From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
>
> Have you HEARD Feargal Sharkey's vocals? Sorry, but as big a fan as I am
of
> the 'Tones, this is not an act I'd introduce on the first date.....anymore
> than I'd stick "May The Road Rise With You" by P.I.L. or a number of
catchy
> Jah Wobble offerings. As pop as they might be, these "singers" are an
> acquired taste.
>
> And if she's into the Green Days, Rancids, and Blink 182's -- which are
all
> *Americanized* pop punk -- going back to the British source material might
> be a deterent, not a lure. Or I could be completely wrong and she might
very
> get a buzz off the exotic flavour of the British accents....I know I was
> when I was a teen.

Actually, she has to overcome both bad singing *and* a fake British accent
if she likes Rancid  :)

Steve