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Biography This third-generation punk rock band has stuck to the basics to great success: Keep it short, fast, loud, catchy and simple. Using the Clash as their primary reference point--indeed, many may claim that's putting it very mildly--Rancid has nonetheless come into its own as a potent punk force for a younger generation who don't know the Clash's Mick Jones from Foreigner's Mick Jones. Rancid vocalist-guitarist, Tim Armstrong, and bassist, Matt Freeman, were members of Oakland's ska-punk pioneers Operation Ivy from '87 to '89. Popular in the East Bay (and influential in their own right once Rancid's fame shed light on them), Op Ivy added punk aggro and speed to ska's rhythm and tunefulness. Forming Rancid in the early '90s, the pair were joined by drummer Brett Reed, and in '93 signed to the aggressive L.A. punk label Epitaph. Their debut makes good use of Armstrong's Joe Strummer-esque vocalizations and better use of Freeman's extraordinary bass playing. Rancid's records feature the bass up front shouldering the melody, similar to John Entwistle's function in the Who. By '94, former U.K. Sub Lars Frederiksen joined as second guitarist-vocalist. Continually improving, Rancid couldn't have had better timing, for they matured at the precise moment punk caught fire in the mainstream. Following the success of East Bay homeboys Green Day and Epitaph labelmates, the Offspring, Rancid was seen as the band most likely, sparking a bidding war and serious mega-bucks offer from Epic Records. In the eleventh hour of the Epic deal, the band opted to stay indie, securing their punk credibility.
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