Artist Biography
One of the key figures of American punk rock in the 1990s and onward, Tim Armstrong is best known as the singer and guitarist with the band Rancid, which he formed in 1991 after the dissolution of the influential ska-punk group Operation Ivy. Rancid's vintage, Clash-inspired sound entered the mainstream in 1995 with the release of the platinum-selling ...And Out Come the Wolves. In addition to his work with Rancid, who released their ninth long-player, Trouble Maker, in 2017, Armstrong fronts the hip-hop/punk supergroup Transplants, and in 2007 he issued his debut solo LP, A Poet's Life. He began releasing stripped-down acoustic songs under the moniker Tim Timebomb in 2012. Armstrong has also found success writing for other artists including P!nk, Joe Walsh, and Jimmy Cliff, with whom he earned a Grammy Award in 2012 for Best Reggae Album.
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