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Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, former members of the band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited (alongside Green Day and The Offspring) as being among the wave of bands that revived mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.
- 1991–present
- Brett Reed
- Berkeley, California, U.S.
Nov 2, 2021 · Berkeley’s Rancid, history’s most commercially successful street punk band, also have deep-running ska/rock steady/reggae roots. After all, both singer/guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt...
- Tim Stegall
Rancid are an influential ska-punk band formed in 1991 in Albany, California by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman.
- 1991-present
Feb 22, 2023 · When Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong formed Rancid in 1991, one of their founding principles was: “We don’t play ska.” They stuck to it on 1992’s self-titled, straight-up-punk debut, but ska was very much present on 1994 follow-up Let’s Go.
Jun 6, 2017 · The band’s eponymously titled debut full-length album arrived in 1993, pursuing an uptempo hardcore/skatepunk style with few hints of early British punk. Rancid had been seeking a second guitarist, and Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong even played live with the group at one show.
Rancid is a punk band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1991 from the ashes of Operation Ivy—a seminal ska-punk outfit featuring singer Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman—.
Jun 14, 2017 · Born out of the ashes of the greatest ska-punk band of all time, Operation Ivy, Rancid has failed in nine albums to match what Operation Ivy accomplished in their one. Still, they've come damn close twice with …And Out Come the Wolves and their second self-titled album, sometimes referred to as Rancid 2000.
