Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is the lead vocalist, main lyricist and guitarist for the punk rock band Green Day. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and sings for garage rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs.

Early Days

Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Oakland, California and was raised in Rodeo, California, (a town 24 miles north of Oakland), as the youngest of six children. His father, Andy Armstrong, worked as a drummer and truck driver for Safeway to support the family.

List of Green Day Albums

1990 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
1992 Kerplunk!
1994 Dookie
1995 Insomniac
1997 Nimrod
2000 Warning
2001 International Superhits!
2002 Shenanigans
2004 American Idiot
2009 21st Century Breakdown

List of Pinhead Gunpowder Albums

1995 Jump Salty
1995 Carry the Banner
1997 Goodbye Ellston Avenue
1999 Shoot the Moon
2003 Compulsive Disclosure
2008 West Side Highway 7" EP