Premiering with little notice in April 2018, The Longshot is the punk-inflected powerpop/surf rock group masterminded by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. He recorded the band's debut, Love Is For Losers, sometime after Green Day's 2016 Revolution Radio album, possibly by himself; the only other credited musician on the record is his son Joey (also play in SWMRS), who drummed on "Happiness".
Armstrong went on the road with bassist Jeff Matika, who tours with Green Day as a guitarist, guitarist Kevin Preston and drummer David S. Field, who both play in Prima Donna and The Skulls; Preston also plays in Foxboro Hot Tubs, another side project for Billie Joe.