Berkeley punk legends Rancid, literally my favorite band of all time, have never broken up or gone inactive, but they tend to go long stretches without releasing new music. Rancid’s last album was Trouble Maker, which came out way back in 2017. The band keeps touring, and its members keep themselves busy; just last month, Tim Armstrong...

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The great Bay Area ska-punk band Operation Ivy famously started in ’87 and ended in ’89. After their breakup, half of Op Ivy, Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, went on to form Rancid. In the ’90s, Op Ivy’s one album became part of the punk rock starter pack for every high school kid getting into the genre, b...

The Crew is a new California punk rock supergroup that draws its membership from some of the towering bands of the ’80s and ’90s. The band seems to be the brainchild of Wookie-esque Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge, and he’s in the band alongside longtime Pennywise drummer Byron McCracken. The Crew’s me...