Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
RANCID is a name synonymous with the revival of punk rock in the '90s. While they never hit the dizzy heights of the likes of Green Day and The Offspring, their fusion of hardcore skate punk with two-tone ska has made them a household name within the punk rock family. The band was conceived ...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The '90s punk stalwarts break out some old favorites to kick off a six-night stand. The punk revivalists in Rancid might look like the Sex Pistols and sound like the Clash, but live, the quartet has more in common with a rap crew. Singer-guitarist Tim Armstrong has a raspy cadence as instantly recognizable as Snoop Dogg's, and the group's lyrics brim with mournful first-person tales of violent street...
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. Rancid includes 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 Branden Steineckert. Frederiksen joined...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
YOU didn't have to be a spiky-haired punk to understand Rancid - all you had to do was hear three of the band's most famous songs: "Roots Radicals," played early in the set, and "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb," played at the close. At the first...
Celebrifi (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Hey babies!So last Friday the 1st, Tim Armstrong calls calls me out of the blue and is like: TiM: "Hey [celeb id=...
Gay News Bits (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
RANCID: Guitarist-vocalists Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederickson, bassist Matt Freeman and ex-Used member Branden Steineckert. With H20 and the Red Shift. 7 p.m., Clutch Cargo's, 65 E. Huron, Pontiac. 248-333-2362. $19.99. Brian McCollum
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
reviewed by Chris Estey It’s been a big year for banging your head on the punk rock — on DVD. Long-time fans will be hitting the stores to score the release of Julien Temple’s majestic Joe Strummer bio-pic The Future Is Unwritten and of more-than-local-interest is the astonishing love and care put into Kerry O’Kane’s The [...]
Steve Lawson (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In the last post, I mentioned that my main aim when teaching is to instill in my students a love of learning. A huge part of me having a right to teach them anything is me respecting the music they listen to. Nothing is a bigger turn off for a student that a dismissive teacher. At [...]
Aversion Music (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Civet's turned a finished product into Hellcat Records.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
Rancid are in the midst of their North American tour and reports have started to come in from concertgoers. The band has been performing a new Matt Freeman sung song dubbed "L.A. River" that will appear on their forthcoming, still untitled new record. Word from showgoers is that the Brett Gurewitz produced album will arrive via Hellcat Records in September. This is a little bit later than initially...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
My girl Skye Sweetnam has a new video for her hot track (Let's Get Movin') Into Action which features Tim Armstrong of Rancid ... check it out: The song is actually Tim's song and was featured on his last album A Poet's Life ... and Skye sang backup vocals on the track. Now he's returning the favor for Skye. The vid is rad ... Skye looks really great in skintight rubber, no? Enjoy!
IGN (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
Summer tour announced.
Osaka City (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
Tim Armstrong Photo by GLK Photo With their new record nearing completion, the punk rock veterans Rancid are turning their attention towards a new project—a ...
