Rancid

Punk idealism has a way of withering in the spotlight. Not so for Rancid. The California punk veterans have managed to survive it all, and with their rocker ethics intact: the rise to mainstream prominence in the ’90s, followed by the inevitable backlash from the punk world; the ambitious, fan disenfranchising album (1998’s Life Won’t Wait); and then the reactionary fan make-up album (2000’s Rancid). The band breaks a five-year absence from the studio with this year's Let The Dominoes Fall.

Updated 09/14/2009