Rancid : Rancid Were Formed In 1991 By San Francisco Bay Area punk Scenesters

Rancid were formed in 1991 by San Francisco Bay Area punk scenesters Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman. Lifelong friends and longtime punk fans, the two grew up together in the small working class town of Albany near Berkeley, they'd also played together in the legendary ska punk band Operation Ivy, Armstrong as Lint and Freeman as Matt McCall. After Op Ivy disbanded in 1989, Armstrong and Freeman spent a few weeks in the ska punk outfit Dance Hall Crashers, as well as Downfall, Freeman later briefly joined the hardcore band MDC. Meanwhile, Armstrong was waging a battle with alcoholism, and to help keep his friend occupied, Freeman suggested they escape their day jobs by forming a new band, which became Rancid. The duo added drummer Brett Reed, Armstrong's roommate and a familiar presence on the Gilman Street scene where Operation Ivy had cut their teeth. Just a couple of months later, Rancid were performing live around the area and in 1992 they released a five song debut EP on Lookout Records.
The EP caught the attention of Epitaph Records founder Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, and Epitaph signed Rancid to a highly favorable contract guaranteeing the group a generous amount of creative control. The band's eponymously titled debut full length album arrived in 1993, pursuing an up tempo hardcore skatepunk style with few hints of early British punk. Rancid had been seeking a second guitarist, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong even played live with the group at one show. They pursued Lars Frederiksen, a Bay Area resident who'd joined a later incarnation of UK Subs and was performing with the band Slip, Frederiksen initially declined Rancid's invitation to join, but when Slip disbanded, he quickly changed his mind and came along on Rancid's first tour. Frederiksen made his recording debut on the early 1994 EP Radio Radio Radio, a side dalliance on Fat Wreck Chords. Released later that year, Let's Go was the album that made Rancid's name in the punk underground. It marked the beginnings of their fascination with the 1977 era London punk scene, particularly the Clash, and it also provided their first widespread exposure when MTV picked up on the video for the single Salvation. Let's Go quickly went gold, and with the breakout mainstream success of Green Day and the Offspring that year, major label interest in Rancid quickly escalated into a full fledged bidding war. Ultimately, Rancid decided that no major could offer them the level of decision making power that Epitaph had given them, and stayed right where they were.
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