At the age of 10, Billie's father died of cancer of the esophagus which spread throughout his body. “I think that maybe Green Day is kind of the same way: I sing about a lot of anguish and despair – but I try to do it in a funny way. In a new wide ranging interview with ‘Kerrang!,’ Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong dove into his 48 year balancing act between career influence and family life. On Nimrod he also used some Gibsons, some old Les Pauls, an ES-355, an ES-135 and a Fender Jaguar. Later in the interview he talked about how the punk scene and mental illness go hand in hand and how the music can help those struggling with mental health issues“The punk rock scene, for me, was a scene of all these people with personality disorders coming together a lot of the time.
Green Day has amassed plenty of hits over the years, but there’s one popular song in particular that surprised Billie Joe Armstrong when it blew up. Frontman Paul Westerberg had been suffering with back problems and spent the majority of the gig lying on a sofa while Armstrong helped play his parts. He attended Hillcrest Elementary School in Rodeo, where a teacher encouraged him to record a song titled "Look for Love" at the age of five on the Bay Area label Fiat Records.Along with Hillcrest Elementary, Armstrong attended Carquinez Middle School and In 1987, aged 15, Armstrong formed a band called Sweet Children with his childhood friend In 1990, Armstrong provided lead guitar and backing vocals on three songs for In 1993, Armstrong played live several times with California punk band Armstrong collaborated with many artists.
And I didn’t really realize that until later on. Westerberg referred to Billie Joe as an "expansion of the band".In November 2014, Armstrong moved with his son Joseph to New YorkIn October 2016, Green Day released their latest album, In 2019, Armstrong co-wrote and performed the track "Strangers & Thieves" on the album Armstrong's first guitar was a Cherry Red Hohner acoustic, which his father bought for him. In … As for the acoustics, Billie mostly uses the Gibson J-180.The guitar originally had the Bill Lawrence Humbucking Pickup in the bridge position, but it was replaced with a white Seymour Duncan JB model after it was damaged at Woodstock ’94. Billie Joe just shared these really great pictures of his iconic guitar "Blue" on his Instagram. What happened after is that Billie most likely switched the pickup to a black Duncan JB SH-4.Billie had Fender make him a few replicas of this guitar, which he played live and mostly gave away after the show.It features a sunburst single-cutaway body and a single Antiquity P-90 pickup.This one also features Antiquity P-90 pickup, fitted in to a black worn-out body, with a sticker just behind the bridge. He received his first electric guitar, a He plays several other instruments as well as guitar. He is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, chief songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group'Apocalyptic' Category 4 Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana with catastrophic 150MPH winds - as Gulf prepares for 'unsurvivable storm surge' that will 'cause many casualties' 'You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America!' Billie still uses the original on tour to this day (most recently during parts of the 21st Century Breakdown tour). He's had replicas of "Blue" made, but gave them all away during the tour. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and sings for garage rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs when not working with Green Day.Billie’s favorite guitar is a Fernandes Stratocaster which he nicknamed “Blue”. Gunman, 17, is charged with first degree intentional homicide after shooting dead two BLM protesters in Kenosha as one victim is identified and video emerges of cops giving rifle-toting vigilantes water before the shooting NBA on the brink: 'LA Lakers and LA Clippers led by LeBron James vote to end season' hours after Bucks boycotted game over Wisconsin trouble - as MLB, MLS and WNBA teams call off games in solidarity US and UK officials 'begin talks over a transatlantic "air bridge" to allow travel between NYC and London without 14-day quarantine in a bid to boost business and tourism in time for winter''There are much more important matters at hand': Naomi Osaka pulls out of her Western & Southern Open semi-final in New York as she joins US athletes and teams in protesting after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in WisconsinKellyanne Conway praises Donald Trump as an advocate for women saying 'he confides in, consults us and insists that we are equal' in RNC address - but omits she is quitting White House amid bitter rift with daughter, 15 Donald Trump demands a DRUG TEST before first election debate with Joe Biden claiming Democratic rival was 'not coherent' in party's primary debates until final showdown It's the Republican PARTY: Donald Trump turns his hotel into chance for fans to clink glasses with convention speakers Don Jr., Tiffany, Kimberly and Eric (and sip bourbon with Rand Paul)Lara Trump paints her in-laws as 'warm and loving' and praises Donald Trump for hiring women - then accuses Democrats of 'ceding control of our cities to violent mobs' and says her father-in-law is 'law and order' presidentRepublican convention begins third night with South Dakota governor accusing Joe Biden's Democrats of wanting to bring 'anarchy and looting' to all of America and refusing to honor cops and troops - while claiming Donald Trump is 'fighting for you' We salute you! Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong turns air blue after band's performance time is cut The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.