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Rancid is a punk rock band, formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong(former members of Operation Ivy). Rancid includes Armstrong on guitar and vocals, Freeman on bass and vocals, Brett Reed on drums and Lars Frederiksen on guitar and vocals. Reed left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Branden Steineckert, former drummer of The Used. Lars Frederiksen did not join Rancid until 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player. They are credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring, NOFXand Green Day, with reviving mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.
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