Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band
Rancid and
hip hop/punk rock supergroup
Transplants. Prior to forming Rancid, Armstrong was in the
ska punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with har ...
band
Operation Ivy.
In 1997, along with
Brett Gurewitz of the band
Bad Religion and owner of
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and em ...
, Armstrong founded
Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, ...
. In 2012, through his website, Armstrong started releasing music that influenced him, along with stripped-down cover songs of his own under the name
Tim Timebomb. Armstrong is also a songwriter for other artists. Armstrong won a Grammy Award for his work with
Jimmy Cliff
James Chambers OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, t ...
and
Pink
Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
, and has also worked with
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr ...
.
Personal life
At the age of five, Armstrong met
Matt Freeman while playing
Little League Baseball
Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[Albany, California
Albany ( ) is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northwestern Alameda County, California. The population was 20,271 at the 2020 census.
History
In 1908, a group of local women protested the dumping of Berkeley garbage in thei ...]
, where Armstrong lived with his mother, police officer father, and older brother Jeff.
Freeman and Armstrong formed bands many years later based on their shared love of bands such as
The Clash
The Clash were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave music, new wave moveme ...
and the
Ramones
The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first true punk rock group. Despite achieving a limited commercial appeal in the United ...
. They both went to
Albany High School.
Armstrong's relationship with
Bikini Kill
Bikini Kill is an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990. The group consisted of singer and songwriter Kathleen Hanna, guitarist Billy Karren, bassist Kathi Wilcox, and drummer Tobi Vail. The band pioneered ...
drummer
Tobi Vail
Tobi Celeste Vail (born July 20, 1969) is an American independent musician, music critic and feminist activist from Olympia, Washington. She was a central figure in the riot grrl scene—she coined the spelling of "grrl"—and she started th ...
inspired the Rancid song "Olympia, WA" from ''
...And Out Come the Wolves''.
He was married to musician
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson; 1 January 1979) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. She began playing music in her adolescence and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18, where she founded the punk rock band The Di ...
from 1997 to 2003. They met in 1995, when Dalle was 16 and Armstrong was 30, after Rancid and Dalle's band Sourpuss both played
Summersault Festival in Australia.
In 1997, when Dalle was 18, she moved to Los Angeles to live with Armstrong, and she formed the band
The Distillers
The Distillers are an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1998 by vocalist and guitarist Brody Dalle. Dalle co-wrote, played guitar and provided lead vocals for nearly every track on the band's three albums. After the ...
.
The couple separated in 2003, after Armstrong saw a picture of Dalle kissing
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple line ...
frontman
Josh Homme
Joshua Michael Homme ( ; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the founder, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he for ...
in an issue of ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its co ...
'' magazine; she and Homme would later marry.
Homme claimed he received death threats from Armstrong's fans. Dalle claimed Armstrong was very controlling of her and it took her three years to leave him. Some of Rancid's songs on 1998's ''
Life Won't Wait'' ("Who Would've Thought", "Corazón de Oro") detail Armstrong and Dalle's relationship and songs on 2003's ''
Indestructible'' ("
Fall Back Down", "Ghost Band", "Tropical London") deal with Armstrong's feelings about his divorce.
Armstrong's cousin, Scott, was the guitarist for Canadian punk band Desperate Minds, but they did not know each other until they were introduced at a show in Chicago in 1988 by
John Jughead
John Pierson, known also by the stage name Jughead and by the pseudonym Ian Pierce, is an American musician, writer, actor, and podcaster.
Biography
In 1986, Pierson and Ben Weasel co-founded the punk rock band Screeching Weasel in Chicago, Illin ...
of
Screeching Weasel
Screeching Weasel is an American punk rock band consisting of Ben Weasel (vocals), Mike Kennerty (guitar), Mike Hunchback (guitar), Zach "Poutine" Brandner (bass) and Pierre Marche (drums). Screeching Weasel is originally from the Chicago subur ...
.
Music career
Basic Radio
Basic Radio was founded in 1985 and included
Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. The band never released any albums or EPs, but recorded demos and were featured on local compilations. Two years later they broke up and Operation Ivy was founded shortly after.
Operation Ivy
In 1987, along with singer
Jesse Michaels, bassist
Matt Freeman and drummer
Dave Mello
David Mello is an American musician known primarily for his work as drummer for the hardcore ska punk band Operation Ivy.
