Jerry Finn had to go and do the Jawbreaker record, so Brett came along and helped out. “The record really took shape when Brett Gurewitz came along. We didn’t know what was going to happen, but we knew we were conscious that we were getting the stuff out of us.” We slept at the studio and got up first thing in the morning because we couldn’t wait to get started. We had a little bit of success with Let’s Go, but the heart and soul and energy of making that record was just pure, unbridled joy. It was the realest example of where we were and all the chaos around us. “I don’t think that we knew at the time what …And Out Come the Wolves was going to do. WE WENT INTO OUR SHELLS TO RECORD 1995’s …AND OUT COME THE WOLVES I was using it to be provocative, but over the years, understanding what it means, knowing what that meant to her, as well as my own personal experiences with being looked at weird because of how I dressed, made it so clear to me how stupid the idea of hating someone because of their race or sexuality or… whatever is.” I wasn’t educated on what my mom had been through, I suddenly understood the gravity. She sat me down and explained exactly what that symbol meant to her. I came home and she asked me what I had done to the stars and I said, ‘America… blah, blah blah’, all the punk shit. “One of the first times I understood the gravity of what my mom went through, was when I had an American flag that I used to use as a bum flap, and I put swastikas on the stars.
I’ll add in Matt, Brett and Branden in as well… the speed bumps we hit, the mountains we climbed, the partnership we shared, the moral compass we share. When we started making music together it was like lightning striking, the chemistry that we had. He helped me focus, he would always tell me how I had this talent, and he pushed me. My friendship with him helped me to mature. We could feel that the energy was tangible from the first time we met, we just clicked and became inseparable. “Tim and I were two peas in a pod both younger brothers who came from working class families. I’m glad I made sure I surrounded myself with the right people.”
#Rancid if the kids are united lyrics code
I think it’s sad that the world doesn’t let you make mistakes anymore.īut I tried to surround myself with friends who had the same moral code and moral compass as me, and all these years later all of my best friends are punks or skinheads still. But weirdly, when we kids, we were all really judgemental as well! We were just teens trying to work the world out and you make mistakes.
“The music I make is always staunchly anti-racist, anti-fascist – about acceptance.
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