Rice is an angry food-core band (play on words of hardcore) from the early 90's San Diego. Along with other bands such as Heroin, Forced Down, and Second Story Window, Rice helped to establish the San Diego scene through progressive valued venues like Che Cafe - further integrating the 90's with the DIY efforts of 80's punk. 1992 was an interesting time for rock music in general - more and more bands were getting signed to major labels and the possibilities for heavier music to enter the mainstream musical experience were suddenly not an absurd joke. Rice never stood a chance, nor did they want to be the next MTV all-stars and radio beauties. Rice (named after a rice cooker) was a balls to wall, no frills, punk band with a horn section and a strange interest in rice as a food of the people. To Struggle And To Sing is essentially a live album - complete with shitty production quality, some hilarious trombone solos, and the kinetic energy of a chipmunk on poppers. It's brutal, raw, and unabashed. This isn't pop punk, nor is it emo, or grunge, alt-rock, or indie. In their own words: "Fuck You This Is RICE"
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