Rancid discography
The discography of Rancid, an American punk rock band, includes ten studio albums, two extended plays, two compilations, twenty-seven singles and thirty-seven music videos.
| Rancid discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 10 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 37 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 27 |
Biography
Rancid were formed in 1991 by vocalist and guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman, who then recruited drummer Brett Reed. The band signed to Lookout! Records, and released its first EP, Rancid, in 1992. Later that year, they signed to Epitaph Records (a label owned by then-former and now-current Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz) and released their self-titled debut album in 1993. While Rancid was writing a second album, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, a friend of the band, joined them to co-write the song "Radio". This led to him playing a live show with the band. Armstrong eventually asked Billie Joe to become a member of the band, but he decided to continue playing in Green Day. Armstrong had previously asked Lars Frederiksen to be Rancid's second guitarist, but he turned down the request. After Billie Joe declined, Frederiksen changed his mind and decided to join Rancid, making them a four piece.
Frederiksen was present on Rancid's second album, Let's Go, which was released in 1994 and spawned the radio hit "Salvation", which reached number 21 on the modern rock charts. Its U.S. release date, June 14, 1994, was also Freeman's 28th birthday. That year their label-mates, The Offspring, experienced a huge success with their album Smash. The Offspring took Rancid on tour with them, and helped Let's Go make it to number 97 on Billboard's Heatseekers and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. With the success of the album Rancid were pursued by several major labels, including Madonna's Maverick Records, but the band eventually turned down the idea of signing to a different label and decided to just stay on Epitaph.
In August 1995, Rancid released their third album, ...And Out Come the Wolves. The critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful, debuted at number 45 on the Billboard 200, produced three singles, "Roots Radicals", "Time Bomb", and "Ruby Soho", which all charted on the North American Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, and the band performed two of these songs on Saturday Night Live. ...And Out Come the Wolves has continued to sell consistently well since its release, and on January 22, 1996 was certified gold by the RIAA. It was also certified platinum on September 23, 2004.[1]
In 1998, Rancid returned to the scene with their fourth album, Life Won't Wait. That album branched out from Rancid's previous musical styles, and combined punk rock with elements of roots reggae, rockabilly, dub, hip-hop, and funk. Due to this it was often compared to The Clash's Sandinista!.[2] Although not as successful as ...And Out Come the Wolves, Life Won't Wait peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200 album chart, the highest position the band had attained at the time.[3] After its release, Rancid moved to Armstrong's vanity label (and subsidiary of Epitaph) Hellcat Records. That label would release their next album, 2000's Rancid (Skull Cover), which was not as successful as Rancid's previous three releases, but is considered the band's most hardcore offering to date, which was released as a follow-up to the more ska and reggae oriented Life Won't Wait.
After the release of the Rancid (2000) album, Rancid went on hiatus while members were involved in their own projects. Frederiksen released a self-titled album with Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards in 2001 and Armstrong released an album with the Transplants a year later. Rancid released their sixth studio album, Indestructible, through joint distribution through Warner Bros. and Epitaph/Hellcat in August 2003. The album featured the hit song "Fall Back Down", and peaked at number 15, marking the highest initial charting album in Rancid's career.[4] After the release of that album, Rancid went on hiatus again when all members decided to continue working on their projects.
