School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. At age 15, Billie tried to go to an Operation Ivy concert, but he was refused entry. He prized it mostly, however, because of his relationship with Cole, another father figure after the death of Andy. He has five older siblings: David, Alan, Marci, Green Day fan community for discussing the latest band news & sharing audio, video He is married to Adrienne Armstrong (ne Nesser) and has two children, Joseph Marciano (Febuary 28, 1995) and Jakob Danger (September 12, 1998). ", and I say, "No that's trendy!". Many Green Day fans who listened to the record remarked the similarity between the two bands. It was also where Armstrong wrote Basket Case on his blue Fernandes Stratocaster. [64], Marc Spitz writes that, "Armstrong fetishized his teacher's guitar, partly because the blue instrument had a sound quality and Van Halen-worthy fluidity he couldn't get from his little red Hohner. We were playing too many Coliseum-style shows. "[85][86] In February 2014, he again discussed his bisexuality in a Rolling Stone article about the Green Day album Dookie, which he described as "touch[ing] on bisexuality a lot".[87]. He also uses his signature line now in many of his tours today. Foxboro Hot Tubs released one album, Stop Drop and Roll!! So it was a crazy year. Apart from working with Green Day and side-band Pinhead Gunpowder, Billie has proved himself busy in the music world, collaborating with many artists over the years. Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972 in Rodeo, California) is a member of the bands Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, and Pinhead Gunpowder. ", "There's nothing wrong with being a loser. [23] After returning home, Armstrong was arrested for driving under the influence on January 5, 2003, and released on $1,200 bail. They first met in 1990, at one of Green Days first shows in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Billie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. The company sells organic coffee beans and is said to be the first company to use mass-produced compostable bags and pods. '", "Do I want to change the world with music? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Joey went on to play drums in the Oakland-based band SWMRS until accusations of sexual misconduct and coercion were made against him in 2020. With their next album, Dookie (1994), the band broke through into the mainstream, and have remained one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s with over 85 million records sold worldwide. Occupation: Musician. albums and the performance at iHeartRadio, stating that during the band's 2011 summer tour of Europe, "I was at my pill-taking height at that time, medicating the shit out of myself". It was about being prolific for the sake of it. His mother worked at Rod's Hickory Pit restaurant in El Cerrito. Signing on to "The Voice" may be the most punk-rock thing Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has done in years. corner since "Longview" first showed up on MTV in 1994? Like the other tracks on 1994s Dookie, Basket Case was recorded in Fantasy Studios in Berkeley (which had previously played host to Aerosmith and Creedence Clearwater Revival ), with Rob Cavallo on production and the whiff of narcotics hanging in the air. In February 2020, Green Day released their latest album, Father of All Motherfuckers. He has also co-written songs with Penelope Houston ("The Angel and The Jerk" and "New Day"), and sung backing vocals with Melissa Auf der Maur on Ryan Adams' "Do Miss America" (where they acted as the backing band for Iggy Pop on his album Skull Ring ("Private Hell" and "Supermarket"). He died of cancer on September 10, 1982 when Billie was 10. The nationality of Bille Joe is American and he belongs to white ethnicity. Green Day Wiki is a FANDOM Music Community. Were not going to try and write Basket Case 12 times in a row for one record, instead the frontman, and he wasnt kidding. It got to the point where I wasnt even singing the lyrics any more, Armstrong told VH1 of audiences reaction to the song. Billie dedicated a song to him called "Why Do You Want Him". [April 2007]. Cole installed the Bill Lawrence L500XL Humbucker pickup in the bridge position at an angle similar to Eddie Van Halen's guitar Frankenstrat which caused Armstrong to be very influenced by Van Halen. 24 votes, 13 comments. He bought this guitar in 2000 just before recording the album Warning.[67]. His fathers name is Andrew Marciano Armstrong who was a Jazz musician and a truck driver. He replaced the original Broadway cast member Tony Vincent from September 28 to October 3. His mother got "Blue" from George Cole, who taught Armstrong to play guitar for 10 years. [54], In November 2014, Armstrong moved with his son Joseph to New York[55] and began working on another acting role, in the film Ordinary World. After a few performances, Hughes left the band in 1988; Dirnt then began playing bass and they became a three-piece band. WebBillie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. My mom was from Oklahoma, hence the name Billie Joe . Like the other tracks on 1994s Dookie, Basket Case was recorded in Fantasy Studios in Berkeley (which had previously played host to Aerosmith and Creedence Clearwater Revival ), with Rob Cavallo on production and the whiff of narcotics hanging in the air. John Kiffmeyer (19871990) Race or Ethnicity: White. [34] In 2013, Armstrong and singer-songwriter Norah Jones released the album Foreverly, consisting of covers of songs from The Everly Brothers' album Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. Green Day fan community for discussing the latest band news & sharing audio, video Twenty of his Gibson guitars are Les Paul Junior models from the mid- to late-1950s. But nobody's perfect, so why practice? In 2009, their hit American Idiot became a musical on Broadway.Apart from working with Green Day and side-band Pinhead Gunpowder, Armstrong has collaborated with many artists over the years. Gender: Male. Billie Joe Armstrong was born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California. His Fender collection includes: Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Telecaster, a Gretsch hollowbody and his copies of "Blue". Insomniac Tour Released the following year in 1995, Insomniac proved to be a darker and less accessible offering, written on cheap speed and shot through with the message that the party was over. When asked to look back to 1994 and Dookie selling 10 million copies, Billie Joe responds: "Gosh. Executive summary: Frontman for Green Day. Along with Hillcrest Elementary, Armstrong attended Carquinez Middle School and John Swett High School, both in Crockett, California, and later transferred to Pinole Valley High School in Pinole, California. Cole bought the guitar new from David Margen of the band Santana. They feel we weren't the originators of punk rock or we are not cool or whatever. [62], In 2019, Armstrong co-wrote and performed the track "Strangers & Thieves" on the album Sunset Kids by Jesse Malin.[63]. The net worth of Billie Joe Armstrong is $60 million as of 2023. I'm not as depressed as I used to be. In 2012, Green Day released a trio of albums: Uno!, Dos!, and Tr!. Before the release of Dookie put him on the rock star treadmill of tour bus bunks and five-star hotels, Billie Joe Armstrong lived in the basement of a dilapidated student house in the Californian college town of Berkeley. Nationality: United States. Race or Ethnicity: White. Then I drank my body weight in alcohol after that. Armstrong met his first serious girlfriend, Arica Pelino, at 924 Gilman Street on his 16th birthday. Twenty Years Ago Today: Woodstock 1994 Green Day The Early Years Thinking Out Loud: Billie Joe Armstrong The A-Z of Green Day In 1969, half a million people had been warned to stay away from the brown acid. Reprise Records Nimrod Tour There's nothing wrong with being a loser, it just depends on how good you are at it. ". Both models include a Gibson "H-90" pickup, exclusive to Armstrong's models. Billie Joe Armstrongs birthplace is inOakland, California, USA, and he was raised in Rodeo. School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. at Rod's Hickory Pit in 1987; their first performance under the name "Blue" also appears on the album cover of Insomniac. Contrary to popular belief, his birth name is actually "Billie Joe" and not "William Joseph". Sexual orientation: Bisexual. 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[84], Armstrong has identified himself as bisexual, saying in a 1995 interview with The Advocate, "I think I've always been bisexual. I was only 22. memorial to his father. His father worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway Inc. to support his family. He is the author of Walter Trout's official biography, Rescued From Reality, a music pundit on Times Radio and BBC TV, and an interviewer who has spoken to Brian May, Jimmy Page, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood, Dave Grohl, Marilyn Manson, Kiefer Sutherland and many more. WebBillie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. He dropped out of high school in order to place full-time focus on music. He made his debut his rock opera with his album American Idiot in 2004 which was one of the best albums in the history of rock music. Shortly after his split with Pelino, Armstrong began dating a woman he has identified only as "Amanda". The interviewers raised the question of selling out. Armstrong also provided lead guitar and backing vocals on 3 songs for The Lookouts' final extended play IV (1989).Hoping to clear his head and develop new ideas for songs, Armstrong traveled to New York City alone for a few weeks, renting a small apartment in the East Village of Manhattan. In April 2015, Armstrong opened Broken Guitars, a guitar shop in Oakland, California with fellow Pinhead Gunpowder member and longtime Green Day associate, Bill Schneider. [96], In 1990, Armstrong met Adrienne Nesser (the sister of professional skateboarder Steve Nesser) at one of Green Day's early performances in Minneapolis. Their second child, Jakob Danger Armstrong, was born on September 12, 1998. Publicity Listings WebBillie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. Before Fame Tr Cool (1990present), Raj Punjabi (1987) [47] Armstrong later said that the substances he had been abusing were alcohol and prescription pills for anxiety and insomnia. It didnt as media sensationalists would have you believe pogo its way into the punk history books without breaking sweat. So everything that comes from these people sounds somehow backhanded, like with the "Spin" piece. El Cerrito. And I wasnt. Rancid's lead singer, Tim Armstrong, asked Billie Joe Armstrong to join his band, but he refused