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{{short description|American musician (born 1965)}}
{{About|the musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Tim Armstrong
| image            = HF2023Rancid 2.jpg
| caption          = Armstrong performing in 2023
| birth_name       = Timothy Ross Armstrong
| alias            = {{flatlist|
* Lint
* Tim Timebomb
}}
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1965|11|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Albany, California]], U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[street punk]]
* [[ska]]
* {{nowrap|[[ska punk]]}}
* [[reggae]]
* {{nowrap|[[hardcore punk]]}}
* [[rap rock]]
}}
| occupation       = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* singer
* {{nowrap|record producer}}
* songwriter
}}
| instrument       = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
}}
| years_active     = 1985–present
| label            = {{flatlist|
* [[Lookout! Records|Lookout!]]
* [[Hellcat Records|Hellcat]]
* [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]]
}}
| current_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]]
* [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]]
* {{nowrap|[[Devils Brigade (band)|Devils Brigade]]}}
}}
| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
* [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]]
* [[Downfall (band)|Downfall]]
* [[Shaken 69]]
* {{nowrap|[[Dance Hall Crashers]]}}
* {{nowrap|[[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]]}}
* {{nowrap|[[Crimpshrine]]}}
}}
| website          = {{URL|timtimebomb.com}}
}}

'''Timothy Ross Armstrong''' (born November 25, 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/writer/Timothy+Ross+Armstrong|title=ACE Repertory|website=Ascap.com}}</ref>) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the [[punk rock]] band [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] and [[hip hop]]/punk rock supergroup [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]]. Prior to forming Rancid, Armstrong was in the [[ska punk]] band [[Operation Ivy (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 under the name [[Tim Timebomb]]. Armstrong is also a songwriter for other artists. Armstrong won a Grammy Award for his work with [[Jimmy Cliff]] and [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], and has also worked with [[Joe Walsh]] and [[The Interrupters (band)|the Interrupters]].

== Personal life ==
At the age of five, Armstrong met [[Matt Freeman]] while playing [[Little League Baseball]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Everynight Charley's Manhattan Beat: Eagles Of Death Metal, Breaking Benjamin, Rancid and More |url=https://www.theaquarian.com/2015/10/21/everynight-charleys-manhattan-beat-eagles-of-death-metal-breaking-benjamin-rancid-and-more/ |access-date=March 31, 2021 |publisher=The Aquarian |date=October 21, 2015}}</ref> They grew up a few blocks apart in [[Albany, California]], where Armstrong lived with his mother, father, and older brother, Jeff.<ref name="spin">{{cite news |last1=Gold |first1=Jonathan |title=In Punk We Trust |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/rancid-1995-cover-in-punk-we-trust/ |access-date=March 31, 2021 |publisher=Spin |date=October 1995}}</ref> Freeman and Armstrong formed bands many years later based on their shared love of bands such as [[the Clash]] and the [[Ramones]]. They both went to [[Albany High School (California)|Albany High School]].<ref name="spin" />

Armstrong's relationship with [[Bikini Kill]] drummer [[Tobi Vail]] inspired the Rancid song "Olympia, WA" from ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rancid-the-sweet-smell-of-success-59440/|title=Rancid: The Sweet Smell of Success|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 7, 1995}}</ref>

