Indestructible

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Indestructible
Studio album by Rancid
Released	August 19, 2003
Recorded	?
Genre	Punk
Length	51:24
Label	Hellcat Records/Warner Brothers Records
Producer(s)	Brett Gurewitz
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Rancid chronology
BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 (2002)	Indestructible (2003)

Indestructible is the sixth album by Rancid, released on August 19, 2003 (see 2003 in music). Rancid has been strongly criticized by many of their fans for Indestructable's poppier sound and for releasing the album on the Warner Brothers label as opposed to just their independent Hellcat label.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Trivia/Notes 4 Charts 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

• All songs by Armstrong and Frederiksen except where noted.

1. "Indestructible" – 1:36
2. "Fall Back Down" – 3:43
3. "Red Hot Moon" (Armstrong/Aston/Frederiksen/Reed) – 3:36
4. "David Courtney" – 2:44
5. "Start Now" – 3:05
6. "Out of Control" – 1:41
7. "Django" (Armstrong) – 2:25
8. "Arrested in Shanghai" – 4:11
9. "Travis Bickle" – 2:16
10. "Memphis" – 3:25
11. "Spirit of '87" (Armstrong/Carlock/Frederiksen) – 3:22
12. "Ghost Band" – 1:37
13. "Tropical London" – 3:01
14. "Roadblock" (Armstrong/Frederiksen/Reed) – 1:58
15. "Born Frustrated" – 2:56
16. "Back Up Against the Wall" – 3:20
17. "Ivory Coast" – 2:19
18. "Stand Your Ground" – 3:24
19. "Otherside" – 1:52
20. "Killing Zone" (Note: This bonus track appears only on the vinyl LP release of the album)

[edit] Personnel

• Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, mixing
• Lars Frederiksen - vocals, guitar,cover photo
• Matt Freeman - vocals, bass
• Brett Reed - drums

• Brett Gurewitz - vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
• Rob Aston - vocals
• Siedah Garrett - vocals
• Vic Ruggiero - keyboards
• Luis Conte - percussion
• Joe Barresi - mixing
• Douglas Boehn - mixing
• Dave Carlock - editing
• Rob Schnapf - mixing
• Seth McLain - editing
• Edmond Monsef - editing
• Nick Raskulinecz - engineer, editing
• Andrew Alekel - engineer
• John "Silas" Cranfield - assistant engineer
• Pete Martinez - assistant engineer
• Citris Reynolos - assistant engineer
• Kevin Dran - assistant
• Nick Pritchard - design

[edit] Trivia/Notes

Indestructible contains song meanings/notes for each track within the liner notes:

• Indestructible - The Human spirit is indestructible. Music has been our savior since day one. If shaken or rattled the only solution is the musicians and the grooves on the record that provide the message. When the Ramones put out "Too Tough to Die" we thought fuck yea the Ramones are too tough to die. Our title Indestructible pays homage to that. This ones for Joey, Dee Dee, and Joe, because through music, you can live forever.

• Fall Back Down - We have been described as a pack of badgers on many occasions, meaning if you fuck with one of us, you fuck with all of us. Well this song is testimony to that and the hard times that we have all been through recently. More important than anything else, the friendship and brotherhood that we share with each other is pivotal because the only reason we are still here is because of each other.
  • This track was featured on 2004's Tony Hawk's Underground 2 and NASCAR Thunder 2004 video game.

• Red Hot Moon - KC was super fuckin bright. She was by far the smartest kid. This is about a girl who never fit in. She never found a home where she felt like she belonged.

• David Courtney - The Robin Hood of London England. Someone we met along our travels and a true punk rocker at heart.

• Start Now - This song is about trying to work shit out. Is [sic] a passive look at the state of the world.

• Out of Control - There's cameras on every stop light, at every toll booth, even at the ATM in the supermarket. They even got cameras on telephones.
  • The track "Out of Control" was featured on 2003's Need for Speed Underground video game.

• Django - On tour, Rancid loves to watch movies on our way to the next show. Our favourite movies are horror and spaghetti westerns. Franko Nero who plays Django would drag a coffin around with a machine gun in it. This is a fuckin metaphor song about a guy we know who drags his demons around with him and it's not Jeff Baker.

• Arrested in Shanghai - This song's for anyone who stood up when they were told to sit down. Whether you live in America, China, or Europe, an individual's desire to be true to themselves is the part of the human spirit that should be set free. Freedom of speech is a luxory that everyone should be given no matter the circumstances.
  • This track explores the Tiananmen Square Massacre from the viewpoint of a protester from Shanghai.

• Travis Bickle - New York is our home away from home. We love it there. Travis Bickle's character in Taxi Driver is the quintessential mowhican and easy when you're a punk to relate to. Walk through the red light district in New York, LA, or Copenhagen and you'll know how he felt.

• Memphis - This is a touring song and it's always been a big part of Rancid. There's nothing like a highway to make you forget about life's tragedies. As we write this Rancid's in Wichita getting ready to play. It's 3:22 in the afternoon on Monday June 23rd in Room 122 at the Best Western.

• Spirit of '87 - In a world filled with violence and wretch, the show was refuge from the seemingly perilous situations that present themselves in everyday life. This is an anti-violence song and it's definitely not an anti-disco song. Lord knows we have spent, and continue to spend, time in the disco's across this planet. Usually after some show like in Italy or some shit and we hang out all night. This song goes out to all the places that had balls enough to put on punk shows.

• Ghost Band - Definitely a break up song. When you break up with someone in a relationship it seems like every sad song you hear from that point is written about you.

• Tropical London - When Brody left Tim in the middle of the record we took some time to regroup and came back with 7 new ones. This is one of them.

• Road Block - Whether it's a house party or reading festival, this is about playing live. This one's for Motörhead.

• Born Frustrated - Lars and Tim were walking through a shopping mall on tour and the line 'massive slabs of nothing' was penned. An idea was born. They thought consumerism would be a great subject. They 'people watched' and drew a similarity that looked like a junky popping dope. The lyrics came first and the riff came later.

• Back Against the Wall - Seems like more and more of our friends are unemployed nowadays. When you struggle to make ends meet it affects everyone involved.

• Ivory Coast - They suspended the curfew on New Year's Eve so people could go out and celebrate the New Year. The French soldiers were given champagne and a few drunken ones shot their machine guns in the air when the clock hit midnight. The next day people were told they would be shot if they were out after dark.

• Stand your Ground - A song for the homeless people in America. We live in a country with so much wealth yet it can forget about the ones down on their luck. We focused on L.A. in this song and even though the sun shines hot most of the time, Los Angeles can be so fuckin cold.

• Otherside - Robert passed away in 2001. He loved Rancid and was super proud of his little brother, Lars. When we first played this one back at Sonora there wasn't a dry eye in the studio.

Robert Martin Dapello
11-9-67 to 2-23-01
S.P.D.F.L.A.I.D
[Skunx for Life and Death]

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	15

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Fall Back Down"	Modern Rock Tracks	13
2003	"Red Hot Moon"
2004	"Tropical London"

[edit] See also

• 2003 in music

[edit] External links

• Indestructible lyrics

Rancid
Tim Armstrong | Lars Frederiksen | Matt Freeman | Branden Steineckert
Former members: Brett Reed
Discography
Studio albums: Rancid (1993) | Let's Go | ...And Out Come the Wolves | Life Won't Wait | Rancid (2000) | Indestructible | (Seventh Studio Album) EPs and compilation albums: Rancid (EP) | Radio Radio Radio | BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 Singles: "Time Bomb" | "Ruby Soho" | "Fall Back Down"