What Fans Don't Know About Billie Joe Armstrong

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
  • Billie Joe Armstrong has been fronting Green Day for decades, and he shows no signs of slowing down. The California-born punk rocker may have started Green Day in the 1980s, but he has actually been recording music from the time he was a toddler.
    Armstrong was just five years old when he cut his first single, and he knew immediately that he wanted to record music for the rest of his life. In addition to music, Armstrong is a big sports fan, and he even considered football as a backup career if the whole music thing didn’t pan out. Let’s take a look at some things fans may not know about Billie Joe Armstrong.
    #GreenDay #BillieJoeArmstrong #Music
    Starting young | 0:00
    Predicting his own future | 1:22
    Gridiron backup plan | 2:36
    The Great American Pastime | 3:53
    Yeah, baby! | 4:50
    The acting bug | 5:42
    Lady and the punk | 6:48
    Censoring for the kids | 8:04
    Family band | 9:26
    Who framed Billie Joe's tattoos | 10:25
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  • @kiashangovender5221
    @kiashangovender5221 Před 3 lety +405

    I know he's not Justin Bieber, he said it himself

  • @clairemadden06
    @clairemadden06 Před 3 lety +459

    “You may love Green Day’s music, but how much do you know about the frontman Billie Joe Armstrong?”
    everything.

  • @IndrasChildDeepAsleep
    @IndrasChildDeepAsleep Před 3 lety +228

    Used to listen to Green Day as a kid. They *helped to inspire me* to become a musician. Don't tell the other punks.

    • @senyaceey9196
      @senyaceey9196 Před 3 lety +21

      why do punks not like green day ? i'm punk and they're my favorite band

    • @FirstLast-on1mv
      @FirstLast-on1mv Před 3 lety +13

      @@senyaceey9196 They bitch about how it's not hardcore enough and actually just pop, how they signed to a record as a way out of poverty for them and their families, how he's rich now, ect. None of that counts it's about the lyrics and anyone claiming to be punk who can't understand that is usually just an edgy hipster who wears Misfits merch.

    • @senyaceey9196
      @senyaceey9196 Před 3 lety +2

      @@FirstLast-on1mv hahaha thanks for explaining :)

    • @jacobnelsen2786
      @jacobnelsen2786 Před 3 lety +1

      @@senyaceey9196 I’m gonna be punk later this year

    • @nemesis8626
      @nemesis8626 Před 2 lety +1

      @@senyaceey9196 because there punks who are not self aware enough to realise they sold out. They take a genre that is rebellious and sold it out to the mainstream and made it pop music

  • @masonthehuman9064
    @masonthehuman9064 Před 3 lety +396

    Green day is God's favorite band.

  • @Metalbass10000
    @Metalbass10000 Před 3 lety +128

    Kids, if you have goals, like Mr. Armstrong, and myself, pay attention to the other musicians you form bands with. I had all the goals, all the ambition, and a determined, persistent, work ethic. I had talent, as it only took 2 years and 2 months, from the day I got my first guitar, and started teaching myself, and I was able to play the entire Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force album, among many other pieces of music, whether metal, rock, jazz, classical, or blues. A few years in, I started playing bass and joined a band. While very talented musicians, they didn't have any real work ethic, and were more concerned with getting an alcohol buzz than with getting their instruments in their hands. If you don't see the same dedication, persistence, and commitment, you have, find other musicians. Don't quit, but don't overcommit to people who are going nowhere. Try to always maintain optimism, but acknowledge the reality around you.

    • @garylefevers
      @garylefevers Před 3 lety +6

      Excellent advice I wish I had heard years ago. Thank you for thinking of the next generation. Stay safe.

    • @angelskaixo5188
      @angelskaixo5188 Před 3 lety +3

      Good points, but note, that Green Day is pretty much Billie's only band he was ever in. That's pretty lucky in my book

    • @QBert904
      @QBert904 Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for this. Wish I heard this years ago.

    • @dudef594
      @dudef594 Před 3 lety

      He may have become a successful musician, but at the end of the day his member is still 3 inches long.

    • @QBert904
      @QBert904 Před 3 lety +2

      @@dudef594 bro sounds like you're projecting, sorry about your little member

  • @YuriLifeLove
    @YuriLifeLove Před 3 lety +67

    Imagine Billie Joe Armstrong as a football player exist somewhere in the parallel universe...

  • @michaelserrano4412
    @michaelserrano4412 Před 2 lety +14

    I saw Green Day and I never planned on it. It was something to do one evening. The tour I saw was American Idiot. I was blown away by the show. Im not even a fan really but what the band did for fans was amazing. The show was electrifying.