He was married to musician [[Brody Dalle]] from 1997 to 2003. They met in 1995, when Dalle was 16 and Armstrong was 30, after Rancid and Dalle's band Sourpuss both played [[Summersault (Australian festival)|Summersault Festival]] in Australia.<ref name="nme">{{cite news |title=Brody Gets Rid of Rancid Name |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-distillers-10-1383769 |access-date=April 2, 2021 |publisher=NME |date=September 25, 2003}}</ref> In 1997, when Dalle was 18, she moved to Los Angeles to live with Armstrong, and she formed the band [[the Distillers]].<ref name="nme" /> The couple separated in 2003, after Armstrong saw a picture of Dalle kissing [[Queens of the Stone Age]] frontman [[Josh Homme]] in an issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine; she and Homme would later marry.<ref name="nme" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feelnumb.com/2013/10/12/brody-dalle-covered-up-rancids-tim-armstrong-tattoo-after-hooking-up-with-qotsa-josh-homme/|title=Brody Dalle Covered Up Rancid's Tim Armstrong Tattoo After Hooking Up With QOTSA Josh Homme|date=October 12, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref> Homme claimed he received death threats from Armstrong's fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/queens-of-the-stone-age/news/homme-blasts-rancid-singer-over-dalle-treatment|title=Josh Homme In Fight With Tim Armstrong Over Brody Dalle|date=March 21, 2005|access-date=September 26, 2017}}</ref> Dalle claimed Armstrong was very controlling of her and it took her three years to leave him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/10/brody-dalle-interview-im-not-going-to-be-held-down|title=Brody Dalle interview: 'I'm not going to be held down'|first=Charlotte Richardson|last=Andrews|newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 10, 2014|access-date=September 26, 2017|via=theguardian.com}}</ref> Some of Rancid's songs on 1998's ''[[Life Won't Wait]]'' ("Who Would've Thought", "Corazón de Oro") detail Armstrong and Dalle's relationship, and songs on 2003's ''[[Indestructible (Rancid album)|Indestructible]]'' ("[[Fall Back Down]]", "Ghost Band", "Tropical London") deal with Armstrong's feelings about his divorce.<ref>{{cite news |title=RANCID TRANSFORM HEARTBREAK INTO INDESTRUCTIBLE PUNK ROCK |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1480054/rancid-transform-heartbreak-into-indestructible-punk-rock/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114043518/http://www.mtv.com/news/1480054/rancid-transform-heartbreak-into-indestructible-punk-rock/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |publisher=MTV |date=October 29, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bracelin |first1=Jason |title=Hard Day's Fight |url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/hard-days-fight/Content?oid=1484607 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |publisher=Cleveland Scene |date=November 19, 2003}}</ref>

Armstrong's cousin, Scott, was the guitarist for Canadian punk band Desperate Minds, but they did not know each other until they were introduced at a show in Chicago in 1988 by [[John Pierson (musician)|John Jughead]] of [[Screeching Weasel]].<ref>[http://jugheadsbasementtnh.podomatic.com/entry/2013-02-01T17_00_00-08_00 Episode 04 – Operation Ivy's Energy | Alternative Music Podcasts | PodOmatic], Jugheadsbasementtnh.podomatic.com (February 1, 2013); retrieved September 27, 2016.</ref>

== Music career ==
[[File:Lint.jpg|thumb|Armstrong in 1987]]

=== Basic Radio ===
[[Basic Radio]] was founded in 1985 and included [[Matt Freeman]] and Tim Armstrong. The band never released any albums or EPs, but recorded demos and were featured on local compilations. Two years later they broke up, and Operation Ivy was founded shortly after.

=== Operation Ivy ===
In 1987, along with singer [[Jesse Michaels]], bassist [[Matt Freeman]] and drummer [[Dave Mello]], Armstrong formed the [[ska punk]] band [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] and enjoyed modest success before the group disbanded in 1989, the same night the album was released. The band would go on to achieve worldwide cult success in the years following its break-up.<ref>{{cite news |title=JESSE MICHAELS REFLECTS ON OPERATION IVY AND EAST BAY PUNK 30 YEARS LATER |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/jesse_michaels_op_ivy_east_bay_interview/ |access-date=April 2, 2021 |publisher=Alternative Press |date=July 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fossum |first1=Melissa |title=Why Operation Ivy Will Always Be Better Than Rancid |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/why-operation-ivy-will-always-be-better-than-rancid-6592981 |access-date=April 2, 2021 |publisher=Phoenix New Times |date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>

=== Dance Hall Crashers ===
[[Dance Hall Crashers]] (named after the [[Alton Ellis]] song "Dance Crasher") was formed in 1989 by Armstrong and Matt Freeman<ref>{{cite web |url=http://larrylivermore.com/2012/03/15/scene-of-the-crime/ |title=Scene Of The Crime |author=Livermore, Larry |date=March 15, 2012 |publisher=Larry Livermore [blog] |access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> after both musicians expressed an interest in starting a band rooted in more traditional ska and [[rocksteady]] than what they had been playing with Operation Ivy. The first line-up featured Armstrong on vocals and Freeman on guitar, as well as drummer Erik Larsen, keyboardist Joey Schaaf, vocalist Andrew Champion, guitarist Grant McIntire, and bassist Joel Wing. The band played their first show at [[924 Gilman Street]] in Berkeley in 1989. Shortly after their debut, Freeman and Armstrong left to pursue other interests.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |title=Crashers' Course : Dance Hall's Path Furthers Young America's Education in a Hybrid of Ska-Pop-Punk |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-13-ca-24301-story.html |access-date=April 2, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 13, 1996}}</ref>

