''BYO Split Series Volume III'' is a

split album A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are also singles and EPs of the same variety, which are often called "split singles" and "split EPs" respectively. Split albums differ from "v ...

featuring the American

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bands Rancid and

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. It was released on March 5, 2002 through

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' as the third entry in their ''

BYO Split Series The ''BYO Split Series'' is a series of albums put out by BYO Records. Each album is a split album which features two bands, with each band doing a cover of the other bands music on the album. The series started in 1999, and so far contains 5 releas ...

''. The album contains six songs by each band, with each band's songs being covers of songs originally performed by the other band. Two versions of this CD were released. One with a green cover, which had the songs performed by NOFX followed by the songs performed by Rancid, and one with an orange cover, which placed Rancid's songs ahead of NOFX's (the order of the songs by each band remains identical). Following the album's release, NOFX's cover of ''Radio'' evolved into a live staple having been played at multiple NOFX shows ever since.

Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:BYO Split Series Volume 3 BYO Split Series 2002 albums NOFX albums Rancid (band) albums 2000s covers albums Albums produced by Ryan Greene