Joeseph Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy, was born on September 1, 1984 in Hollywood, Florida. He grew up in South Russell, which is east of Cleaveland, Ohio, and moved just outside of Chicago when he was around 12 years old. He attended Wasburne Junior High and New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois. He was friends with Peter Wentz, and introduced him to Patrick Stump, who he met in a Borders book store in Chicago. He is credited as the one who started Fall Out Boy.