Operation Ivy

Does this band really need an introduction? They've been massively influential, become very well-known (partially because of their successor), and helped create a new subgenre (ska punk). Here's a quick overview anyway, to fill up space. Operation Ivy were a four-piece punk/ska band from Berkeley, California that were around from 1987 to 1989. They were one of the earliest bands to fuse punk rock and ska music together, though they do take clear influence from The Clash, who were doing that nearly a decade earlier. Op Ivy only released a handful of material, though their sole LP Energy is a bona fide classic, and an album I think introduced a lot of people to punk rock.

It's hard not to mention this band without acknowledging what two out of four of these guys would do after. Guitarist Tim Armtrong and bassist Matt McCall formed Rancid after Op Ivy broke up, though that's a whole other thing. Vocalist Jesse Michaels put on an album a few years ago with his new band, Classics Of Love, which is also worth noting. Below is the compilation released in 1991 that included both their LP Energy as well as their EP Hectic. Enjoy.

Operation Ivy (1991)

1. Knowledge

2. Sound System

3. Jaded

4. Take Warning

5. The Crowd

6. Bombshell

7. Unity

8. Vulnerability

9. Bankshot

10. One of These Days

11. Gonna Find You

12. Bad Town

13. Smiling

4. Caution

15. Freeze Up

16. Artificial Life

17. Room Without a Window

18. Big City

19. Missionary

20. Junkies Runnin' Dry

21. Here We Go Again

22. Hoboken

23. Yellin' In My Ear

24. Sleep Long

25. Healthy Body

26. Officer

27. I Got No

Bomb the Music Industry!

Bomb the Music Industry! were a punk/ska/indie band from Baldwin, New York that formed in 2004 and played their last show in 2014. This project has had a slew of members and musicians involved in it over the years, however the Mark E. Smith of the band is singer/guitarist Jeff Rosenstock. Hopefully that name is familiar, since he's put out two phenomenal solo albums in the past two years. Laura Stevenson also played keyboards and sang for them at a point, and she is probably the other most well-known member (who also happens to have some incredible solo material). BtMI! focused heavily on DIY ethics, making their name very fitting. They put out quite a few albums through their years, and I'd go as far as to say they're one of the most notable punk bands to come out post-2000. Rosenstock's songwriting skills matched with a strong, full band (including keys, percussion, and brass instruments) behind him make for some catchy, insightful, and energetic music. Don't know what else to say, just get on this if you haven't already. Enjoy.

Album Minus Band (2005)

1. Blow Your Brains Out on Live TV!!!

2. Does Your Face Hurt? No? 'Cause It's Killin' Me!!!

3. It Ceases To Be "Whining" If You're Still "Shitting Blood"

4. Big Plans of Sleeping In

5. I'm A Panic Bomb, Baby!

6. Sweet Home Cananada

7. Funcoland vs. The Southern Electorate

8. Ready... Set... No!!!

9. "I'm Too Cooooool For Music"

10. Pike St. - Park Slope (by Harvey Danger)

11. "FRRRREEEEE BIIIIIIIRRRRD!!!!!! FRRRRREEEEEEEEE BIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!!!!"

12. Future 86

To Leave Or Die In Long Island (2005)

1. Happy Anterrabae Day!!!

2. Congratulations, John, On Joining Every Time I Die

3. Showerbeers!

4. Stand There Until You're Sober

5. Dude, Get With The Program

6. Bomb The Music Industry! (And Action Action) (And Refused) (And Born Against) Are Fucking Dead.

7. Brian Wilson Says SMiLE a.k.a. Beard Of Defiance

8. Syke! Life Is Awesome!

Goodbye Cool World (2006)

1. Old And Unprofessional

2. King of Minneapolis Pts. I & II

3. Even Winning Feels Bad

4. Side Projects are Never Successful

5. 5 Funerals

6. My Response To An Article In Alternative Press

7. Sorry, Brooklyn. Dancing Won't Solve Anything.

8. It's Official! We're Booorrrrrriiiiing!!!

9. From Martyrdom to Star(tyr)dom

10. All Alone In My Big Lonely Apartment

11. Fuck The Fans

12. Grudge Report

13. King of Minneapolis Pts. III & IV

14. Anywhere I Lay My Head (Tom Waits)

Get Warmer (2007)

