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Billie Joe Armstrong. Mark Paul Leosk Kanepi Gymnasium 2014. Contents. Early life First band Green Day Personal life Discography Notable songs. Early life. Born on February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California. Was raised in Rodeo, California.
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Billie Joe Armstrong Mark Paul Leosk Kanepi Gymnasium 2014
Contents • Earlylife • Firstband • GreenDay • Personal life • Discography • Notablesongs
Earlylife • Born on February 17, 1972 in Oakland, California. • Was raised in Rodeo, California. • Attended Hillcrest Elementary School in Rodeo. • At the age of 10, Armstrong met Mike Dirnt in the school cafeteria and they immediately bonded over their love of music.
Firstband • In 1987, aged 15, Armstrong formed a band called Sweet Childrenwithhisfriend Mike Dirnt. • In the beginning, Dirnt and Armstrong both played guitar, with John Kiffmeyeron drumsand Sean Hughes on bass. • Hughes left the band in 1988. • Dirnt then began playing bass and they became a three-piece band. • Changedtheirbandname into Green Day
GreenDay • Tré Cool eventually became Green Day's drummer in late 1990 when SobranteleftGreen Day in order to go to college. • Cool made his debut on Green Day'ssecond album, Kerplunk. • With their next album, Dookie (1994), the band broke through into the mainstream.
Personal life • In 1990, Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser. • They married on July 2, 1994. • Their first child, Joseph Marciano Armstrong, was born on February 28, 1995. • Armstrong is the co-owner of Adeline Records. • In 2010, Armstrong joined the cast of American Idiotmusical on Broadway.
Discography • 39/Smooth (1990) • Kerplunk! (1992) • Dookie (1994) • Insomniac (1995) • Nimrod (1997) • Warning (2000) • AmericanIdiot (2004) • 21st CenturyBreakdown(2009) • AmericanIdiot: TheOriginalBroadwayCastRecording(2010) • ¡Uno! (2012) • ¡Dos! (2012) • ¡Tré! (2012)
Notablesongs • „Wake Me Up When September Ends“is a memorial to his father. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoFKlaZ0) • „AmericanIdiot“ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI) • „BoulevardofBrokenDreams“ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c) • „21 Guns“ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00ikilDxW4)
References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Joe_Armstrong