"Rancid News" was often connected with the Household Name records scene, featuring most of the label's bands between 2003 and 2005. "Rancid News" was also distributed by many of the Household Name Records bands, including Five Knuckle, Captain Everything!, Adequate Seven, Howards Alias, and Antimaniax amongst others. At its height "Rancid News" distributed around 4,000 copies around the UK and Europe. The zine was printed on newsprint and most issues were 116 pages long, with a colour cover, and saddle stitch binding.