  • @SmileyMikey
    @SmileyMikey Před 3 lety +11

    With a few minutes to kill before a business meeting at Peet's Coffee, I wandered into a music store in the same mall. That's where I met Marie-Louise. What a warm, cheerful, beautiful soul! Chit-chatting at the counter as she rang up my purchase of a book, "The Rock n Roll Singer's Survival Manual," it came out she'd taught "Billie Joe" as his vocal coach. That's right; Billie Joe Armstrong. She took me back into her office and showed me the T-shirt, hanging on the wall, he wore for the recording session mentioned in this video. She also said she attended his recent 50th birthday, and how Billie Joe had come full circle from the little blond boy she'd taught from ages 5 to 13, to "the whole rock 'n' roll thing he did," to back to being that sunny person again. What a great experience!

  • @laken8926
    @laken8926 Před 2 lety +25

    I adore that man so much

  • @kelseyleonard8054
    @kelseyleonard8054 Před rokem +7

    My older sister introduced me to Green Day when I was young in the mid 90s, they still played just smaller clubs, I loved the music and begged to go to a show at a club, but wasn't allowed to go cuz I was young lol. Billie was and still remains my first huge crush 🥰

  • @AJDoesStuff
    @AJDoesStuff Před 3 lety +27

    You did forget the heart tattoo on his middle finger...it was representative of his dad's death.

  • @IvanaJsphine251097
    @IvanaJsphine251097 Před 2 lety +12

    sweet family that seems impossible in rockstar industry, but for him it's possible. billie joe is adorable and very low profile even tho he's rich af. my favorite artist ever

  • @Captain.Basketcase
    @Captain.Basketcase Před 3 lety +24

    I watched Austin Powers yesterday and just saw this today... and my fiancé just watched a Raiders football game

  • @vincentcalcopietro6970
    @vincentcalcopietro6970 Před 2 lety +8

    Billie your a true gentleman and a real caring musician you’re fans come before your music. Thanks for the great sounds

  • @jesuslovesyou5384
    @jesuslovesyou5384 Před 3 lety +34

    My old band mate perfomed with him when they were basically nobody's

    • @joeymorvant161
      @joeymorvant161 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow!

    • @dudef594
      @dudef594 Před 3 lety

      so they performed with them recently? Let's face it, the only people who still listen to Green Day are fat balding smelly 40 year olds who never grew up.

    • @valentinamuscia6530
      @valentinamuscia6530 Před 3 lety +13

      @@dudef594 excuse me? hahah i’m 14 and it’s my favorite band lol

    • @masonthehuman9064
      @masonthehuman9064 Před 3 lety +7

      @@dudef594 yeah no. im also 14 and they have been my favorite band since the 3rd grade.

    • @justanothersherlockian7058
      @justanothersherlockian7058 Před 2 lety +1

      That is so cool!!!

  • @nuke2625
    @nuke2625 Před 3 lety +78

    Billie joe even performed last night on earth on mark zuckerbergs private wedding.

  • @Oneeyedhistorian
    @Oneeyedhistorian Před 2 lety +12

    I love this man I wish I could meet him someday

  • @nottopmaverick
    @nottopmaverick Před 2 lety +9

    imagine if we all knew billie joe armstrong as a famous football player💀

  • @shannonconnors9107
    @shannonconnors9107 Před 3 lety +20

    Fans know all of this😆😆😆

  • @user-hk8qj6nz5o
    @user-hk8qj6nz5o Před 8 měsíci +2

    Got a good heart❤

  • @haveyouheard9305
    @haveyouheard9305 Před 3 lety +21

    I realize everyone likes to make money off their work, but I have never seen a video on this site with this many commercials.

    • @dudef594
      @dudef594 Před 3 lety

      It's almost as if all this "f**k the establishment, f**k capitalism" punk music for middle class edgelords is just as corporate as the people they claim to hate.

    • @valemadre69
      @valemadre69 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dudef594 you're acting like billie joe himself put all these adds in 💀💀💀

  • @WellDarnett
    @WellDarnett Před 3 lety +7

    Anyone else notice how the dates never go in order so the statements don't actually match up.

  • @jamsplit
    @jamsplit Před 3 lety +27

    I don’t care I literally love Billie he’s amazing

  • @garethedwards7555
    @garethedwards7555 Před 3 lety +6

    Pretty sure the interview clip at the beginning of their song Maria is taken from the interview he spoke about in the beginning of the video

  • @kiko3228
    @kiko3228 Před 3 lety +12

    billie is king

  • @kmpro3737
    @kmpro3737 Před 3 lety

    Nice video

  • @paradoxproductions
    @paradoxproductions Před rokem +2

    Jacob’s middle name is Danger. Also the same middle name as Austin Powers.

