Tim Timebomb is a music project by Tim Armstrong, best known as a member of the punk rock band Rancid. Armstrong has recorded a large number of songs – a mixture of cover versions, including Rancid covers, and original songs, including some tracks from his musical film project RocknNRoll Theater – with a variety of supporting musicians.
A selection of the material was first released as a download only album Tim Timebomb Sings Songs from RocknNRoll Theater – this consisting of original songs featured in Armstrong's musical film series "RockNRoll Theatre". Starting on October 29, 2012, a series of digital singles have also been released, on a daily basis. These singles are initially being released via YouTube, with one song each day being released from October 29, 2012, onwards, and then being made available for download via iTunes. To date, all of the tracks from the RockNRollTheatre album have also been included in the series of singles, with the exception of the track "Let's Fuck".
Contents
Choice of music
According to Armstrong's website:
Tim Timebomb and Friends is a place for me to share with you some of my favorite songs that I've recorded with friends of mine. I've always enjoyed sharing music, whether I'm just sitting around playing acoustic guitar with my friends or breaking out old 45's. I guess you could call me a music nerd. I like everything from Bob Dylan to the Ramones, to Jimmy Cliff to Cock Sparrer. I plan to bring together a great group of players to record covers as well as some originals. I hope you dig it and encourage you to pass them on.
All of Armstrong's bandmates in Rancid appear along with Ryan Foltz, formerly of Dropkick Murphys, Travis Barker and members of The Interrupters and The Ohio Ramblers. Three of the album's songs, "That's Just The Way It Is Now", which was featured on Rancid's 2009 album, Let the Dominoes Fall, "I'm Real" and "No More Living" were written by Armstrong in 2007 while in Spain and are inspired by the classic 1964 Vincent Price movie, The Last Man on Earth which was based on the 1954 novel, I Am Legend.
Albums
Tim Timebomb Sings RocknRoll Theater
The album features versions of songs from the RockNRoll Theatre film series, which is produced by Armstrong. 13 of the 14 tracks have also been released as digital singles.
Armstrong sings the lead vocals on all songs, in contrast to the versions in the films, which are sung by the actors, including Lars Frederiksen and Davey Havok.
Track list:
All songs written by Tim Armstrong.
We Did Alright
Guardian Angel
No Reverence
Honor Is All We Know
Just for Tonight
Change That Song Mr. DJ
Running Out of Time
Skeleton Crew
This Time We Got It Right
Everything I Need
Oh Hollywood
No More Living
Let's Fuck
Misconceptions
2013–2014 Pirates Press Records Releases
7" singles
She's Drunk All The Time b/w Tulare
30 Pieces of Silver b/w Ooh La La
Recording personnel
Tim Armstrong – Lead vocals, lead & rhythm & acoustic guitar
Lars Fredriksen – Lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Matt Freeman – Bass guitar, mandolin, double bass, backing vocals
Branden Steineckert – Drums, backing vocals
Ryan Foltz – Mandolin, percussion, melodica, concertina, bass guitar, drums, horns, backing vocals
Kevin Bivona – Guitar, farfisa organ, piano, glockenspiel, B3 organ, bass guitar, accordion, percussion, mandolin, melodica, keyboard, backing vocals, stick bass
Travis Barker – Drums
Aimee Interrupter – Backing vocals
J Bonner – Bass guitar, organ, guitar, piano
Justin Bivona – Bass guitar, B3 organ, piano, backing vocals
Jesse Bivona – Drums, percussion, backing vocals, guitar
Ben Lythberg – Percussion
Dan Boer – B3 organ
Pablo Calagero – Saxophone
Tim Hutton – Bass guitar
Dash Hutton – Drums, percussion
Jordis Unga – Whistle, backing vocals
Mark Bush – Trumpet
Touring personnel
Tim Armstrong – lead vocals, lead guitar
Elvis Cortez – guitar, vocals
Kevin Bivona – guitar, B3 organ, piano, vocals
Justin Bivona – bass, vocals
Jesse Bivona – drums, vocals
Mark Bush – trumpet, vocals
Ruben Durazo – trombone, vocals