Word: rancidity
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...Rancid...
Punk today has a higher profile than anytime since the late 70s. Thanks to bands like Green Day and Offspring, it sells bigger than ever before. This unprecedented popularity has done wonders for Epitaph Records, an independent label which boasts two very successful punk acts: Offspring and Rancid. At a time when so many musical acts are labeled "rock influenced by punk," or "pop flirting with punk," Rancid could probably be best described as "punk flirting with punk-with a heavy dose of punk...
...Rancid's second and most recent album, Let's Go, is quite simply a snarling, slamming, two-fisted punkfest. Playing to a sold-out crowd at Avalon last Thursday, Rancid made it clear that their album is the result of real ability, not just talented production. Indeed, their performance had a sort of manic energy that could not be captured in a studio...
Another major advantage of a live Rancid show is the chance it offers to see what the band looks like. Many punk rockers these days have close-cropped hair--often dyed some horribly unnatural color. This style inevitably makes them look silly and cute, a far cry from the mohawk and leather fashion sensibilities of the original 70s punks. Rancid could certainly be called silly looking, but they are not cute in the traditional sense of the word. Guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong, formerly of punk/ska act Operation Ivy, sported a leather jacket, combat boots and spiked mohawk that was pushing...
...know, Dunster was without hot water for some time and many house residents spent those few days unwashed. I did not shower for most of last week. The night of my fateful dinner with Sandra, I must have smelled like rancid red clam sauce. I'm mortified...