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Rancid

Berkeley, California punk band

Formed in 1991

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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. Over its 35-year career, Rancid has retained much of its original fan base, most of which was connected to its underground musical roots.

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. The band has sold over four million records worldwide, making it one of the most successful punk rock groups of all time. The band rose to popularity 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, 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.

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Rancid est un groupe de punk rock américain, originaire de Berkeley, en Californie. Formé en 1991, le groupe est reconnu pour avoir contribué, avec les groupes Green Day et The Offspring, à ramener le punk rock sur l'avant-scène musicale aux États-Unis durant les années 1990.

Le groupe est actuellement composé de Tim Armstrong et Lars Frederiksen à la guitare et au chant, de Matt Freeman à la basse et de Branden Steineckert à la batterie.

Le groupe compte au total neuf albums studio. Il s'est d'abord fait connaitre en 1994 avec l'album Let's Go et le single Salvation. En 1995 ils sortent l'album ...And Out Come the Wolves, qui fut un grand succès commercial, avec les titres Ruby Soho, Roots Radicals et Time Bomb. Il fut certifié disque d'or, vendant plus d'un million de copies aux États-Unis. Le groupe sortit par la suite quatre autres albums, Life Won't Wait, Rancid, Indestructible et Let the Dominoes Fall, tous bien accueillis par la critique, mais ne connaissant le même succès commercial que ...And Out Come the Wolves.

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