After no activity at all in most of 2004 and 2005, Rancid reunited in 2006 to embark on a successful tour and played several acoustic sets as part of Hellcat Records' Hellcat Nights concert series at The Echo before Reed quit the band later that year. He was replaced by former Used drummer Branden Steineckert. Rancid released their long-awaited seventh studio album, Let the Dominoes Fall, on June 2, 2009 and was their first album of new material in nearly six years.[5] After a five-year wait and many delays, Rancid released their eight studio album, Honor Is All We Know in October 2014. That album was followed three years later by Trouble Maker (2017). The band will release their tenth album, Tomorrow Never Comes, in June 2023. It marks the longest gap between studio albums in their career at six years. The album was once again produced by Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz who has now produced six straight albums for the band and eight of the band's ten albums.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
CAN [9][10] |
FIN [11] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
NZ [14] |
SWE [15] |
UK [16] | |||||
| Rancid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Let's Go |
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97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| ...And Out Come the Wolves |
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45 | 30 | — | 27 | 30 | — | 74 | — | 39 | 55 | |||
| Life Won't Wait |
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35 | 41 | — | 27 | 40 | — | — | 46 | — | 32 | |||
| Rancid |
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68 | 73 | — | 25 | 39 | — | — | — | — | 68 | |||
| Indestructible |
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15 | 48 | 59 | 14 | — | 84 | 81 | — | 35 | 29 | |||
| Let the Dominoes Fall |
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11 | 31 | — | 7 | 29 | 165 | 48 | 32 | 27 | 41 | |||
| ...Honor Is All We Know |
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20 | 34 | 58 | 25 | — | 157 | 84 | 40 | — | 45 | |||
| Trouble Maker |
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23 | 41 | 33 | 55 | — | 189 | 21 | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | 57 | |||
| Tomorrow Never Comes |
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126 | 51 | — | — | 49 [23] |
— | 12 | — | — | 86 | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Split albums
| Title | Details | Other artist(s) | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US Indie [6] |
SCO [24] |
UK [16] |
UK Indie [25] | |||
| BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 |
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147 | 6 | 96 | 75 | 12 | |
Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| B Sides and C Sides |
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| Essentials Box Set |
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| Essentials 7" album packs |
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| All the Moon Stompers |
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Video albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Music Videos: 1993-2003 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Rancid |
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| Radio Radio Radio |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Air [27] |
US Alt [28] |
US Rock [29] |
AUS [7] |
CAN Rock [30] |
CZ Rock [31] |
MEX [32] |
SCO [33] |
UK [34] |
UK Indie [35] | ||||||
| "Hyena" | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rancid (1993) | |||
| "Nihilism" | 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Let's Go | |||
| "Salvation" | 1995 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Roots Radicals" | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ...And Out Come the Wolves | ||||
| "Time Bomb" | 48 | 8 | — | 76 | 7 | — | — | 67 | 56 | — | |||||
| "Ruby Soho" | 1996 | 63 | 13 | — | 64 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bloodclot" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | 98 | 15 | Life Won't Wait | |||
| "Hooligans" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 162 | 43 | |||||
| "Who Would've Thought" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Let Me Go" | 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 188 | 48 | Rancid (2000) | |||
| "Radio Havana" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Sick Sick World" [36] | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Fall Back Down" | — | 13 | — | 92 | — | — | — | 47 | 42 | — | Indestructible | ||||
| "Red Hot Moon" | 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Tropical London" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Last One to Die" | 2009 | — | 22 | 44 | — | 36 | 3 | 20 | — | — | — | Let the Dominoes Fall | |||
