What is the best Rancid song???

sidekick

Salvation

arguably, it is City of Angels by the Distillers

journey to the end of the east bay or timebomb

Roots Radicals...maybe Ruby Soho. It all depends on what stage you like them at. Some people like them around ...And out come the wolves, some like them when they first came out when there was just Tim, Matt, and Brett, and most DON'T like them around Indestructable. But those two along with Journey to the end of East Bay are pretty high up there for most people that like them at any point.

You Don't Care Nothing

nothing, rancid is garbage

I've heard only "And Out come the Wolves" which I like. Any other albums like that?

p7 wrote:

I've heard only "And Out come the Wolves" which I like. Any other albums like that?

Let's Go! is similar

Listen to the entire catalogs of Minor Threat, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stooges, The Damned, UK Subs, 666, 7 Seconds, Lazy Cowgirls, and countless other forgotten groups and you'll discover that somebody else already played Rancid's best song years ago.

Fall Back Down

johnny rotten wrote:

Listen to the entire catalogs of Minor Threat, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stooges, The Damned, UK Subs, 666, 7 Seconds, Lazy Cowgirls, and countless other forgotten groups and you'll discover that somebody else already played Rancid's best song years ago.

Maybe you would have credibility if you had mentioned the Clash but Rancid borrows no more from the bands you listed than any punk band. Aside from that, being derivative doesn't make you bad as long you are influenced by good bands.

Journey to the end of the east bay is my favorite Rancid song but I like at least a few songs off of all Rancid albums.

1998 by Rancid is a kickass song. I'm a huge fan of ...And Out Come The Wolves, but 1998 is up there with my favorite Rancid songs.

Time Bomb.

I went to school with Lars Fredrickson (then Dapello) from 6th grade at Capri Elementary, to 10th Grade at Westmont High. He dropped out somewhere around there.

I never hung out with Lars that much, but Ben Zanatto (and his younger brother Nic) were good buddies of mine. I rode the #60 bus many times back in those days in Campbell, CA.

Rock On, Campbell.

R.I.P. Ben Zanatto.

1998

Lots of good songs by this group, but Fall Back Down and Ruby Soho are my favorites.

Time Bomb.

Even better... let's name the best song written about the posers in Rancid:

"Rancid Sucks (And the Clash Sucked Too)"

By A.C. (Can't type in the band's full name lest I set off any alarms at work)

mf wrote:

johnny rotten wrote:

Listen to the entire catalogs of Minor Threat, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Stooges, The Damned, UK Subs, 666, 7 Seconds, Lazy Cowgirls, and countless other forgotten groups and you'll discover that somebody else already played Rancid's best song years ago.

Maybe you would have credibility if you had mentioned the Clash but Rancid borrows no more from the bands you listed than any punk band. Aside from that, being derivative doesn't make you bad as long you are influenced by good bands.

Journey to the end of the east bay is my favorite Rancid song but I like at least a few songs off of all Rancid albums.

My point was that Rancid has the originators' look and attitude down, but it was done quite a bit better years ago by the originators. If you want to be "punk" try not copying others. If you look at that list of bands, you should see the entire gamut of punk rock's earliest generations, from L.A. hardcore to DC straightedge to protopunk to the original Brit punks in The Damned and the Pistols. It's not like you had to copy another band's sound in order to play punk rock music.