# Jesus of Suburbia guitar solo > Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar solo on Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day (2004) starts at about 7:10. From the album American Idiot. Canonical URL: Green Day, 2004, from *American Idiot*. Solo by *Billie Joe Armstrong*. The nine-minute suite gives Armstrong room for a proper lead passage that bridges its movements, stacking melodic phrases over shifting power-chord changes. Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day is #1 in our ranking of the best Green Day guitar solos. The solo is played by Billie Joe Armstrong and the song was released in 2004. ## In our lists - [The Best Green Day Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/green-day-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2004](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2004/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Jesus of Suburbia? Billie Joe Armstrong played the solo on Green Day's Jesus of Suburbia (2004). ### What guitar was used on the Jesus of Suburbia solo? A gibson les paul junior through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)