Monday night Mrs. R and I went to the Green Day concert at the baseball stadium downtown – roof was open for a gorgeous start of fall night. But it was a long one: 3 opening acts! First, and definitely my (& maybe a good percentage of the crowd) favorite was the teen band from …
Today, Berkeley, California, punk stalwarts Rancid share the music video for “Live Forever”, an electrifying track lifted from their new album Tomorrow Never Comes out now via Epitaph Records. Over rapid-fire vocal chants and classic punk riffs, the black and white video captures unseen footage of the band during their massive European tour this past June, including headline shows and …
Rancid, the barricade-breaking band On day two of Punk Rock Bowling I arrived a bit late. I had two Uber rides cancel on me. When I arrived a band I was unfamiliar with called Playboy Manbaby was in full swing. Playboy Manbaby is fronted by Robbie Pfeffer who looked like a young Elton John minus …
“My feet were killing me, but that’s punk rock…” On the humid Sunday afternoon of June 9 I trekked down to Tacoma’s Le May Car Museum grounds to attend the Bash Festival starring Bay Area punks Rancid. Rancid hit the stage like a raging tornado with singers and guitarists Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen constantly …
Rancid came on stage and played almost all their “greatest hits” one after another, barely coming up for air. Tim Armstrong, wearing his traditional ski hat, barely stayed in one place as he moved about the stage, stood on a monitor, stood on the drum riser and moved about some more. Songs like Fall Back …
Rancid will be performing July 11 and 12 at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle with Transplants and Noise on the 11th and Transplants and The Interrupters on the 12th. Rancid’s now classic album And Out Come the Wolves was first played in Seattle around 1997 by KNDD (a station that used to play punk but …