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rancid , devils brigade , dance hall crashers , downfall , , basic radio , shaken 69 , the silencers , the tim distillers , box car racer , the ljs , generator timebomb , danny diablo , jimmy cliff , gwen stefani , , green day transplants , operation ivy 1980 -- present fender sg gibson les paul gretsch tim armstrong electromatic hellcat acoustic acoustic 6-string gretsch country club hagström viking gibson lint , tim timebomb berkeley , california , united states lookout ! , hellcat , epitaph tim armstrong
 tim armstrong solo_singer 25 november 1965 vocals , synthesizer , harmonica , cigar box guitar , melodica , guitar , bass , drums , keyboards punk hardcore punk , reggae , ska , 2-tone , country rock , rapcore , ska punk , street punk , timlivesept2008.jpg albany , california , us timothy lockwood armstrong musician , songwriter , producer
tim armstrong

timothy lockwood armstrong -lrb- born november 25 , 1965 -rrb- , is an american musician , songwriter , and producer .
he is best known as the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup the transplants .
prior to forming rancid , armstrong was in the influential ska punk band operation ivy .
in 1997 , along with brett gurewitz of the band bad religion and owner of epitaph records , armstrong founded hellcat records .
in 2012 , through his website , armstrong started releasing music that influenced him , along with stripped-down cover songs of his own work under the name tim timebomb .
he has released at least one song per week since late 2012 .
armstrong is also an accomplished and sought-after songwriter for other artists .
armstrong won a grammy award for his work with jimmy cliff and pink and he has also worked with gwen stefani and joe walsh .
