books you'll never part with:
Night by Elie Wiesel
Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
Exodus by Leon Uris
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
The Twilight Zone Companion by Marc Scott Zicree
All were given to me by special people at important moments in my life.
Book you most want to read again for the first time:
I recently reread a book I'd been meaning to: The Hobbit. I read it to my daughter. This one turned me into a cave-dwelling dork, a Gollum of sorts. I wanted to rediscover how it hooked me into perpetual nerd-dom.
Are you supremely afraid to share your first book with the world, considering it's incredibly personal and revealing to a fault:
YES!