Rancid Recent News

Watch Rancid's New Video For "Up To No Good"

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:11:00 -0800

Today at Babelgum, Rancid premiered their brand new video for "Up To No Good." This is a very special premiere! Every view on the video donates 1 cent to the Tony Hawk Foundation which builds skate parks for kids in low-income neighborhoods. Watch the video below and make sure to spread the word to rack up the views and donate to the Tony Hawk Foundation!

Watch "Up To No Good" in full screen here!

RANCID 'LET THE DOMINOES FALL' IN STORES NOW

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0700

Let The Dominoes Fall, the highly anticipated new album from Rancid is in stores today! Pick up the regular, extended or collectors edition!

Official Let The Dominoes Fall Store: Regular | Extended | Exclusive Collectors Edition

iTunes: Regular | Extended

Amazon: Regular | Extended

STREAM RANCID'S 'LET THE DOMINOES FALL'

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:05:00 -0700

Listen to Rancid’s new album, Let The Dominoes Fall, in its entirety and uninterrupted at www.epitaph.com, www.hell-cat.com, www.rancidrancid.com and www.machetemfg.com.

New album in-stores June 2nd!!!!

RANCID "LAST ONE TO DIE" VIDEO PREMIERE

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:05:00 -0700

The video for Rancid's new track "Last One To Die" premiered today on MySpace! Click Here to watch!

Let The Dominoes Fall in stores June 2nd. Pre-order today at www.letthedominoesfall.com

PRE-ORDER RANCID'S 'LET THE DOMINOES FALL'

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:04:00 -0700

Let The Dominoes Fall, the highly anticipated new record from Rancid doesn't hit stores until June 2nd, but starting today you can pre-order the album.

Featuring 19 classic tracks, Let The Dominoes Fall is available in REGULAR, EXPANDED and a special COLLECTOR'S EDITION.

The COLLECTOR'S EDITION is a very special limited edition package featuring:

- An exclusive Rancid t-shirt
- 19 track 'Let The Dominoes Fall' album
- 12 track acoustic CD featuring songs from Let The Dominoes Fall
- 180 gram vinyl Let The Dominoes Fall double LP
- 180 gram vinyl Let The Dominoes Fall acoustic LP
- DVD album documentary by Rachel Tejada
- Exclusive Rancid hand bound photo book
- Super sized 24 x 36 Rancid poster
- 18 x 24 Rancid poster and lyric sheet
- Two 18 x 24 double-sided Rancid posters
- Four individual two sided guitar picks each with band images and Let The Dominoes Fall album artwork
- Free Rancid "Roots Radical" CD single while supplies last!

Order your copy of Let The Dominoes Fall in REGULAR, EXPANDED or the special COLLECTOR'S EDITION today!

RANCID WEBISODES

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:04:00 -0700

Rancid is releasing webisodes of the making of Let the Dominoes Fall. A new webisode will be released daily Monday through Friday(s) leading up to the release of the new album.

To watch the videos click here.

RANCID SIGNALS RAUCOUS RETURN WITH ESSENTIAL NEW ALBUM LET THE DOMINOES FALL

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:03:00 -0700

THEIR FIRST IN SIX YEARS AND MOST TOPICAL TO DATE

GET THE RANCID WIDGET; BE THE FIRST TO HEAR THEIR NEW SINGLE "LAST ONE TO DIE": http://www.myspace.com/rancid

SUMMER TOUR WITH RISE AGAINST KICKS OFF JUNE 4

Seminal punk band Rancid - Tim Armstrong (guitar/vocals), Lars Frederiksen (guitar/vocals), Matt Freeman (bass/vocals), and Branden Steineckert (drums) - have set June 2nd for the release of Let The Dominoes Fall (Hellcat/Epitaph), their first studio album in six years. The platinum-selling band recorded at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound Studio, with production by Epitaph Records founder/Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Let The Dominoes Fall features nineteen new songs, all written by Rancid. Special guest and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Booker T contributes Hammond B3 organ on one track, "Up To No Good."

"The crew is back doing what we do best," says Armstrong. "We approached every element of this record as a team, and the result is my favorite Rancid record to date."

It's also their most topical. From the unflinching observations of "This Place," "Lulu" and "Locomotive," all of which presage the current economic meltdown, to "The Bravest Kids" which rails against media's kid-glove treatment of the Iraq war, and the mostly acoustic "Civilian Ways," inspired by the soldier's journey of Armstrong's brother to Iraq and back home again, Let The Dominoes Fall feels timely, adamant and alive.

"Last One To Die," the first single from the new album, will premiere on April 7 via a widget available now on Rancid's myspace page. Fans can register to get a personal embed code and then spread the widget to other sites. Every time someone enters valid info into the widget a point will be allotted. The twenty-five people with the most points will receive a pair of free tickets to see Rancid on tour this summer with Rise Against. For a complete itinerary click here.

