Editing Tim Armstrong (section)

== 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>