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[[File:Billie Joe Armstrong.jpg | 200px | right | thumb |Billie Joe Armstrong]] [[Category:Influenced by Morrissey / The Smiths]] ==Relevance== In a now deleted 2019 Instagram post, Armstrong was quoted as saying: <blockquote> "Hey y’all! I had the honour of sharing a microphone with Morrissey on a song. Unreal! Thank you Morrissey! You are truly a legend.” </blockquote> In a [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/07/green-day-rocknroll-helps-you-dance-through-the-apocalypse 2020 Guardian interview], they frame and then quote his response around their duet: <blockquote> "Last year Armstrong duetted with Morrissey on his covers album California Son – a terrible look in the wake of Morrissey’s vocal support for far-right organisations and individuals. “I wasn’t aware until the song came out,” says Armstrong. “We do the song, and he was very lovely, and then the song comes out and a lot of Brits were like: what the hell are you doing? I really did not have a clue … ” Bewitched by the singer’s status as an 80s indie godhead, he simply failed in his due diligence. Cool pipes up, giggling: “Hey, we’ve all got our Ted Nugents, right?” – a reference to the US rocker and gun enthusiast." </blockquote>
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