The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Diving into the always reliable Life Won’t Wait for the first and possibly best true “rockabilly” song in their catalog. A Clash tribute on their most Clash like album and a walk through 80’s cold war politics to make sure that point was not missed. We reflect on our feelings about Rancid’s long love affair with Rockabilly, psychobilly a...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. The more the guys dig into “Harry Bridges,” the more remarkable and nuanced it becomes. Not just a highlight from “Let’s Go,” but a great example of what makes Tim Armstrong and Rancid so intriguing. This Week’s Song: Harry Bridges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_57ozrddvM Send us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/rancidpod Supp...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. It felt like a good time to return to our pet project, the rehabilitation of “Trouble Maker,” and talk about its surprising first single. The run that opens the album is surprisingly very good. Plus, we share reader responses to the “Wolves” ska songs ranking and it’s not really a big surprise... maybe? This Week’s Song: Ghost of a Chanc...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. We’re still riding on that new album high (even if feeligns are mixed/all over the place), so we dig into one of the standouts from “Tomorrow Never Comes,” the Gilbert & Sullivan-esque, “New American.” All aboard HMS Rancid! This Week’s Song: New American - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAG3ygxFVM Send us a voicemail: https://www.spea...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Has a compilation ever meant more than the sum of it’s parts to you? For Sam the first Give em the Boot comp is a seminal work of why DIY label matter. Sure there are “cooler” comps out there but this is where the idea of a group of folks coming together to unite around a label and making something new and interesting started. The iconic...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. When it comes to Rancid, it really doesn’t get much better than this, does it? The guys tackle one of the absolute all-timers and try to unlock what makes it so special. For an album with only three ‘ska’ songs, they sure leave a mark. How would you rank them?! This Week’s Song: Daly City Train - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6VRRaK-S...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. OK, we are calling an audible this week and putting this one up early while the topic is very relevant. It’s the morning of the new album and we check in with each other on our initial impressions. What do we think about this very strange new entry in the Rancid catalog? This Week’s Song: Tomorrow Never Comes “The Whole Damn Thing” Send...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Of course there’s a bonus pod on “Tomorrow Never Comes” release date. Happy new album day everyone! This Week’s Song: Devil in Disguise “” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsdCQjmlUFE Send us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/rancidpod Support the pod and join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/The11thHourPodcast Buy a T-Shirt! h...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. A long rambling discussion this week on the Balkan conflicts? Of course that’s what you came here for right? Tim and Lars are always seeming to try to present recent events in small personal stories so on Life Won’t Wait they chose to address the Bosnian conflict possibly thinking the wars were coming to a standstill or close, little did...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. It’s a supergroup! Members of The Uptones, Operation Ivy, and Skankin’ Pickle join forces to steal hearts and blow minds. But it all just ends being a bit of a mess, much like this episode! This Week’s Song: Shaken 69 “Rudy Rudy” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_bQTcGThM Next Week’s Song: New Dress: Send us a voicemail: https://www.s...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week we return to our pet album Troublemaker and talk about the song that evokes a mix of the Dropkick Murphy’s and Bouncing Souls “Say Goodbye to Our Heroes”. Are we full of shit about Troublemaker? Is this just an aging punk rocker song that we are always railing against? Why does it evoke these east coast stalwarts so strongly? T...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. 25+ years ago, “Burn” was Brad’s favorite song on “Let’s Go,” but does it really hold up to that title? The guys dig into a deceptively complex song, the origins of the main lyric, and come to a surprising (or maybe not?) conclusion. We don’t need no water… Song of the Week: Burn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtxP5vMXF7g Next Week’s...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. This week we started to talk about Endrina but just end up talking about the b-sides from the CD single for Bloodclot “Endrina” and “Stop”. Two almost good enough songs from the Life Won’t Wait era. We talk about why probably didn’t make the cut and how CD singles make us feel. What about you folks? What is your favorite song physical si...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. There’s not a lot of song here to dig into, so the guys do a quick temperature on how this leaves them feeling about the new record. Plus, let us know on Instagram what you think the next single will be and win an 11th Hour sticker! Emergency Song: Don’t Make Me Do It - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTk2WanALc Next Week’s Song: Endrin...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Hard to believe we’re 52 episodes - ONE YEAR - into this podcast, but we’re having a blast and are thrilled so many of you are along for the ride. We’ve got loads of news (Patreon! T-Shirts!), but first we dig into our podcast’s namesake, which, after digging into, we realize is actually one of the best song’s on “...And Out Come the Wol...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. Last week during our mailbag episode our new friend Drew challenged us to check out the promo video for Honor is All We Know, which features a medley of songs from the album. He claimed if we tried it with open hearts and minds, it would be the best chance we would have of finding some love for the album, which so far has been at the abs...

The 11th Hour: A Rancid Podcast Presented by Foxy Digitalis. These emergency pods are becoming a regular thing, but the announcement of a new Rancid album and a preview track felt like it merited one. The track is “Tomorrow Never Comes” the first track and first single from Tomorrow Never Comes the 10th album from Rancid out on June 2nd, 2023. Brad and Sam huddle up and talk first impressions and...

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...