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Rancid
Rancid
The "classic" lineup of Rancid.
From left to right: Lars Frederiksen, Matt Freeman, Tim Armstrong and Brett Reed
Background Information
Origin Berkeley, California
Genre Punk rock, ska punk, street punk
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) Warner Bros. Records, Hellcat, Epitaph, Lookout!
Website http://www.rancidrancid.com/
Members
Tim Armstrong
Matt Freeman
Lars Frederiksen
Branden Steineckert
Former Members
Brett Reed

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1991. Founded by 80s punk veterans Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, who previously played in the highly influential ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Bad Religion, Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX, and Social Distortion—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s. Unlike many of their contemporaries, however, Rancid remained signed to an independent record label and retained much of its original fan-base, most of which was connected to its underground roots.

Rancid includes Tim Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals, and Branden Steineckert on drums. The band was formed by Armstrong, Freeman, and former drummer Brett Reed, who left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Steineckert. Frederiksen joined Rancid in 1993 when the band was searching for a second guitar player.

To date, Rancid has released seven studio albums, one split album, one compilation, two extended plays, and a series of live online-only albums, and has been featured on a number of compilation albums. The band has independently sold over four million records worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent punk groups of all time. The band rose to fame in 1994 with its second studio album, Let's Go, featuring the single "Salvation". In the following year, Rancid released its highly successful album ...And Out Come the Wolves, which produced its best-known songs "Roots Radicals", "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb", and was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies in the United States alone. Its next four albums, Life Won't Wait, Rancid, Indestructible and Let the Dominoes Fall, were also critically acclaimed, though not as successful as ...And Out Come the Wolves. Rancid is currently recording an eighth studio album, which is expected to be released in 2013.

Connections to The Offspring[]

  • Like The Offspring, Rancid are credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1990s punk rock scene.
  • Rancid, The Offspring, Green Day and Bad Religion have all been labeled as the "Big 4 of 90's Punk Rock".
  • Both Rancid and The Offspring were on Epitaph Records during the 1990s.
  • Rancid have continued to be good friends with The Offspring since they left Epitaph. As a result, they were thanked in the liner notes of Ixnay on the Hombre.
  • Rancid opened for The Offspring on their Smash tour in 1994.
  • Rancid's 1995 album ...And Out Come the Wolves was certified gold by the RIAA on January 22, 1996, the same day as The Offspring's Ignition album, which was released three-and-a-half years earlier.
  • Rancid thanked The Offspring on their 1993 self-titled debut album and 1994 follow-up Let's Go.
  • Jerry Finn, who produced "Can't Repeat", produced ...And Out Come the Wolves and mixed its follow-up Life Won't Wait.
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