=== Downfall ===
[[Downfall (band)|Downfall]] featured Armstrong, Freeman, and Mello, as well as Mello's brother Pat, and Jason Hammon (also a later member of Dance Hall Crashers). Pat and Jason would both play guitar, while Armstrong took up duties on vocals. They lasted three months (December 1989 to March 1990), playing only at a few parties and twice at Gilman St. They released one song on [[Maximumrocknroll]]'s ''They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, but Boy, Do They Work Hard!'' compilation, one song on David Hayes' ''Very Small World'' compilation, one song on Lookout! Records' ''Can of Pork'' compilation, and recorded a demo. It disbanded when Freeman joined [[MDC (band)|MDC]] on bass while Armstrong was a roadie for the band, while Pat and Dave went on to form Schlong.

=== Rancid ===
As time went on, Armstrong suffered from depression and alcoholism, and eventually became homeless.<ref>{{cite web |last=Duxbury |first=Micky |url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/white_punks_on_warner_bros_/Content?oid=286084 |title=White Punks on Warner Bros. &#124; Feature &#124; Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage |publisher=Eastbayexpress.com |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206100031/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/white_punks_on_warner_bros_/Content?oid=286084 |archive-date=December 6, 2007  }}</ref> During this time, Freeman suggested the two start a new band together, partially in hopes of curbing Armstrong's alcohol addiction. Armstrong began writing songs in 1991 that would appear on their first album which was released in 1993. Their new band, [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]], would eventually go on to become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful [[punk rock]] bands of all time. Rancid has released ten studio albums since their formation with their latest, ''[[Tomorrow Never Comes (Rancid album)|Tomorrow Never Comes]]'', being released in 2023.

=== The Transplants ===
In 1999, Armstrong invited roadie [[Skinhead Rob|Rob Aston]] ("Skinhead Rob") to add lyrics to some solo material that Armstrong had been creating in his basement, and the two worked together writing and recording music. They formed the group [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]] with drummer [[Travis Barker]], of [[Blink-182]], and released their self-titled debut album on October 22, 2002. A second Transplants album, ''Haunted Cities'', was released on June 21, 2005. The Transplants break-up was confirmed by Rob Aston on January 16, 2006, when he told a reporter that the group had split. However, Barker later announced that the trio was working on a new album. They played their first show since 2006 on [[Conan (talk show)|Conan]] to promote Barker's new solo album, on which the song "Saturday Night" is featured. It was announced in November 2011 on the Transplants' official Facebook page that their new album would be "finished" in December 2011. Their latest album, entitled ''[[Take Cover (Transplants EP)|Take Cover]]'', was released October 13, 2017, on Epitaph Records.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

=== Solo albums/Tim Timebomb ===
[[File:20170617-261-Nova Rock 2017-Rancid-Tim Armstrong.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Armstrong in 2017]]
In 2007, he released his first solo album entitled ''[[A Poet's Life]]'' with [[the Aggrolites]] as his backing band. The track from that album "Into Action" was reported as the number one most played and requested in 2007 on then [[XM Satellite Radio]] channel [[Fungus 53]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.loubrutus.com/archive.html |title=Archive |publisher=LouBrutus.com |access-date=February 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111305/http://www.loubrutus.com/archive.html |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, he launched a side project under the name [[Tim Timebomb]], initially releasing a download only album, entitled "Tim Timebomb Sings Songs from RocknNRoll Theater", containing songs from his musical film series. Since October 29, 2012, he has released a series of songs via YouTube, at a rate of one track each day starting on October 29, 2012. These songs make up a series of download only singles, to date more than 200 tracks have been released, a mixture of original compositions, covers, and re-workings of his previous songs, including those of Rancid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://consequence.net/2012/11/rancids-tim-armstrong-to-release-new-album-as-tim-timebomb-and-friends/ |title=Rancid's Tim Armstrong to release new album as Tim Timebomb and Friends |website=Consequence.net |access-date=February 29, 2012}}</ref>

