Cool Stuff About Rancid

1.Both Tim and Brett Are Left Handed.
2.Lars is NOT a Girl Scout Den Mother for the Girl Scouts in Berkeley.
3.Brett Gurewitz(President/Owner of Epitaph) was a former guitarist for Bad Religion.
4.Let's Go was recorded and mixed in 5 Days.
5.Billie Joe of Greenday was in Rancid at one time,But only played one show with them.
6.Tim and Matt have been friends for around 24 years,They've known each other since they were 5 years old.They Played in the same Little League and went to the same high school and were in all the same bands.
7.The Song "Journey To The End Of The East Bay" is about the demise of Operation Ivy.
8.Tim dosen't have a drivers license.
9.Rancid used to practice at Gilman street for free but they had to clean the toilets after Gilman Street shows.
10.Rancid has put together a side project called Shaken' 69 featuring ex Opivy drummer Dave Mello,Paul Jackson and Eric Dinn of the Uptones,and Lars Nylander and Mike Park of Skankin Pickle on Horns.
11.Tim and Billie Joe Armstrong are NOT! related they are just very good friends.
12.RANCiD recorded there first 7" for Lookout! Records and they also did one for Fat Wreck Chords.
13.Tim Has Dsylexia.
14.Tim Sings Backup on "Television" By Bad Religion.
15.Lars Has Produced CD's For Swinging Utters.
16.Tim was a roadie for M.D.C. when Matt Played bass for them.
17.Jesse Michaels has drawn some art work for RANCiD.
18.The Suicide Machines Opened for Rancid's very first show in Detriot.
19.RANCiD has played with Keaunu Reeves' band "Dogstar" at Gilman Street.
20.Interested in Songs Rancid has covered? Heres a short list:
20a."Get Outta My Way" Originally By "The Uptones"
20b."Someones Gonna Die" Originally By 'Blitz'
20c."Ghost Town" Originally by 'The Specials'
20d."My Life" Originally by 'Sick Of It All'
20e. "The Harder They Come" Originally by Jimmy Cliff
21.The Spanish Hardcore Band "Union 13" Covers "Roots Radicals"...en espanol
22.Tim wrote the song "Pictures" on the Dance Hall Crashers Album "Lockjaw"
23.Wanna know what kinda guitars the guys play?
23a. Tim's Main Guitar that he is always pictured with is a "Hagstrom Hollowbody" when he is in the studio he uses a Fender Strat for the Ska parts and a Gibson Les Paul for the punk parts.
23b.Lars uses an Epiphone Les Paul Copy
23c.Matt uses a Fender Jazz Bass
24.Tim and Lars have produced a number of records..here's a short list:
24a. 'The Streets of San Francisco' by the Swingin Utters (Lars)
24b. 'Do or Die' by The Dropkick Murphy's (Lars)
24c. 'East Los Presents' by Union 13 (Tim & Lars)