Probot ( 2004 )
Operation Ivy ( 1989 )
How fitting that this band was named after a nuclear testing program , because its debut was like a nuclear bomb going off . And like lingering radiation , Operation Ivy still remains influential despite only lasting two years and releasing 27 tracks . In that short time , Operation Ivy performed almost 200 live shows , its members becoming the kings of underground punk breeding ground Gilman Street . Combining its debut LP Energy and their various EPs , the ‘ 89 compilation is a frenetic rush of punk and ska that just makes you feel alive and demands to be swallowed whole . While Ivy members had later success in Rancid , ska punk was never as fun and raw as this . Perhaps it ’ s fitting that Operation Ivy ’ s last show at Gilman would be Green Day ’ s first , the latter taking up the sword of bringing Bay Area punk to the world .
STANDOUT TRACKS : ” Knowledge ”, “ Sound System ”
Nirvana got a lot of credit for bringing down the lumbering albatross of hair metal , but the band never intended to wipe heavy metal from the music landscape . While they didn ’ t care for the polished LA sound , Nirvana ’ s members were huge fans of early underground metal , wearing out Celtic Frost tapes in the touring van in their early days . In 2004 , Dave Grohl decided to make things right by starting the metal tribute project Probot . Recording all the instruments himself in his home studio with producer Adam Kasper , he then put together a hit list of true metal stars he knew fans would love to hear : Snake from Voivod , Cronos from Venom , King Diamond , and God himself Lemmy of Motörhead . Even fellow alt-rock mainstays like Kim Thayil and Matt Sweeney got in on the action , topped off with a secret track featuring Jack Black of Tenacious D . The record was rapturously received , with Grohl ’ s enthusiasm shared by metal audiences . Grohl said in 2007 he ’ d probably never record another Probot record , but as a gift to head-bangers everywhere , it was greatly appreciated .
STANDOUT TRACKS : ” Shake Your Blood ”, “ Sweet Dreams ”
Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris ( 2002 )
Since the band featured not one , not two , but three younger brothers of Incubus members ( singer Jason Boyd , guitarist Ben Einziger , and Ben ’ s stepbrother Paul Fried on bass ), Audiovent ’ s members were often
PROBOT
Probot ( 2004 )
Probot : Probot
OPERATION IVY
Operation Ivy ( 1989 )
How fitting that this band was named after a nuclear testing program , because its debut was like a nuclear bomb going off . And like lingering radiation , Operation Ivy still remains influential despite only lasting two years and releasing 27 tracks . In that short time , Operation Ivy performed almost 200 live shows , its members becoming the kings of underground punk breeding ground Gilman Street . Combining its debut LP Energy and their various EPs , the ‘ 89 compilation is a frenetic rush of punk and ska that just makes you feel alive and demands to be swallowed whole . While Ivy members had later success in Rancid , ska punk was never as fun and raw as this . Perhaps it ’ s fitting that Operation Ivy ’ s last show at Gilman would be Green Day ’ s first , the latter taking up the sword of bringing Bay Area punk to the world .
STANDOUT TRACKS : ” Knowledge ”, “ Sound System ”
28 TONE TALK // One Band , One Album
Nirvana got a lot of credit for bringing down the lumbering albatross of hair metal , but the band never intended to wipe heavy metal from the music landscape . While they didn ’ t care for the polished LA sound , Nirvana ’ s members were huge fans of early underground metal , wearing out Celtic Frost tapes in the touring van in their early days . In 2004 , Dave Grohl decided to make things right by starting the metal tribute project Probot . Recording all the instruments himself in his home studio with producer Adam Kasper , he then put together a hit list of true metal stars he knew fans would love to hear : Snake from Voivod , Cronos from Venom , King Diamond , and God himself Lemmy of Motörhead . Even fellow alt-rock mainstays like Kim Thayil and Matt Sweeney got in on the action , topped off with a secret track featuring Jack Black of Tenacious D . The record was rapturously received , with Grohl ’ s enthusiasm shared by metal audiences . Grohl said in 2007 he ’ d probably never record another Probot record , but as a gift to head-bangers everywhere , it was greatly appreciated .
STANDOUT TRACKS : ” Shake Your Blood ”, “ Sweet Dreams ”
AUDIOVENT
Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris ( 2002 )
Since the band featured not one , not two , but three younger brothers of Incubus members ( singer Jason Boyd , guitarist Ben Einziger , and Ben ’ s stepbrother Paul Fried on bass ), Audiovent ’ s members were often