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Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987.
- 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.
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Billie Joe Armstrong, Tony Hale, and Maria Blasucci in Drunk History (2013)- Billie Joe Armstrong in Conan (2010)
- Billie Joe Armstrong in Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
- Billie Joe Armstrong in The Voice (2011)
- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt, Kevin Hart, and Green Day in 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (2012)
- Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt, and Green Day in 2012 MTV Video Music Awards (2012)
- Edie Falco and Billie Joe Armstrong in Nurse Jackie (2009)
- Billie Joe Armstrong in Drunk History (2013)
Billie Joe Armstrong’s Age. Armstrong was born on February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California, U.S. Billie celebrates his birthday on 17th February each year. He is therefore 51 years old as of 2024.
- “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.
Billie Joe Armstrong is the charismatic singer, multi-instrumentalist and frontman for Green Day. Born in 1972, Armstrong showed a remarkable interest in music from a young age, as evidenced by the fact that he recorded his first song, ‘Look For Love’, at the tender age of five.
Jan 18, 2024 · Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer and guitarist of band Green Day, talks about the band's early years, his songwriting, life as a rock star, sobriety, and his love of The Bachelor.
