23 Facts About Tim Armstrong

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Timothy Ross Armstrong was born on November 25,1965 and is an American musician, songwriter and record producer.

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In 1997, along with Brett Gurewitz of the band Bad Religion and owner of Epitaph Records, Tim Armstrong founded Hellcat Records.

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Tim Armstrong won a Grammy Award for his work with Jimmy Cliff and Pink, and has worked with Joe Walsh.

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At the age of five, Tim Armstrong met Matt Freeman while playing Little League Baseball.

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Freeman and Tim Armstrong formed bands many years later based on their shared love of bands such as The Clash and the Ramones.

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Tim Armstrong was married to musician Brody Dalle from 1997 to 2003.

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The couple separated in 2003, after Tim Armstrong saw a picture of Dalle kissing Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine; she and Homme would later marry.

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8.

Dalle claimed Tim Armstrong was very controlling of her and it took her three years to leave him.

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In 1987, along with singer Jesse Michaels, bassist Matt Freeman and drummer Dave Mello, Tim Armstrong formed the ska punk band Operation Ivy and enjoyed modest success before the group disbanded in 1989, the same night the album was released.

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Shortly after their debut, Freeman and Tim Armstrong left to pursue other interests.

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Pat and Jason would both play guitar, while Tim Armstrong took up duties on vocals.

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Tim Armstrong began writing songs in 1991 that would appear on their first album which was released in 1993.

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In 1999, Tim Armstrong invited roadie Rob Aston to add lyrics to some solo material that Tim Armstrong had been creating in his basement, and the two worked together writing and recording music.

14.

In March 2023, Tim Armstrong announced the formation of a new band called Bad Optix that featured his former Operation Ivy bandmate Jesse Michaels, Circle Jerks drummer Joey Castillo and Trash Talk bassist Spencer Pollard.

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The group released their first single called "Raid" and Tim Armstrong promised tons more songs to come.

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Tim Armstrong produced and co-wrote eight songs with Pink for her 2003 album Try This.

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Tim Armstrong has contributed guest vocals on songs for such bands as Bad Religion, 7 Seconds, Time Again, The Matches, Mest, Good Charlotte, Head Automatica, The Aggrolites, The Interrupters and Box Car Racer.

18.

Green Day has covered Operation Ivy songs on their past albums, Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote and performed on Rancid's song "Radio", and was invited by Tim Armstrong to join Rancid as a second guitarist in 1993.

19.

Tim Armstrong directed the music video for Green Day's 2016 single "Bang Bang".

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Tim Armstrong plays a punk, seen during the song's bridge.

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Tim Armstrong co-produced the EP Footprints and Broken Branches in 2019 by the Los Angeles based country musician Rosy Nolan along with Kenny Feinstein of the band Water Tower.

22.

Tim Armstrong started Hellcat Records in 1997 as a sub-label of Epitaph, owned by Tim Armstrong's friend and Bad Religion member Brett Gurewitz.

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Tim Armstrong was one of the owners the merchandise manufacturer Machete Mfg, which provides merchandise for bands on Hellcat Records.