GREEN DAY w/ Tim Armstrong "Knowledge" @924 Gilman St.

If you'll recall GREEN DAY covered this OPERATION IVY song, the band Tim Armstrong was in before RANCID.

SAMIAM "Don't Break Me'' Live in Philly 9-25-93 [With Lyrics]

"Sitting in the corner 

 Don't know what to think 

 I can't speak 

 I sink a little deeper with every drink 

 I try to sleep
I shut my eyes 

 Like a leaky faucet fear floods the room 

 The one that drips away 

 Patiently by day 

 It was either lost or it was stolen but
It's been missing for too long 

 I woke up one morning 

 I couldn't see the sunrise 

 I can't recall

The exact moment now 

but
It began some time ago 

 And it makes me wonder 

after all I've done 

 What have I got to show? 

What have I got to show
What have I got to show" 

 I'm aggravated
I'm what you created 

 Now don't break me"

Jimmy Cliff "One More" Video! Music From the Great Legend!!

New song from the legendary reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, with Tim Armstrong from OPERATION IVY/RANCID/THE TRANSPLANTS playing guitar!!  Really great stuff, especially some of the other videos showing studio footage of the two.  Tim is also the one who released all three of Joe Strummer's (R.I.P.) records (Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros) on his label, Hellcat Records.  Hellcat is owned by Tim Armstrong, and it's kind of a subsidy of Epitaph Records, which is owned by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion.  I think it's just great how older punk & reggae meet up with modern hardcorepunk.  It's a small world after all...LOL, I'll have THAT song stuck in my head for days now. Oy vey!  Seriously, get into this!  Good stuff!! m//r 


 

"Roots Radicals "// "King of the Jungle"// "In The City" Tim Timebomb & Friends --

Pretty cool cover of RANCID's "Roots Radicals" done by Tim Armstrong under the moniker 'Tim Timebomb & Friends'. Is it a "cover song" if you wrote the song to begin with? TA & Friends is, of course, Tim Armstrong aka "Lint" from RANCID, TRANSPLANTS, and OPERATION IVY. This is very cool. This project he's doing has released 80 songs so far! Lots & lots of well done cover songs as well as RANCID songs and some originals. Usually acoustic guitar & piano and also some non-acoustic songs. My favorites so far are "King of the Jungle" by LAST RESORT & "In the City" by The JAM!  I edited this post & put them up after this one.  Damn, there are so many great cover (and originals!) that I could post all 80 or so up here. Just check these ones out then go to YT and listen to them all.  RANCID is playing here in Detroit in less than two weeks. I was originally supposed to go with my friend Ann--an old girlfriend--but I have a feeling that we aren't going together. And to be quite honest I can't really afford the $25+ it will cost. Nothing bad happened between her & I, and we are still friends. I'm just not feeling the whole 'go to a concert and night out on the town' thingy with her. I need to keep some distance because I truthfully have more important things going on in my life at this juncture.
 
May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always.--
And hell, may the force be with you too.--

Watch each others backs. 
Not WASH each others backs, WATCH each others backs.-- 

Make room for the next guy.--

Give 'em enough rope.--
 
Hang on & never let go.--

Never let the bastards grind you down.
With love, m//r ♥




  
Here's their (his, really) cover of LAST RESORT's "King of the Jungle"

 


And here is their competent cover of "In The City" originally done by Paul Weller & The JAM!


 

"Good Morning, Heartache..."

"...You're like an old friend --come and see me again."
  -RANCID

LEATHERFACE!!! " Springtime " Live in Dublin, Ireland 08/2007

Here we have for your pleasure & enjoyment, a nice quality live clip of the legendary LEATHERFACE playing "Springtime" from a show back in '07 in Dublin, Ireland. I admit, I was late jumping on the LEATHERFACE bandwagon! Just heard them for the first time three yrs ago. Even though I had the LEATHERFACE / HOT WATER MUSIC split 12" on BYO records many, many years ago. (When was it released? 2001?) Check it out...actually, check out all of their stuff. Download it, steal it, buy it, whatever, just get into them! With love my friends, with love. m//r