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Encyclopedia > Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong

Background information
Birth name Billie Joe Armstrong
Also known as BJ, 2 Dollar Bill, Fink, The Reverend Strychnine Twitch
Born February 17, 1972 (1972-02-17) (age 36)
Oakland, California, United States
Genre(s) Punk rock, pop punk, alternative, garage rock
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Mandolin, Drums, Saxophone
Years active 1987 - Present
Label(s) Reprise Records
Lookout! Records
Adeline Records
Associated acts Green Day
The Network
Pinhead Gunpowder
Foxboro Hot Tubs

Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock trio Green Day. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and sings for garage rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs. He was the lead singer for New Wave group The Network. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oakland redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Alternative music redirects here. ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Pianoforte redirects here. ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... This article is about the musical instrument. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored musical instrument usually considered a member of the woodwind family. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. ... Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rodeo (pronounced row DAY oh) is a census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... This article is about the genre. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. ...

Contents

Early life

Billie Joe Armstrong grew up in Rodeo, CA, the youngest of six. His father, Andy Armstrong,[citation needed] was a retired minor league baseball player and a jazz drummer, who worked as a bartender and truck driver for Safeway to support the family. He died of cancer on September 10, 1982 when Armstrong was 10. The song "Wake Me Up When September Ends", is a memorial to his father. His mother Ollie worked at Rod's Hickory Pit, where Armstrong and Mike Dirnt got their first gig during their early years. Rodeo (pronounced row DAY oh) is a census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California. ... {{This article is about the US-based corporation|Safeway}} Safeway Inc. ... is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... American Idiot track listing Letterbomb (10) Wake Me Up When September Ends (11) Homecoming (12) Wake Me Up When September Ends is the fourth single from Green Days seventh studio album, American Idiot. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ...


Armstrong's interest in music started at a young age. He recorded a song titled "Look For Love" at the age of five on the Bay Area label "Fiat Records".[1] As a teenager he originally was into metal music, but got into punk after hearing the Sex Pistols song "Holidays in the Sun".[2] He attended, Hillcrest Elementary School, John Swett High School, and then Pinole Valley High School, dropping out on February 16, 1990, a day before his 18th birthday, to pursue his musical career. Heavy metal redirects here. ... Sex Pistols are an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... The Holidays in the Sun punk festivals are now known as Wasted Festivals Holidays in the Sun was the fourth single by punk band the Sex Pistols. ... John Swett High School is located in Crockett, California, USA, and serves the communities of Crockett, Port Costa, Rodeo, and the Foxboro area of Hercules. ... Pinole Valley High School is a high school in Pinole, California, in Contra Costa County. ... is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...


Career

In 1987, Armstrong formed a band called "Sweet Children" with childhood friend Mike Dirnt at the age of 15. After a few gigs and a demo recording (later featured at the end of Green Day's Kerplunk!) He and Mike Dirnt decided to join up with drummer Al Sobrante in 1988 and became known as Green Day in April 1989, allegedly choosing the name for their fondness of marijuana.[3] That same year they recorded the EPs 39/Smooth, 1,000 Hours, and Slappy, later combined into the LP 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, on Lookout! Records. Tré Cool eventually replaced Sobrante in late 1990 when he left Green Day in order to go to college. California Punk band Rancid's lead singer Tim Armstrong asked Armstrong to join Rancid, but he refused due to the progress with Green Day. Tré Cool made his debut on Green Day's second album, Kerplunk!. With their next album, Dookie, the band broke through into the mainstream, and have remained one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s with over 60 million records sold worldwide.[4] Sweet Children, the former name for Green Day. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Al Sobrante (John Kiffmeyer) was the original drummer for the punk rock band Green Day/The Sweet Children. ... 39/Smooth was initially released as the debut album by Green Day in 1990 on Lookout! Records on vinyl (including limited quantities of clear green vinyl) and cassette. ... 1,000 Hours is Green Days first ever release and the first of several releases for the independent record label Lookout! Records that nurtured the bands development in their early years before signing with a major label in 1993. ... Slappy is the third EP by Green Day, and was released on Lookout! Records in the summer of 1990 on seven-inch vinyl. ... 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by Green Day. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ... Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, West Germany) is the drummer of the rock band Green Day. ... Rancid is a punk rock band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is a American musician and songwriter best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants, and the Dance Hall Crashers. ... Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, West Germany) is the drummer of the rock band Green Day. ... Kerplunk is the second full-length album by punk band Green Day. ... For other uses, see Dookie (disambiguation). ...


