The Rancid boys are known for NEVER, EVER, EVER giving interviews. Even if you were God. Who knows why, one can speculate that it is punk rock integrity, or paranoia, or some internal band pack....
I have given various Epitaph/Hellcat pr folk a hard time over the years, a very mild one at that, about this to no avail. No interview, no love. But it did not matter, because Rancid was consistent in their no interviews. Not only did the little guy not get an interview, but neither did Spin or AP.
When Brody from the Distillers was on Hellcat Records, she also did not give interviews, but at the end of last fall she gave one to AP.... hmmm... what happened? The Distillers signed to Warner Bros. Records, that is what happened.
No small coincidence that Rancid's new CD, Indestructible, will be released jointly by Hellcat and by Warner Bros. in late August and I heard a Rancid interview on the radio today.
Yes, it is true. Rancid was interviewed on KROQ this evening. I got into my car around 7:30pm, and there was Tim and Lars and the rest of the band. Funny.
So, what did Tom Whalley do? Apply little silvers of metal up Tim's fretboard fingernails? Write into Rancid's contract that they had to do interviews? Inquiring minds want to know...
thats sadd, but rancid still rocks my socks hard. so do the distllers.
wow. First, I can remember at least 6 rancid interviews I've either watched on tv or heard on the radio. All prior to 1999. and as far as the album coming out on warner, that's not true. It came out on Epitaph/hellcat.
Craziness in here. Dont really know what to say. Came across this site while looking for Insurance in Pittsburgh thru msn search engine. Kinda crazy :)