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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 · November 2, 2021. [Photo via Spotify] Berkeley’s Rancid, history’s most commercially successful street punk band, also have deep-running ska/rock steady/reggae roots. After all, both...
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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.
- … And Out Come the Wolves (1995) This is the worst to best of Rancid, but, to be perfectly honest, were we to do the worst to best of Epitaph Records, or even punk rock, …And Out Come the Wolves would still be sitting here at the top of the pile.
- Life Won’t Wait (1998) Rancid have been compared to The Clash a lot. Back when their fourth album was released, with the band having gone to Kingston, Jamaica to record parts of it, the naysayers lined up to sneer that it was more Clash cosplay, just a riff on that band’s 1980 effort Sandinista.
- Let’s Go (1994) The first Rancid album to feature the talents of former UK Subs guitarist Lars Frederiksen, Let’s Go is the moment where the Rancid that we know and love were truly born.
- Indestructible (2003) In the aftermath of Armstrong’s well publicised split from his then-wife, Brody Dalle of The Distillers, Rancid returned with an album that musically harked back to the most beloved period of their career.
- Paul Brannigan
- Ruby Soho (1995) At their best, Tim Armstrong’s lyrics conjure up wonderfully vivid portraits of life on the margins, with bruised hearts and wandering souls seeking out connections as the world swirls around them.
- Time Bomb (1995) The biggest single of Rancid’s career, this ridiculously catchy ska-punk anthem, powered by a vamping Hammond organ, taps into both gangster movie imagery and ska iconography to tell a tale of a rebellious kid fighting his way up from the streets to become a respected, feared and ultimately marked for death underworld king-pin.
- Radio (1994) Co-written by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Rancid bassist Matt Freeman (surely the finest four-stringer in punk since Mike Watt), Radio is perhaps Rancid’s signature composition, a pure love song to the power of music, which will strike a chord with anyone who’s ever had their life transformed by a spinning black vinyl disc.
- Roots Radicals (1995) Drawing an explicit line from Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker through to Stiff Little Fingers and beyond, this joyous hymn to roots reggae, punk rocker and “moon stompers” is an evocative sketch of a formerly lost teenager realising he’s found his spiritual home in music, and sharing that new-found sense of wonder and awe with his best friends.
Punk rock Ska punk Street punk Pop punk: Years active: 1991-present: Labels: Lookout! (1992) Epitaph (1992-1999) Hellcat (1999-present) Members: Tim Armstrong Lars Frederiksen Matt Freeman Branden Steineckert: Past member(s) Brett Reed: Website: Official website
Jun 6, 2017 · Article. Punk History: RANCID. Artist Biography by Steve Huey. One of the cornerstone bands of the ‘90s punk revival, Rancid ’s unabashedly classicist sound drew heavily from the Clash ’s early records, echoing their left-leaning politics and fascination with ska while adding a bit of post-hardcore crunch.
