![Lars Frederiksen, Tim Armstrong, Brett Reed and Matt Freeman of the punk band Rancid pose at Lake Tahoe, California, in the summer of 1998.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/KWD4HYPZC5CEJI5KNDPXEWAKAA.jpg?auth=ca4cde9a6fb708c952b2b59d5cb9d05b7c0d0ef6bac3b0240b006ba4d4dacb0b&width=414&height=233&smart=true)
The ordeal and salvation of Tim Armstrong, ‘the Bob Dylan of punk’ went into rehab to form Rancid: ‘It was like a Rocky movie’
The singer and guitarist, currently touring for the group’s latest album, has surprised everyone by reuniting for a new project this year with Jesse Michaels, his former bandmate from three decades ago in Operation Ivy