Rancid (band)
Rancid is a punk band with ska influences from Berkeley, California. The band was founded in 1991 by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, two former members of the band Operation Ivy and completed by Lars Frederiksen and Brett Reed. Rancid are considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s punk revival.
Your today 's most successful and best-known album is ... And Out Come the Wolves, which is influenced heavily by The Clash and The Specials as well as various ska influences.
Rancid made in 2005 because of the supposed disease Matt Freeman from lung cancer a break. The disease, however, turned out to be benign tissue change. The band had a guest appearance in the play Coppers ( Brooklyn Version) album on Dr. Israel Inna City Pressure.
Furthermore, Rancid were also seen in the television series South Park, where she briefly played the title Brad Logan ( from the homonymous single ).
On site Rancids the release of a new album in the spring of 2007 has been announced but which had by switching on drums wait more than two years away. The new album Let The Dominoes Fall was released on June 2, 2009 to hear for the first time is the new drummer Branden Stone Eckert. It was produced by Brett Gurewitz again.
The band members are active to some extent in other bands. Frederiksen, for example, a member of the group Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards. Tim played among others in Operation Ivy (along with Matt Freeman ) and the Transplants, he also runs the label Hellcat Records. The new drummer Branden Stone Eckert was formerly active with The Used. The bassist plays at Devil's Brigade.