Dope Sick Girl - Lyric Video
Dope Sick Girl was first released on a Fat Wreck Chords 7″ in 1993 and was tracked at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood. Westbeach was a punk rock hot spot in the 1990s-recording NOFX, Pennywise, Bad Religion and Rocket From The Crypt to name a few. This is the first appearance of Lars Frederiksen on a Rancid single and would rock the known music universe as we once knew it.
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Little Sadie - Lyric Video
The earliest written record of this song dates back to 1922, and back then it was titled “Bad Lee Brown. “Little Sadie” is part of the great American folk music canon, & the lyrics tell the story of a man who is caught by the authorities after shooting his wife/girlfriend. He is then sentenced by a judge. It’s long been a favorite of mine.
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Learn To Say F**k You
In 1965, Sol LeWitt wrote fellow sculptor Eva Hesse a four-page letter of encouragement, urging her to stop doubting herself and to simply continue making her work. Despite the fact that some would consider their friendship unlikely, the two sculptors were close friends and wrote to each other frequently about their ideas, work, and personal lives from 1960 until Hesse's death ten years later. Often quoted, LeWitt's letter has become a source of inspiration and a vote of confidence for many artists the world over.
Producer Aaron Rose (Beautiful Losers, Become a Microscope) worked with punk rock band Rancid to remake LeWitt's words into a bold and boisterous song. With wild and wavy LeWitt-inspired animation, this video energetically embodies the message of its writer.
Read the original letter in full: http://blog.art21.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sol-eva-letter.pdf
If The Kids Are United - Lyric Video
Sham 69 is one of Rancid’s favorite bands of all time. One of my favorite scenes in the movie Rude Boy is when Joe Strummer invites Jimmy Pursey of Sham 69 onstage to sing with the Clash. It’s a great moment. This is the twins and I doing our take on a classic!