Billie Joe Armstrong

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billie Joe Armstrong
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1972(1972-02-17)
Age	52
Birthplace	Oakland
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Aquarius

Billie Joe Armstrong Biography

Billie Joe Armstrong is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California, United States. Singer and guitarist who was the co-founder of the punk group Green Day, whose anti-war album, American Idiot, won the band a Grammy as well as six other awards for music. Green Day is rounded out by Green Day with guitarist Guitarist and singer who co-founded the punk band Green Day, whose anti-war album, American Idiot, won a Grammy and six other music awards. He is joined in Green Day by drummer Tre Cool, bassist Mike Dirnt and guitarist Jason White., drummer Guitarist and singer who co-founded the punk band Green Day, whose anti-war album, American Idiot, won a Grammy and six other music awards. He is joined in Green Day by drummer Tre Cool, bassist Mike Dirnt and guitarist Jason White. as well as guitarist Mike Dirnt, bassist Mike Dirnt and guitarist Jason White.

The band joined forces together with His band collaborated with Bono and U2 on the song “The Saints are Coming.” along with U2 on the track “The Saints are Coming.”

Today, Armstrong mainly uses Gibson and Fender guitars. Twenty of his Gibson guitars are Les Paul Junior models from the mid- to late-1950s. His Fender collection includes: Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Telecaster, a Gretsch hollowbody, Rickenbacker 360 and his copies of “Blue” from Fender Custom Shop. Recently he has begun giving away guitars to audience members invited to play on stage with Green Day, usually during the songs “Knowledge” or “Longview”. 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 the album Warning.

Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Armstrong serves as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and lead guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day, co-founded with Mike Dirnt. 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 Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot and The Coverups.

He was married He married Adrienne Armstrong on July 2, 1994 and they had two children together: Joseph and Jakob. on July 2nd in 1994. They shared two children: Joseph and Jakob.

Billie Joe Armstrong Net Worth

Billie Joe Armstrong is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billie Joe Armstrong 's net worth $75 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The first song he wrote was at the age of five old. He also had the pleasure of meeting He wrote his first song when he was five years old and met Mike Dirnt, one of his future bandmates, in his elementary school cafeteria. who was one of his future bandmates in the cafeteria of his elementary school.

Dirnt and Hennt founded Sweet Children, which eventually was Green Day, when they were 15 years old.

Armstrong was born in Oakland, California, and raised in nearby Rodeo, the youngest of six children of Ollie Jackson (born 1932) and Andrew Marciano Armstrong (1928–1982). Armstrong’s father, a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway, died of esophageal cancer in September 1982, when Armstrong was

10. The song “Wake Me Up When September Ends” is a memorial to his father. He has five older siblings: David, Alan, Marci, Hollie, and Anna. His mother worked as waitress at Rod’s Hickory Pit restaurant in El Cerrito, where Armstrong and Dirnt played their first gig in 1987. Armstrong’s great-great- grandparents Pietro Marsicano and Teresa Nigro were Italian immigrants from Viggiano, Basilicata who moved to Boston, Massachusetts before arriving in Berkeley, California in 1869. For this, he received the honorary citizenship of Viggiano in June 2018 by mayor Amedeo Cicala. He is also of Scotch-Irish, English, Scottish, Spanish, German, and Welsh descent.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Billie Joe Armstrong Dating?

According to our records, Billie Joe Armstrong married to Adrienne Armstrong. As of December 1, 2023, Billie Joe Armstrong’s is not dating anyone.

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Along with Hillcrest Elementary, Armstrong attended Carquinez Middle School and John Swett High School, both in Crockett, and later transferred to Pinole Valley High School in Pinole. On his 18th birthday (February 17, 1990), he dropped out to pursue his musical career.

Facts & Trivia

Billie Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Billie Joe Armstrong celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

In 1991, Armstrong joined the band Pinhead Gunpowder, consisting of bassist Bill Schneider, drummer Aaron Cometbus, and fellow vocalist/guitarist Sarah Kirsch. Kirsch left the group in 1992, and was replaced by Jason White. The group has released several extended plays and albums from 1991 to the present, and performs live shows on an intermittent basis.

Top Facts about Billie Joe Armstrong

1. Born February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California.
2. Co-founder and lead vocalist/guitarist of Green Day.
3. Has sold over 85 million records worldwide.
4. Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
5. Also a member of side projects Pinhead Gunpowder and The Longshot.
6. Married to Adrienne Nesser since 1994 with two sons.
7. Struggled with substance abuse and rehab in early 2000s.
8. Known for politically charged lyrics and activism against Trump administration.
9. Played St Jimmy in Broadway musical adaptation of American Idiot.
10. Collaborated with Norah Jones on album Foreverly (2013).

What is Billie Joe Armstrong known for?

Billie Joe Armstrong is an American musician, singer-songwriter, playwriter, and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day. Armstrong and Mike Dirnt started the band that would become Green Day in 1987 when both were teenagers.

Is Billie Joe Armstrong Mexican?

Early life. He was born in Oakland, California. He is of Cherokee, English, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, Native American, Scottish, Spanish and Welsh descent.

Did Billie Joe Armstrong drop out of high school?

MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/Getty Images One day before his 18th birthday, and halfway through his senior year of high school, Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong dropped out of high school to devote all his time to his band.

How rich is Billie Joe Armstrong?

What is Billy Joe Armstrong’s net worth? Billie Joe Armstrong has a $75 -million-dollar net worth. The punk rock band Green Day is where Armstrong is best known for singing lead, but he has also played in the groups Pinhead Gunpowder, The Coverups, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Longshot, and The Network.

Is Billie Joe Armstrong friendly?

In conversation, Armstrong is friendly, but also a little reserved , taking long pauses between answers about his process. “I don’t want to sound like a baboon,” he says, stopping himself at one point. Cool, his bandmate and friend of three decades, once described him as “gifted and tormented.