Group
Operation Ivy
- From
- Berkeley, United States
- Active
- 1987–1989
- Rating
- ★ 4.75
- Releases
- 36
- ska
- ska punk
- punk
- skacore
About
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".
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The band's name was derived from the Operation Ivy series of nuclear tests in 1952. Although the band released just one full-length album (Energy) 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 third wave ska movement.
Members
Discography
Albums
Live
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I’ll Get Out: Berkeley ’88
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Under the Gun: Claremont ’88
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Sound System
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1988-xx-xx: East Bay: Bay Area, CA, USA
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Smell Rancid...
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Ramones EP
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1988-04-22: Electric Banana, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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1989-05-28: Lint Rides Again: Gilman Street Project, Berkeley, CA, USA
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1987-08-24: Gilman Street Project, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Live at Gilman
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1988-04-15: Norwalk, CT, USA
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1988-xx-xx: Bay Area, CA, USA
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1988-05-08: Berkeley, CA, USA
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Radio Daze
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1988-07-09: Berkeley, CA, USA
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1988-03-17 AUDb: KSPC Radio, Berkeley, CA, USA
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1988-03-17 AUDa: KSPC Radio, Berkeley, CA, USA
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1988-02-21: Gilman Street Project, Berkeley, CA, USA
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1988-11-09: Cotati Cabaret, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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1988-04-21: WFMU Radio, East Orange, NJ, USA
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1988-xx-xx: Gilman Street Project, Berkeley, CA, USA
Compilations
Links
Tribute
Also known as
Op Ivy
Tags
- east bay
- sf bay area
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 931e1d1f-6b2f-4ff8-9f70-aa537210cd46
- ISNI
- 000000046972543X
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