| "Up to No Good"[37] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Fuck You" [38] | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Turn In Your Badge" [39] | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Collision Course" [40] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ...Honor Is All We Know | ||||
| "Ghost of a Chance" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Trouble Maker | |||
| "Bovver Rock and Roll" | — | — | —[upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Tomorrow Never Comes" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tomorrow Never Comes | |||
| "Don't Make Me Do It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Devil in Disguise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "New American" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Live Forever" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
Split singles
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "East Bay Night" / "England Belongs to Me" | 2012 | Cock Sparrer |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Hyena" | Tim Armstrong | Rancid (1993) |
| 1994 | "Nihilism" | Let's Go | |
| "Salvation" | Tim Armstrong/Mark Kohr | ||
| 1995 | "Roots Radicals" | Tim Armstrong | ...And Out Come the Wolves |
| "Time Bomb" | Marcus Raboy | ||
| "Ruby Soho" | Tim Armstrong/Jim Guerinot | ||
| 1997 | "The Harder They Come" | Evan Bernard | Tibetan Freedom Concert |
| 1998 | "Bloodclot" | Rancid/Nick Egan | Life Won't Wait |
| "Backslide" | Tim Armstrong/Rancid | ||
| "Who Would've Thought" | |||
| "Leicester Square" | |||
| "Hooligans" | |||
| "Crane Fist" | |||
| 2000 | "GGF (Golden Gate Fields)" | Tim Armstrong | Rancid (2000) |
| "Young Al Capone" | |||
| "Let Me Go" | |||
| "I Am Forever" | |||
| "Dead Bodies" | |||
| "Rwanda" | |||
| "Blackhawk Down" | |||
| "Black Derby Jacket" | |||
| "Rattlesnake" | |||
| "Poison" | |||
| "Loki" | |||
| 2003 | "Fall Back Down" | Tim Armstrong/Nazeli Kodjoian | Indestructible |
| "Red Hot Moon" | Evan Bernard | ||
| "Spirit of '87" | |||
| 2009 | "Last One to Die" | Tim Armstrong | Let the Dominoes Fall |
| "Up to No Good" | |||
| 2014 | "Collision Course"/"Honor Is All We Know"/Evil's My Friend"[42] | Tim Armstrong/Kevin Kerslake | Honor Is All We Know |
| 2017 | "Ghost of a Chance" | Trouble Maker | |
| "Telegraph Avenue" | |||
| 2023 | "Tomorrow Never Comes" | Tim Armstrong/Kevin Kerslake | Tomorrow Never Comes |
| "Don't Make Me Do It" | |||
| "Devil in Disguise" | |||
| "New American" | |||
| "Live Forever" |
Compilation appearances
- "Brixton" - Rock Stars Kill 1994
- "Can't Forgive" - Land of Greed... World of Need (Embrace tribute) 1994
- "Hyena," "I Wanna Riot" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1 1994
- "I Wanna Riot (feat. Stubborn All-Stars)" - Beavis and Butt-Head Do America soundtrack 1996
- "Just a Feeling" - "Fat Music For Fat People" 1994
- "Sidekick" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2 1996
- "The Brothels" - Give 'Em the Boot 1997
- "The Harder They Come" - Tibetan Freedom Concert 1997
- "Rats in the Hallway" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3 1998
- "Brad Logan" - Chef Aid: The South Park Album 1998
- "Lethal" - Skaliente 1998
- "Kill the Lights" - Old Skars and Upstarts 1998
- "Cheat" - "Burning London: The Clash Tribute" 1999
- "Blacklisted" - Short Music for Short People 1999
- "If the Kids Are United" - Give 'Em the Boot II 1999
- "Misty Days" (Buju Banton w/ Rancid) - Give 'Em the Boot II 1999
- "Bruk Out" (Buccaneer w/ Rancid) - Give 'Em the Boot II 1999
- "1998" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4 1999
- "No More Misty Days" (w/ Buju Banton) - Unchained Spirit 2000
- "Maxwell Murder" - Dave Mira Freestyle BMX Soundtrack 2000
- "Poison" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5 2000
- "It's Quite Alright" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 6 2001
- "Golden Gate Fields" - Give 'Em the Boot III 2002
- "Bob" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 7 2002
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" - We're a Happy Family - A Tribute to Ramones 2003
- "Out of Control" - Need for Speed: Underground soundtrack 2003
- "As Wicked" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 8 2003
- "Killing Zone" - Give 'Em the Boot IV 2004
- "Tropical London" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9 2004
- "Fall Back Down" - Tony Hawk's Underground 2 soundtrack 2004
- "White Knuckle Ride" - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10 2005
- "Tattoo" - Give 'Em the Boot V 2006
- "Endrina" - Give 'Em the Boot VI 2007
- "Salvation" - Guitar Hero II soundtrack (appears as a cover made by the game producers, only in the Xbox 360 version) 2007
- "Fuck You" - Oi! This is Streetpunk, Volume Two 2012
- "Silence is the Only Rule" - Oi! Ain't Dead 5 - Rebellion Records 2016
Official live recordings
At the end of 2006, Rancid started selling official live recordings on their official website. The following shows from the Summer Tour of 2006 were professionally recorded and sold in mp3 and FLAC format.
