Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong & Jesse Michaels Join The Family Business LTD For Debut Album

Hey, remember when the two main members of Operation Ivy started a new band together? What's going on with that? Berkeley ska-punk heroes Operation Ivy famously started in '87 and ended in '89, and their raw, scrappy, hectic sound inspired countless imitators. People have been wanting an Operation Ivy reunion for many years, and we got something a bit like that in 2023, when Tim Armstrong, the Op Ivy singer/guitarist who went on to form Rancid, got together with singer Jesse Michaels to form a group called Bad Optix, who released exactly one single. That project seems to be lost in the mysterious ether, but now Armstrong and Michaels are working on something else together.In the years before working with Tim Armstrong again, Jesse Michaels has been singing for smaller bands like Classics Of Love. Earlier this month, he confirmed that the classic Operation Ivy skanking-guy logo, which I've seen tattooed on lots of people, was based on the cover of a 1987 Spider-Man comic. Michaels and Armstrong got back together to perform Operation Ivy songs at a 2022 benefit and a 2023 tribute to the late Specials founder Terry Hall. The two of them formed Bad Optix with Trash Talk bassist Spencer...