Prior to Operation Ivy, Mello played in various bands local to the Berkeley and Albany areas such as Rabbi Conspiracy an ...
, Armstrong formed the
ska punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with har ...
band
Operation Ivy and enjoyed modest success before the group disbanded in 1989, the same night the album was released. The band would go on to achieve worldwide cult success in the years following its break-up.
Dance Hall Crashers
Dance Hall Crashers
Dance Hall Crashers (often abbreviated to DHC) was an American ska punk band formed in 1989 in Berkeley, California. Initially founded by former Operation Ivy members Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, the band has had a fluid lineup over its c ...
(named after the
Alton Ellis song "Dance Crasher") was formed in 1989 by Armstrong and Matt Freeman after both musicians expressed an interest in starting a band rooted in more traditional ska and
rocksteady
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish ...
than what they had been playing with Operation Ivy. The first line-up featured Armstrong on vocals and Freeman on guitar, as well as drummer Erik Larsen, keyboardist Joey Schaaf, vocalist Andrew Champion, guitarist Grant McIntire, and bassist Joel Wing. The band played their first show at
924 Gilman Street
The Alternative Music Foundation located at 924 Gilman Street, often referred to by its fans simply as "Gilman", is a non-profit, all-ages, collectively organized music club. It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California, abou ...
in Berkeley in 1989. Shortly after their debut, Freeman and Armstrong left to pursue other interests.
Downfall
Downfall
Downfall may refer to:
Books
* ''The Downfall'' (novel), an 1892 book by Émile Zola
* ''Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire'', a 1999 book by Richard B. Frank about the last days of World War II
* ''Downfall'', a 2001 Dragonlance ...
featured Armstrong, Freeman, and Mello, as well as Mello's brother Pat, and Jason Hammon (also a later member of Dance Hall Crashers). Pat and Jason would both play guitar, while Armstrong took up duties on vocals. They lasted three months (December 1989 to March 1990), playing only at a few parties and twice at Gilman St. They released one song on
Maximumrocknroll's ''They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, but Boy, Do They Work Hard!'' compilation, one song on David Hayes' ''Very Small World'' compilation, one song on Lookout! Records' ''Can of Pork'' compilation, and recorded a demo. It disbanded when Freeman joined
MDC on bass while Armstrong was a roadie for the band, while Pat and Dave went on to form Schlong.
Rancid
As time went on, Armstrong, suffering from depression and alcoholism, eventually became homeless. During this time, Freeman suggested the two start a new band together, partially in hopes of curbing Armstrong's alcohol addiction. Armstrong began writing songs that would appear on their first album. Their new band,
Rancid, would eventually go on to become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful
punk rock bands of all time. Rancid has released nine studio albums since their formation.
The Transplants
In 1999, Armstrong invited roadie
Rob Aston ("Skinhead Rob") to add lyrics to some solo material that Armstrong had been creating in his basement, and the two worked together writing and recording music. They formed the group
Transplants with drummer
Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Tran ...
, of
Blink-182
Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is an American rock band formed in Poway, California in 1992. Their current lineup consists of bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though their sound has ...
, and released their self-titled debut album on October 22, 2002. A second Transplants album, ''Haunted Cities'', was released on June 21, 2005. The Transplants break-up was confirmed by Rob Aston on January 16, 2006, when he told a reporter that the group had split. However, Barker later announced that the trio was working on a new album. They played their first show since 2006 on
Conan to promote Barker's new solo album, on which the song "Saturday Night" is featured. It was announced in November 2011 on the Transplants official Facebook page that their new album would be "finished" in December 2011. The latest album entitled "In A Warzone" was released June 25, 2013, on Epitaph Records.
Solo albums/Tim Timebomb

In 2007, he released his first solo album entitled ''
A Poet's Life
''A Poet's Life'' is the debut solo studio album by American musician Tim Armstrong. It was recorded with The Aggrolites in Los Angeles, California and released on May 22, 2007 via Hellcat Records.
The album was initially released for free as down ...
