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Billie Joe Armstrong playing Steve Jones' Les Paul on a stage in Paris
Billie Joe Armstrong just played Steve Jones’ iconic Sex Pistols Les Paul – which recently sold for $390,000 – with Green Day in Paris

By Janelle Borg Published

Armstrong used Steve Jones’ 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom to play Green Day protest song Know Your Enemy

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Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Anthony playing on stage
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play Van Halen hits with ex-VH bassist Michael Anthony

By Janelle Borg Published

Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt’s side-project, The Coverups, also covered Kiss, Nirvana, and David Bowie this past weekend

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Billie Joe Armstrong live in 2004 on the American Idiot Tour.
“Every band wants to have a Sgt. Pepper’s type of moment. And American Idiot was that moment for us”: Billie Joe Armstrong on the making of the magnum opus that saved Green Day

By Richard Bienstock Published

The world's biggest punk band faced a crossroads in 2004 and it was a case of go big or go home. Armstrong explains how they supersized their sound – and saved the band

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Billie Joe Armstrong
“I know my limitations, but at the same time I’m really pushing myself to be a better guitar player”: Billie Joe Armstrong on ripping solos like Angus Young – and what Green Day have in common with Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran

By Richard Bienstock Published

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong reveals the origin story behind Saviors, the punk superheroes’ first new album in four years, and looks back on the making of 1994’s Dookie

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Billie Joe Armstrong and Eddie Van Halen
“I loved Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. Then something happened where it was like you had to be in the guitar Olympics”: Billie Joe Armstrong explains why he rekindled his relationship with the guitar solo on Green Day’s newest album

By Matt Owen Published

Saviors might be the band’s most solo-heavy record to date – a result of Armstrong re-embracing lead playing and, as he tells Guitar World, putting “a spotlight on a little bit more of what I’m capable of”

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The cover of Guitar World's March 2024 issue
Green Day, Ace Frehley and George Harrison's last Beatles guitar – only in the new Guitar World

By Damian Fanelli Published

Plus! Code Orange, Johnny Marr, Chelsea Wolfe, Eddie Martinez, Marty Friedman, Adam Jones and the sad tale of Ted Nugent's original Gibson Byrdland

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Eddie Van Halen and Billie Joe Armstrong
“He looked at me and he goes, ‘You’re the only one that understands me. People think I’m an alien because of the way I play’”: Why Eddie Van Halen cried when he met Billie Joe Armstrong

By Matt Owen Published

A 12-year-old Armstrong cried when he witnessed Eddie Van Halen play live for the first time in the '80s. Years later, the roles would be reversed

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Axl Rose (left) and Slash perform onstage with Guns N' Roses
Three “God-like guitarists” join forces and stadium-conquering rockers channel their inner spy: This week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Must-listen-to tunes from Guns N' Roses, Architects, IDLES, The Libertines, Devon Ross, Ryujin and many more

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Billie Joe Armstrong guitars
Billie Joe Armstrong set to sell rare prototype Gibson guitars and tour-used gear in new Green Day Reverb Shop – and one of them will cost you nothing

By Matt Owen Published

Over 100 pieces of studio-used and stage-played gear – including the Gretsch from the Back in the USA music video – are going up for sale… and one lucky fan can win a one-of-a-kind Les Paul Junior

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Mike Dirnt of Green Day
“On Longview I used a Gibson bass. Then I broke the neck in half”: Mike Dirnt on the making of Green Day’s breakthrough single

By Nick Wells Published

Despite his legendary status with Fender, Mike Dirnt’s most memorable bassline was recorded on a mid-’70s Gibson

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