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Armstrong developed an interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the age of five. He met Dirnt while attending elementary school, and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 14 years old.
- He’s probably one of the first blue collar punks. As well as being a budding jazz musician, Billie Joe’s father, Andy Armstrong, was also a truck driver for Safeway Inc.
- He has a special, long-standing connection to ‘Blue’ At the age of 10, Billie Joe bought his first guitar. Given to him by his mother, Ollie Jackson, the Fernandes Stratocaster copy was given the name ‘Blue’, and the guitar has been played for part of every single Green Day concert the band has ever played.
- He and Mike Dirnt go way back. Friends since the fifth grade, following the death from cancer of Andy Armstrong, Billie Joe, then aged 10, and Mike Dirnt grew especially close.
- His mum liked her job, actually. Billie Joe would in time feel guilty about the lines ‘My mother said to get a job, but she don’t like the one she got’, from Longview.
- “409 in Your Coffeemaker” Slappy EP (1990) I’d just dropped out of high school, and I was feeling really lost — like a daydreamer who was being left behind.
- “2000 Light Years Away” Kerplunk (1992) The first tour that Green Day ever went on, I met my wife, Adrienne, at a house party in Minneapolis. She asked for an address because we had run out of our vinyl.
- “Welcome to Paradise” Kerplunk (1992); Dookie (1994) I had moved out of my house in the suburbs to West Oakland, into a warehouse that was rat-infested and in a really fucked-up neighborhood, with a lot of crazy punks and friends.
- “She” Dookie (1994) I had a girlfriend named Amanda, this Cal student. I learned a lot about feminism through her. She gave me an education that I think was very timely for me.
Mini Bio. Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. His father worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway Inc. to support his family.
- February 17, 1972
May 7, 2020 · Now, the musician has shared some video proof of his rockstar beginnings: a clip of the young performer coyly strumming a classic rock number onstage with his brother. The video, which...
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Billie Joe Armstrong was brought into this world on February 17, 1972, the youngest of six children. His father, Andy, was a part time jazz musician and a truck driver for Safeway, while his mother was a waitress at a local resturant named Rod's Hickory Pit.
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