'' with
The Aggrolites as his backing band. The track from that album "Into Action" was reported as the number one most played and requested in 2007 on then
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM, Sirius XM Holdings. It provided pay-for-service radio, analogous to subscription cable televisi ...
channel
Fungus 53
Fungus, branded on air as Fungus 53, was a Commercial-free radio station on XM Satellite Radio, launched in early 2004 and was specialized in playing Uncensored Punk rock, Hardcore rock and Ska music. The channel was one of nine on XM that is ma ...
.
In 2012, he launched a side project under the name
Tim Timebomb, initially releasing a download only album, entitled "Tim Timebomb Sings Songs from RocknNRoll Theater", containing songs from his musical film series. Since October 29, 2012, he has released a series of songs via YouTube, at a rate of one track each day starting on October 29, 2012. These songs make up a series of download only singles, to date more than 200 tracks have been released, a mixture of original compositions, covers, and re-workings of his previous songs, including those of Rancid.
Other projects
Armstrong produced and co-wrote eight songs with
Pink
Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...
for her 2003 album ''
Try This''. Her song, "
Trouble", a 2003 Rancid outtake, went on to win her a Grammy Award. He has also contributed guest vocals on songs for such bands as
Bad Religion, Time Again,
The Matches,
Mest,
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 2005, the band's lineup has consisted of twin brothers Joel Madden (lead vocals) and Benji Madden (guitar and vocals), Paul Thomas (bass), Billy Martin ...
,
Head Automatica,
The Aggrolites,
The Interrupters
''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Ch ...
and
Box Car Racer. He and Matt Freeman also play in a psychobilly band called
Devils Brigade and he co-produced their debut album.
It was announced on August 12, 2011, that Tim Armstrong was working on an album with reggae artist
Jimmy Cliff
James Chambers OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, t ...
. Their first single, a cover of
The Clash
The Clash were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave music, new wave moveme ...
song "
The Guns of Brixton", was released on October 4, 2011. Sacred Fire EP was released late November 2011.
Rebirth was released in July 2012 and won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. And in 2012, Armstrong wrote and performed on
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr ...
's song "Hi-Roller Baby" from his solo album
Analog Man. Armstrong also helped with
Anti-Flag's song "Brandenburg Gate".
Though they share a last name and frequently collaborate, Armstrong and
Green Day
Green Day is an American rock band formed in the East Bay of California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, together with bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt. For most of the band's career, they have been a ...
frontman
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for t ...
are not related. Green Day has covered Operation Ivy songs on their past albums, Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote and performed on Rancid's song "Radio", and was invited by Tim Armstrong to join Rancid as a second guitarist in 1993. He declined, and
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Erik Frederiksen (born Lars Erik Dapello, August 30, 1971) is an American musician and record producer best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid, as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards an ...
got the job. Tim directed the music video for Green Day's 2016 single "
Bang Bang". He also plays a punk, seen during the song's bridge. In 2017, Tim Armstrong and Billie Joe Armstrong, together with Tim's nephew Rey Armstrong and Billie Joe's son Joey Armstrong formed the band The Armstrongs and released their first single "If There Was Ever a Time".
In May 2021, Armstrong along with fellow Rancid bandmate
Matt Freeman, Fletcher Dragge (
Pennywise), Byron McMackin (Pennywise), and
Mike Muir (
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, Los Angeles, Venice in Los Angeles, California by vocalist Mike Muir. Muir is the only remaining original member of the band. Along with Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, ...
) formed a punk rock
supergroup called The Crew.
The band's first single, "One Voice", was released on Epitaph Records.
Hellcat Records
Armstrong started
Hellcat Records
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, ...
in 1997 as a sub-label of
Epitaph
An epitaph (; ) is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is inscribed on a tombstone or plaque, but it may also be used in a figurative sense. Some epitaphs are specified by the person themselves be ...
, owned by Armstrong's friend and
Bad Religion member
Brett Gurewitz. Armstrong acts as a talent scout for Hellcat, and has final say concerning what groups are signed to the label. Armstrong was one of the owners the merchandise manufacturer Machete Mfg, which provides merchandise for bands on Hellcat Records.
;;;;
Signature model guitars
In 2010,
Gretsch
Gretsch is an American company that manufactures musical instruments. The company was founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York by Friedrich Gretsch, a 27-year-old German immigrant, shortly after his arrival to the United States. Friedrich Gretsc ...
