Rancid (band)

Rancid
Rancid
	Rancid in 2023
Background information
Origin	Berkeley, California, U.S.
Genres	Punk rock; ska punk; street punk;
Discography	Rancid discography
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Hellcat; Epitaph; Lookout!; Pirates Press; Warner Bros.;
Spinoffs	Transplants; Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards; Tim Timebomb; Devils Brigade; Shaken 69;
Spinoff of	Operation Ivy; Downfall;
Members	Tim Armstrong; Matt Freeman; Lars Frederiksen; Branden Steineckert;
Past members	Brett Reed;
Website	rancidrancid.com

Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, former members of the band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited (alongside Green Day and The Offspring) as being among the wave of bands that revived mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.^[5] Over its 33-year career, Rancid has retained much of its original fan-base, most of which was connected to its underground musical roots.^[6]

Rancid has had two lineup changes since its inception, with Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman being continuous members. Their current lineup consists of 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. This lineup recorded their first album, with Frederiksen joining the band on their subsequent tour.

To date, Rancid has released ten 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.^[7] The band has sold over four million records worldwide,^[8] making it one of the most successful punk rock 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,^[9] selling over one million copies in the United States alone. Its next six albums – Life Won't Wait (1998), Rancid (2000), Indestructible (2003), Let the Dominoes Fall (2009), ...Honor Is All We Know (2014) and Trouble Maker (2017) – were also critically acclaimed, though not as commercially successful as ...And Out Come the Wolves. The band released their tenth album, Tomorrow Never Comes, in 2023.

^ Robb, John (2006). Punk Rock: An Oral History. PM Press, Ebury Press. p. 537. ISBN 978-1-60486-005-4. I saw Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring, taking punk to the mall rats and the stadiums with multi-million-selling albums.
^ Fiorello, Vinnie (July 14, 2015). "The 10 best ska-punk bands of the '90s". Loudersound.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^ DIEHL, MATT (November 10, 2017). "Agnostic Front Doc Shows a Band of Hardcore Brothers Who Never Gave Up". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
^ Breihan, Tom (June 9, 2017). "Stream Rancid Trouble Maker". Retrieved August 22, 2018.
^ Robb, John (2006). Punk Rock: An Oral History. PM Press, Ebury Press. ISBN 978-1-60486-005-4. I saw Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring, taking punk to the mall rats and the stadiums with multi-million-selling albums.
^ DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, ISBN 978-0-306-81271-2
^ For album and single sales information, see the Rancid discography page.
^ Vinyl, Diverse (May 13, 2019). "Your one-stop vinyl web shop". Diverse Vinyl. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
^ "RIAA Certification (type in "Rancid" in the artist box)". RIAA. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2008.

[1] Robb, John (2006). Punk Rock: An Oral History. PM Press, Ebury Press. p. 537. ISBN 978-1-60486-005-4. I saw Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring, taking punk to the mall rats and the stadiums with multi-million-selling albums.

[Team_Rock_–_Best_90s_Ska_Punk_band-2] Fiorello, Vinnie (July 14, 2015). "The 10 best ska-punk bands of the '90s". Loudersound.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

[3] DIEHL, MATT (November 10, 2017). "Agnostic Front Doc Shows a Band of Hardcore Brothers Who Never Gave Up". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[4] Breihan, Tom (June 9, 2017). "Stream Rancid Trouble Maker". Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[5] Robb, John (2006). Punk Rock: An Oral History. PM Press, Ebury Press. ISBN 978-1-60486-005-4. I saw Green Day, Rancid and the Offspring, taking punk to the mall rats and the stadiums with multi-million-selling albums.

[6] DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, ISBN 978-0-306-81271-2

[discography-7] For album and single sales information, see the Rancid discography page.

[8] Vinyl, Diverse (May 13, 2019). "Your one-stop vinyl web shop". Diverse Vinyl. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

[RIAAcertification-9] "RIAA Certification (type in "Rancid" in the artist box)". RIAA. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved May 10, 2008.

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