  • @jameszgorzelski2859
    @jameszgorzelski2859 Před 2 lety +3

    Really tough to have that kind of focus throughout life and follow through. Inspirational, but for most of us, sadly, it's too late. I compare that to my basebal aspersions. Didn't know BJA was such a baseball fan.

  • @melissakennedy3676
    @melissakennedy3676 Před 2 lety +7

    Billie Joe is very handsome

  • @jakeplayz3017
    @jakeplayz3017 Před 2 lety +8

    it wasnt dookie he recorded after look for love it was 1,000 smoothed slappy hours

  • @user-hk8qj6nz5o
    @user-hk8qj6nz5o Před 8 měsíci

    He's a good soul! Love Moms and Pops ❤

  • @mik104
    @mik104 Před rokem +2

    "You may love Green Day's music, but how much you know about the frontman Billie Joe Armstrong?"
    Me: Are you f*cking challenging me !?

  • @afreakaboucher1316
    @afreakaboucher1316 Před 9 měsíci

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @habungangkha6080
    @habungangkha6080 Před rokem +1

    BJA is my childhood crush 😅

  • @kaiyotee2475
    @kaiyotee2475 Před 2 lety +4

    I was so worried this would be a callout.

  • @Btvstudio
    @Btvstudio Před 3 lety +16

    I own the record LOOK FOR LOVE

  • @mhafiyamsyar3377
    @mhafiyamsyar3377 Před 3 lety +2

    blue guitar look clean

  • @joshh-23
    @joshh-23 Před 3 lety

    8:12 what show is this?

  • @chasezly
    @chasezly Před 3 lety +1

    havent watched the video yet but i bet you there's a 3 minute segment about joey and another about the iheartradio incident

  • @jnlsportsnewsandupdatesjsn5614

    I WANT TO SEE BILLIE JOE AS THE NEW AUSTIN POWERS!

  • @danyeldoyle9685
    @danyeldoyle9685 Před 2 lety +1

    As a fan I knew all this!

  • @Motorbreath12
    @Motorbreath12 Před 2 lety

    I want to have a band but I don’t where find people for my band. Someone now where I can’t find members for my band?

  • @jnlsportsnewsandupdatesjsn5614

    He is Fink from The Network

  • @ciaran3629
    @ciaran3629 Před rokem

    Knew all of this pre American Idiot were so epic

  • @afreakaboucher1316
    @afreakaboucher1316 Před 9 měsíci

    💗💗💗❤️❤️❤️
    .

  • @maitemaite4160
    @maitemaite4160 Před rokem +1

    9:42 really cute picture

  • @marleythefrenchbulldog4237

    What’s with his instagram???

  • @dennisanderson7034
    @dennisanderson7034 Před 3 lety +6

    I got a tattoo in the same parlor he did in Madison Wisconsin.

  • @battery2720
    @battery2720 Před 3 lety

    wow

  • @RihannaBritney
    @RihannaBritney Před 3 lety +2

    Baysil Expedition?

  • @Pattern51lover
    @Pattern51lover Před 3 lety +2

    Lo that he’s a ginormous man child 😂🤣😂

  • @sillygal699
    @sillygal699 Před 2 lety +3

    9:07 yeah that didn't age well now did it

  • @austinmaser5127
    @austinmaser5127 Před 3 měsíci

    King of manifestation

  • @sonyagervasoni7662
    @sonyagervasoni7662 Před 2 lety +1

    We know everything 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Kinnakeeter
    @Kinnakeeter Před 3 lety +37

    I'm pretty sure that Billie Joe's wife wasn't too keen on Lady Gaga's kiss on her husband's cheek. 😅

  • @jimmyjarrett-ws2iz
    @jimmyjarrett-ws2iz Před 6 dny

    He wasn't 29 when Dookie came out.

  • @weronika1269
    @weronika1269 Před měsícem

    He is the best of the best and Green Day is the best too

  • @Casketkrusher_
    @Casketkrusher_ Před 2 lety +3

    Billie is friend with Tom Cruise, what lol

  • @marianneg2209
    @marianneg2209 Před 3 lety +3

    I DK, friends like his......???

  • @mr.channel6467
    @mr.channel6467 Před 3 lety

    Wy is it the the singer from Metallica say that he was ganna be a football player too? It’s like choosing between freedom and getting your head knocked around yelled at by coach

  • @Iffyish
    @Iffyish Před rokem

    Those who do not evolve will find themselves disconnected from The Network.

  • @ShanNixVlogz
    @ShanNixVlogz Před rokem +1

    good musician, but a great husband and father...

