Randy Rampage

Randy Rampage
Randy Rampage in 2007 at an art exhibit.
Background information
Birth name	Randall Archibald
Born	(1960-02-21) February 21, 1960 (age 57) British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Hardcore punk, thrash metal
Instruments	bass, vocals
Labels	Sudden Death Records, Century Media
Associated acts	D.O.A. Stress Factor 9 Annihilator
Website	http://www.randyrampage.com

Randall Archibald (born February 21, 1960), better known as Randy Rampage, is a founding member, bass player and occasional vocalist of the Canadian hardcore band D.O.A.. He played on D.O.A.'s seminal early punk albums Something Better Change and Hardcore '81, along with vocalist/guitarist Joe Shithead, drummer Chuck Biscuits and guitarist Dave Gregg in Hardcore '81. Rampage left D.O.A. in 1981 but returned in the year 2000 after a nearly two-decade absence. He played on their 2002 Win the Battle album but then left the band again. He rejoined D.O.A. in 2007, remained in the lineup through 2008 and was featured on their latest album, Northern Avenger, produced by Bob Rock. On the eve of the Northern Avenger tour, it was announced that Rampage was leaving D.O.A. once again.

Rampage has appeared now and then as the vocalist for the Canadian speed metal/thrash metal band Annihilator, which he recorded one album with in 1988, called Alice in Hell, leaving the band after the tour. In 1999, he returned to the band and recorded one more album called Criteria for a Black Widow after which he left once again to rejoin D.O.A.

Randy spent substantial time being filmed for the documentary film Bloodied But UnBowed, a historical look at the evolution of punk rock on the West coast of North America during the 1978-1983 timeframe. His appearance in this film along with Art Bergmann, Jello Biafra, Joe Keithley, Duff McKagan, Henry Rollins, Ron Reyes (ex-Black Flag), Penelope Houston, Ginger Coyote, Buck Cherry and many others.