Green Day has been rocking the Bay Area pop-punk sound for nearly 30 years. Starting out as snot-nosed punks singing about girls, smoking pot and masturbating, the trio of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Mike Dirnt (nee Prichard; bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (nee Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals) grew into masters of the rock music game. Not only did they make rock history once with 1994s ‘Dookie,’ but they did it again 10 years later with 2004s ‘American Idiot.’ The latter inspired a groundbreaking musical, launching Green Day into a new stratosphere. Their music has influenced countless bands and fans throughout the world. In 2015, their place in rock history was set as they were proudly inducted into
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If you're wondering who that fourth guy in Green Day is, that’s Jason White. A touring musician with the band since 1999, he officially became a member in 2012. He also happens to be the lead singer of Armstrong's other band, Pinhead Gunpowder.
Number Thirteen: Armstrong Still Plays Blue. If you have been to a Green Day show any time in the last 30 years, you may have noticed Billie Joe Armstrong playing a blue and white Fernandes Stratocaster with stickers and his initials on it. That’s Blue, the first electric guitar he ever owned. A gift from his mother, you can still see Armstrong playing Blue to this very day. The guitar is so iconic in fact, there is a company that makes replicas of the Strat for purchase.
Number Twelve: Like Father Like Sons. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree as both Joey and Jakob Armstrong, sons of Billie Joe Armstrong, are budding musicians. Joey plays drums for punk band Swmrs (originally Emily’s Army), whose three of their albums were produced by Billie Joe and released on his Adeline Records label. Jakob is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and released his first tracks in 2015 under Jakob Danger (Danger is his middle name). Further, in 2011, Billie Joe Armstrong formed a band with his wife and two sons called The Boo and released a self-titled EP that same
If you're wondering who that fourth guy in Green Day is, that’s Jason White. A touring musician with the band since 1999, he officially became a member in 2012. He also happens to be the lead singer of Armstrong's other band, Pinhead Gunpowder.
Number Thirteen: Armstrong Still Plays Blue. If you have been to a Green Day show any time in the last 30 years, you may have noticed Billie Joe Armstrong playing a blue and white Fernandes Stratocaster with stickers and his initials on it. That’s Blue, the first electric guitar he ever owned. A gift from his mother, you can still see Armstrong playing Blue to this very day. The guitar is so iconic in fact, there is a company that makes replicas of the Strat for purchase.
Number Twelve: Like Father Like Sons. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree as both Joey and Jakob Armstrong, sons of Billie Joe Armstrong, are budding musicians. Joey plays drums for punk band Swmrs (originally Emily’s Army), whose three of their albums were produced by Billie Joe and released on his Adeline Records label. Jakob is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, and released his first tracks in 2015 under Jakob Danger (Danger is his middle name). Further, in 2011, Billie Joe Armstrong formed a band with his wife and two sons called The Boo and released a self-titled EP that same