Operation ivy energy was the full length album follow up to the hectic ep and features nineteen songs now available again on vinyl for the first time in years.
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Although the band released just one full length album before breaking up in may 1989 operation ivy is well remembered as the direct antecedent of popular band rancid and for wielding a lasting stylistic influence over numerous other bands in what became the 3rd wave ska movement.
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Energy is the only studio album by the american ska punk band operation ivy it was originally released on vinyl and cassette in may 1989 through lookout.
Operation ivy was a legendary berkeley california based 4 piece punk ska band fronted by future rancid cohorts tim armstrong and matt freeman who helped create the gilman street.
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Although the album itself has never been released on cd all of the tracks were featured on the career spanning compilation operation ivy issued by lookout in 1991.
Among the best works of the rightfully maligned ska punk genre operation ivy s energy is an unsurpassed highly intelligent extremely fun record.
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Operation ivy was a legendary berkeley california based 4 piece punk ska band fronted by future rancid cohorts tim armstrong and matt freeman who helped create the gilman street.
At the pinnacle of the east bay punk scene operation ivy sadly fizzled out just before the record was released but left their mark and are frequently cited as an inspiration to all the bands that came later and played the same sort of music.
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The band s name was derived from the operation ivy series of nuclear tests in 1952.
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