Apart from working with Green Day, and side-band Pinhead Gunpowder, Armstrong has proved himself busy in the music world, collaborating with many artists over the years. He has co-written for The Go-Go's ("Unforgiven"), former Avengers singer Penelope Houston ("The Angel and The Jerk" and "New Day"), co-wrote a song with Rancid ("Radio"), sung backing vocals with Melissa Auf der Maur on Ryan Adams' "Do Miss America", where they acted as the backing band for Iggy Pop on his Skull Ring album ("Private Hell" and "Supermarket"). Armstrong has produced an album for The Riverdales, and is also rumored to be part of a side project, The Network. The Network released an album called Money Money 2020. Many Green Day fans who listened to the record remarked the similarity between the two bands.[citation needed] Money Money 2020 was released on Adeline Records, a record label co-owned by Armstrong. Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... For the 1960s band, see The Go-Gos (1960s). ... Penelope Houston is a American singer-songwriter and former singer for the San Francisco-based punk rock band The Avengers. ... Rancid is a punk band, formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ... Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ... David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... The Riverdales are an American punk rock music group. ... The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. ... Money Money 2020 is The Networks first album and it was released on September 30, 2003 on the Adeline Records record label. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ...


Equipment

Armstrong's first guitar was a cherry-red Hohner acoustic which he received from his dad, which he mentions in the book Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day. Armstrong received his first electric guitar, a Fernandes Stratocaster copy that he named "Blue", when he was eleven. Armstrong said he was "shocked" when his mother bought the guitar from Armstrong's teacher, because he knew their family could not readily afford it. He modified the guitar to have a humbucking pickup in the bridge position. He initially installed a Bill Lawrence pickup but later switched to the Duncan JB model. He toured with this guitar from the band's early days and into their first few major-label tours. "Blue" also appears in several of their music videos starting with "Longview", "Basket Case", and appearing most recently in "Minority". Armstrong has made several replicas of this guitar and uses them at concerts. He also owns several Gibson SGs. Fernandes is a guitar and guitar accessory manufacturer. ... Humbucking literally means bucking the hum, or reducing the 60Hz electric hum noise produced by early electric guitar pick-ups. ... Longview is the first major-label single released by pop-punk band Green Day, from their hit 1994 album, Dookie. ... Basket Case is a song by Green Day from their 1994 hit album Dookie. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Gibson SG is a popular model of solid-bodied electric guitar that was introduced in the early 1960s. ...


Today Armstrong mainly uses Gibson and Fender guitars. Twenty of his Gibson guitars are Les Paul Junior models from the mid- to late-1950s.[5] His Fender collection includes: Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Telecaster, and his Fernandes, "Blue". He states that his favorite guitar is a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior he calls "Floyd". He bought this guitar in 2000 just before recording their album Warning.[6] The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is a manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars. ... Fender redirects here. ... The Gibson Les Paul Jr. ... Stratocaster redirects here. ... The Fender Jazzmaster is an electric guitar that was first introduced at the 1958 NAMM show and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which was originally to replace the current Telecaster model. ... The Fender Telecaster, also known as a Tele, is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender. ... The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ...


Armstrong also has his own line of Les Paul Junior guitars from Gibson. He also uses his singnature line now in many of his tours today. The Gibson Les Paul Jr. ...


Personal life

Armstrong after his arrest in January 2003
Armstrong after his arrest in January 2003

In 1990, Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser, whom he married on July 2, 1994. The following day, Adrienne discovered she was pregnant. Their first child, Joseph 'Joey' Marciano Armstrong, was born on February 28, 1995. Their second child, Jakob Danger Armstrong, was born on September 12, 1998. Adrienne is the co-owner of Adeline Records, along with Armstrong. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 553 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 650 pixel, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Source: The Smoking Gun Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It is a... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 553 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (600 × 650 pixel, file size: 66 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Source: The Smoking Gun Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It is a... Adrienne Armstrong (born Adrienne Nesser, October 6, 1969) is the co-owner of Adeline Records and Adeline Street. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ...


Armstrong has identified himself as bisexual, saying in a 1995 interview with The Advocate, "I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing."[7] He is a registered Libertarian Party voter in California.[8] Armstrong briefly went vegetarian but began eating meat again after experiencing substantial weight loss.[9] Bisexual redirects here. ... The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. ... Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products[1] [2]. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health. ...


Armstrong was arrested in January 2003 for drunk driving after being pulled over for speeding. He received a breathalyzer reading of 0.18, more than twice the state's legal limit of 0.08.[10] In April 2007, Armstrong and his wife sent photos of their spring break working with Habitat For Humanity, as well as a diary to GreenDay.net. Official Habitat for Humanity logo Habitat for Humanity is an international, Christian, non-governmental, non-profit organization devoted to building quality, low-cost, affordable housing. ...