due to his progress with Green Day. Ronnie Blake (20062007) Dave "E.C." Founded Adeline Records in Oakland, CA, in 1997. . Debut Album with Green Day: 39/Smooth (1990) First Film: Riding in Vans with Boys (2003) His mother was 40 years old when she gave birth to Billie. Debut Album with Green Day: 39/Smooth (1990) First Film: Riding in Vans with Boys (2003) His mother was 40 years old when she gave birth to Billie. Well, fuck yeah I want to change the world to a certain extent yeah. He states that his favorite guitar is a 1956 Gibson Les Paul Junior he calls "Floyd". [66] His Fender collection includes: Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Telecaster, a Gretsch hollowbody, Rickenbacker 360 and his copies of "Blue" from Fender Custom Shop. The basement wasnt just where Armstrong ate, slept and smoked although the bongs, empty pizza boxes and sagging couch bore witness to the fact that it was used for all three. Armstrong said that his abuse affected his judgment when putting the record together, saying, I thought my life was completely normal. A quarter of a century on, the bill featured, among others, Aerosmith, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and Primus. Armstrong has produced an album for The Riverdales. the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. He met Dirnt while attending elementary school, and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 14 years old. His height is 1.7 m tall, and his weight is 66 kg. Mike Dirnt (1987present) He died of esophageal cancer on September 10, 1982. | [23] However, the friends he made during this time drank too much for his liking, which was the catalyst for Armstrong's return to the Bay Area. (April 24, 2011) Third stint in "American Idiot" as St. Jimmy for the show's final weeks from April 5th through closing, April 24th. 72K subscribers in the greenday community. We walked around in our own clothes they just happened to be dresses. Minority is about being an individual. Money Money 2020 was released on Adeline Records, a record label co-owned by Billie. During his time in Hillcrest Elementary School, at the age of five, he recorded a song entitled Love For Love with Bay Area label Fiat Records. Billie has made several replicas of this guitar and uses them at concerts, as the original Blue was damaged during a concert, and is too fragile to tour with today. the song appears on. We wrote that record when I was 18, 19 years old, and it was at a time before punk became mainstream. They first met in 1990, at one of Green Days first shows in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [42][43], Armstrong gave an interview to Rolling Stone in March 2013 in which he said that he had "been trying to get sober since 1997, right around Nimrod". Billie Joe Armstrong does not have a girlfriend and he is not dating anyone right now. Records. Hindsight, as they say, is always 20/20. Today, Billie mainly uses Gibson and Fender guitars. Their drummerJohn Kiffmeyer was replaced by Tr Cool in late 1990. Billie Joe used to have a nose ring, but he took it out because it kept getting caught on his guitar. Billie Joe Armstrong is vocal about his disdain for organized religion. Won Best Rock Album for "21st Century Breakdown" at the 52nd Grammy Awards. On February 17, he celebrates his birthday and his zodiac sign is Aquarius. All these ice rinks around Europe, the US and Canada it gets really impersonal after a while. Gender: Male. Dropped out of high school one day before his 18th birthday. Tr Cool eventually replaced Sobrante in late 1990 when he left Green Day in order to go to college. His father, a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway, died of esophageal cancer on September 16, 1982, when Armstrong was 10 years old. Touring Europe. Billie was asked to join Rancid by lead singer Tim Armstrong, but he refused due to the progress with Green Day. [citation needed] At the age of 10, he met Dirnt in the school cafeteria, and they immediately bonded over their love of music. The first has been in production since 2006 and is modeled closely after "Floyd", Armstrong's original 1956 Les Paul Junior. He attended John Swett High School in Crockett and later he joined Pinole Valley High School. He attended Hillchest Elementary School in Rodeo, where a teacher encouraged him to record a song titled "Look for Love" at the age of five on the Bay Area label Fiat Records. 24 votes, 13 comments. The first time Billie Joe kissed Adrienne he went home and wrote ". It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. Life Without Warning Tour With momentum gathering, the band reissued the single in the UK (where it hit number 13 in February 1995) and planted a firm foothold with an incendiary set at that summers Reading Festival. Jason Freese (2006present) [45] Armstrong gave details of a gig at Irving Plaza in New York just over a week before the iHeartRadio incident, in which he "Threw back four or five beers before we went on and probably had four or five when we played. It was about being prolific for the sake of it. But acting for me, I'm pretty sure I don't know how to do that. He recorded harmonica and mandolin parts on (Nimrod and Warning), piano parts on 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (2010) and Tr!, and plays drums and bass occasionally. !, in 2008. He plays several other instruments as well as guitar. American Idiot Titans Figures, American