Word: punk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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About three years ago, amid the hype over the nouveau punk radio revolution, Rancid blasted onto the mainstream modern rock scene with ...And Out Come the Wolves, a pop powerhouse that provided a Clash-esque revitalization of the rock airwaves. The rough-around-the-edges quartet wooed listeners and fans alike with its brash musicianship while roping in the critics despite the band's inescapable unoriginality. No matter how much Rancid sounded like the punks of old, though, the band undeniably impressed the masses with its raw street-rock energy and perspective. As Green Day resurrected the three-chord...
...reconcile Rancid's derivative nature with such promise? First, realize that over its first three albums, the band's predictability progressively withered away, although it never quite disappeared completely. At the point of Wolves's release, the punk quartet had the talent, poise and drive to break out of the mold, to tweak the Rancid sound just a bit, to adventure away from history and expectation. But much to the public's gratification, they were too busy perfecting an acutely intelligent pop rock record before deciding to move on innovatively...
...band's fourth album, the new explosive Life Won't Wait, Rancid makes that ever important step toward significantly altering its approach while building upon the melodic punk sound that made the band so popular and radio friendly. There's still some signature Clash echoing throughout the record, especially on the track "Lady Liberty", but Rancid certainly forges ahead creatively and lyrically. Not only does the band evolve away from its unoriginal, limited beginnings, the group provides the public with a punkreggae eclecticism that is sure to please...
...witness could well revolutionize your way of thinking/we are presenting startling facts and evidence that pick up where other explanations leave off/some of these revelations may very well go against things you have been taught or and perhaps have believed all your life." The ultimate goal of any punk band is to unveil blinders from its listeners. Call it the punk rock meaning of life or the punk equivalent of "The X-Files's" conspiracy theory. No matter how you see it, though, brandishing your mantra, basically shoving it down the ears of eager listeners awaiting the brilliant album...
Still, the largely white punk athletes have an attitude that is as infectious as it is intimidating. There is none of Michael Jordan's focused intensity. Instead, street lugers smirk and greet the camera as they prepare to peel down a hay-bale-lined hill at 63 m.p.h., just 5/16 of an inch from the ground. Like the cartoon version of Jordan's flu-plagued 1997 playoff performance, Lee Dansie rides with two broken ribs, qualifies for the finals and then jumps into the camera lens: "Hope I didn't hurt your ankles, cameraman dude...