“As soon as we started writing together, we found that we had the same collaborative energy that we had in the past, so it was natural and fun just to keep going,” Michaels said in a statement. To round out the lineup, Michaels and Armstrong recruited drummer Joey Castillo (Circle Jerks, The Bronx) and Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk). For their debut single, they’ve shared a song called Raid through. After initially meeting up “purely with the intent to reconnect,” the duo soon found themselves working together on new music. Comprised of vocalist Jesse Michaels, guitarist Tim Lint Armstrong, bassist Matt McCall Freeman, and drummer Dave Mello, Operation Ivy was a pioneering. Creator Jesse Armstrong and executive producer Frank Rich answer all in this wide-ranging interview. Former Operation Ivy bandmates Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong have reunited to form a new band called Bad Optix. The origins of Bad Optix trace back to March 2021, some 32 years after Operation Ivy’s breakup. For their debut single, they’ve shared a song called “Raid” through Armstrong’s Hellcat Records.
Here’s the video from last night’s mini-reunion: The last partial reunion of the band onstage came in 2006, when Michaels joined Armstrong and Freeman onstage at a Rancid concert in San Francisco to perform Op Ivy’s “Unity” and “Sound System.” Michaels also went on to record the song “Living in a Dangerous Land” with Armstrong in 2013. Bassist Matt Freeman went on to play with Armstrong in Rancid after the demise of Op Ivy in 1989. As previously reported, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong is also making new music with his former Operation Ivy bandmate Jesse Michaels under the name Bad Optix. The group, and its 1989 album Energy, were hugely influential to the third wave of ska that emerged in the ’90s.īoth Michaels and Operation Ivy drummer Dave Mello appeared on podcasts recently in which they expressed openness toward a reunion, according to Consequence. Many other artists are in the video including Ty Dolla Sign, who is wearing a Bad Brains shirt.
The duo’s appearance at the 2022 Musack Rock and Roll Carnival, a benefit for children’s music education with The Specials backed by Armstrong and The Interrupters, came amid increasing speculation of an Op Ivy reunion. Two people in the video include Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy, where they appear to be jamming. Operation Ivy’s Jesse Michales and Tim Armstrong have reunited during a live performance yesterday (February 6).
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You can watch that full performance below via footage shared by YouTube channel Riot Style. Operation Ivy’s Jesse Michaels & Tim Armstrong reunite in Bad Optix, share first song Raid Andrew Sacher Published: Maphoto by Lisa Johnson Still no luck for those hoping for. Last night in Los Angeles, half of late-’80s ska-punk legends Operation Ivy - frontman Jesse Michaels and singer-guitarist Tim Armstrong - reunited on stage at a benefit concert headlined by The Specials to perform “Sound System,” one of their beloved band’s signature songs.
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