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Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro ...
- 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.
Billie Joe Armstrong. Actor: The Simpsons Movie. 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. He died of esophageal ...
- February 17, 1972
- “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.
Jan 22, 2022 · 00:00 -Look For Love (5 years old)02:13 -Meet Billie Joe -Interview after recording Look For Love (5 years old)04:20 -Billie play "Blue" (10 or 11 years old)...
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May 7, 2020 · Green Day fans are likely aware that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong 's command of the stage goes back to his very early days. Now, the musician has shared some video proof of his rockstar ...
