Hey Chris, I've got Grease and Garbage.

I always thought that Billie Joe Armstrong turned down playing that one show with Rancid.

I just read that and it's very good really.

[QUOTE=SkaBandit]I always thought that Billie Joe Armstrong turned down playing that one show with Rancid.[/QUOTE]

No, he played one show with them, then turned down being in the band, while he "kept his friendship with the band for many years".

I did a profile on Rancid a while back. Mine is like, way better. ;)

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=310408[/url]

good job on linking an mp3 for The Wolf, i love that song. this isn't anything big but i'm pretty sure Roddy Radiation, Neville Staples + Lynval Golding (Specials) guested on Hooligans

Really good profile.

[QUOTE=Rude Boy Ska]
[b]A few guests:[/b]
the Specials[/QUOTE]

I got them on there.

SkaBandit- Your profile is a lot stronger in a few points than mine is, but it stopped at 1998.

A neat story is how Rancid meet Lars:

They went to a party knowing he'd be there, hoping to ask him to join, when they got there he was completely smashed, and hit on any girl that walked by, he then promptly fell over and began puking.

Rancid decided they had to ask him to join.

Nice profile.

I used to be really into them. I just kind of grew out of them.

I still listen to Lets Go from time to time.

[QUOTE=Rude Boy Ska]I got them on there.

SkaBandit- Your profile is a lot stronger in a few points than mine is, but it stopped at 1998.

A neat story is how Rancid meet Lars:

They went to a party knowing he'd be there, hoping to ask him to join, when they got there he was completely smashed, and hit on any girl that walked by, he then promptly fell over and began puking.

Rancid decided they had to ask him to join.[/QUOTE]


:lol: :lol:

i wonder what the band would be like if billie joe decided to join the band instead of lars...

[QUOTE=Skidmark Steve]:lol: :lol:

i wonder what the band would be like if billie joe decided to join the band instead of lars...[/QUOTE]

Not as good as they are with Lars.

nice profile good band

[QUOTE=Skidmark Steve]:lol: :lol:

i wonder what the band would be like if billie joe decided to join the band instead of lars...[/QUOTE]

Green Day.

i think it would have been interesting. i'd say it would have changed green day more than it changed rancid. but who knows...

[QUOTE=cheeser_1]i think it would have been interesting. i'd say it would have changed green day more than it changed rancid. but who knows...[/QUOTE]

Listen to "Radio".

Billie helped write a lot of that song structure.

rancid rules

[QUOTE=samayoa_danny]rancid rules[/QUOTE]

Yes, we've established that.

[QUOTE=Skidmark Steve]:lol: :lol:

i wonder what the band would be like if billie joe decided to join the band instead of lars...[/QUOTE]
They would have very very simple guitar riffs :-/

[QUOTE=samayoa_danny]rancid rules[/QUOTE]
Cool.

[QUOTE=Cheer Up Emo Kid]They would have very very simple guitar riffs :-/[/QUOTE]

Hardly. Listen to Pinhead Gun Powder. Billie Joe is a great guitarist, one of the best out there right now, but he dumbs down his lines so kids can play along, and gives it a more mainstream feel.

well, and speaking generally, there's nothing wrong with a simple tune.

[QUOTE=Rude Boy Ska]Hardly. Listen to Pinhead Gun Powder. Billie Joe is a great guitarist, one of the best out there right now, but he dumbs down his lines so kids can play along, and gives it a more mainstream feel.[/QUOTE]

yea exactly. hes real good. at live shows he plays solos with his teeth and stuff. i dont know why he doesnt add it to his songs tho...

but who cares about crazy guitar solos. we aint no metal heads

Well, I don't mean to get off topic in my own topic of a band profile, but listen to early Green Day stuff when they were still around Gilman Street. Billie played crazy guitar solos, I can keep up with most of his guitar stuff on Dookie, but anything before that is too hard for me. Tim is the same though, in his early Gilman Street days, he played some complicated guitar lines, but now he has dumbed them down a lot and just uses catchy stuff(like Billie). Notice that they are both mainstream successes. People like to hear catchy tunes that they can play for their friends, mostly in the key of C so it's easy for them to figure out.

i notice that when they play live, you can see timmy turn his guitar down so he can jump around. lars plays most of the guitar live.

I love 'em so awesome, but they get so much undue critisism...

but don't get me wrong, i love them, they do cop a lot of flak. But I love them. They are a fine punk rock band.

[QUOTE=Davey Jones]i notice that when they play live, you can see timmy turn his guitar down so he can jump around. lars plays most of the guitar live.[/QUOTE]

I'd do that too, jumping is fun

absolutely, it's what I do :D

nice profile of an amzing band, but shoudn't they be listed as being in the Give em the Boot DVD as well? Since over half of it was Rancid anyways, I thought that maybe it should be up there?

i just got the Give em' the boot DVD. most of the rancid stuff sounded good...except for red hot moon. they ruined that one...

the maxwell murder solo in that was amazing...he added another 2 minutes of soloing onto it.

[QUOTE=Skidmark Steve]i just got the Give em' the boot DVD. most of the rancid stuff sounded good...except for red hot moon. they ruined that one...

the maxwell murder solo in that was amazing...he added another 2 minutes of soloing onto it.[/QUOTE]

what!? I just learned that solo! Now I have to learn another two minutes! aarrrgh