LABEL: Epitaph
VINYL RELEASE DATE:11/24/2014
ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 1994
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

Rancid’s Let’s Go The record that took them beyond the poppier, skatier leanings of Green Day and The Offspring and introduced them to a richer palette of punk rock. A year prior to Let’s Go, Rancid released a debut album that left behind the trappings of Tim Armstong and Matt Freeman’s previous band, Operation Ivy, and took a harder, grittier approach to punk rock. For Let’s Go the band added Lars Fredriksen on second guitar, infused their sound with a bit more pop and set off a barrage of Clash comparisons the likes of which the world had yet to see.