=== DOOM Regulator ===
In March 2023, Armstrong announced the formation of a new band called Bad Optix that featured his former Operation Ivy bandmate [[Jesse Michaels]], [[Circle Jerks]] drummer [[Joey Castillo]] and [[Trash Talk (band)|Trash Talk]] bassist Spencer Pollard. The group released their first single called "Raid" and Armstrong promised tons more songs to come. "I always felt a little sadness that Jesse and I stopped making music together. But we never lost touch. And then it happened. A few years ago we started writing songs again! A couple of the songs ended up on Grade 2's record. Jesse and I just started writing again a lot. It came back. Just like that. Like when we were kids. There is a special chemistry between us and I don't take it for granted" Armstrong said.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=
Operation Ivy's Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong Form New Band|url=https://consequence.net/2023/03/operation-ivy-jesse-michaels-tim-armstrong-new-band-bad-otix/|access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Consequence of Sound |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=BAD OPTIX - Raid New Single Out Now|url=https://badoptix.ffm.to/raid |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=badoptix.ffm.to |language=en-US}}</ref> Less than a week after announcing the formation of the band, the band changed their name to DOOM Regulator due to a band from [[Seattle]] already being called Bad Optics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-03 |title=DOOM REGULATOR (TIM ARMSTRONG AND JESSE MICHAELS OF OPERATION IVY) SHARE DEBUT SINGLE "RAID"|url=https://www.epitaph.com/news/article/bad-optix-tim-armstrong-and-jesse-michaels-of-operation-ivy-share-debut-sin |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=epitaph.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=DOOM Regulator|url=https://www.facebook.com/doomregulator/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=facebook.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Other projects ===
Armstrong produced and co-wrote eight songs with [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] for her 2003 album ''[[Try This]]''. Her song, "[[Trouble (Pink song)|Trouble]]", a 2003 Rancid outtake, went on to win her a Grammy Award. He has also contributed guest vocals on songs for such bands as [[Bad Religion]], [[7 Seconds (band)]], Time Again, [[the Matches]], [[Mest]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[Head Automatica]], [[the Aggrolites]], [[The Interrupters (band)|the Interrupters]], [[Cypress Hill]], and [[Box Car Racer]]. He and Matt Freeman also play in a psychobilly band called [[Devils Brigade (band)|Devils Brigade]], and he co-produced their debut album.

It was announced on August 12, 2011, that Tim Armstrong was working on an album with reggae artist [[Jimmy Cliff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/43901 |title=Jimmy Cliff working on new album with Tim Armstrong |date=August 12, 2011 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref> Their first single, a cover of [[the Clash]] song "[[The Guns of Brixton]]", was released on October 4, 2011. Sacred Fire EP was released late November 2011. [[Rebirth (Jimmy Cliff album)|Rebirth]] was released in July 2012 and won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. And in 2012, Armstrong wrote and performed on [[Joe Walsh]]'s song "Hi-Roller Baby" from his solo album [[Analog Man (album)|Analog Man]]. Armstrong also helped with [[Anti-Flag]]'s song "Brandenburg Gate".{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

Though they share a last name and frequently collaborate, Armstrong and [[Green Day]] frontman [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] are not related.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-rancids-tim-armstrong-form-supergroup-called-armstrongs/|title=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Rancid's Tim Armstrong form supergroup called Armstrongs|website=Consequence.net|date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Green Day has covered Operation Ivy songs on their past albums, Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote and performed on Rancid's song "Radio", and was invited by Tim Armstrong to join Rancid as a second guitarist in 1993. He declined, and [[Lars Frederiksen]] got the job. Tim directed the music video for Green Day's 2016 single "[[Bang Bang (Green Day song)|Bang Bang]]". He also plays a punk, seen during the song's bridge.<ref>Lecaro, Lina. (April 22, 2009) [http://www.laweekly.com/2009-04-23/la-vida/punkissance-man/ LA People 2009: Punkissance Man – Tim Armstrong], laweekly.com; retrieved September 27, 2016.</ref> In 2017, Tim Armstrong and Billie Joe Armstrong, together with Tim's nephew Rey Armstrong and Billie Joe's son Joey Armstrong, formed the band the Armstrongs and released their first single "If There Was Ever a Time".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/billie-joe-armstrong-forms-punk-supergroup-the-armstrongs-w492510|title=Billie Joe Armstrong, Rancid's Tim Armstrong Form Punk Supergroup|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>

