Billie Joe Armstrong

Mark Paul LeoskKanepi 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.• 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.

First band

• In 1987, aged 15, Armstrong formed a band called Sweet Children with his friend Mike Dirnt.

• In the beginning, Dirnt and Armstrong both played guitar, with John Kiffmeyer on drums and Sean Hughes on bass.

• Hughes left the band in 1988.• Dirnt then began playing bass and they became a

three-piece band. • Changed their band name into Green Day

Green Day

• Tré Cool eventually became Green Day's drummer in late 1990 when Sobrante left Green Day in order to go to college.

• Cool made his debut on Green Day's second 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 Idiot musical on Broadway.

Discography• 39/Smooth (1990) • Kerplunk! (1992) • Dookie (1994) • Insomniac (1995) • Nimrod (1997)• Warning (2000) • American Idiot (2004) • 21st Century Breakdown (2009) • American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010)• ¡Uno! (2012) • ¡Dos! (2012) • ¡Tré! (2012)

Notable songs

• „Wake Me Up When September Ends“ is a memorial to his father. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9JoFKlaZ0)

• „American Idiot“ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_uujKuJMI)

• „Boulevard of Broken Dreams“ (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

Thanks for listening!