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Billie Joe Armstrong

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Billie Joe Armstrong Fast Facts:

Is the youngest of six children.
As a child, performed with his jazz drummer father, Andy, at Shriners' Hospitals and convalescent homes around northern California.
Met future Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt in fifth grade and began playing music with him soon after; first song the pair learned was Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train."
Dropped out of high school his senior year to focus on music full time.
Made his studio debut with Green Day on 39/Smooth, released in 1990 by Lookout Records.
Commercial breakthrough came with Green Day's Dookie (1994), which sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. alone due to hits like "Longview" and "When I Come Around."
Helped design the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Jr., a Gibson guitar named after him.