  • @blade8989
    @blade8989 Před 3 lety +8

    Not a big fan of green day but I respect their work

  • @dapper_gent
    @dapper_gent Před 3 lety +3

    just imagine if you were important like billie joel and your pain in the already bruised ass banned mates wanted to get PAID??? whoa man! big mistake

  • @yaelfeder9042
    @yaelfeder9042 Před rokem

    He looked like Chucky as a little kid, sorry😂

  • @Hunksta_Cartoons
    @Hunksta_Cartoons Před 11 měsíci

    If you're a fan of him, how do you know this?

  • @sokichibanba108
    @sokichibanba108 Před 3 lety +3

    Jesus of suburbia

  • @somerandomguy4760
    @somerandomguy4760 Před 3 lety +7

    Did you know Billie is related to Neil armstron

  • @MsRandom303
    @MsRandom303 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm a longtime fan of his, but I recently dreamed that I was on the Amtrak, he was nearby, and some creepy guy started groping me. I called out for help- loudly, so Billie could hear me- but he did nothing about it. Please tell me he'd do something about a clearly non-consenting woman being groped in real life.

    • @danrevlor3635
      @danrevlor3635 Před 3 lety +7

      wtf I've never read a more bizzar comment you need help.

    • @MsRandom303
      @MsRandom303 Před 3 lety

      @@danrevlor3635 Your reply leads me to believe that you are not a woman who's been through the bad shit I went through. If you were, you'd understand. But I can't make you. So instead I'll just block you. Bye-bye.

    • @NikkiDiddlyDoo
      @NikkiDiddlyDoo Před 3 lety +5

      @@MsRandom303 Why would that matter? Also I agree with the guy above, you need some help because I don't think it's good that you are having dreams of being groped. Also why would you block em they literally had a good point oof

    • @MsRandom303
      @MsRandom303 Před 3 lety

      @@NikkiDiddlyDoo It matters because it means that my perspective on life is different from his. He also said what he said in a judgmental way rather than being sympathetic.

    • @MsRandom303
      @MsRandom303 Před 3 lety

      Also, I AM seeking professional help about this. But the thing about people in situations like mine is, it means a lot to us to be able to speak up publicly and be validated.

  • @cabbage1791
    @cabbage1791 Před 2 lety

    I hope Cortney love likes Billie jo 😂

  • @sonyagervasoni7662
    @sonyagervasoni7662 Před 2 lety

    Better a baseball player

  • @hulkhogan7262
    @hulkhogan7262 Před 2 lety

    Go play for Chifes

  • @neriashleycabajar1985
    @neriashleycabajar1985 Před 2 lety

    that record cover is like a Beatles copy cat, really!

  • @bloohatesyou420
    @bloohatesyou420 Před 2 lety +2

    Joey turned out to be a disappointment

  • @unclerandal8214
    @unclerandal8214 Před 2 lety

    I love gay day!

  • @lilianmaher2809
    @lilianmaher2809 Před 3 lety +1

    Gaga is not original

  • @jesuslovesyou5384
    @jesuslovesyou5384 Před 3 lety +2

    Sounds like he was demonically possessed

  • @qanon1286
    @qanon1286 Před 3 lety

    Who?
    Oh...Greenday

  • @gwugluud
    @gwugluud Před 2 lety

    I know that he spells his first name like a girl.

  • @EnDependance123
    @EnDependance123 Před 2 lety

    Armstrong has always been a portishead

  • @joem9360
    @joem9360 Před 3 lety +1

    Used to love green day, their past 5 (arguable 6) albums were absolutely shite tho

  • @cjdrummer28
    @cjdrummer28 Před 3 lety +8

    The tragic details of Billy Joe Armstrong. The fact that he got into the rock n roll hall of fame before bands that deserved it more is tragic.

    • @joshbryant4629
      @joshbryant4629 Před 3 lety +1

      Who said anything about tragic?

    • @toad2117
      @toad2117 Před 3 lety +20

      Green Day deserved it plenty. They have thirteen albums in their discography, all very good albums, four of them great albums, they have been a band since 1986 and have been releasing music since 1991 with almost no lineup changes.

    • @cjdrummer28
      @cjdrummer28 Před 3 lety +6

      @@joshbryant4629 I was joking about all the Grunge videos about how almost every headline says "the tragic details ".

    • @cjdrummer28
      @cjdrummer28 Před 3 lety +4

      @@toad2117 I have to disagree. I think the bands that influenced Green Day should have gotten in before Green Day.

    • @joshbryant4629
      @joshbryant4629 Před 3 lety +5

      @@cjdrummer28 lol yeah that didn't hit me until after I replied. You are right about that.

  • @Glenrsi
    @Glenrsi Před 3 lety

    He is a freak.

  • @bobbydigital1419
    @bobbydigital1419 Před 2 lety

    He’s a nasty guy

  • @bryanv.8867
    @bryanv.8867 Před 2 lety +1

    We better get another Austin Powers movie before Mike Myers kicks the bucket