Rancid: every album every song

by Paul Matts

In the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term so much they were unrecognisable as punk or had become a caricature of the expression. Or worse of themselves. Childhood friends Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman formed Rancid in 1991. Heralding from the punk scene in Gilman Street, Berkeley, they were members of the ground-breaking outfit Operation Ivy. After Op Ivy’s demise, the duo recruited Brett Reed on drums and by the release of their second LP in 1994, the enigmatic Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals. In 1994 came the inspirational, platinum-selling …And Out Came The Wolves. The band were soon a fixture on MTV, radio and even Saturday Night Live. At this point, many would have disappeared into the stratosphere, but not Rancid. They worked tirelessly in the punk network, giving plenty back and keeping true to those crucial two elements of punk – liberation and unity. In 2021, they remain the most credible punk band on the planet. Rancid Tracks describes their nine studio albums, track by track, and covers compilations, stand-alone singles, splits, rarities, and unofficial releases.

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 15, 2022

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My debut novel, 'Toy Guitars', has been published by New Generation Publishing. It is a kitchen-sink family drama based in scruffy suburban England in 1980 involving family estrangement, adolescence and pregnancy against a backdrop of punk rock dreams.
'Toy Guitars' is available from Amazon. plus other online retailers such as Waterstones, Barnes and Noble, Google books, and many more.
My debut novella, 'Donny Jackal', is available on Amazon. An English coming of age story set in 1978 punk rock suburbia.
I am currently working on a book on the American punk band, Rancid.
I am a regular contributor to Punk Noir, Something Else Reviews, Punkglobe, We Are Cult and Razur Cuts magazines. I have interviewed Rat Scabies and Ellen Foley, amongst others and specialise in punk and reggae genres.

I have started writing fairly late in life, and wish I began earlier. I love it.
I previously ran a music venue (The Attik) and promoted live music shows as 101 Productions. I was also the guitarist and song-writer in the Incurables.
I am married with two grown up children.