One of the cornerstone punk bands of the ’90s, Rancid’s unabashedly classicist sound drew heavily from the Clash’s early records, echoing their left-leaning politics and fascination with ska, while adding a dash of essential hardcore crunch.
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Location: Los Angeles, California United States
Genres: Punk
Rancid is a punk band with an obvious reggae influence. 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 Rancid in 1993 when the band was searching for a second guitar player.
As of 2007, Rancid has been working on a studio album expected to be released in June 2008 on Hellcat Records.
Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman had been playing together in the seminal ska punk band Operation Ivy from 1987-1989. Rancid’s first recorded release was a 1992 EP for Operation Ivy’s old label Lookout! Records. Rancid would release their self titled debut album for Epitaph in 1993.
While Rancid was writing for a follow-up album, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, a friend of the band, joined them to co-write the song “Radio”. Frederiksen played with the band on 1994’s Let’s Go. The album failed to meet the success of Rancid’s previous two albums and peaked at number 68 on the billboard charts.
Also that year, all four members of the band played on BYO Split Series, Vol. 3, a split album with NOFX in which Rancid covered NOFX songs and NOFX covered Rancid songs.
After a break from touring in 2001, Rancid returned to the studio with Gurewitz in 2002 to record their sixth album, Indestructible, which was released on August 19, 2003 on Hellcat Records. It features the hit song “Fall Back Down”, and was Rancid’s highest charting album ever, peaking at number 15.
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