Billie Joe Armstrong Walks Into a Bar, Joins Cover Band on Green Day Song
Billie Joe Armstrong surprised both the patrons and the cover band at a bar over the weekend when he joined the band on stage to perform a Green Day song….
Billie Joe Armstrong surprised both the patrons and the cover band at a bar over the weekend when he joined the band on stage to perform a Green Day song.
The Green Day YouTube channel shared video from the surprise performance. The video is titled, "When you walk into a pub and the cover band starts playing your song."
The cover band, which is named Borderline Toxic, shared video of the performance via Instagram. They captioned the clip, "The moment your band gets joined on stage by your childhood idol to sing their own song with you… in your favorite dive bar!!" The band added, "Billie Joe Armstrong, thank you, you legend! This was the first band to get me into rock when I was 11 years old and I'm honestly just so made up. BRB crying/screaming/spewing."
Louder Sound notes this performance took place at Slim Jim's Liquor Store in north London. The stage at Slim Jim's is certainly smaller than Armstrong is used to these days. The venue notes the stage dimensions being "4'9" feet depth x 9'5" feet width + 5'5" feet extension."
Back in the early ‘90s, when Lollapalooza and MTV’s “120 Minutes” were the barometers of cool, you would have been excused for laughing if someone told you that Green Day would be one of a handful of bands of that era to stay relevant for two decades and would also get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
But the band who got famous from singing about being bored and stoned exceeded all expectations through soul, ambition and sheer songwriting chops. We ranked their 40 best songs from their days on indie label Lookout! Records through the new tracks from Father Of All… including radio hits, deeper cuts and even a few things from their side-projects. What’d we miss?
40. “Brutal Love” from ‘TRE’ (2012)
Reprise39. “East Jesus Nowhere” from ‘21st Century Breakdown’ (2009)
Reprise38. Green Day and the Cast of ‘American Idiot’ - “21 Guns” (2010)
Reprise37. “Troubled Times” from ‘Revolution Radio’ (2016)
36. The Network - “Roshambo” from ‘Money Money 2020’ (2004)
Reprise35. “See The Light” from ‘21st Century Breakdown’ (2009)
Reprise34. “Kill The DJ” from ‘UNO’ (2012)
33. “Father Of All…” from ‘Father Of All…’ (2020)
Reprise32. “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?” from ‘Kerplunk!’ (1992)
Lookout!31. “Working Class Hero” from ‘Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur’ (2007)
Warner30. “Brain Stew”/”Jaded” from ‘Insomniac’ (1995)
Reprise29. “2000 Light Years Away” from ‘Kerplunk!’ (1992)
Lookout!28. “King For A Day” from ‘Nimrod’ (1997)
Reprise27. “Horseshoes And Handgrenades” from ‘21st Century Breakdown’ (2009)
Reprise26. U2 + Green Day - “The Saints Are Coming” (2006)
Interscope25. “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” from ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
Reprise24. “Nice Guys Finish Last” from ‘Nimrod’ (1997)
Reprise23. “J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva)” from the ‘Angus’ soundtrack (1995)
Reprise22. “Coming Clean” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Reprise21. “Warning” from ‘Warning’ (2000)
Reprise20. “Pulling Teeth” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
19. “Armatage Shanks” from ‘Insomniac’ (1995)
Reprise18. “Whatsername” from ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
Reprise17. “When I Come Around” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Reprise16. “Hitchin’ A Ride” from ‘Nimrod’ (1997)
Reprise15. “She” from ‘Dookie” (1994)
Reprise14. “Geek Stink Breath” from “Insomniac’ (1995)
13. “Welcome To Paradise” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Reprise12. Foxboro Hot Tubs - “Stop Drop and Roll” from ‘Stop Drop and Roll!!!” (2008)
Jingle Town Records11. “Wake Me Up When September Ends” from ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
Reprise10. “Know Your Enemy” from ‘21st Century Breakdown” (2009)
Reprise9. “16” from ‘1,039/Smooth’(1990)
Lookout!8. “Minority” from ‘Warning’ (2000)
Reprise7. “21st Century Breakdown” from ‘21st Century Breakdown’ (2009)
Reprise6. “Holiday” from ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
Reprise5. “Walking Contradiction” from ‘Insomniac’ (1995)
Reprise4. “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” from ‘Nimrod’ (1997)
Reprise3. “Basket Case” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Reprise2. “Longview” from ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Reprise1. “American Idiot” from ‘American Idiot’ (2004)
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