Rancid
Left to right: Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen, Matt Freeman, Brett Reed
Country	Berkeley, California, USA
Years active	1991 – present
Genre(s)	Punk
Label(s)	Epitaph Records
Members	Tim Armstrong Lars Frederiksen Matt Freeman Brett Reed

Rancid is a punk rock band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong (former members of Operation Ivy). Rancid includes four members; Tim Armstrong on guitar and vocals, with Matt Freeman as backing vocalist and bassist, and Brett Reed (b. July 12, 1972, in Oakland, California, U.S.A.) as drummer. After searching for a second guitar player in 1993, Matt met Lars Frederiksen and he was added to the band on guitar and vocals, to round out the line up. Image File history File links Rancid. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American punk rock musician best known for his work in the punk scene (Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants), and for his record label Hellcat Records. ... Lars Frederiksen , born August 30, 1971, [1] is a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid and the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. ... Matthew McCall Freeman (born Roger Matthew Freeman in 1966 in Albany, California, USA) plays bass guitar in the punk band Rancid. ... Brett Reed is the drummer for Rancid. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Matthew McCall Freeman (born Roger Matthew Freeman in 1966 in Albany, California, USA) plays bass guitar in the punk band Rancid. ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American punk rock musician best known for his work in the punk scene (Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants), and for his record label Hellcat Records. ... It has been suggested that Hedgecore be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Brett Reed is the drummer for Rancid. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major American city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Lars Frederiksen , born August 30, 1971, [1] is a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid and the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. ...

History

Rancid is a punk revival band that formed in the 90's. Among mainstream audiences, Rancid are best-known for "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb" from the 1995 recording ...And Out Come the Wolves. Rancid's style often draws comparison with The Clash, especially in their albums ...And Out Come the Wolves and Life Won't Wait, the latter of which is sometimes referred to as "Rancid's Sandinista!". This influence is further emphasized by direct homages to the seminal punk rock group in the lyrics to several of Rancid's songs, such as the title track to Indestructible. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Punk rock. ... ...And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... The Clash were a British rock group that existed from 1976 to 1986. ... ...And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Life Wont Wait is the fourth album by the punk rock band Rancid. ... Sandinista! is the fourth album by the punk rock band The Clash, and their most experimental. ... Indestructible is the sixth album by Rancid, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ...

Rancid enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the 1990s, with the band touring constantly from 1993 through 1998. They have released 6 full-length albums, along with numerous 7" vinyls and singles. Following the commercial and critical success of Let's Go, which garnered gold status in the U.S. with 500,000 copies sold, the band was pursued by several major labels, including Madonna's Maverick Records. Despite these offers, Rancid chose to stick with independent label Epitaph Records for their first four studio albums. Rancid's second self-titled album was released on the Hellcat Records imprint in 2000; the 2003 follow-up album Indestructible was released by Hellcat Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the U.S. and by Epitaph Records in Europe. Lets Go is a 1994 punk rock album by the band Rancid. ... Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer, dancer and actress. ... Maverick Records is a record label owned by the Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Brothers Records. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ... Rancid is an album by a band of the same name released on August 1, 2000. ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Indestructible is the sixth album by Rancid, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... Warner Bros. ... Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. ...

After Indestructible's release, Rancid went on hiatus. Rancid's members continued work with side projects, though the group did not completely disband. Indestructible is the sixth album by Rancid, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ...

Beginning March 7, 2006, Rancid played several acoustic sets as part of Hellcat Records' Hellcat Nights concert series at The Echo. This was their first time playing together since the break-up of Tim Armstrong's side project The Transplants. On April 13, 2006, Rancid also announced plans for a worldwide tour beginning in July 2006 and the release of a DVD compiling 31 of their music videos, as well as a tentative release date of Spring 2007 for a new, as-of-yet-unamed studio album on Warner Bros. Records . [1] March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hellcat Records is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. ... Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American punk rock musician best known for his work in the punk scene (Rancid, Operation Ivy, and Transplants), and for his record label Hellcat Records. ... The Transplants are a band featuring Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Box Car Racer, Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and Rob Aston. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warner Bros. ...

References in their music

Some of their songs are about or allude to famous people or events.

• David Courtney - Dave Courtney is a famous ex-mobster from London who is now crime-free and an author.
• Harry Bridges - Harry was an American labor leader along the westcoast.
• Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni is the title and lead character of an opera composed by Mozart in 1787, based on the legend of Don Juan.
• Rwanda - The song Rwanda is about the (Rwandan) genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994.
• "I always end up back on the hill, looking down at the landfill" from the song "As Wicked"-refers to Albany Hill, in Albany, CA where Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman grew up.
• "Journey to the End of East Bay" is a reflective song about Operation Ivy, one of the bands before Rancid that Tim and Matt played in, and includes a line proclaiming that "too much attention unavoidably destroyed us."
• Loki - According to Lars in the liner notes for Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards' first album, Loki is a god in Norse mythology who he compares to his old friend Ben Zenatto who was referenced in the song Roots Radicals.
• Django - Django is a film series starring Franco Nero in the title role. The character is famous for dragging around a coffin, which holds a belt of ammunition, behind him. The Django series is considered a Spaghetti Western

