Rancid as a band has always been imbued with a sense of place: the
blue-collar neighborhoods where they grew up in Berkeley, CA, their
place as individuals within their band, their band as part of a movement
and their evolving sense of place in relation to the world at large.
Born in the midst of the post-Reagan economic downturn in the San
Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay region specifically, Rancid came to
light as Armstrong and Freeman were moving forward after the first band
they founded, Operation Ivy, reached a friendly demise. Over the past
two decades, Rancid has shown awareness of their changing environment
and has established their place in it, all while never losing sight of
themselves as individuals or as a band. Vinyl version includes download
card.