MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Rancid Formed from the ashes of the legendary East Bay band Operation Ivy, Rancid helped launch the punk revival of the mid 1990s, along with fellow California acts Green Day and The Offspring. Unlike those two bands, however, Rancid sold records and received MTV airplay without ever signing to a major label. Instead, the quartet remained on an indie, Epitaph Records, where singer/guitarist Tim Armstrong formed his own imprint, Hellcat. Years before his mainstream success, however, Armstrong was just another unhappy high-school student seeking solace in punk rock. In 1987, Armstrong (a.k.a. Lint) and childhood friend Matt Freeman formed Operation Ivy, which became an influential part of the Bay Area punk scene centered on a Gilman Street club/practice space/hangout. Operation Ivy disbanded after only two years, and Armstrong spiraled into alcoholism and addiction until 1991, when Freeman suggested they start another band. The newly dry Armstrong enjoined his roommate, Brett Reed, to play drums, and the trio, now called Rancid, was playing shows within two months. Its first single appeared in 1992 on the SF indie Lookout Records, followed by a 1993 self-titled debut album on Epitaph. Meanwhile, Rancid had invited another Cali native, Lars Frederikson (UK Subs, Slip), to join them as a second guitarist. This addition was a masterstroke, as Frederikson provided vocal as well as guitar counterpoint to Armstrong. Rancid’s second full-length, 1994’s Let’s Go, gained the attention of major labels, which courted the band and inspired at least one song on the following year’s ...And Out Come The Wolves. With this album, Rancid expanded its songwriting skills and made explicit its admiration for Jamaican music (much like its heroes in The Clash had done a generation earlier); Wolves also featured poet Jim Carroll on the track “Junkieman.” For Rancid’s next album, 1998’s self-produced Life Won’t Wait, the quartet enlisted members of the Specials, Agnostic Front, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and infused elements of soul and rockabilly. Epitaph founder and former Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz produced the follow-up, another self-titled album released in August, 2000.     Rancid It's Quite Alright MP3 Punk Punk-rock standard-bearers narrow their focus and barrel ahead with a tried-and-true motto: Loud fast rules. Rancid Poison MP3 Punk Rancid opens up and says “Oi” on the angst-charged, “Poison.” Rancid Time Bomb MP3 Punk Infectious ska sing-along Clash-es through your speakers with joyous abandon. Don’t think. Just dance.
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