![]() The band got an early start, touring with bands such as Rancid, The Transplants, Devil's Brigade, and Left Alone as well as playing the American music festival Riot Fest in Chicago and Denver, and the Canadian music festival Amnesia Rockfest, all before the release of their first record. That led to the four forming The Interrupters. In 2011, Aimee and Kevin started writing songs together and brought Kevin's brothers, twins Jesse and Justin, in to play drums and bass. The three Bivona brothers met Aimee Allen, a solo artist at the time, in 2009 while touring with their band Telacasters supporting The Dirty Heads and Sugar Ray. The latest, In the Wild, was released in 2022, along with the album's lead single, "Raised by Wolves". The band comprises lead vocalist Aimee Interrupter, drummer Jesse Bivona, bassist Justin Bivona, and guitarist Kevin Bivona. The Armstrong influence is evident, and as a result the fourth-wave revival has landed at the feet of both Armstrong, and The Interrupters.The Interrupters are an American ska punk band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2011. Some of their fan favorite tunes include By My Side, A Friend Like Me, She Got Arrested, Haven’t Seen the Last of Me, Take Back the Power, She’s Keronsene, Gave You Everything and their recent Billie Eilish cover of Bad Guy. Their music is in films, commercials, they’ve been on late night with Kimmel…. This band has found huge success not just within the genre, and they are commercially viable. His influence and leadership has been there since day one. Circling back to the The Interrupters, Armstrong has often been called an honorary member of the band. This label has released amazing bands such as Slackers, Left Alone, Aggrolites, Nekromantix, The Unseen and many more. I mean who hasn’t heard “Give ‘Em The Boot” and introduced us to The Skatalites, Hepcat, The Slackers, The Pietasters and Union 13 and so many more. This was huge and remains to be a force in music especially for the Punk & Ska scene. ![]() In 1997 Armstrong teamed up with Brett Gurewitz to create Hellcat Records. What makes legends is not just what they do, but what they do to inspire others. ![]() Best known for songs like Time Bomb, Ruby Soho, Fall Back Down, Roots Radical, and Salvation just to name a few, Rancid has been a cross-over band accepted by both the ska scene, and punk scene as well as Main Street USA. Since then bands have popped up playing Ska, Punk & Hardcore music. Rancid has been one of the top credited bands with reviving Punk Rock & Ska In North America. ![]() Brett Reed left in 2006 and Branden Steineckert took over and has been with them ever since. Joining a small list in the Punk scene, Rancid has only had one band change over, which is simply incredible. The trio recruited Lars Frederickson and another legendary band was born. They formed in 1991 where Tim found himself reuniting with Matt Freeman and Brett Reedthen. Subsequently, Armstrong formed another ska-punk juggernaut in Rancid. His band’s literally paved the way for Main Street USA to get into newcomers of the era such as Reel Big Fish, Big D & The Kids Table, Suicide Machines and in much later years, The Interrupters. Needless to say, the success of Operation Ivy opened the door for other Bay Area bands.ĭuring this crazy ride, Armstrong’s influence has proven to stand the test of time. Operation Ivy signed on in ’88 with Lookout Records Lookout became the home of bands such as The Groovie Ghoulies, The Donnas & of course Greenday! But that’s another story for another day. Their music influenced some in the hardcore scene as well, and their logo is still bad-ass and in circulation today. Despite only being in existence for two years, their musical impact paved the way for other Ska and Ska Punk bands. Armstrong’s first band landed with a punch in the proverbial face of the genre. It was a time when Madness, the Specials and English Beat were still killing it, The Untouchables, Voodoo and the Bosstones were taking off. The world first got to know Armstrong in 1987. So let’s talk about the past, present and future of this living legend and what he’s done for Ska, Punk, Rock and well… music in general. People know and love his soulful yet raspy voice, and the tunes are unreal. He has fans from all walks of life, and countries from around the world. Let’s start the story at the beginning, on November 25th 1965 he was born as Timothy Ross Armstrong. SKAROUND The WORLD # 2 The ESSENTIAL TIM ARMSTRONG by Josh Coutts In this ongoing series on bands and artists that have been instrumental to the ska genre, it’s only appropriate to write a story about one of its icons, Tim Armstrong.
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