Rancid "Rancid" (30th Anniversary) 2024-01- ten songs - each track

ten songs - each track essentially a character - "Dead Kids

The record loosely follows various characters who will tell their story to anyone else in the bar who is willing to listen

while also being something entirely new

Back with their first original music since 2020

Like its patchwork predecessor

Rancid "Rancid" (30th Anniversary) 2024-01- ten songs - each trackThis is where it all starts. Without any reminiscing about their former band Operation Ivy, Matt Freeman (bass) and Tim Armstrong (guitar vocals) blast through their debut without any hints of ska or blatant Clash plagiarizing. On the con trary, this album rips through 15 tracks of high energy punk that's accompanied by heavy bass leads and Armstrong's permanently slurred vocals. And to top it all off, the lyrical content deals with urban blight and