Rancid

[Shippou]

I have listened to a band about 3 months ago named Rancid. they are my sisters favorite band and so i decided to listen to them and I must say for a band whose lead singer was raised for the first half of his life in jamaca and the second half in the bronx AND has a lisp it is one amazing punk band. So when I went to school the next day i let my friend mitchell listen to it and he said "wow this is pretty cool". than I learned that a school dance was coming up and there was a song requist sheet so i wrote salvation by Rancid. There was only one problem the guy who was checking the lists said " Rancid, all there songs are AHHHHHHH. You can't dance to that" and I was said " What are you some kind of idiot rancid are great " and then mitchell came up and said " Yeah, have yopu evan herd Rancid before ?" and the song was never played at the dance just a bunch of crapy rap was played so i took my diskman and listened to Rancid in the corner. If any one else has had problems with stupid people who do not know what there talking about when they talk about songs reply.

Shippou

[~*Lilith*~]

[font=bookantique][i]Yiks! I have to say they lost their punk edge over the years. One of the few modern bands I even consider punk untill they changed. I don't mind their change much it is up to them but I wouldn't call them punk any more. I will probably stick to pop-punk or even pop-rock.[/i][/font]

[Shippou]

When Rancid started they played some pretty hard punk , like on their first CD titled Rancid but when they got near the center of their career its true that they started to play a softer punk, like on the CD's "and out come the wolves" and "Let's go" but it was punk none the less. and now that they are in different bands, like Lars Fredrickson and the bastards and they play hard punk again so I don't know what you you are talking about.
Shippou

[Joe]

Dances at my school are the same way. My friends and I have recomended many songs from a variety of bands (i.e. Nirvana, Casualties, Dead Kennedys), but they are never played. It seems the majority of kids at my school like rap. A genre that I, personally, don't understand.

[AnonymousSource]

Rancid; the only song I've heard by them is "Maxwell Murder,"(I DLed and AMV to it) and I have to say I loved it! The insane beat, the awesome Bass solo, the perfect use of almost every style of rock guitar... I love it!

Having heard that, I wouldn't call them punk either... though they are close.

I don't have the problem you guys have; our dances have a lot of rap as well (which bugs the crap out of me) but they play an aweful lot of 80s grunge/metal/rock and Punk (even some Emo...*shudder*) because, oddly enough, Punk is cool at our school! Believe it or not, Punk is almost in "style" here (which goes against everything Punk stands for... going agains the trend. How does one go agains the trend when the trend is punk? Really...)!

I'm not sure if I'm on the thread topic, I sort of hit a few topics there... but that's my oppinion, I suppose.

P.S: Nirvana and Dead Kennedies rock my socks... Long live Kurt Cobain, and long live... killing the poor...

[Shippou]

I would not say that i am jealous that punk is a fad at your school but i do wish that i was not the only one who liked it in the whole of halifax regional municipality. i am happy to say that there is alot of people who dislike rap (thank buddah) though. and fine so Rancid is not TOO punk but what other genre would you call them???? Hmm????Rock?mabye but i would say that they are pretty punk or alternative i would except that.

I feel so at home in this thread everyone hates the things that i hate. and i soppose that you like the thingss that i like too.

Shippou

[AnonymousSource]

You know, I was thinking about that after I posted that... What genre would I put Rancid in?

I never thought they were really Punk (Ramones, Dead Kennedies, etc) from the beginning... I was thinking Grungy or something, but not quite up to Nirvana grunge.

I don't have a clue what genre to put them in... Anyone have any ideas?