BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG is the front man of the Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day. Green Day’s albums include 1039/Smooth Out Slappy Hours; Kerplunk; 1994’s Dookie, which sold 15 million copies and garnered their first Grammy (and inspired a raft of imitators); Insomniac; Nimrod; Warning; 2004’s landmark American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles and won two Grammys including Best Rock Album; 21st Century Breakdown (Grammy Award, Best Rock Album); and 2012’s consecutively released ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! (as well as the behind-the-scenes DVD ¡Cuatro!). In late 2013, Armstrong and Norah Jones released Foreverly, a tribute to the Everly Brothers’ 1958 album, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. The Tony and Grammy-winning musical American Idiot, featuring lyrics by Armstrong, music by Green Day and a book written by Armstrong and director Michael Mayer, debuted at Berkeley Rep in 2009 and opened on Broadway the next year. Throughout its run Armstrong made cameo appearances in the role of St. Jimmy. The recent documentary Broadway Idiot chronicled his road to the Great White Way. His other film and TV credits include This is 40; “Nurse Jackie”; Like Sunday, Like Rain; and the upcoming feature film Geezer. greenday.com
