Billie Joe Armstrong Claims 'Punk Rock Invented Cancel Culture' and Says Green Day Were 'Outcasts
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#34;The worst thing you could call somebody back then was a rockstar," he says in an all-new episode of Audible Original's Words + Music, titled Billie Joe Armstrong: Welcome to My Panic
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Billie Joe Armstrong on Trump, Punk, and Green Day's Saviors
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Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Divisive 30-Year History
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Green Day
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5 Songs You Didn't Know Billie Joe Armstrong Wrote for Other Artists - American Songwriter
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Billie Joe Armstrong Claims 'Punk Rock Invented Cancel, 58% OFF
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Green Day: We Still Love Playing Punk Rock - Dig!
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Green Day
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Billie Joe Armstrong Lashes Out at High School For Cancelling Green Day Musical • Howl & Echoes
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Billie Joe Armstrong Claims 'Punk Rock Invented Cancel, 58% OFF
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Billie Joe Armstrong on Trump, Punk, and Green Day's Saviors
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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong 'regrets nothing' about helping make punk 'mainstream
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Billie Joe Armstrong: 'I Once Had a Punk Phase
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Billie Joe Armstrong Names Favorite Green Day Song + Album
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The Green Day way meant plenty of fun in Pittsburgh
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2015: Green Day's punk roots stem from a California elementary school cafeteria