Rancid

Members of Rancid, like many other bands that have been recording for a while, have been involved in a few side projects. In 2001, Santana released Shaman, revisiting the Supernatural format of guest artists including P.O.D., Seal, and Michelle Branch. They have sold over 1 million records. Supernatural was Santana's best-selling album ever, reaching number one on the Billboard albums chart, and won nine Grammy Awards. 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"). Carlos Santana dramatically returned to popular consciousness in 1999, upon the release of Supernatural, which included collaborations with Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill. 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. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

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. In 1991, Santana made a guest appearance on Ottmar Liebert's album "Solo Para Ti", on the songs "Reaching Out 2 U" and a cover of his own song, "Samba Pa Ti". 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. Jones, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. 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. Many albums followed in the 1970s and 80s, including collaborations with Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Booker T. Rancid were very popular throughout the 1990s, and the band constantly toured from 1993 through 1998. During this period, Carlos took the name "Devadip", bestowed upon him by spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.

Among mainstream audiences, Rancid is best-known for 1995's "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb" off ...And Out Come the Wolves. Carlos Santana used the name and a series of changing musicians to continue to tour around the country, releasing several albums. The music style blends punk and hardcore with ska and reggae. Rolie went on to become a founding member of Journey. 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. The original Santana band then disbanded. Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong are ex-members of Operation Ivy. Santana became a huge hit, as did Abraxas (1970) and Santana III (1971).

Rancid is a band that originated in Berkeley, California from the ashes of Operation Ivy, a punk/ska band founded in 1987. On the tour to support the album, the band played at Woodstock; the set was legendary and vastly increased Santana's popularity. Brett Reed hasn't done any work for side project bands. Soon signed to Columbia Records, Santana released a self-titled album, Santana, the group at this point consisting of Carlos Santana (guitar), Gregg Rolie (keyboards and vocals), David Brown (bass guitar), Michael Shrieve (drums), Jose Areas (percussion) and Michael Carabello (percussion). He was replaced by the current bassist Brent Harding as of early 2005. Santana's recording debut occurred on The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper with Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield. Matt Freeman joins Social Distortion by taking filling for the previous bassist John Maurer. The band started playing at the Fillmore West, where many of the great San Francisco bands began.

Lars Fredriksen has a side band Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards (currently released their second LP in 2004). In 1966, he helped found the Santana Blues Band, eventually shortened to simply Santana. Tim Armstrong plays with Travis Barker and Skinhead Rob in the Transplants. After a family move to Tijuana, Santana began playing in clubs and bars; he remained in Tijuana when his family moved to San Francisco, California, but soon joined them. Carlos Santana's father was a mariachi violinist and young Carlos learned the violin originally, but switched to the guitar when he was eight years old. He became famous in the 1960s with his eponymous band Santana.

Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a famous Mexican rock and roll guitarist, originally from Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco.