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Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day , which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987.
James Andrew Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Frontman and chief songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong told Q, in May 2009: "It brings up 21st Century Breakdown in a lot of ways, and the 21-gun salute for someone that's fallen, but done in an arena rock 'n' roll sort of way." [1] According to Q, the song is "a mammoth power ballad with a chorus like Mott the Hoople's 'All the Young Dudes'."
Green Day have shared “Dilemma,” the third single from their upcoming album Saviors.The song arrives with a new Ryan Baxley-directed video, in which singer Billie Joe Armstrong is passed out ...
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day. Dave Hogan/MTV 2019/Getty Images for MTV Though Billie Joe Armstrong had the time of his life headlining the When We Were Young Festival, the Green Day frontman ...
We hope Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong had the time of his life in his Newport Beach, Calif., cottage because he's just thrown it on the market for a modest $1.895 million. Well, we think ...
"Pennies from Heaven" is a 1936 American popular song with music by Arthur Johnston and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and his Orchestra in the 1936 film of the same name .
Much of the song was written about the personal life of its writer, Armstrong. According to David Fricke of Rolling Stone, its opening lyrics "Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell" refer to Armstrong's birth year of 1972, while "We are the class of the class of '13" references his eldest son Joseph's high school graduation year of 2013. [3]