My Tabs:
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Favorite Tabs:
Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer - Argh... I'm A PirateGreen Day - Basket CaseGreen Day - Christie RoadGreen Day - Disappearing BoyGreen Day - Geek Stink BreathGreen Day - J.a.r. ( Jason Andrew Relva)Green Day - MinorityGreen Day - MiseryGreen Day - Reject
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| About Me: |
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| Equipment: |
| an electric Dean bass and a Peavy amp, i have an acoustic Washburn, and i have access to a banjo.
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| Musical Skills/Knowledge: |
| i used to play giutar, but then i switched to bass cuz i heard long view, and the bass was too awesome. so now i've been playing for more than a year and i can play 50 something songs (all by ear thank you!!) |
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What's the Best Green Day Songsorry, i had trouble choosing
yea, i know i only got stuff about Billie Joe, but Mike is still better.
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972 in
Oakland, California) is the songwriter, lead vocalist
and guitarist for punk rock band Green Day. Armstrong
was the youngest of six kids and lived in Rodeo,
California. His father was a truck driver who died of
cancer when Armstrong was ten. His mother was a
waitress at Rod's Hickory Pit, which Billie and fellow
bandmate Mike Dirnt also ended up working at in their
teen years. He insists that his name be spelled with
an 'ie' at the end of Billie, because that is how his
mother wrote it on his birth certificate. According to
the liner notes in 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours,
"Billie's mom spelled his name wrong on his birth
certificate 'cuz she was on drugs". He is the only
member of Green Day who uses his real name, while Mike
Dirnt (born Mike Pritchard) uses half of his real
name.
Right before Armstrong's father died from cancer, he
gave his son his first guitar, which Billie Joe
nicknamed "Blue". It was a Fernandes Stratocaster copy
and to this day he still uses replicas of the guitar.
"Blue" has since become his trademark guitar because
of its duct tape and sticker covered appearance.
"Blue" was used in some of their most popular music
videos including "Basket Case" and "Brain Stew/Jaded".
Other instruments Armstrong can play include the
piano, drums, harmonica and the mandolin. The first
song he wrote was called "Why Do You Want Him" and was
written in 1986, when he was 14 years of age. (His mom
was dating someone he did not like at the time.) The
song appears on Green Day's debut album on Lookout
Records, 39/Smooth.
Armstrong in early Green Day concert
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Armstrong in early Green Day concert
During his stay in school he was nicknamed "Two Dollar
Bill", because he was supplying the school with joints
for two dollars. In 1988, Billie Joe formed a band
called Sweet Children with childhood friend, Mike
Dirnt, and Al Sobrante (born John K). They changed
their name to "Green Day" in March 1989, just before
the release of their first EP, 1,000 Hours, on Lookout
Records. The name Green Day comes from a slang
expression for a day of pot smoking. In 1990 Sobrante
left Green Day for college and was replaced by Tré
Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III), who appears on
Green Day's second album, Kerplunk.
Billie Joe Armstrong
He and his wife Adrienne are co-founders and part
owners of the independent label Adeline Records, and
he has a side band called Pinhead Gunpowder which is
on Lookout Records. He has two sons. Joseph Marcicano;
born in March 1995, and Jakob Danger; born September
1998. Billie and Adrienne (vocalist and guitarist of
all girl punk/emo band "I Love Jimmy") were married
July 2, 1994 in Billie's backyard, the next day they
learned she was pregnant with Joey. Armstrong is a
registered Libertarian Party voter in California.
He stated that he is bisexual in an interview in The
Advocate, January 24, 1995. [1]
 Phwoar Teeny Emos <3
awesome bass.
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