1. Jobs Schmobs

2. 493 Ruth

3. Bike Test 1 2 3

4. Unlimited Breadsticks, Soup and Salad Days

5. No Rest For the Whiny

6. 25 Hour Goddamn Telethon

7. Depression is No Fun

8. I Don't Love You Anymore

9. Pizza Claus is Comin' to Town

10. Never Trust a Man Without a Horribly Embarrassing Secret

11. Get Warmer

12. The Last Party (Foul)

Bomb the Music Industry!/O Pioneers!!! (2007)

1. Bomb the Music Industry! - Save the War

2. Bomb the Music Industry! - I'm Terrorfied!!!

3. Bomb the Music Industry! - This is a Singalong

4. Bomb the Music Industry! - Ghost of Corporate Future

5. O Pioneers!!! - Punknews is Stoked

6. O Pioneers!!! - Yo Bones!

7. O Pioneers!!! - You Know That Part in Superman III, Where He Is All Bad Ass and Stuff? Yeah, I Bet That's How You Feel Right Now.

8. O Pioneers!!! - Bad Scene, Aaron's Fault 

Scrambles (2009)

1. Cold Chillin' Cold Chillin'

2. Stuff That I Like

3. It Shits!!!

4. Fresh Attitude, Young Body

5. Wednesday Night Drinkball

6. 25!

7. $2,400,000

8. Gang of Four Meets the Stooges (But Boring)

9. 9/11 Fever!!!

10. (Shut) Up The Punx!!!

11. Can I Pay My Rent in Fun?

12. Saddr Weirdr

13. Sort of Like Being Pumped

Others! Others! Volume 1 (2009)

1. This Graceless Planet (We Versus the Shark Cover - 2005)

2. Tell My Boss, "I Hate You" (2005)

3. This Year For Presidents' Day, I'm Giving Up on Rock and Roll (2006)

4. 4 Inches! (Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine Cover - 2006)

5. Come On, This Shit Is Getting RIDICULOUS. (2006)

6. If Assholes Got Awards, I'd Have A Trophy Case (but with some different words) (Infamous Jake Cover - 2006))

7. All Alone In My Big Empty Apartment (Demo - 2006)

8. This is a Singalong! (Original Version - 2006)

9. The Soul Crushing Northeast (2006)

10. D13 4 YR G0V3RNM3NT (Anti-Flag Megamix - 2007)

11. Little Brother (Andrew Jackson Jihad Cover - 2008)

12. Pog (Demo - 2008)

13. Gold Soundz (Pavement Cover - 2008)

14. (jeff disapproves of this bonus track) SUPERTALK! (2005 - 2008)

Bomb the Music Industry!/Laura Stevenson & The Cans (2009)

1. Bomb the Music Industry! - THERE'S My Bailout!

2. Bomb the Music Industry! - A Shine To It (Laura Stevenson cover)

3. Laura Stevenson & The Cans - Halloween One and Two

4. Laura Stevenson & The Cans - It Ceases to Be "Whining" if You're Still "Shitting Blood" (BtMI! cover)

Adults!!!: Smart!!! Shithammered!!! And Excited by Nothing!!!!!!! (2010)

1. You Still Believe In Me?

2. Planning My Death

3. Slumlord

4. All Ages Shows

5. Big Ending

6. The First Time I Met Sanawon

7. Struggler

Vacation (2011)

1. Campaign For A Better Next Weekend

2. Vocal Coach

3. Everybody That You Love

4. Sponge Board/Baby Waves

5. The Shit That You Hate

6. Hurricane Waves

7. Sick, Later

8. Why, Oh Why, Oh Why (Oh Oh Oh Oh)

9. Savers

10. Can't Complain

11. Everybody That Loves You

12. Sunny Place Shady People

13. Felt Just Like Vacation

Scott & Aubrey's Wedding 7-Inch (2012)

1. The Forecast - The Reasons (The Weakerthans cover)

2. Into It. Over It. - Need You Around (Smoking Popes cover)

3. The Swellers - El Scorcho (Weezer cover)

4. Bomb The Music Industry! - Punk Rock Girl (Dead Milkmen cover)