[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

[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]

Matt also did that solo live a couple years ago when I saw him. He is so amazing.

very good profile indeed, i was hoping for it to be a little longer

i learnt the original solo, the live one he plays is just based up the higher frets, like white knuckle ride style, if you have a quick picking technique its quite easy, just make sure you play it all in the same scale

so anyone here feel rancid ripped off the clash? can you explain how, or in what songs ect

No. I've never felt that.

[QUOTE=skatebum]so anyone here feel rancid ripped off the clash? can you explain how, or in what songs ect[/QUOTE]

I don't understand that either. I love both bands and I have all rancid cds and not one song sounds like they ripped off of the clash. I only have the first 3 clash albums so I could be wrong but they are 2 totally different bands.

[QUOTE=Skrunnch]No. I've never felt that.[/QUOTE]

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ive just heard people accuse them of doing so on this forum, especially in the bottom 8 punk bands thread

[QUOTE=skatebum]ive just heard people accuse them of doing so on this forum, especially in the bottom 8 punk bands thread[/QUOTE]

I'd reply to this, but I get banned if I post negative comments.

If you have AOL Instant Messanger, send me a message and I'll tell you what I think.

[QUOTE=Rude Boy Ska]I'd reply to this, but I get banned if I post negative comments.

If you have AOL Instant Messanger, send me a message and I'll tell you what I think.[/QUOTE]

DP42H....IM me my punk fellow.

can you just copy paste what you say to skidmark steve and send it to [email]guinness_boys@hotmail.com[/email]

u should do these for alot of bands ur pretty good at it

Rancid is great, but i'm honestly kind of sad about Tim Armstrong. He's really gone down the ****ter in the last 5 years or so...

The radio was playin' Desmond Dekker was singin' blahaadmafmspfsdfposdf HIIIILLL!

haha is your avatar a neil young album?

[QUOTE=SocalJoker89]u should do these for alot of bands ur pretty good at it[/QUOTE]

Apparently, I'm not. When I first posted this, I got repped for 10 points, now I'm -39 or -29 because of it. So, I decided I wouldn't be a productive poster anymore. I also kind of gave up on the forums.

Just because everyone picks on Rancid ain't no reason to get downhearted. It's a da'mn fine profile and if all these tree-hugging scum don't appreciate it then fu'ck em all.

wat a great profile, if only you could do it for a band that i liked...lol.

Good profile.

I love Rancid punk or not.

Was completely in love with them after I heard Rancid V when I was about 16, but I still like them even though I like less commercial bands, I still like the commercial punk I started on.