Let The Dominoes Fall is Rancid's seventh album and first studio release since 2003's Indestructible, which reached #15 on the Billboard Top 200. That album inspired The Los Angeles Times to hail Rancid as "one of the most popular and enduring of American punk bands," while Rolling Stone called them "brutally exuberant."

RANCID ENTERS STUDIO

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:01:00 -0800

Band Teams with Long-time Producer Brett Gurewitz to Record Follow-up to 2003's Acclaimed Indestructible

(Los Angeles) The incomparable punk band Rancid began recording today in a studio on the California coast with long-time friend, producer and label president Brett Gurewitz, who has worked with Rancid on virtually every record in their extensive, accomplished career.

In the five years since the release of Indestructible, the members of Rancid have been anything but dormant. 2004 saw the release of guitarist Lars Frederiksen's second solo album Viking, a scorching homage to Lars' vida loca, equal parts violence and love. 2005 marked the release of Haunted Cities by singer Tim Armstrong's side project, the Transplants. Additionally, in 2007 Armstrong released a superb solo record, A Poet's Life, which spawned the summertime hit single "Into Action," heard on radio stations across the country and on dance floors around the world. Meanwhile, bassist Matt Freeman's legendary skills were highlighted on both the Transplants record and tour, and also on worldwide tours playing with Social Distortion. Seemingly, the band has so much creative output, it cannot be contained in a single project.

But a new Rancid record is different - something special, never hasty or perfunctory, as their fervent, untiring fans have learned over the years. A Rancid record is an organic thing, not cultivated, but rather harvested wild; filled to the brim with all the living done in between stints in the studio. This record will be no different. Sweated over, hammered out and brought forth, the yet-untitled release will have all the hard knocks and big wins of lives lived prodigiously.

Rancid formed from the ashes of the cult East Bay band, Operation Ivy, in the early 90s and in their 15+ years have sold millions of records. Their 1994 breakthrough hit record Let's Go and 1995 smash And Out Come the Wolves garnered gold and platinum records from around the world, produced multiple hit singles and ensured worldwide fame for the band. Still, Rancid remains true to their vision and their friends, working with Epitaph founder, president and producer Brett Gurewitz in and out of the studio for over a decade. The only line-up change aside from the addition of Lars Frederiksen in 1993 was when Brandon Steineckert took over drum duties from Brett Reed last year. They wear their loyalty like a proud emblem.

Slated for a release later in the year on Epitaph/Hellcat, the new Rancid record promises to be a phenomenal addition to a consistently exceptional career.

Lars Frederiksen Rancid Tour Update!

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:09:00 -0700

"Due to Lars Frederiksen's sudden illness, Rancid will post-pone their shows from Sept. 1-4 in Toronto and Buffalo. The tour will resume on Sept. 5th in Pittsburgh, PA. Tickets for the post-poned shows will be honored for their correlating reschedule dates to be announced shortly. We appreciate your understanding and will return soon!"

Rancid - TimxMattxLarsxBrett"

Rancid have announced the following make-up dates:

The make up date for Sept. 1 ticket holders will be Dec. 10.
The make up date for Sept. 2 ticket holders will be Dec. 11.

Rancid drops a tour update from the road!

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:08:00 -0700

August 15th, 2006

Hey everyone, We are really excited kicking off the second leg of our tour with the first of three shows on Wednesday August 16th in Washington DC. First we want to thank all of the people and all of the bands who came to see us and to support us on the first leg. We had a great time and we hope all you guys did too. With over a 150 songs to choose from every night, each set will be unique to itself, in other words you will not hear the same set twice. We have a lot of songs to choose from and some sets will be graced with songs never played live or songs from operation ivy and both Lars Frederiksen and the bastards records. We are really excited to get out there and see everyone.

Please know that tickets are selling out fast so get them now by accessing the shows section of our website. Also xm satellite radio has been playin 96 straight hours of rancid radio, so for those who have it we hope your enjoying yourself. The rancid dvd that includes all our music includes all our music videos, some never before seen in public is coming soon, so keep checking our website for updates.

We have new tour dates dates going up all the time so keep checking back to see when we are coming to your town.

Also we will have photos from the tour and updates from the road soon.

XM SATELLITE RADIO also broadcasts "Rancid Radio" on "Fungus 53" five times a week with your host Lars Frederiksen. Lots of guests, banter, and most importantly punk rock, featuring the segment JEFF'S PIX where we play all the records you send too:

RANCID RADIO
1714 FRANKLIN #100-141
OAKLAND ,CA 94612-3409

Last but not least to answer a question most frequently asked.
RANCID will have a NEW record released in springtime of 2007.
Thanx for your time.

See ya in the pit........
TIM,MATT,BRETT AND LARS