Good Riddance News

LOS ANGELES , April 7, 2013 - Russ Rankin is the lead singer of the Santa Cruz punk band Good Riddance.

The walls of the Florida Theater are beading with moisture. A mixture composed of part swamp humidity, matched with equal parts human sweat and the remnants of airborne beers that clanged against its walls during California punk rock veterans Good Riddance's hour long set, moments before.

Out of all the post-Nirvana alternative bands to break into the pop mainstream, Green Day were second only to Pearl Jam in terms of influence.

The US punk veterans - best known for hits including Basket Case, American Idiot, Good Riddance and Boulevard Of Broken Dreams will headline the main stage, on the Friday.

Pouzza Fest, a three day punk music festival that will be taking place in Montreal, Quebec for the third year in a row, recently announced the full lineup of bands that will be taking the stage this May.