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Green Day are a famed punk-rock band who’ve been around for decades—from breaking out on MTV with their 1994 hit album Dookie to the mainstream success of 2004’s American Idiot. The band recently released their 13th full-length, Father Of All Motherfuckers, adding even more visuals to their insane catalog. To celebrate, we’ve ranked every Green Day […]

blink-182 are celebrating the 16th anniversary of their scene and world-renowned self-titled (or untitled) album. With that being said, we’re taking a look back at some of the best self-titled albums over the years. With the self-titled album being a music staple and well more than 10 bands naming albums after their bands, this list […]

There’s really only two outcomes for cover songs: They’re either nothing special or the best thing on the planet. Luckily, we’ve selected some sublime moments of bands exchanging a neat back-and-forth so you don’t have to sort through all the hellishly boring renditions out there. From Green Day and Tim Armstrong converging onstage to New […]

It’s easy for artists to be pigeonholed into genres by music elitists in the modern era of collaboration and blurred lines. At the end of the day, though, if the songs sound good, they should be listened to without the threat of some snarky critic explaining the difference between metal and hardcore. Here are 10 […]

Nothing screams “I never want to work in an office, ever” quite like a face tattoo. Tons of the musicians we love bear some kind of body art, but few have taken the ultimate plunge and put their money where their mouth is—in some cases, literally. Read more: 18 of the coolest knuckle tattoos in […]

Next weekend is Riot Fest (it’s not like we’ve been counting down the days or anything…), and appearing on their merch tables will be some seriously sick Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, featuring some of our favorite bands. Read more: Riot Fest Oral History: The unlikely story of punk rock’s most beloved festival Last year’s class included […]

Rancid singer/guitarist Tim Armstrong was on a new episode of The X-Files Monday, Feb. 8. In the episode, he played the “bad guy”—a character whose dark thoughts were embodied into a murderous monster that tore people limb-by-limb. According to Fuse, it got gory. Read more: Marilyn Manson lands perfect role as barber-surgeon in TV show We […]

Rancid …Honor Is All We Know Before we go any further: Yes, …Honor Is All We Know, the first Rancid album in nearly six years, absolutely rules. But did any of you Rancid-heads out there ever have any doubt? Now let us tell you why it rules… The one big expectation with Berkeley’s favorite (or […]

The Interrupters The Interrupters If ska music is due for a fourth wave, then the Interrupters could be the band to jump-start it. Produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, it’s clear that The Interrupters takes a few notes from ska-punk’s founding fathers. Frontwoman Aimee Interrupter (aka Aimee Allen) brings her raw and gritty vocals to the […]

Ska-punk band the Interrupters are teaming up with AP to bring you the premiere of their new self-titled LP. The album was produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong and will be officially released on August 5 via Hellcat/Epitaph Records. Check it out below, and let us know your thoughts. You can pre-order the album now. If […]

Ska-punk band the Interrupters are teaming with AP to bring you the premiere of their new music video for “Family,” which features Rancid’s Tim Armstrong. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming self-titled album, which will be released on August 5 via Hellcat/Epitaph Records. Check out the video, and let us know what you […]

Rancid frontman and Grammy Award-winning musician Tim Armstrong will be having his first ever solo art show from January 24 to February 22 in Los Angeles, CA at the SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS gallery. Avenues & Alleyways is comprised of never before seen original pieces selected by Armstrong and gallery founder Shepard Fairey (creator of the iconic […]

Transplants In A Warzone Previous Transplants albums basically felt like a vehicle for Tim Armstrong and Travis Barker to step outside the punk confines of their full-time gigs (Rancid and Blink-182, respectively), dabbling with bits of funk, hip-hop and electronica. While those elements still exist to a smaller degree on In A Warzone, their first […]

Jimmy Cliff Rebirth Jimmy Cliff is not a likely candidate for the American Recordings-style, late-career comeback. Since his 1970s heyday—most notably with the game-changing soundtrack of The Harder They Come—the singer has maintained his status as one of reggae’s most dependable artists. But there’s been a slick sheen and bloodless professionalism with much of his […]

Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Transplants) recently performed an acoustic cover of Johnny Cash's “Big River” as part of the Guitar Center podcast. Check out the video below.

Tim Armstrong (Rancid, Transplants) recently performed “East Bay Night” acoustic. Video proof is below. The song originally appeared on Rancid's 2009 effort Let The Dominoes Fall.

Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire EP To the outside observer, the news of Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong working with reggae legend Jimmy Cliff might be cause for alarm. But if you've dug into the work that Armstrong has done outside the Rancid fold—particularly his 2007 solo effort, A Poet’s Life—you'd know that Cliff is in very […]

Over the last twenty years, TIM ARMSTRONG has been a driving creative force behind one of modern punk's most seminal bands in Rancid, not to mention a founding member of the Transplants and a collaborative songwriter with other artists such as Gwen Stefani and Pink. He's also got one solo album under his belt (2007's […]

Tim Armstrong of Rancid has announced a new original web series called Tim Timebomb's RockNRoll Theater. Its creation marks the first scripted original programming featured on VEVO. “Doing a show centered on musical theatre isn't really a stretch for me,” says Armstrong. “For 25 years I've been making music and collaborating with friends, been involved […]