Rancid - C/D

RUBY RUBY RUBY RUBY SOHO

They've had a couple of decent singles (notably "Time Bomb" and "Hyeana"), but they're otherwise entirely embarassing, and I can't be arsed to vote.

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P.S. Shit, i completely forgot the COOLEST thing about major labels: They give you an automatic reason to hate a band you don't feel like liking. Take Rancid, for instance: i own all their records, and i enjoy all their records, but there's some real weird elusive quality about them that makes 'em seem real eminently, um, unlikeable. For a while, i thought it would be all right to dislike them because they were on Epitaph—but then that Blitz cover from out of left field cancelled that out. But God DAMMIT, they're STILL suspect as a Goodwill porkchop—so i WANT 'em to get signed so i can have a valid excuse for not liking them. I could try not to like them because of the way they used the word "punx" on the "Radio" sleeve (i think i'm a "punk rocker" by trade—which i believe means i owned a Blondie record at one point in time—and i would clamor against those who wouldst call themselves "punks" and "punx" if only their sects weren't both a lot tougher than my sect, who are all a bunch of poseurs anyway), but that would be too technical to be understood by most of the punx. But doggone it all, imagine what it would be like if John Cleese dropped by your house and found your Rancid album and started reading the lyric sheet and got to the line that read "I'm gonna amplify the rage of a class that's made to feel inferior"—he'd probably cock an eyebrow, look up at you and deadpan "Bit of a moron, are we?" Who needs a tumble down the social register of THAT magnitude?? No, the sooner Rancid get signed, the better i'll sleep at night. Christ, they have former members of Operation Ivy in the band—how cool could they be??? WHOOPS, BARNEY TIME!!

this band is awesome.

second self titled record v v underrated.

Life Won't Wait is my favorite

i love rancid

I never got into the second S/T record and then I lost it. Everything since then has been pretty much crap - Lars pseudo-Oi! band and the Transplants and everything.

Life Won't Wait holds up really, really well.

THEY ARE THIS BEST BAND OR 2ND AFTER BLATZ

sure they're corny but they've also written some super catchy tunes

A big let-down after Op-Ivy, who did everything that Rancid did but with considerably more vigor. My impression at the time was "who are these boring old men who are trying to play punk?" Perhaps it was just that Lars Frederiksen sounds like he's blowing chunks with every line he delivered? Ease up on that "geritol" man.

I really liked "Roots Radical", which came on the radio well in advance of "And Out Comes the Wolves", but when I went out and bought their earlier albums, I was struck by how plodding and lifeless they were.

I haven't re-evaluated the band since '94, but if I didn't like these guys at 15, I'm not going to like them now.

i don't think that's fair to say they were trying to do the same thing as op ivy

but i'll leave it at that, as i am NOT spending any more minutes of my day debating the merits of rancid on the internet when there are important matters like amy grant vs eazy-e threads to attend to.

Yeah, I'm not trying to start a big debate or nuffin'. Just the observations of a 10th-grade ska-punker.

marmotwolof, that quote above is Rev. Norb from an issue of MRR isn't it? I always think of that "bit of a moron..." thing when I hear Rancid.
Rancid = dud

Yeah, that's why I posted it, I think the same thing even though I like a few of their songs. Norb had a way of doing that to bands. Here's the original column:

http://www.arancidamoeba.com/mrr/norbcol.html

i like how they have an album cover that shamelessly stole the cover of a minor threat album.

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Great bass! Tim writes good melodies, sometimes they hide behind his voice (not to say I don't like his voice --- I do) -- I wish someone with a really clear, beautiful voice would cover some of the best Rancid songs to let the melodies shine through.

good results

Ha, I didn't even vote. I wish there was a "yeah, they're ok."

Opinions on the new one?

Forgot there was a new one coming out! Haven't heard it yet to weigh in, but I'll admit to still holding a place for this band in my heart.

i heard that song "last one to die" it's alright i guess

That's one of the worst tracks on the album.

...And Out Come the Wolves is still classic. I hated "Ruby Soho" when I was a freshman but I wasn't into any punk then. It's a classic punk tune with a pop edge.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRsV5VHd/

friend of mine told me to check it out, but the s/t Rancid debut (never heard it before) is like some kind of insane level of the bassist overplaying goddamn what is he doing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q4VuCoIxzI

oh yeah anytime somebody told me to listen to jaco pastorious as a teen i'd be like *smirk* "ever hear of matt freeman?"