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Be honest: Do you really want an Operation Ivy reunion? Berkeley ska-punk greats Op Ivy started in ’87 and ended in ’89 — you had a garage or an amp, they’d play anytime. The band released one album and toured the country once, and then they broke up. Two members, Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, went on to generational importance as half of Rancid. In recent years, there have been a lot of calls for Operation Ivy — one of the few great American punk bands who have never done the reunion thing — to get back together and headline Riot Fest or whatever. But wou...

Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy have formed a new band. It's called Bad Optix and also includes Joey Castillo (Danzig, Circle Jerks, The Bronx) and bassist Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk). Apparently, the band has existed since March 2021 (Jesse has made vague allusions to his new p...

I was sitting at Cicada on a recent Sunday evening, talking with a guy named Raleigh Smith about his band, Hotcake Hand Grenade — formerly Patient: 0 — and their recent, eight-song EP Pull the Pin. The Spin Doctors’ 1991 hit “Two Princes” was playing on the PA, and it occurred to me that Smith and I are of a similar

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s film series “100 Years of Movies” continues with a screening of The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) on Sunday, March 19, at 2 p.m. The theme of March’s films in the series is “Women Filmmakers,” and...

A lifelong musician and artist, Brad was a crucial member of the Salt Lake City underground and alternative community and is remembered and mourned by many. Brad graced three covers of SLUG. Issue #38 (pictured above) features Brad and his life partner, Vickie Barker. Vickie says, “Brad was a social butterfly—very outgoing and friendly. I