Guitars introduced the G5191BK Tim Armstrong Electromatic guitar. The single cutaway hollowbody electric guitar featured a 17" wide body in a flat-black urethane finish, parallel tone bars and
sound post, two "Black Top" Filter'Tron
pickups, Grover tuners, big block
fretboard
The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument. The st ...
inlays, a harp tailpiece and gold-plated hardware. Gretsch advertising for the model prominently features Armstrong with the guitar. Armstrong's signature model is based on his 1971 Baldwin-era Gretsch Country Club which he spray-painted black and flipped to accommodate his
left-handed
In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to it being stronger, faster or more dextrous. The other hand, comparatively often the weaker, less dextrous or simply less subject ...
playing.
The signature model is available in both right and left-handed models. Fender also put out a signature acoustic model based on Armstrong's favorite 1960s era Fender acoustic guitar. The "Hellcat" has hellcat inlays in the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th fret positions and two skulls in the 12th fret. It is outfitted with a tortoise shell pick guard and Fishman brand electronics. It is available in right and left handed models, as well as a 12-string version.
Discography
Solo
* ''
A Poet's Life
''A Poet's Life'' is the debut solo studio album by American musician Tim Armstrong. It was recorded with The Aggrolites in Los Angeles, California and released on May 22, 2007 via Hellcat Records.
The album was initially released for free as down ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Tim Timebomb Sings Songs from RocknNRoll Theater'' (2012)
* ''
Tim Timebomb singles series'' (2012-ongoing)
with Operation Ivy
* ''
Hectic
''Hectic'' is the debut EP by the American ska punk band Operation Ivy. It was released in January 1988 through Lookout! Records (LK 003). ''Hectic'' is credited as one of the first ska-core records.
In 1991, all 6 tracks from ''Hectic'' were ...
'' (1988)
* ''
Energy
In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of hea ...
'' (1989)
* ''
Plea for Peace'' (1992)
* ''
'69 Newport'' (1993)
with
Downfall
Downfall may refer to:
Books
* ''The Downfall'' (novel), an 1892 book by Émile Zola
* ''Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire'', a 1999 book by Richard B. Frank about the last days of World War II
* ''Downfall'', a 2001 Dragonlance ...
* "Long Way to Go" (''They Don't Get Paid, They Don't Get Laid, But Boy Do They Work Hard!'', 1989)
* "New Regulations" (''Very Small World'', 1991)
* "North Berkeley" (''
Can of Pork'', 1992)
* "My City" (''Later That Same Year'', 1992)
with Special Forces
* "Red White and Blue" (1991)
with Rancid
* ''
Rancid'' (1992)
* ''
Rancid'' (1993)
* ''
Radio Radio Radio'' (1993)
* ''
Let's Go
Let's Go may refer to:
Film
* ''Let's Go'' (1918 film), a 1918 comedy short starring Harold Lloyd
* ''Let's Go'' (1923 film), a silent film written by Keene Thompson
* ''Let's Go!'' (film), a 2011 Hong Kong action film
Music Albums
* ''Let's ...
'' (1994)
* ''
...And Out Come the Wolves'' (1995)
* ''
Life Won't Wait'' (1998)
* ''
Rancid'' (2000)
* ''
Indestructible'' (2003)
* ''
B Sides and C Sides
''B Sides and C Sides'' is a compilation album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was first released online on December 11, 2007, followed by a standard release on January 15, 2008. It contains a number of B-sides and rare songs as wel ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Let the Dominoes Fall'' (2009)
* ''
Honor Is All We Know'' (2014)
* ''
Trouble Maker'' (2017)
with Shaken 69
* "Rudy Rudy" (''A Slice of Lemon'', 1995)
with The Silencers
* "Policeman" (
''Give 'Em the Boot'', 1997)
with Nocturnal
* "Tell Me What You're Feeling" (''
Give 'Em the Boot II'', 1999)
with Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* ''
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards'' (2001)
* ''
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and s ...
