Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong is, to me, a guardian of punk's soul. From Operation Ivy through Rancid and the Transplants, he has kept making music with grit and heart, and that gravelly, unmistakable voice is impossible to fake. What elevates him beyond performer is Hellcat Records, the label he co-founded to lift up other artists. He absorbs ska and hip hop without ever losing his edge, and decades in he hasn't gone soft or nostalgic. Armstrong feels like someone who genuinely believes in the street ethos he sings about, and that authenticity is rare.

Name (English)

Tim Armstrong

Name (Japanese)

ティム・アームストロング

Reading

てぃむ・あーむすとろんぐ

Born

November 25, 1966 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

Origin

Berkeley, California, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / record producer / guitarist / composer

High school

Albany High School

• Official sitehttp://www.ratsinthehallway.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/TimTimebomb
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Armstrong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503710

Tags

• California
• singer
• songwriter
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.