Awards

  • Esquire awarded him an "Esky" for Best Frontman in the Esky Music Awards in the April 2006 issue.
  • Kerrang! magazine awarded him the Best Dressed Star and Hero of the Year in 2005
  • The California Music Awards awarded him Outstanding Male Vocalist in 2001 and 2004
  • Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards Blimp for Favorite Band/Group - April 2005 and 2006
  • Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards Blimp for Favorite Song for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - April 2006
  • Grammy for Best Rock Album for American Idiot - February 2005
  • Grammy for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - February 2006
  • Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance for Dookie - February 1995
  • Won 6 MTV VMA Moonmen for Boulevard of Broken Dreams and 1 for American Idiot - August 2005
  • Won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (American Idiot) and Favorite Alternative Artist - November 2005
  • Won 2 ASCAP Honor Awards for Creative Voice and Song of the Year ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams") - May 2006
  • Won 2 MTV Europe Awards for Best Album and Best Rock Group - November 2005

August 2005 issue of Esquire Esquire is a mens magazine by the Hearst Corporation. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Discography

Green Day

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by Green Day. ... Kerplunk is the second full-length album by punk band Green Day. ... Kerplunk is the second full-length album by punk band Green Day. ... For other uses, see Dookie (disambiguation). ... For the Enrique Iglesias album, see Insomniac (Enrique Iglesias album). ... Nimrod is the fifth album by the punk rock band Green Day, released on October 14, 1997 on Reprise Records. ... The title of this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Shenanigans is a compilation album of Green Day, released in 2002. ... Singles from American Idiot Released: 2004 Released: 2004 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 This article is about Green Day album. ...

Pinhead Gunpowder

Vocals and Guitar on all

Shoot the Moon is the title of the fourth music recording/album by singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, her first since leaving Elton Johns label Rocket Records, released in 1982. ... Compulsive Disclosure (2003) is a short album by the band Pinhead Gunpowder it is the bands most recent album. ...

The Network

Money Money 2020 is The Networks first album and it was released on September 30, 2003 on the Adeline Records record label. ...

Foxboro Hot Tubs

  • Stop Drop and Roll (2008) -- Lead Vocals, Guitar

Adelleda

  • A Reasonable Explanation For Life (2008) -- Producer

Notes

  1. ^ Record Mecca
  2. ^ Armstrong, Billie Joe (2005). "The Sex Pistols". Rolling Stone. Retrieved on October 28, 2006.
  3. ^ Metropolis - Music and Concerts: Green Day
  4. ^ Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion" April, 2006.
  5. ^ Gibson USA & Green Day present
  6. ^ Gibson USA & Green Day present
  7. ^ (January 24, 1995)"Coming Clean" The Advocate
  8. ^ Libertarian Celebrities - Advocates for Self-Government
  9. ^ http://www.tv.com/billie-joe-armstrong/person/54105/trivia.html
  10. ^ TSG Mug Shot: Billie Joe Armstrong

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Sweet Children is a collection of some of Green Days earliest songs that they were still playing live at the time. ... 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by Green Day. ... International Superhits! is a greatest hits album by Green Day. ... Shenanigans is a compilation album of Green Day, released in 2002. ... Live Tracks is an EP from American punk band Green Day. ... Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking is a live EP released by Green Day in 1996. ... Foot in Mouth is a live EP released by Green Day in 1996. ... {| class=wikitable |} Tune in, Tokyo. ... Bullet in a Bible is a live CD, DVD and UMD release by Green Day, which was issued in November 2005. ... International Supervideos! is a name of a DVD by Green Day, a companion to the International Superhits! greatest hits CD. The DVD was released on November 13, 2001. ... Riding in Vans with Boys is a 2003 documentary film directed by Matthew Beauchesne describing the experiences of the band Kut U Up, a relatively unknown group that went on tour in the summer of 2002 as an opening act for major groups like Blink-182, Green Day and Jimmy... Bullet in a Bible is a live CD, DVD and UMD release by Green Day, which was issued in November 2005. ... Longview is the first major-label single released by pop-punk band Green Day, from their hit 1994 album, Dookie. ... Welcome to Paradise is a song from Green Days 1992 album Kerplunk and again on their 1994 album Dookie. ... Basket Case is a song by Green Day from their 1994 hit album Dookie. ... She is a single by Green Day taken from the album Dookie. ... When I Come Around is a single from Green Days album Dookie from 1994. ... J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. ... Geek Stink Breath is a song by the California-based punk trio Green Day. ... 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Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Green Day.
Armstrong is the youngest of six children born in Oakland, California, and raised in Rodeo, California.
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