Armstrong also co-produced the EP ''Footprints and Broken Branches'' in 2019 by the Los Angeles-based country musician Rosy Nolan along with Kenny Feinstein of the band [[Water Tower (band)|Water Tower]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCall |first=Mindy |date=2019-09-16 |title=Exclusive Interview with Rosy Nolan |url=https://indiepulsemusic.com/2019/09/15/exclusive-interview-with-rosy-nolan/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=IndiePulse Music Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

In May 2021, Armstrong along with fellow Rancid bandmate [[Matt Freeman]], Fletcher Dragge ([[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]]), Byron McMackin (Pennywise), and [[Mike Muir]] ([[Suicidal Tendencies]]) formed a punk rock [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] called the Crew.<ref name="breihan">{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=Members Of Rancid, Pennywise, & Suicidal Tendencies Form Punk Supergroup The Crew & Share Debut Single "One Voice"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2148110/members-of-rancid-pennywise-suicidal-tendencies-form-punk-supergroup-the-crew-share-debut-single-one-voice/music/|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=May 18, 2021|access-date=May 18, 2021}}</ref> The band's first single, "One Voice", was released on Epitaph Records.<ref name="breihan" />

== Hellcat Records ==
Armstrong started [[Hellcat Records]] in 1997 as a sub-label of [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]], owned by Armstrong's friend and [[Bad Religion]] member [[Brett Gurewitz]]. Armstrong acts as a talent scout for Hellcat, and has final say concerning what groups are signed to the label. Armstrong was one of the owners of the merchandise manufacturer Machete Mfg,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.machetemfg.com/ |title=Punk T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Stickers, Buttons, Patches, etc |publisher=Machete Mfg |access-date=November 1, 2011}}</ref> which provides merchandise for bands on Hellcat Records.

== Signature model guitars ==
In 2010, [[Gretsch]] Guitars introduced the G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic guitar. The single cutaway hollowbody electric guitar featured a 17" wide body in a flat-black urethane finish, parallel tone bars and [[sound post]], two "Black Top" Filter'Tron [[Pickup (music technology)|pickups]], Grover tuners, big block [[fretboard]] inlays, a harp tailpiece and gold-plated hardware. Gretsch advertising for the model prominently features Armstrong with the guitar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gretschguitars.com/resources/Tim%20Armstrong.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202014158/http://www.gretschguitars.com/resources/Tim%20Armstrong.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Gretsch Specification Sheet|archive-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref> Armstrong's signature model is based on his 1971 Baldwin-era Gretsch Country Club which he spray-painted black and flipped to accommodate his [[left-handed]] playing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifthfret.org/2010/01/tim-armstrong-gretsch-electromatic.html |title=Tim Armstrong Gretsch Electromatic |publisher=The Fifth Fret |date=January 18, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011}}</ref>

The signature model is available in both right and left-handed models. Fender also put out a signature acoustic model based on Armstrong's favorite 1960s era Fender acoustic guitar. The "Hellcat" has hellcat inlays in the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th fret positions and two skulls in the 12th fret. It is outfitted with a tortoise shell pick guard and Fishman brand electronics. It is available in right and left handed models, as well as a 12-string version.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

== Discography ==
=== Solo ===
* ''[[A Poet's Life]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Tim Timebomb]] Sings Songs from RocknNRoll Theater'' (2012)
* ''[[Tim Timebomb]] singles series'' (2012-ongoing)

=== with [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] ===
* ''[[Hectic]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|Energy]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Plea for Peace (EP)|Plea for Peace]]'' (1992)
* ''[['69 Newport]]'' (1993)
* Under The Gun (Live Claremont '88) (2022)

=== with [[Downfall (band)|Downfall]] ===
* "Long Way to Go" (''They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard!'', 1989)
* "New Regulations" (''Very Small World'', 1991)
* "North Berkeley" (''[[Can of Pork]]'', 1992)
* "My City" (''Later That Same Year'', 1992)

=== with Special Forces ===
* "Red White and Blue" (1991)

=== with [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] ===
{{Main|Rancid discography}}
* ''[[Rancid (EP)|Rancid]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Rancid (1993 album)|Rancid]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Radio Radio Radio]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Let's Go (Rancid album)|Let's Go]]'' (1994)
* ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Life Won't Wait]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Rancid (2000 album)|Rancid]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Indestructible (Rancid album)|Indestructible]]'' (2003)
* ''[[B Sides and C Sides]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Let the Dominoes Fall]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Honor Is All We Know]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Trouble Maker (album)|Trouble Maker]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Tomorrow Never Comes (Rancid album)|Tomorrow Never Comes]]'' (2023)