'' (2004)
with Transplants
* ''
Transplants'' (2002)
* ''
Haunted Cities'' (2005)
* ''
In a Warzone'' (2013)
* ''
Take Cover'' (2017)
with Devils Brigade
* "Stalingrad" / "Psychos All Around Me" (2003)
* "Vampire Girl" / "What Have You Done Lately" / "Ride Harley Ride" (2005)
* ''
Devils Brigade'' (2010)
with Armstrongs
* "If There Was Ever a Time" (2017)
Guest appearances
* "Television" by
Bad Religion (
''Stranger than Fiction'', 1994) – vocals
* "Cat Like Thief" by
Box Car Racer (''
Box Car Racer'', 2002) – vocals
* "Dance Party Plus" by
Head Automatica (''
Decadence
The word decadence, which at first meant simply "decline" in an abstract sense, is now most often used to refer to a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, honor, discipline, or skill at governing among the members ...
'', 2004) – vocals
* "The Stories Are True" by
Time Again (''
The Stories Are True
''The Stories Are True'' is a debut full-length album by the American street punk band Time Again. It was released on April 25, 2006, via Hellcat Records. Tim Armstrong is featured on the title track "The Stories Are True" and appeared on its mu ...
'', 2006) – vocals
* "Ghosts" and "(Let's Get Movin') Into Action" by
Skye Sweetnam
Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer, actress, and music video director. She first entered the music industry in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." More than a year later, her debut studio album, '' N ...
(''
Sound Soldier'', 2007) – backing vocals, songwriting, production
* "Sex And Violence" by
Danny Diablo
Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...
(''
International Hardcore Superstar
''International Hardcore Superstar'' is the sixth studio album by Danny Diablo. It was released on October 6, 2009, via Tim Armstrong's Hellcat Records. The record is the follow-up to his 2007 album Thugcore 4 Life.
Track listing
Samples
* ...
'', 2009) – vocals, production
* "6 Feet Underground" and "Push Em" by
Yelawolf
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&
Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Tran ...
(''
Psycho White'', 2012) – vocals
* "Hi-Roller Baby" by
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In a career spanning over five decades, he has been a member of three successful rock bands: the James Gang, Eagles, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr ...
(''
Analog Man'', 2012) – songwriting, guitar
* "Booted out of Hell" by
The King Blues
The King Blues are a British punk rock band from London credited for fusing punk and hip hop together with influences from ska and spoken word. Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as "rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of ...
(''
Long Live the Struggle
The King Blues are a British punk rock band from London credited for fusing punk and hip hop together with influences from ska and spoken word. Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as "rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of ...
'', 2012) – vocals
* "Family" by
The Interrupters
''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Ch ...
(''The Interrupters'', 2014) – vocals
* "Brandenburg Gate" by
Anti-Flag (''
American Spring'', 2015) – vocals
* "Discovery" by
Adil Omar (''
Transcendence
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Mathematics
* Transcendental number, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients
* Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of a field exten ...
'', 2018) – songwriting, guitar
* "No Peace No Justice" by
RAT BOY (''
Internationally Unknown
''Internationally Unknown'' is the second studio album by English musician Rat Boy. It was released on 25 January 2019 through Parlophone under exclusive license to Hellcat Records. Recording sessions took place at Shiprec Studios in Los Angele ...
'', 2019) – vocals, production
*"Streetsweeper" by SECTION H8 (''Welcome to the Nightmare,'' 2021) – vocals
*"The Final Parade" by
The Mighty Mighty BossTones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (informally referred to as The Bosstones and often stylized as The Mighty Mighty BossToneS) were an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. From the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky ...
(''
When God Was Great
''When God Was Great'' is the eleventh and final studio album by the Boston ska punk band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released in 2021 on Hellcat, the band's only album with the label. The album was co-produced by Hellcat founder and Ran ...
'', 2021) – vocals
*"Dancing On The Radio" by
Angel Du$t
Angel Dust (stylized as Angel Du$t) is an American rock supergroup formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 2013, made up of members of Turnstile and Trapped Under Ice. They have released four albums. In 2018, they signed to Roadrunner Records. In 2019, ...
(''"YAK": A Collection Of Truck Songs'', 2021) – vocals
*”As We Live” by
The Interrupters
''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Ch ...
(''In the Wild'', 2022) - vocals
Production discography
* ''
...And Out Come the Wolves'' (1995) by Rancid
* ''
Answer That and Stay Fashionable'' (1995) by
AFI
* ''East Los Presents'' (1997) by Union 13
* ''At Ease'' (1997) by
The Gadjits
The Gadjits were an American ska and rock and roll band from Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
History The Gadjits
Brandon, Zach, and Adam Phillips come from an artistic family, their father was a jazz musician and their mother an art tea ...
