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 . Armstrong returned to the role of St. Jimmy for 50 performances beginning January 1, 2011. On Thursday, July 26, 2012 it was announced he joined Season 3 of NBC's The Voice as a mentor for Christina Aguilera. He will mentor the artists on Aguilera's team where she serves as a coach. In 1990, Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser at one of Green Day's early performances in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They married on July 2, 1994, and the day after their wedding, Adrienne discovered she was pregnant. Their first child, Joseph Marciano Armstrong, who was born on February 28, 1995, now plays drums in a Berkeley-based band named Emily's Army. Their second child, Jakob Danger Armstrong, was born on September 12, 1998. Billie Joe is the co-owner of Adeline Records, along with his wife.
Guitar and vocals for punk band Green Day , as well as Pinhead Gunpowder.
Two children: Joseph Marciano, born February 28, 1995, and Jakob Danger, born September 12, 1998.
Has a recording studio built in his basement
His guitar is nicknamed "Blue" and hes had it since he was 11 years old.
Youngest of six children.
Wrote his first song, "Why Do You Want Him", when he was only 14 (the song appears on "1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours", Green Day s debut album).
He enjoys getting people up on stage to play instruments for the band when Green Day plays live.
Has also played in bands such as: Blatz, Rancid , The Lookouts, Goodbye Harry, Corrupted Morals and still plays with Pinhead Gunpowder.
He also plays harmonica, mandolin, drums and piano and most recently the saxophone.
He wrote the song "Church on Sunday" about his wife Adrienne, convincing her to stay and not leave him. the song appears on Green Day s album "Warning", released in 2000.
Wrote the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" about his fathers death when he was a child and how he dealt with it then and deals with it now. The song appears on the album "American Idiot", released in 2004.
Lives in Oakland and Newport Beach, California, and also has a home near his wifes family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He and the rest of Green Day allowed indie label Lookout Records to keep the titles of their releases prior to "Dookie". They did this to foster a following for the record label--if kids got into them and wanted to hear earlier stuff by the band, the money would help keep Lookout Records going.
Five older siblings: David, Allen, Marcy, Holly and Anna.
His mother is from Oklahoma.
Close friends with Matthew Fox , Adam Levine , Gerard Way and Jason Mewes.
His mother gave birth to him when she was 40.
His oldest sibling is 22 years older than him.
Billies paternal grandmother was of one half Italian, one quarter German, and one quarter Spanish, ancestry (her own mother was born in Mexico, to a German father and a Spanish mother). Billies other ancestry includes Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, Scottish, Welsh, and possibly distant Cherokee Native American.
Dropped out of high school one day before his 18th birthday.
He is listed as a "ginger traitor" in the book "The Ginger Survival Guide" for dyeing his naturally ginger hair.
Contrary to popular belief, his birth name is actually "Billie Joe" and not "William Joseph".
Father, Andrew (deceased) and mother, Ollie.
Brother-in-law of Steve Nesser and Natalie Nesser.
(October 2008) His band, Green Day , is in the studio with Butch Vig , recording the follow-up to their 2004 "American Idiot".
(January 2010) Won Best Rock Album for "21st Century Breakdown" at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Green Day also performed with the cast of the Broadway production of their album "American Idiot" (a Grammy winner for Best Rock Album).
(January 1, 2011) Back in "American Idiot" as St Jimmy for 50 performances.
(June 2005) Touring Europe. Will soon be touring back in the US, and then will be returning to Paris in November.
(January 2006) Recording new material for the follow-up album to "American Idiot".
(August 2004) Headlining the main stage at The Reading Festival in the UK.
(September 2005) Touring in the U.S.
(July 2005) Headlining on Roskilde Festival, Denmark (as Green Day ).
(October 2010) Week stint as "St. Jimmy" ended on October 3, 2010. Green Day went back on tour to promote "21st Century Breakdown".
(May 2004) In the recording studio creating a new album with Green Day , their first new album since 2002 ("Shenanigans").
He began a one-week stint as "St. Jimmy" in Green Day s "American Idiot" on Broadway.
In New Orleans building houses with Habitat For Humanity.
(February 27, 2011) The 50-performance run as St Jimmy in "American Idiot" ended.
(April 24, 2011) Third stint in "American Idiot" as St. Jimmy for the shows final weeks from April 5th through closing, April 24th.
(September 21, 2004) Green Day released "American Idiot", the first punk rock opera.
(January 2006) Announced that there will be an "American Idiot" movie.
(March 2010) The Broadway production of their album "American Idiot" (which includes five songs from "21st Century Breakdown" and two "American Idiot" B-sides) is running at the St. James Theater.
Founded Adeline Records in Oakland, CA, in 1997.
Billie Joe won Best Breakout Performance - Best Featured Actor Williamsburg Independent Film Festival 2014 "Like Sunday, Like Rain".
Born at 2:00 AM on a Thursday.
One thing I want to teach my son is sensitivity to other people. I want,to teach him not to be this macho freak.
Our passion is our strength.
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
