Rancid

Members of Rancid, like many other bands that have been recording for a while, have been involved in a few side projects. See also: list of musicians with multiple self-titled albums. They have sold over 1 million records. On January 10, 2005 Seal slammed rappers for portraying women negatively in both their videos and lyrics. Their songs and albums are based on hard times ("7 Years Down," "Hyena"), world issues ("Rigged On A Fix"), old friends ("Old Friend," "GGF"), and love ("She's Automatic", "Corazon de Oro"). [1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15633,00.html?rssceleb). Many long-time fans were disappointed that Rancid, who had long resisted major-label allure and gained much fame and respect because of it, signed with Warner Brothers Records. On January 4, 2005 Seal announced his engagement to German supermodel Heidi Klum.

Rancid's self-titled 2000 album was released on Hellcat Records, and their 2003 record, Indestructible, was released by Hellcat Records and Warner Brothers Records. The first single released of the 2003 album was called "Get It Together". In fact, after the success of ...And Out Come the Wolves, the band was pursued by several major labels, including Madonna's Maverick Records; Rancid chose to stick with Epitaph despite the tempting offers. He has released three self-titled albums in 1991, 1994 and 2003. They have 6 full albums, the first 4 of which were released through an independent label, Epitaph Records, along with many 7" vinyls and singles. In 1996 he covered the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" for the Space Jam soundtrack. Rancid were very popular throughout the 1990s, and the band constantly toured from 1993 through 1998. Featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", which was a UK number one hit in 1990 (he signed a contract to Sire Records), he subsequently had solo hits such as "Crazy", "Prayer for the Dying", and "Kiss from a Rose" in 1995, which appeared in the film Batman Forever.

Among mainstream audiences, Rancid is best-known for 1995's "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb" off ...And Out Come the Wolves. After school, he studied architecture and engineering. The music style blends punk and hardcore with ska and reggae. A childhood bout of lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring. Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredriksen both sing lead vocals and play lead guitar, while Matt Freeman sings backing vocals and plays bass and Brett Reed plays drums. Born Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel, in Paddington, England, his parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong are ex-members of Operation Ivy. Seal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist.

Rancid is a band that originated in Berkeley, California from the ashes of Operation Ivy, a punk/ska band founded in 1987. 2003 "Get It Together" #25 UK. Brett Reed hasn't done any work for side project bands. from "Seal (2003)"