Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong (full name Timothy Lockwood Armstrong, born November 25, 1966) is a musician. He was born in Oakland, California to a hardworking mother and an alcoholic father. He has two older brothers. He showed interest in music at an ea

Tim Armstrong (full name Timothy Lockwood Armstrong, born November 25, 1966) is a musician. He was born in Oakland, California to a hardworking mother and an alcoholic father. He has two older brothers. He showed interest in music at an early age: he became a fan of punk music at the age of 9.

He was in the punk/ska band Operation Ivy from their beginning in 1987 under the nickname "Lint". Operation Ivy continued until its demise in 1989. He then founded two relatively unsuccessful bands called the Dance Hall Crashers and Downfall but later went on to greater fame with the very successful Rancid, founded in 1991.