=== with [[Shaken 69]] ===
* "Rudy Rudy" (''A Slice of Lemon'', 1995)

=== with The Silencers ===
* "Policeman" ([[Give 'Em the Boot (album)|''Give 'Em the Boot'']], 1997)

=== with Nocturnal ===
* "Tell Me What You're Feeling" (''[[Give 'Em the Boot II]]'', 1999)

=== with [[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]] ===
* ''[[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (album)|Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Viking (album)|Viking]]'' (2004)

=== with [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]] ===
{{Main|Transplants discography}}
* ''[[Transplants (album)|Transplants]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Haunted Cities]]'' (2005)
* ''[[In a Warzone]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Take Cover (Transplants EP)|Take Cover]]'' (2017)

=== with [[Devils Brigade (band)|Devils Brigade]] ===
* "Stalingrad" / "Psychos All Around Me" (2003)
* "Vampire Girl" / "What Have You Done Lately" / "Ride Harley Ride" (2005)
* ''[[Devils Brigade (album)|Devils Brigade]]'' (2010)

=== with Armstrongs ===
* "If There Was Ever a Time" (2017)

=== with DOOM Regulator ===
* "Raid" (2023)

=== Guest appearances ===
* "Television" by [[Bad Religion]] ([[Stranger than Fiction (Bad Religion album)|''Stranger than Fiction'']], 1994) – vocals
* “gotta go” by [[Agnostic Front]], (1998) backing vocals
* "Cat Like Thief" by [[Box Car Racer]] (''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'', 2002) – vocals
* "Dance Party Plus" by [[Head Automatica]] (''[[Decadence (album)|Decadence]]'', 2004) – vocals
* "What's Your Number" by [[Cypress Hill]] ("[[Till Death Do Us Part (Cypress Hill album)|Till Death Do Us Part]]", 2004) - backing vocals, guitar
* "The Stories Are True" by [[Time Again]] (''[[The Stories Are True]]'', 2006) – vocals
* "Outlaw" by [[Lordz of Brooklyn|The Lordz]] (''The Brooklyn Way,'' 2006) - featured guest
* "Ghosts" and "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action" by [[Skye Sweetnam]] (''[[Sound Soldier]]'', 2007) – backing vocals, songwriting, production
* "Sex And Violence" by [[Danny Diablo]] (''[[International Hardcore Superstar]]'', 2009) – vocals, production
* "6 Feet Underground" and "Push Em" by [[Yelawolf]] & [[Travis Barker]] (''[[Psycho White]]'', 2012) – vocals
* "Hi-Roller Baby" by [[Joe Walsh]] (''[[Analog Man (album)|Analog Man]]'', 2012) – songwriting, guitar
* "Booted out of Hell" by [[The King Blues]] (''[[Long Live the Struggle]]'', 2012) – vocals
* "Family" by [[The Interrupters (band)|The Interrupters]] (''The Interrupters'', 2014) – vocals
* "Brandenburg Gate" by [[Anti-Flag]] (''[[American Spring (Anti-Flag album)|American Spring]]'', 2015) – vocals
* "Discovery" by [[Adil Omar]] (''[[Transcendence (Adil Omar album)|Transcendence]]'', 2018) – songwriting, guitar
* "No Peace No Justice" by [[Jordan Cardy|RAT BOY]] (''[[Internationally Unknown]]'', 2019) – vocals, production
*"Streetsweeper" by SECTION H8 (''Welcome to the Nightmare,'' 2021) – vocals
*"The Final Parade" by [[The Mighty Mighty BossTones]] (''[[When God Was Great]]'', 2021) – vocals
*"Dancing On The Radio" by [[Angel Dust (American band)|Angel Du$t]] (''"YAK": A Collection Of Truck Songs'', 2021) – vocals
*”As We Live” by [[The Interrupters (band)|The Interrupters]] (''In the Wild'', 2022) - vocals

