Rancid has had two lineup changes since its inception, with Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman being continuous members. Their current lineup consists of Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals, and Branden Steineckert on drums. The band was formed by Armstrong, Freeman, and former drummer Brett Reed, who left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Steineckert. This lineup recorded their first album, with Frederiksen joining the band on their subsequent tour.
To date, Rancid has released ten studio albums, one split album, one compilation, two extended plays, and a series of live online-only albums, and has been featured on a number of compilation albums. The band has sold over four million records worldwide, making it one of the most successful punk rock groups of all time. The band rose to fame in 1994 with its second studio album, Let's Go, featuring the single "Salvation". In the following year, Rancid released its highly successful album ...And Out Come the Wolves, which produced its best-known songs "Roots Radicals", "Ruby Soho", and "Time Bomb", and was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies in the United States alone. Its next six albums – Life Won't Wait (1998), Rancid (2000), Indestructible (2003), Let the Dominoes Fall (2009), ...Honor Is All We Know (2014) and Trouble Maker (2017) – were also critically acclaimed, though not as commercially successful as ...And Out Come the Wolves. The band released their tenth album, Tomorrow Never Comes, in June 2023.
Studio albums
Rancid (1993)
Let's Go (1994)
...And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
Life Won't Wait (1998)
Rancid (also known as "Rancid 2000" or "Rancid 5") (2000)
Indestructible (2003)
Let the Dominoes Fall (2009)
...Honor Is All We Know (2014)
Trouble Maker (2017)
Tomorrow Never Comes (2023)
Ghost Band
Rancid Lyrics
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Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our songs now,
Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our song
And they knew all the lyrics by heart, now,
And they play in the perfect key,
And the band I can barely see,
Well our spirit fades, hard and cheated,
When the funeral's over, I can't leave it,
Everyone's going home, I'm defeated.
Woo oh
Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our songs now,
Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our song
And the energy's so overwhelming,
And the echo from the crowd is deafening,
And the music conveyed is convincing,
And the world doesn't seem so daunting,
And the shimmer of light tells you secrets,
In the moon, the silhouettes in an instance,
And we are seen in perfect cadence.
Woo oh
Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our songs now,
Ghost band, ghost band,
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our song
In Rancid's song "Ghost Band", the lyrics describe the haunting feeling of a band who has passed on, watching another group perform their songs. The first verse paints a picture of the "ghost band" playing their songs with precision, perfectly executing every lyric and playing in key. Though the living band can hardly see them, their spirit is still present and they feel a sense of loss and defeat.
The second verse continues to describe the eerie feeling of watching the ghost band play. The energy from the crowd is overwhelming and the music is convincing, making the world feel less daunting. The shimmer of light reveals secrets and the silhouettes move in perfect cadence, as the living band watches in awe and sadness.
Overall, the lyrics of "Ghost Band" emphasize the idea that even after death, music and spirit can live on. However, it also captures the pain and heartache of watching someone else perform your art, when you cannot be there to do it yourself.
Line by Line Meaning
Woo oh
Expressing excitement and anticipation
Ghost band, ghost band,
Referring to a band of spirits
There's a ghost band, girl, playing our songs now,
The spirits are playing the songs of the singer and his band
And they knew all the lyrics by heart, now,
The spirits have completely memorized the lyrics of the singer's songs
And they play in the perfect key,
The spirits are able to play the songs of the singer in the perfect tune and melody
And their tombstones are silhouetted,
The spirits' tombstones form a clear and distinct shape in the light
And the band I can barely see,
The physical band is now barely seen as the spirits overwhelm the stage
Well our spirit fades, hard and cheated,
The singer's spirit is demoralized and defeated
When the funeral's over, I can't leave it,
The singer's spirit is unable to leave after the funeral
Everyone's going home, I'm defeated.
While everyone else is able to move on, the singer's spirit remains defeated
And the energy's so overwhelming,
The energy from the spirits is incredibly powerful
And the echo from the crowd is deafening,
The loud cheering from the crowd is echoing
And the music conveyed is convincing,
The music played by the spirits is extremely convincing and emotionally charged
And the world doesn't seem so daunting,
The world appears less intimidating and more manageable
And the shimmer of light tells you secrets,
The glimmer of light reveals secrets to the singer's spirit
In the moon, the silhouettes in an instance,
The shadowy figures appear instantly under the moonlight
And we are seen in perfect cadence.
The singer and his band are now seen in perfect harmony with the spirits' music
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
Written by: LARS FREDERIKSEN, TIM ARMSTRONG
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
The Goose
GOOSE BAND!!!!
randomassname
The Goose 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
PequawketStopMotion
Are those suppose to be ghosts in the rising crescendo?
Brian DiVincenzo
The whole album was inspired by Brody Dalle cheating on Tim with the douche bag from Queens of thr Stone Age but this song especially because it ousted the fact that he assembled her a band (The Distillers) and wrote almost all their songs... For anyone who didnt already know that piece of obvious info... Dont get me wrong I liked thr distillers and Brody has a sexy voice....but anyone who listens to Rancid or Operation Ivy or Tim's solo stuff knows he wrote alot of the distillers lyrics and music.
Jason Evans
@Sativa Sunrise Coral fang is crap !
Erin Go Bragh
100% my man. Brody is now in the L.A millionaire mommy club. The mask always slips and real intentions always show up.
Sativa Sunrise
And yet their best album coral fang happened after the divorce and brody wrote it all.
Ted Da Duke
Before MTV died in 2007
happymike420
Theodore Ferguson let it die.
Agnostic Artist
2017 here