Operation Ivy Interview Part 1

Maximum Rock & Roll Radio Show Interview KPFA Radio 11/19/87
-Includes roght mix of "Here We Go Again".
Track #31 on Disc 2 of THERE'S A PLACE
Part one of two
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All tracks were taken directly from low-generation analog source tapes or masters. No mixing, noise reduction or equalization were done to the tapes. . No tracks were taken from mp3's or other bootlegs

[@Derbstaff76]

as a kid I would have done anything to listen to this interview I love youtube...and opiv

[@zergios97]

"matt" "okay you gotta move up to the mic" "MATT!"
lmao

[@TheMrMitchell89]

i like how everyone is soo butthurt about them being called "just some band from berkley"... you should keep in mind that op ivy was just starting out when this interview took place and they were a suuper underground band in their time. still one of the best bands to ever exist though!

[@Alamander81]

The way the interviewer referred to them as "some band from Berkely" sounds sarcastic as if they were already well known in the scene despite having been together only six months at the time.

[@rosepatterson951]

@@Alamander81 I love Jesse and Operation Ivy so much 🖤🖤

[@heftyalan1152]

"Some band from Berkeley" All bands start off as some band from. The band that started a musical revolution. No Op Ivy no Rancid, Goldfinger, Sublime, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt, Less than Jake, Reel Big Fish. I think that says it all.

[@therealperish4410]

May not be a ska band but add Green Day to that list

[@Diescenesterdie]

There's an argument to be made that the world would be a better place if every band mentioned after Rancid never was.

[@chrisgaitan1915]

@@Diescenesterdie Hahahaha glad you excluded Rancid from that list, but I also quite like Less than Jake.

[@xp8969]

@@Diescenesterdie rancid sucks but MMBT LTJ Sublime and Goldfinger all made perfect records

[@hankgege2199]

Yeah a bunch of crappy bands started after Op ivy.

[@EsoStoicInjun]

Operation ivy is awesome... Nuff said.

[@DoubleTen95]

"matt.."
"gotta get closer to the mic"
"MAAAATTTTT!!!!"

[@sonetlumiere12345678]

Most underrated band ever.

[@thadiousmilton]

Who the fuck thinks this LEGENDARY band is underrated? Like who do you hang out with?!?!?! Most of my friends would happily walk into traffic if Jessie politely asked them to do so because he was in OP IVY!!!!! It's like calling the Ramones or Metallica underrated. So far from the truth.

[@captainbaseballbatboy7915]

This is one of the most influential punk bands of the 80s and 90s, how they hell are they underrated?

[@dingdongism]

I guess the online trend of calling things that most definitely aren’t underrated, “underrated,” started earlier than I had thought.

[@doctorboot7191]

boo indeed

[@doctorboot7191]

@@thadiousmilton ever heard the dead kennedy's? the whole schtick is sarcasm...sort of.

[@JerrardGruszecki]

hard to say these guys infulenced alot of us back in the day in either format

[@pukeythief]

Wow this is a rare find for me, awesome.

[@RandomVideos500]

marc maron travelled back to the 80s to do this interview

[@guidedbythespirit]

Tim Yohannan from Maximum interviewing

[@princesstornadooo]

I love how you can hear their leather jackets creaking the whole time lmao

[@doctorboot7191]

leather on leather crime?

[@SheikahZeo]

I was instinctively yelling along by 'DYING!'

[@bmcleprechaun]

That's comparing apples and oranges. Op Ivy was a band with different goals, aspirations, and undertone

[@TheJayman213]

@pyroslayer83 well yea. lots of their songs use the Blitzkrieg Bop chord constellation which is really happy :) yellin' in my ear, room without a window, unity, healthy body and so on...

[@estebanb7166]

"Chord constellation" ... very unique way of putting it. Cool phrase.

[@loganknapp8905]

1 4 5

[@JMort95]

musical rambo!

[@carnalito81]

OPiV

[@TheJayman213]

@pyroslayer83 yea, that stuff isn't as happy, especially the crowd.

[@alisonjohnson8432]

go opiV GO!

[@IGotN0]

MAT!

[@popsjustpops]

uh yeah real positive thing goin on.....UH RITE DUDE! LOL XD

[@justinseaver5283]

Do any of you know anything about thier Ramones bootleg album? If you do please fill me in!

[@ronnyporter6889]

Justin Seaver there used to be an awesome website that had ALL of their bootlegs and stuff. I miss it

[@justinseaver5283]

I came across the Ramones bootleg album and I was able to purchase it! It's on red vinyl copy number 26! Just trying to find out if it's an original or a repress or what!

[@suicidebag666]

its a bootleg. not an original or a repress.

[@ChromeColossus]

Haha "Musical Rambo"

[@zzbuzzman]

Maximum Rock & Roll was THE BEST! Up there with Cap'n Jack and Skully on KFJC. Where do you get the recordings of these old radio programs?

[@edchaos2679]

How the hell does Dave Mello go from OpIvy to Screwdriver

[@thailerZAP]

Cuz he never was.

[@mgkelley2609]

Shlongdriver

[@xp8969]

Mello never played with Skewdriver

[@hankgege2199]

Dave Mello played in Jewdriver a parody of Skrewdriver.

[@madvegan66]

MAAATTTT XD

[@pukeythief]

@hrdcorhippy Well in that case mine was a harmless little joke too, funny eh?

[@saretardedfilms]

Which is better?: Op Ivy or Rancid?

[@SIGSEGV1337]

Operation Ivy hands down, Rancid couldn't even compete.

[@flinchey6962]

Op Ivy no questions asked

[@tjwoodlawn9721]

OPERATION IVY

[@princesstornadooo]

rancid is like op ivy with higher production and lower production = more raw and more more raw = better

[@johnnyconsumer]

Common Rider

[@pyroslayer83]

@TheJayman213 i dont really listen to their ska stuff i listen to more of the punk songs like knowledge, the crowd, sleep long etc..

[@uyghurplease]

Sounds like Jello doing the interview.

[@amiatanamedmichelle5539]

Stephen Taylor now I can’t unhear it thanks

[@guidedbythespirit]

Nope. It’s Tim Yohannan from Maximum

[@pyroslayer83]

happy music? rly?

[@1waytickettopluto]

No.