* ''
Life Won't Wait'' (1998) by Rancid
* ''
F-Minus'' (2000) by
F-Minus
* ''
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards'' (2001) by
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* ''
Mediocre Generica
''Mediocre Generica'' is the debut studio album by the American punk band Leftöver Crack. It was released on September 11, 2001 and includes much sociopolitical commentary, including anti-police sentiment, anti-racism and anti-homophobia. The a ...
'' (2001) by
Leftöver Crack
* ''
Transplants'' (2002) by Transplants
* ''
Try This'' (2003) by
Pink
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* ''
Viking
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who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and s ...
'' (2004) by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
* ''
Haunted Cities'' (2005) by Transplants
* ''
Hardcore 4 Life
Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...
'' (2005) by
Danny Diablo
Dan Singer (born December 20, 1971), known professionally as Danny Diablo a.k.a. Lord Ezec, is an American hardcore punk and hip hop vocalist. He is a current member of underground hip hop acts The ShotBlockers, KAOS 13 and FTW, and a foundin ...
* ''
The Stories Are True
''The Stories Are True'' is a debut full-length album by the American street punk band Time Again. It was released on April 25, 2006, via Hellcat Records. Tim Armstrong is featured on the title track "The Stories Are True" and appeared on its mu ...
'' (2006) by
Time Again
* ''
Decomposer
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'' (2006) by
The Matches
* ''
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'' (2006) by
John Roecker
* ''
Sound Soldier'' (2007) by
Skye Sweetnam
Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988) is a Canadian singer, actress, and music video director. She first entered the music industry in 2003 with the release of her debut single "Billy S." More than a year later, her debut studio album, '' N ...
* ''
Thugcore 4 Life
''Thugcore 4 Life'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop and hardcore punk artist, Danny Diablo. It was released August 14, 2007 via Suburban Noize Records. The album was praised by both hardcore punk fans as well as hip hop fans. This ...
'' (2007) by Danny Diablo
* ''
Devil's Brigade'' (2010) by
Devil's Brigade
* ''Sacred Fire EP'' (2011) by
Jimmy Cliff
James Chambers OM (born 30 July 1944), known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, is a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor. He is the only living reggae musician to hold the Order of Merit, t ...
* ''
Rebirth'' (2012) by Jimmy Cliff – Won
Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1985 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the reggae music genre. Honors in sev ...
* ''The Interrupters'' (2014) by
The Interrupters
''The Interrupters'' is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Ch ...
* ''Say It Out Loud'' (2016) by The Interrupters
* ''Fight the Good Fight'' (2018) by The Interrupters
* ''
Internationally Unknown
''Internationally Unknown'' is the second studio album by English musician Rat Boy. It was released on 25 January 2019 through Parlophone under exclusive license to Hellcat Records. Recording sessions took place at Shiprec Studios in Los Angele ...
'' (2019) by
RAT BOY
Filmography
* ''Larry Is Dead'' (1995) – director, actor, producer
* ''
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!'' (2003) – producer, narrator
* ''
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' (2004) – actor
* ''
Give 'Em the Boot
Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. The label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records, was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, the owner of Epitaph, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, w ...
'' (2005) – producer
* ''
Punk's Not Dead'' (2007) – producer
* "Rock N Roll Theater" (2011) – actor, producer, writer
* ''
The X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...
'' (2016) – actor in episode
"Home Again" (''The X-Files'')
* The Twilight Zone (2020) – actor in episode "8" (The Twilight Zone)
References
External links
Rancid official websiteTim Timebomb official website
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Living people
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
American music video directors
American punk rock guitarists
American punk rock musicians
American punk rock singers
Rancid (band) members
Hellcat Records
Musicians from Oakland, California
Operation Ivy (band) members
Hellcat Records artists
Homeless people
Guitarists from California
1965 births
20th-century American guitarists
American male guitarists
Transplants (band) members
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards members
Downfall (band) members
Dance Hall Crashers members
Shaken 69 members
Devils Brigade (band) members
21st-century American guitarists
Singer-songwriters from California