Question 1

Does Rancid write their own songs?

Accepted Answer

Tim Armstrong is credited on 186 of the 187 studio tracks, and 174 of those have no writer from outside the band at all. The one track without a member on it is a cover of an Uptones song.

Question 2

Who wrote "Time Bomb"?

Accepted Answer

Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman and Lars Frederiksen, like everything else on ...And Out Come the Wolves apart from two co-writes.

Question 3

How many albums has Rancid released?

Accepted Answer

Ten studio albums, from the 1993 self-titled debut to Tomorrow Never Comes in 2023.

Question 4

Did Billie Joe Armstrong write for Rancid?

Accepted Answer

He co-wrote "Radio" on Let's Go with Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, and played guitar with the band on tour in 1993.

Question 5

Which album is their biggest?

Accepted Answer

...And Out Come the Wolves, certified platinum, with "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho" both reaching the Hot 100.

Question 6

What came before Rancid?

Accepted Answer

Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman were in Operation Ivy, which split in 1989. They started Rancid two years later.

Question 7

How did the writing change over the years?

Accepted Answer

The early albums are Armstrong and Freeman together. Life Won't Wait and the 2000 album are largely Armstrong alone, and from 2009 the credit is the whole band.

Question 8

Who are the outside co-writers?

Accepted Answer

Eric Dinn, Eric Raider, Billie Joe Armstrong, Jim Carroll, Vic Ruggiero, Buju Banton, Howie Pyro, Skinhead Rob and Brett Gurewitz, across thirteen songs in thirty years.

Question 9

Who is Brett Gurewitz to Rancid?

Accepted Answer

The Bad Religion guitarist who runs Epitaph. He produced six of their albums and co-wrote "Up to No Good".

Question 10

Are they still going?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tomorrow Never Comes came out in 2023 with the same four people who made the 2009 album.