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Contributed by thomas7155. Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)

Russ Rankin, vocalist for Only Crime and formerly Good Riddance, has announced a solo project. His first post song is a cover of Johnny Cash's "Walk The Line." According to the MySpace page, Rankin "is currently working on a brand new collection of his own songs which will be released as a solo project sometime in the near future."

You can find the track at his MySpace page.

Update: It looks like Russ has taken the track down. We'll let you know when it comes back.

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Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by baseball on 2008-05-10 14:32:14
http://stopthedrugwar.org/

I don't see the song..

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by telegraphrocks on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by Tom1022 on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by thomas7155 on 2008-05-10 15:16:16
http://myspace.com/nothingmorenothinglesstj

Incredibly stoked on this. But it looks like he took the song off.

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by android on 2008-05-10 15:22:18
http://www.myspace.com/redtapeparadeband

yea, he took it off.bummer.looking forward to this...I really like his songwriting.

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by dual-a-corn on 2008-05-10 15:43:35

Yet another punk rock frontman goes solo...
who's keeping count?

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by royalt on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by ChokingVictim on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by fallingupwards84 on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by android on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by cooltobeyou on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
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- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by Cos on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
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Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by Cos on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by MonsterLobster on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by Alien on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by LooseKanonYankee on 2008-05-10 23:45:25
http://www.myspace.com/LooseCanonYankee

Too bad I didnt get to hear it

Russ works at the apple store in Valley Fair mall
its totally crazy

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by MonsterLobster on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by Alien on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)
- Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line" by LooseKanonYankee on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 2:29 PM (EDT)

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by fallingupwards84 on 2008-05-10 23:47:58

this guy's shows will suck, it'll be Russ frowning the whole time

Re: Russ Rankin (Only Crime, Good Riddance): "Walk The Line"
by xshoutoutx on 2008-05-11 14:12:19

i don't know how i feel about this undeniable trend of (as stated prior) "frontmen going solo." It was cool when chuck ragan, chris mccaughan (sundowner), joey cape...etc did it, because it genuinely felt sincere, and like they were trying to branch out into a genre that they had yet to dip their toes in that had clearly influenced them, but now with people like the fuckin lead singer from thrice trying this shit and mike hale from gunmoll (who were awesome for the record), it's just getting fucking desensitized. Russ Rankin is a man who has undoubtedly been a huge push foward for punk rock, but seriously a fucking cover of Cash's "walk the line?"..... doesn't get much more generic then that.