Editing ...And Out Come the Wolves (section)

== Background ==
Rancid formed in [[Albany, California]], in 1991. They signed to [[Epitaph Records]] (founded by [[Bad Religion]] guitarist [[Brett Gurewitz]]) in 1992 and released their eponymous debut album, ''[[Rancid (1993 album)|Rancid]]'', a year later to rave reviews. While Rancid was already writing another album, [[Green Day]]'s [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], one of the band's friends, joined them to co-write the song "Radio". This led to him playing a live show with the band, and Rancid frontman [[Tim Armstrong]] eventually asked him to become a member of the band, but he decided to continue playing in Green Day. Armstrong had previously asked [[Lars Frederiksen]] to be Rancid's second guitarist, but he turned down the request. After Billie Joe declined, Frederiksen changed his mind and decided to join the band. Rancid's second album, ''[[Let's Go (Rancid album)|Let's Go]]'', was released in 1994 to unexpected success and acclaim. After the release of Green Day's ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'' and [[The Offspring]]'s ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'' later that year, Rancid was pursued by several major labels, including [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s [[Maverick Records]], but eventually turned them down. They decided to stay on Epitaph and soon began recording a follow-up album.