Rancid News

After six years of doing everything but making a new Rancid album, the members of the long-running Bay Area punk group are back in action with "Let the Dominoes Fall." Recorded at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound Studio with Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, along with the usual guitar blasts the new album features a couple of ballads and guest ...

PLAYERS: Miguel Jimenez, vocals; Mario Ramos, guitar/vocals; Javier Jauregui, bass; Jorge Ramos, drums/vocals SOUNDS LIKE: Punk rock.

T he seven girls are sprawled on couches, gabbing about their favorite bands. Some describe themselves as emo, others as punk, goth or ska.

Will I have a concert or two to look forward to, or will I be staying home once again? Jennmartin2 : is pondering...sneakers or flip flops for Bon Jovi or should I get crocs..maybe I should stop overthinking this! cigdangle : is waiting to hear whether he is to report to the office or not - at least it's closer to Summerfest.

Home from Summerfest in Milwaukee. Saw Rancid, fireworks, many beer tents, and both old and new friends.

It shouldn't come as any surprise that punk rock is now big business. Record executives have always been looking for avenues into the deepest recesses of every rebellious teenager's wallet, so signing punk acts to major labels seemed like a lucrative no-brainer; more kids got their angry music, more execs got a slice of the pie.

Check the Summerfest Web site. Scoff at the abundance of '80s has-beens like Whitesnake or '90s never-weres like Better Than Ezra.

In a billing that could prompt both bands to try a little harder, newly risen Chicago politico-punk band Rise Against are the headliners over beloved California punk classicists Rancid on the two groups' 33-city summer tour.

"We ain't got no boss!" Tim Armstrong is positively giddy. His band, Rancid, has just returned with its first new album in six years, the back-to-punk-basics "Let the Dominoes Fall" . And the group just launched a co-headlining tour with upstarts Rise Against - an interesting move, considering that Rancid has headlined its own tours for the last ...

Shellac's Varsity Theater performance will be a welcome-home show for Todd Trainer, drummer for the influential noise-rock trio and a Minneapolis local notable.

It can be hard for a band to retain its indie identity when big labels start throwing money around, but Rise Against has never risen to that bait even when it signed to one of the biggest labels in the industry.

Can't wait it will be SO COOL!!! about 17 minutes ago IainBluett : Morning. Had fun yesterday at Summerfest, then hit Tin Lizzys.

Tim McIlrath, lead singer, of Rise Against, performs in a concert, held at the Ottawa Civic centre, in Ottawa, on June 19, 2009.

Odds are, if you like punk, you'll enjoy this Saturday night if you head to Call the Office and check out the Riverboat Gamblers.

For like-minded musicians Riverboat Gamblers, it is a thrill to open for mainstream pop-punkers Rancid on its summer tour.

One of the cornerstone bands of the '90s punk revival, Rancid's unabashedly classicist sound drew heavily from the Clash's early records, echoing their left-leaning politics and fascination with ska, while adding a bit of post-hardcore crunch.

Edmonton is seeing some pretty heavy activity on the punk-rock front these days - at least when it comes to the big three bands to come out of California in the late '80s and take punk to centre stage in the MTV age: Rancid was just here, Green Day will be stopping in a little later this summer and right around the corner is an appearance by the ...

Take a quick glimpse on exactly why Rancid's set to steal the show from Rise Against on their joint tour this summer.

"New Again," by Taking Back Sunday Mojo Music in Avon 1. "Relapse," by Eminem 2. "Big Whiskey & The Groo Grux King," by Dave Matthews Band 3. "Uplifter," by 311 4. "Blackout 2," by Method Man and Redman 5. "The High End of Low," by Marilyn Manson 6. "21st Century Breakdown," by Green Day 7. "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane," by Elvis Costello 8. "Sunny ...

An acoustic-electric with attitude. Based on Tim Armstrong's beat up old Sixties acoustic, on which he writes all the songs for the legendary punk band Rancid, the Fender Tim Armstrong Hellcat acoustic-electric guitar is ready to slam its way into the mosh pit.