Dodgy Dave Courtney (February 17, 1959) is a self-proclaimed former British gangster who has renounced crime and become both an author as well as a rather curious celebrity figure. ... Harry Bridges (July 28, 1901 – March 30, 1990) was an influential American labor leader in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), a union of longshore and warehouse workers on the West Coast and in Hawaii and Alaska which he helped form and led for over forty years. ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine, whose story has been told many times by different authors. ... The Rwandan Genocide was the slaughter of an estimated 800,000 [1] to 1,071,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, mostly carried out by two extremist Hutu militia groups, the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi, during a period of 100 days from April 6th through mid-July 1994. ... The city of Albany highlighted within Alameda County Albany is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that Hedgecore be merged into this article or section. ... Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards is the side project band of Lars Frederiksen from Rancid. ... Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Westerns is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ...

Related projects

• Tim Armstrong played with Travis Barker (drummer of blink-182) and Rob Aston (a.k.a. Skinhead Rob) in the Transplants until they announced their split in January 2006.
• In late 2005, rumours abounded that Tim Armstrong would replace the late Joe Strummer in a reunion of the British Punk band The Clash. These, however, have since been dismissed as untrue. Mick Jones, lead guitarist of The Clash, has said that he has always been opposed to a reunion and these claims are simply wrong. The rumors stemmed from a news site that posted an April Fool's joke that was then perpetuated by people unaware of the posting date.
• Lars Frederiksen has a side band named Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards.
• Matt Freeman joined Social Distortion in 2004, replacing previous bassist John Maurer. Brent Harding replaced Freeman as bassist for Social Distortion in early 2005, after Freeman was wrongly diagnosed with lung cancer and had a child. Freeman is also bassist and lead vocalist in the psychobilly band, Devil's Brigade, in which Tim Armstrong and Brett Reed also play.
• Rancid also recorded a song on the Chef Aid South Park Album, the song is entitled Brad Logan (commonly mistitled "California Sun" due to the lyrics).
• Rancid did a "split" CD with NOFX, where Rancid did covers of NOFX songs, and NOFX did covers of Rancid songs.

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Discography

Studio albums

Rancid, 1993 (Gun Cover) Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Rancid is the debut full length album by punk band Rancid, released in 1993. ...	Let's Go, 1994 Rancid Lets Go album cover This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Lets Go is a 1994 punk rock album by the band Rancid. ...	...And Out Come the Wolves, 1995 Rancid ...And Out Come the Wolves album cover This is an album cover. ... ...And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music). ...	Life Won't Wait, 1998 CD cover of Life Wont Wait by Rancid This image is the cover of an album or single. ... Life Wont Wait is the fourth album by the punk rock band Rancid. ...
Rancid, 2000 (Skull Cover) Image File history File links This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Rancid is an album by a band of the same name released on August 1, 2000. ...	BYO Split Series, Vol. 3, 2002 (split with NOFX) Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... BYO Split Series Vol. ... NOFX is a punk rock band from California, USA. They were formed in Berkeley in 1983 and relocated to Los Angeles shortly after by high school-aged Fat Mike (real name Mike Burkett), Erik Sandin and Eric Melvin and use a high amount of comedy in their songs. ...	Indestructible, 2003 Image File history File links Cover for the album Indestructible by Rancid This image is of a music album or single cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the music in question. ... Indestructible is the sixth album by Rancid, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). ...	(title TBA), 2007 Image File history File links Nocover. ...

EPs

• Rancid (1992)
• Radio Radio Radio (1993)
• Let Me Go (Album) (2000)

Rancid is the debut release, a 7 EP, by punk band Rancid, released in 1992. ... Radio Radio Radio is a 7 EP by punk band Rancid, released in 1994. ...

Singles

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Collaborations

• Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day joined the band for a brief period of time prior to Fredriksen's joining the band, doing a live show with them in 1993 and co-writing "Radio" on Let's Go. Originally Tim Armstrong had asked Lars Frederiksen to join, but he turned it down due to being a member of the UK Subs at the time. So Armstrong enlisted Green Day's frontman temporarily and eventually asked Billie Joe to become a full-fledged member of the band. Billie Joe turned Tim down, his former idol from the Operation Ivy days, wanting to stick with Green Day. Frederiksen later changed his mind upon leaving the UK Subs.

• Tim Armstrong sang on the track "The Stories Are True" from Time Again's debut album, on the track "Cat Like Thief" from Boxcar Racer's self-titled album, on the song "Pick Yourself Up" by Stubborn All-Stars and on Bad Religion's "Televison" from Stranger Than Fiction.

• Lars Frederiksen sang in a Mad Sin song and in "We are All that We Have" on The Unseen's latest album, "State of Discontent"

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See also

• 1990s music groups
• List of alternative music artists
• List of bands from California
• List of musicians in the second wave of punk music
• List of popular music performers

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References

• Huey, Steve. "Rancid". All Music Guide. Retrieved June 13, 2005.

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External links

• The Official Rancid Website
• Hellcat Records
• Rancid Lyrics
• The Polish Rancid Website
• Brett Reed at the Internet Movie Database
• Epitaph Records