Jesse is such a complex guy that we decided to accompany his podcast with this written piece about him. Operation Ivy broke up when Jesse was 20 years old, and despite some other music projects and bands over the years, it's really other art mediums that he chose to live his life pursuing. But to think of Jesse Michaels as just a front man for punk is seriously selling him short. He blows right by our Operation Ivy questions. He gets personal and opens up about depression. Over the course of the next hour and a half, we talk with Jesse about his music, artwork, books and movies. But in talking to him, it quickly became clear that Jesse was moved on from Op Ivy, and actually isn't much of a fan of reliving it.
It takes the wind out of our sails a little bit, but okay, we have tons of other questions too. He says he doesn't like to only talk about Operation Ivy. Our first mistake: asking him if any topic is off limits. But low and behold, Jesse Michaels was live with us on our podcast and ready to answer our questions.
If you'd asked me two minutes before we were to call him, I'd have told you we had about a 20% chance of him actually doing it. "He agreed to do a podcast with us!" Neither of us can actually believe it. Operation Fucking Ivy." I scream to Jessica over the phone. They have been cited by Green Day, Nofx, Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto and many, many more current punk bands as being a major influence. Jesse Michaels, Operation Ivy Singer/ SongwriterĪsk anyone in the punk scene today who influenced them, and it's pretty much guaranteed that Operation Ivy is on the list. "I'm very thankful that anyone gives a shit.
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User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may apply.Jesse Michaels opens up about the 30 year anniversary of Operation Ivy, the Gilman Street Days, his current relationship with Tim, depression, Trump, artwork.pretty much everything. Currently Jesse Michaels has teamed up with Morgan, Max, and Mike from The Hard Girls to form Classics of Love a melodic 1980’s style punk band based out of Berkeley, California. Common Rider released two full-length albums and did some nationwide touring in the United States before eventually disbanding in 2003. Michaels eventually resurfaced into the music world with a project band, Big Rig, and later with a more active band, Common Rider, which included bassist Mass Giorgini (of Screeching Weasel) and drummer Dan Lumley (of Squirtgun). There was a great deal of speculation regarding the fate of Michaels, with many fans believing that he had moved to Nicaragua or became a Buddhist monk. Two of their members, Armstrong and Freeman, also perform(ed) with the bands Rancid (their current, and biggest project), Basic Radio, Downfall and Shaken 69.Īrmstrong also went on to perform with The Transplants, and contribute to Dance Hall Crashers, P!nk and on solo work.Īdditionally, Freeman has performed with Auntie Christ, Generator, MDC and Social Distortion.
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Their name was derived from the Operation Ivy series of nuclear tests. The band consisted of frontman Jesse Michaels (vocals), Tim Armstrong (Credited as “Lint”) (Vocals/Guitar), Matt Freeman (Credited as Matt McCall) (Bass/Backing Vocals), and Dave Mello (credited as Hujuku Girl) (Drums/Backing Vocals). They were credited as one of the first ska punk bands, influencing bands such as The Suicide Machines, Choking Victim and Authority Zero.
Operation Ivy was a highly influential ska/punk band that originated from the East Bay of San Francisco (in Berkeley) and was active from 1987 through 1989.
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