What a dickhead, the guy has a massive ego for the lead singer of a band that has released more sh*t songs than good ones.If there is a modicum of truth to this claim I will deadset bown down to this AJ merkin! Last time Rancid toured I was all primed to go and I had a car accident on the day.
If he pulls this off (apparently Tim is still whining like a bitch about Brodie and won't come back to Australia because of it) he'll have successfully got two of my 5 fav bands EVER to Australia after many years of sh*t luck. All he needs to do now is bring X and I'll have seen my top 5 live!
Unlike your "source" Nath I do actually have a friend who knows AJ (she met Mike Ness and got a guitar pick for me, bless). If she finds out anything and is allowed to tell me then she will! ;-)
Seriously the least consistant band around, a pity because their good music is pretty good.