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Operation Ivy was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California, formed in May 1987. They were critical to the emergence of Lookout Records and the so-called "East Bay Sound." The band's name was derived from the Operation Ivy series of nuclear tests in 1952.
Hectic is the debut EP by the American ska punk band Operation Ivy. [2] It was released in January 1988 through Lookout!Records (LK 003).Hectic is credited as one of the first ska-core records.
In 1987 he formed the band Operation Ivy with guitarist Tim Armstrong, bassist Matt Freeman, and drummer Dave Mello. [7] They quickly became a popular band especially at the Berkeley punk club 924 Gilman Street. [4] In 1987, the group released its debut extended play Hectic on which Michaels wrote all of the lyrics. It was followed with an ...
It’s not quite the full Operation Ivy reunion for which fans have been clamoring since 1989, but that group’s Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels have re-teamed in the new group Bad Optix, which ...
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1991.Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, former members of the band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited (alongside Green Day and the Offspring) as being among the wave of bands that revived mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s. [5]
Eventually, she took matters into her own hands when the venerable Chicago festival asked her to perform an Op Ivy set backed by Philadelphia ska band Catbite at this year’s edition (a week ...
After the breakup of Operation Ivy, some of the members formed Rancid. They released their debut EP, Rancid , in 1992 with Lookout Records. Screeching Weasel released their third and fifth to seventh albums, My Brain Hurts (1991), Wiggle (1993), Anthem for a New Tomorrow (1993), and How to Make Enemies and Irritate People (1994).
Operation Ivy playing at Gilman. As early as 1984, punk rock fan and Maximumrocknroll founder Tim Yohannan began thinking about the establishment of an all ages music space in the San Francisco Bay Area where bands could play and interact with audience members free of the structure of conventional music promotion. [2]