Background information
Origin
Albany, California, USA
Genres
Punk rock[1], ska punk, skate punk, hardcore punk, street punk
Years active
1991-present
Labels
Lookout!, Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph, Hellcat, Warner Bros.
Associated acts
Operation Ivy, Downfall, Transplants, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards,Green Day, Devil's Brigade, The Used, Dance Hall Crashers, UK Subs, Shaken 69, The Silencers, Nocturnal, Basic Radio
Website
www.rancidrancid.com
Members
Tim Armstrong
Lars Frederiksen
Matt Freeman
Branden Steineckert
Former members
Brett Reed
Rancid is an American punk rock band from Albany, California, formed in 1991. Founded by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong, both of whom previously played in ska punk group Operation Ivy, the band is credited along with The Offspring and Green Day with helping to revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.[2]
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 Steineckert. Frederiksen joined Rancid in 1993 when the band was searching for a second guitar player.
To date, Rancid has released seven studio albums, one split, one compilation, two EPs, a series of live online-only albums, and has been featured on countless compilations.[3] The band rose to fame in 1994 with their second album, Let's Go, featuring the single "Salvation". In the following year, Rancid released their highly successful album ...And Out Come the Wolves, which produced their best-known hits "Roots Radicals", "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb", and was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA.[4] Their next three albums, Life Won't Wait, Rancid and Indestructible were also critically acclaimed, but not as successful as ...And Out Come the Wolves. Rancid's latest studio album, Let the Dominoes Fall was released in June 2009.
