The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week as we celebrate reaching FIFTY episodes, we welcomed everyone to send in thoughts, questions, bribes…etc, so we could gather a mailbag episode, and you folks did not disappoint. Join us as we answer your questions and read your testimonials about what Rancid and fandom mean to you. We cannot tell you how fun this was and how mu...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Adina kicks off the first full album from Rancid with a vibraslap, hey hey gang vocals, and the immortal cry of “Let’s goooooo!”. After that, things get muddy. What exactly is the moral stance of this song? Who is Adina? It sure feels like a rough time was had in some sort of vicious cycle. What we can say is every time we return to Ranc...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Is this the cringiest song on “Indestructible”? Kind of feels like. “Tropical London” is full of red flags and gross lyrics, which is too bad because musically, it’s a jam. The guys wonder if there are any songs on the album that won’t make them flinch halfway through, and directly talk about how this whole thing is just a constant strea...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This isn’t a drill! New music from Jesse and Tim! We decided if this doesn't require an emergency pod what would? Bad Optix is a new project from Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels which is their first new music together since 1989. Raid is the debut track and politically charged rocksteady tune that feels great and is DEEPLY exciting. Get...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Rancid broke up their nuclear blast album 2000 self-titled album with an anthemic ode to the people of Rwanda. We dive in to talk about what it means when (white) American artists bring attention to a people or issue via an anodyne positive and encouraging message. Where does this fall on the problematic scale? What was the intent vs eff...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. We go all the way back to 1989, the first time we hear Tim lead a song, and from that first moment, we learn a lot about who he really is. Is this song still derided or divisive, or is it just (rightfully) considered a classic? Song of the Week: Bad Town - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6EVwQJN3oA Next Week’s Song: Rwanda - https://www...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. When Sam picked Wrongful Suspicion last week his view of the song was very different than when we recorded it. Immediately after that same exact day we picked the song the wonderful 108th episode of In Defense of Ska podcast with Vic Ruggiero was released. A big focus was a deep dive into Wrongful Suspicion and the Slackers version of th...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The guys decide to dig into Trouble Maker yet again to figure out why this album lands for them differently than anything else post-2000. Not sure they find any answers, but everyone is happy that Lars finally got to live his dream of being in KISS. Guardian Article on Bovver Rock: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/18/giuda-bovv...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. A return to Let’s Go, International Cover-Up is a classic early Rancid burner, vaguely political, carried by catchy gang vocals, and over in a blink of an eye. The song brings up our most controversial take yet: Objectively and stripped of nostalgia, Let's Go is a fine Rancid album and not a great one. Those that hold it and AOCTW up as...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The guys dig into the most meme-able of Rancid songs, which Sam rightfully points out is a classic. But does the song exist for any reason other than a vehicle for Matt to rip a bass solo? And when will Rancid finally release their musique concrète record? Song of the Week: Maxwell Murder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcccqG6-dDg Find...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Television! Television! Television! Television! Television! Television! Television! Television! What do you do when you cross Bad Religion’s moody anthemic surf punk and Tim Armstrong’s vocals? Seems like you get a song that is more Rancid than it is Bad Religion. Not to mention the very surprising co-songwriter Johnette Napolitano who i...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The guys finally break the seal on “...Honor Is All We Know” with mixed feelings (to put it mildly). They talk a lot about why “Honor” doesn’t land for them but “Trouble Maker” does. Not sure there’s a clear answer, there, though. Song of the Week: Malfunction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwknHpaKJEg Contact us at @rancidpod on twit...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The quintessential Los Angeles loathing song Antennas is one of those emblematic tracks that people think of when you bring up Rancid’s 2000 self-titled LP. A mixture of Tim’s grandstanding antics, gritty crust punk, and simplistic but ultimately correct politics… and so with no evacuation, let California fall into the fucking ocean! Son...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. If there’s a Mount Rushmore of Rancid songs, “GGF” has a place firmly entrenched. Few of their songs carry this much emotional heft, and along with its structure and narrative cadence, we get a clear insight into what makes Tim Armstrong such a compelling, sometimes frustrating figure. This one goes out to Big L! Song of the Week: GGF -...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Every time we return to the polarizing Indestructible we tie ourselves in knots, sometimes it feels like this is the last of the “real” Rancid albums, and an ignored gem by old-school fans like ourselves. Yet, as we keep coming back to it, we continue to have a hard time embracing the album wholeheartedly. Indestructible the song itself...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Kicking off 2023, the guys dig into one of Life Won’t Wait’s standout tracks, The Specials-infused “Hooligans.” Eventually the episode goes off the rails a bit, but the conversation is worthwhile, and it all ties together in the end. Still trying to figure out how anyone could believe the lyric on the chorus is anything but “rude boys,”...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. One of the most iconic moments of Rancid’s year 2000 self-tilted turn towards grindy hardcore. It’s Quite Alright was the confident kickoff telling us to strap in and hold on. Some of the best lyrics and delivery in the entire discography are right here in this minute and twenty-nine-second overture. Hard to forget the feeling of songs l...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The height of absurdity that requires a real suspension of disbelief to get through, what else could be the Xmas week pick? To be fair, the guys love it in all its ridiculousness. Happy holidaze everyone! Song of the Week: You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTqEeK-uHTs Contact us at @rancidpod on twitter and...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Whipsawing back to 2017, we take a look at one of the most undeniably catchy ska jammers that Rancid have ever produced. It is wild how much we are into Troublemaker, but maybe once nothing matters anymore and you arent chasing that high from 1995, these guys can just make fun pop rock records again. Song of the Week: Where I am Going -...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. On the holy grail of holy grails in Tim Armstrong’s discography, the guys marvel at all the reasons “Sound System” is the all-timer that it is. They talk about its timelessness and still-current impact plus parse out the various aspects of Operation Ivy that worked their way into Rancid. Plus there’s a lot of gushing about the greatness...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. After a challenge last week to figure out the Brad’s least favorite song on AOCTWs, we dive into why “Shes Automatic” seems like such a weak link on an otherwise world beating album. We really want you to know that we dont ACTUALLY dislike the song, though, lets be clear…are we clear on that? We dont hate it…actually its a pretty good tr...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week the guys dig into one of the standout tracks from rancid's 1993 debut. Somehow Brad ends up gushing about Matt's vocals and inexplicably realizes he might be more of a Lars guy than he thought. The episode ends with Sam being given a challenge at the spur of the moment when choosing next week's pick. Song of the Week: Detroit -...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week we return to Lars’ stone-cold-shredders-that-mean-nothing with 2000’s Young Al Capone. A post-apocalyptic barreling ripper with a surprise gospel refrain. Call and response is the name of the game here. Between Lars and either Matt’s gurgling bass lines or the makeshift choir. A wonderful apex of the album it sits on. Song of t...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. In an attempt to talk about “Indestructible” in a more positive light, Brad picks “Memphis,” but the guys quickly realize they both have mixed emotions about this song too. What is it about “Indestructible” - an album beloved by so many fans - that the guys just can’t get into? It’s all a real mixed bag this week. Song of the Week: Memph...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week the guys take a look at The Ballad of Jimmy & John…waitaminute…what the heck is this song even about? Is it a doo-wop teenage tragedy song? Maybe it’s about misunderstandings between an unlikely friendship? WAIT WHAT HAPPEN THAT NIGHT!? So anyways let’s talk about accountability and “cancel culture”, and thus we formulate the “...