Idiot (musical) The Network released an album called Money Money 2020. I had a kid at the same time, and I was married. [97] Their second son, Jakob Danger Armstrong, was born on September 12, 1998; he is a guitarist and singer-songwriter who released his first material online in 2015 and currently plays with the band Mt. How Billie Joe Armstrong wrote Green Day's game-changing three-minute classic Basket Case in a basement surrounded by pizza boxes. [36] The band later issued a statement apologizing for the incident and clarifying that their set had not actually been cut short. [71] Adeline Records closed in August 2017 following Magnarella's split from Green Day. WebRegarding age, Billie Joe Armstrong is 51 years old as of 2023. [56][57] The film got mixed reviews, although Armstrong's own performance was generally praised, with The Village Voice writing that he had "a low-key charm suggesting that, if he desired it, he could get more onscreen gigs in between albums. WebBillie Joe Armstrong was born in Piedmont, California, a small town surrounded by the city of Oakland, and was raised in Rodeo, California, the youngest of six children of Ollie (Jackson) and Andrew "Andy" Marsicano Armstrong. Now they were playing arena tours to punters who drank, fought, and left after Basket Case. Continue with Recommended Cookies. ', and I say 'No, that's trendy! At the same time Dirnt switched to bass and they became a 3-piece band. California punk band Rancid's lead singer Tim Armstrong asked Armstrong to join his band, but he refused owing to the progress with Green Day. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). He can also play the drums and often does so at live gigs. Twenty Years Ago Today: Woodstock 1994 Green Day The Early Years Thinking Out Loud: Billie Joe Armstrong The A-Z of Green Day In 1969, half a million people had been warned to stay away from the brown acid. He also uses Gretsch guitars. Pop Disaster Tour Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is the iconic lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the influential American punk rock band named Greenday. It's a very beautiful thing.". Henry Yates has been a freelance journalist since 2002 and written about music for titles including The Guardian, The Telegraph, NME, Classic Rock, Guitarist, Total Guitar and Metal Hammer. The character of Whatsername on the album American Idiot, and in the American Idiot musical, is based on Amanda. [22] He spent much of this time taking long walks and participating in jam sessions in the basement of Hi-Fi, a bar in Manhattan. [August 2004], Headlining on Roskilde Festival, Denmark (as. WebRegarding age, Billie Joe Armstrong is 51 years old as of 2023. [41] According to Claudia Suarez Wright, Tre Cool's ex-wife and the mother of Armstrong's godson, Armstrong had been drinking heavily in Las Vegas prior to the iHeartRadio Music Festival, following approximately one year of sobriety. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot and The Coverups. To them, if they don't know about it, it obviously wasn't cool enough to begin with. Armstrong replaced the L500XL with a white Yamaha Pacifica humbucker at Woodstock '94. He is already settled in his married life and spends quality time with his family. He spent much of this time taking long walks and participating in jam sessions in the basement of Hi-Fi, a bar in Manhattan. The Coverups In 1991, Armstrong joined the band Pinhead Gunpowder, consisting of bassist Bill Schneider, drummer Aaron Cometbus, and fellow vocalist/guitarist Sarah Kirsch. [29] The musical won two Tony Awards. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. [93] Amanda, however, was unimpressed with Armstrong; though the couple dated for some time, she ultimately left him in 1994 and joined the Peace Corps, leaving him feeling suicidal. It was the start of a (relative) career lull that ended with the release of American Idiot, and its hard to shake the feeling that this was Armstrongs attempt to compensate. He initially installed a Bill Lawrence pickup, but later switched to the Duncan JB model. [88][89][90] She inspired many of Green Day's songs, including "Christie Road", which was written about the local railroad tracks where she and Armstrong would sneak out to meet. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Green Birthplace: Oakland, CA. Like the other tracks on 1994s Dookie, Basket Case was recorded in Fantasy Studios in Berkeley (which had previously played host to Aerosmith and Creedence Clearwater Revival), with Rob Cavallo on production and the whiff of narcotics hanging in the air. Many of the bands core following had voiced concerns when they left Lookout! He wrote the song "Church on Sunday" about his wife Adrienne, convincing her to stay and not leave him. The album has sold more than 15,000,000 copies worldwide, fueled by the hit singles "American Idiot", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends". Garth Schultz [60], In April 2018, Armstrong formed the rock band The Longshot, and on April 20, the band released their debut studio album Love Is For Losers. Occupation: Musician. His mother Ollie worked at Rod's Hickory Pit. In June 2018, Armstrong was given honorary citizenship of Viggiano, the Italian commune from where his great-great-grandparents hailed, by Viggiano's mayor Amedeo Cicala. Bath Henwood (1990) but I do believe there are issues we can COME TOGETHER on", "Green Day say 'fascist' Trump could be a 'puppet for the Illuminati', "Green Day on Donald Trump and current state of America: 'I can't believe we're still alive', "Green Day blame rise of Trump on stupid white people", @billiejoearmstrong on Instagram - Billie Joe Armstrong endorses Biden-Harris, "Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong says he's 'renouncing' US citizenship after Roe v. Wade is overturned", "AOL Radio Listen to Free Online Radio Free Internet Radio Stations and Music Playlists", "SWMRS' Joey Armstrong Responds to Claims of Sexual Misconduct", "Foxboro Hot Tubs Stop Drop and Roll!!! Skene! Id rather write shit about myself than write shit about someone else.. I want to teach him not to be this macho freak. Billie Joe Armstrong got married to beautiful Adrienne Nesser on July 2, 1994. When asked to look back to 1994 and Dookie selling 10 million copies, Billie Joe responds: "Gosh. Armstrong's first guitar was a Cherry Red Hohner acoustic, which his father bought for him. One of the members of the band heard he wasn't allowed in, so they came out and personally escorted him into the show. He is joined in Green Day by drummer Tre Cool, bassist Mike Dirnt and guitarist Jason White . The group has released several extended plays and albums from 1991 to the present, and performs live shows on an intermittent basis.[20]. On September 21, 2012, during a Green Day performance at Las Vegas' iHeartRadio Music Festival, Armstrong became agitated onstage and stopped the band's set midway through their performance of the 1994 hit song "Basket Case". They recorded their debut studio album 39/Smooth and the extended play Slappy in 1990, which were later combined with 1,000 Hours into the compilation 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours in 1991. Billie's other ancestry includes Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, Scottish, Welsh, and possibly distant Cherokee Native American. Billie's paternal grandmother was of one half Italian, one quarter German, and one quarter Spanish, ancestry (her own mother was born in Mexico, to a German father and a Spanish mother). I think that impulsive behavior was meant to counteract the chaos in my life."[87]. So I kick over a garbage can and say. [91] When Armstrong began living in punk houses and warehouses at the age of seventeen, including the warehouse above a West Oakland brothel which ultimately inspired the song "Welcome to Paradise",[92] she would often stay with him, later saying, "I would stay with him sometimes in these warehouses full of crusty punks. Friends since the fifth grade, following the death from cancer of Andy Armstrong, Billie Joe, then aged 10, and Mike Dirnt grew especially close. He has also been confirmed to be part of a side project called The Network, which released an album called Money Money 2020. I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman. Kevin Preston (2019present), Gabrial McNair (19992001) Billie also has his own line of Les Paul Junior guitars from Gibson. A quarter of a century on, the bill featured, among others, Aerosmith, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails and Primus. He is listed as a "ginger traitor" in the book "The Ginger Survival Guide" for dyeing his naturally ginger hair. [75], Armstrong supported Barack Obama during the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections,[76][77] and Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential election. Later the band was renamed to Greenday in 1989. He was 22 years old. He got his first electric guitar at the age of 10. Wrote his first song, "Why Do You Want Him", when he was only 14 (the song appears on "1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours", He enjoys getting people up on stage to play instruments for the band when. Debut Album with Green Day: 39/Smooth (1990) First Film: Riding in Vans with Boys (2003) His mother was 40 years old when she gave birth to Billie. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk. With their next album, Dookie (1994), the band broke through into the mainstream, and have remained one of the most popular rock bands of the 1990s and 2000s with over 60 million records sold worldwide. Armstrong and Mike Pritchard's first live performance was at Rod's Hickory Pit in 1987; their first performance under the name Green Day was in Davis, a college town approximately an hour's drive northeast of San Francisco Bay.Armstrong's interest in music started at a young age. "[65], Both middle and neck pickups are disconnected and the pickup selector is locked in the bridge position, this also applies to his backup guitar and "Blue" copies, mainly Fender Stratocaster. He married Adrienne Armstrong on July 2, 1994 and they had two children together: Joseph and Jakob. [12] His great-great-grandparents Pietro Marsicano and Teresa Nigro were Italian immigrants from Viggiano who settled in Boston until 1869, when they moved to Berkeley, California. [7], Billie Joe Armstrong[8] was born in Oakland, California,[9] on February 17, 1972,[10] the youngest of six children of Ollie Jackson (born 1932)[11] and Andrew Marsicano Armstrong (19281982). Theres little to suggest that Green Day considered the song to be any stronger than the other potential hits on Dookie, and no evidence that they knew just what a phenomenon it would become. 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