Yikes- Billie Joe Armstrong is 50. Happy 50th birthday to the once punkish frontman of Green Day who was born on 2/17/72. The eternally young Armstrong has a knack for writing quick and catchy songs and also lengthy rock operas. Green Day’s 1994 album Dookie has sold over 10 million copies and the rock opera American Idiot (2004) offered an array of radio singles and a broadway production – so clearly he can pen classics. Let’s watch Green Day in their early days at Berkley’s 924 Gilman St, a bit before they got famous quick soon after…
