Rancid’s self-titled debut EP from 1992 has been released on digital streaming services for the first-time ever.
The original EP was released exclusively on 7-inch vinyl back in 1992 on Lookout! Records, predating Rancid’s heyday on Epitaph.
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The debut became a sought-after slab of wax, as it introduced one of the greatest punk acts to emerge in the 1990s. The EP was reissued on 7-inch in 2012, but this marks the first time these five songs have been officially released digitally and follows the recent digital release of the band’s B Sides and C Sides compilation.
Singer-guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman (ex-Operation Ivy) formed Rancid in 1991 following their stint in Operation Ivy. The band was initially rounded out by drummer Brett Reed.
Rancid laid down the EP’s five songs mere months after the band’s inception. From there, the band released a storied...
The original EP was released exclusively on 7-inch vinyl back in 1992 on Lookout! Records, predating Rancid’s heyday on Epitaph.
Get Rancid Tickets Here
The debut became a sought-after slab of wax, as it introduced one of the greatest punk acts to emerge in the 1990s. The EP was reissued on 7-inch in 2012, but this marks the first time these five songs have been officially released digitally and follows the recent digital release of the band’s B Sides and C Sides compilation.
Singer-guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman (ex-Operation Ivy) formed Rancid in 1991 following their stint in Operation Ivy. The band was initially rounded out by drummer Brett Reed.
Rancid laid down the EP’s five songs mere months after the band’s inception. From there, the band released a storied...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Operation Ivy only existed for two years, from May 1987 through May 1989, but in that time, the Berkeley, California, band forever altered the future of both punk and ska. They weren’t the first to mix these genres, but the band — made up of singer Jesse Michaels, drummer Dave Mello, and future Rancid members Tim “Lint” Armstrong and Matt “McCall” Freeman, on guitar and bass, respectively — completely changed the rules for what was possible in each, inspiring thousands of others to follow their lead.
The band didn’t exist in a...
The band didn’t exist in a...
- 4/30/2021
- by Aaron Carnes
- Rollingstone.com
Green Day isn't the only Bay Area punk outfit to make a big announcement this week. After six years of hibernation, Tim Armstrong (no relation to Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, of course), Lars Frederiksen and what have to be some of the quickest fingers in the world on a bass fretboard, Matt Freeman, are returning with a new album on June 2, Let the Dominoes Fall.
- 4/1/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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