== Production discography ==
* ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]'' (1995) by Rancid - <small>(co-produced by [[Jerry Finn]] and Rancid)</small>
* ''[[Answer That and Stay Fashionable]]'' (1995) by [[AFI (band)|AFI]] - <small>(co-produced with AFI, [[Brett Reed]] and Doug Sangalang)</small>
* ''East Los Presents'' (1997) by Union 13
* ''At Ease'' (1997) by [[The Gadjits]]
* ''[[Life Won't Wait]]'' (1998) by Rancid - <small>(co-produced with [[Lars Frederiksen]])</small>
* ''[[F-Minus]]'' (2000) by [[F-Minus]]
* ''[[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (album)|Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]]'' (2001) by [[Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards]]
* ''[[Mediocre Generica]]'' (2001) by [[Leftöver Crack]] - <small>(co-produced with [[Stza]])</small>
* ''[[Transplants (album)|Transplants]]'' (2002) by Transplants - <small>(co-produced with [[Dave Carlock]])</small>
* ''[[Try This]]'' (2003) by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] - <small>(co-produced with [[Billy Mann]], Jonathan S. Davis, [[Damon Elliott]], [[John Fields (record producer)|John Fields]], [[William Orbit]] and [[Linda Perry]])</small>
* ''[[Viking (album)|Viking]]'' (2004) by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* ''[[Haunted Cities]]'' (2005) by Transplants - <small>(co-produced with [[Dave Carlock]], also exec. produced by Armstrong)</small>
* ''[[Hardcore 4 Life]]'' (2005) by [[Danny Diablo]]
* ''[[The Stories Are True]]'' (2006) by [[Time Again]] - <small>(executive produced with Time Again)</small>
* ''[[Decomposer (album)|Decomposer]]'' (2006) by [[The Matches]] - <small>(co-produced with Miles Hurwitz, [[Mark Hoppus]], Matt Radosevich, [[John Feldmann]], Mike Green, Johnny Genius, Ryan Divine, [[Nick Hexum]] and [[Brett Gurewitz]])</small>
* ''[[Live Freaky! Die Freaky!]]'' (2006) by [[John Roecker]]
* ''[[Sound Soldier]]'' (2007) by [[Skye Sweetnam]] - <small>(co-produced with [[The Matrix (production team)|The Matrix]] and [[Soulshock & Karlin|Soulshock and Karlin]])</small>
* ''[[Thugcore 4 Life]]'' (2007) by Danny Diablo - <small>(co-produced with [[Dante Ross]], John Morrical, [[Necro (rapper)|Necro]], Zuess, [[Lord Ezec]] and DJ Spae)</small>
* ''[[Devils Brigade (album)|Devil's Brigade]]'' (2010) by [[Devil's Brigade (band)|Devil's Brigade]] - <small>(co-produced with [[Ryan Foltz]])</small>
* ''Sacred Fire EP'' (2011) by [[Jimmy Cliff]]
* ''[[Analog Man (album)|Analog Man]]'' (2012) by [[Joe Walsh]] – <small>(co-produced with [[Jeff Lynne]] and Joe Walsh.)</small>
* ''[[Rebirth (Jimmy Cliff album)|Rebirth]]'' (2012) by Jimmy Cliff – Won [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album]]
* ''The Interrupters'' (2014) by [[The Interrupters (band)|The Interrupters]]
* ''Say It Out Loud'' (2016) by The Interrupters
* ''Fight the Good Fight'' (2018) by The Interrupters
* ''[[Internationally Unknown]]'' (2019) by [[Jordan Cardy|RAT BOY]] - <small>(co-produced with RAT BOY)</small>
* "Get Me Ready" (2023) song by [[Pepper (band)|Pepper]]
*''[[One More Time...]]'' (2023) by [[Blink-182]] - {{Small|(co-produced with [[Travis Barker]])}}

== Filmography ==
* ''Larry Is Dead'' (1995) – director, actor, producer
* ''[[Live Freaky! Die Freaky!]]'' (2003) – producer, narrator
* ''[[The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things]]'' (2004) – actor
* ''[[Give 'Em the Boot]]'' (2005) – producer
* ''[[Punk's Not Dead (2007 film)|Punk's Not Dead]]'' (2007) – producer
* "Rock N Roll Theater" (2011) – actor, producer, writer
* ''[[The X-Files]]'' (2016) – actor in episode [[Home Again (The X-Files)|"Home Again" (''The X-Files'')]]
* The Twilight Zone (2020) – actor in episode "8" (The Twilight Zone)
*Freaky Tales

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110310122919/http://www.rancidrancid.com/ Rancid official website]
*[http://www.timtimebomb.com/ Tim Timebomb official website]

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