- Live in Canada Recorded: December 9, 2006 Venue: Montreal
- Live in the UK Recorded: November 20, 2006 Venue: Brighton UK
- Live in the UK Recorded: November 19, 2006 Venue: Bristol UK
- Live in the UK Recorded: November 16, 2006 Venue: London, UK
- Live in the UK Recorded: November 13, 2006 Venue: Newcastle UK
- Live in the UK Recorded: November 12, 2006 Venue: Nottingham, UK
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: October 16, 2006 Venue: Live from San Diego
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: October 11, 2006 Venue: Live from Anaheim
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: October 6, 2006 Venue: Live from Salt Lake City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: October 5, 2006 Venue: Live from Salt Lake City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: October 1, 2006 Venue: Live from Calgary
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 13, 2006 Venue: Live from Minneapolis
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 12, 2006 The House of Blues: Live from Chicago
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 11, 2006 The House of Blues: Live from Chicago
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 9, 2006 Venue: Live from Detroit
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 8, 2006 Venue: Live from Detroit
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 7, 2006 Venue: Live from Columbus
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: September 6, 2006 Venue: Live from Cleveland
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 27, 2006 Venue: Live from New York City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 26, 2006 Venue: Live from New York City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 25, 2006 Venue: Live from New York City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 24, 2006 Venue: Live from New York City
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 23, 2006 Venue: Live from Boston
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 20, 2006 Venue: Live from Philadelphia
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 19, 2006 Venue: Live from Philadelphia
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 18, 2006 Venue: Live from Washington DC
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 17, 2006 Venue: Live from Washington DC
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 16, 2006 Venue: Live from Washington DC
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: August 1, 2006 Venue: Live from Albuquerue
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: July 21, 2006 Venue: Live from Miami
- Summer Tour 2006 Recorded: July 19, 2006 Venue: Live from Orlando
Notes
- Trouble Maker did not enter the NZ Top 40 Albums Chart, but peaked at number four on the NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart.[22]
- "Bovver Rock and Roll" did not chart on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart but did peak at number 36 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[41]
References
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- "Rolling Stone : Rancid: Life Won't Wait : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. February 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- "Life Won't Wait's entry at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
- "Indestructible's entry at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
- "Rancid announce Let the Dominoes Fall for June". Punknews.org. March 30, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
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- Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Rancid in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 229.
- "Time Bomb": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 25 Feb 1996". ARIA. Retrieved July 21, 2017 – via Imgur. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Ruby Soho": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 31 Mar 1996". ARIA. Retrieved July 31, 2017 – via Imgur.
- Tomorrow Never Comes: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 12 June 2023". The ARIA Report. No. 1736. Australian Recording Industry Association. June 12, 2023. p. 6.
- "Austrian Albums Chart Search for Rancid" austriancharts.at. Retrieved on March 30, 2009.
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- "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) The Rabble Army – RZA" Zobbel. Retrieved on March 30, 2009.
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- "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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- "Rancid Takes 'Indestructible' To Warner Bros". Billboard. July 2, 2003. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- "Albumit 23/2023" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- Aubin Paul (October 9, 2012) Rancid to release 46 7-inch box set on Punknews.org.
- "Rancid Chart History: Radio Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- "Rancid Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- "Rancid Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- Peaks on the Canadian Rock chart:
- Peaks before 2006: "Rancid Rock/Alternative positions". RPM. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- Peaks after 2006: "Rancid Chart History: Canada Rock". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "CZ - Modern Rock - Top 20 - Rancid" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- "Rancid Chart History: Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- Peaks on the Scottish singles chart:
- "Time Bomb": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Bloodclot": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Fall Back Down": "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army - RZA". Zobbel.de. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- Peak chart position on the UK Indie Singles Chart:
- "Bloodclot": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Hooligans": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Let Me Go": "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Rancid – Sick Sick World". discogs.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess.com. July 21, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- "Rancid – Fuck You". discogs.com. December 18, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- "Rancid – Turn In Your Badge". discogs.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- "Rancid – Collision Course". discogs.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- "Rancid Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Rancid - "Collision Course," "Honor Is All We Know," & "Evil's My Friend". YouTube.
