Q-1 Rancid

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Albany California, in 1991. Founded by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong who were both original members in the massively influential Ska-Punk band "Operation Ivy". Rancid is credited with reviving an interest in punk rock in the mainstream in the mid 1990’s. Rancid includes Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals, and Branden Steineckert on drums. Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman had been playing together in the influential ska punk band Operation Ivy from 1987 to 1989. Rancid's first recorded release was a 1992 EP for Operation Ivy's old label “Lookout!” records.  Shortly after releasing this, the band was signed to Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz's label, Epitaph Records. Rancid would release their self-titled debut album for Epitaph in 1993. The bands real breakthrough was in 1994, with the release of “Let’s Go”. 

While on tour with the Offspring, that got Rancid up to number 97 on billboard’s top 200 chart.  The band eventually decided to stay on Epitaph, and the next year released their third album “...And Out Come the Wolves”. That album quickly surpassed Let's Go in terms of success. Three of the album's singles, "Roots Radicals", "Time Bomb", and "Ruby Soho" all charted on the North American Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, and the band performed two of these songs on Saturday Night Live. Once I listened to” … And out Come the Wolves”, I kind of stopped 

listening to Rancid. I loved everything that they had made up to that point, and I just wasn’t a huge fan of their newer albums. In 2004, the band went on hiatus. They just wanted some time to get away from it all, and in 2006, they got back together to record another album. The album was titled “Let the Dominoes Fall”. It was released in 2009 on Tim Armstrong’s record label “Hellcat Records”. I wasn’t a very big fan of this album either, so I really just stopped listening to Rancids new stuff completely. That doesn’t change how I feel about their older releases though. They will forever be some of my favorite punk rockers.