"All I know is that I don't know, all I know is that I don't know nothing."
Operation Ivy is regarded as one of the most important bands of the third wave of ska. Despite their extremely short career, they have certainly made their name known in the music industry. Operation Ivy created a strong foundation for the ska punk sound that would be used by and built upon by numerous bands in the 90s. After the band broke up, guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman went on to form Rancid. Operation Ivy's only album Energy was released on vinyl as a 19 song album and rerelased on CD with the Hectic EP and other tracks as a bonus.
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 14) Caution 15) Freeze Up 16) Artificial Life 17) Room Without a Window 18) Big City 19) Missionary 20) Junkie's 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
The Ocean takes a whole new musical direction on Heliocentric. This new album is much more diverse than the previous three albums. Heliocentric ranges from soft songs featuring piano to heavy sludge tracks. Although fluXion and the second disc of Precambrian have been described as atmospheric and symphonic, both are still rather abrasive and come nowhere close to the level that Heliocentric is on. The lyrics of this album revolve around a debate between science and religion, from the perspective of science. A follow-up album, Anthropocentric, which takes the religious point of view will be released later this year.
1) Shamayim 2) Firmament 3) The First Commandment of the Luminaries 4) Ptolemy Was Wrong 5) Metaphysics of the Hangman 6) Catharsis of a Heretic 7) Swallowed by the Earth 8) Epiphany 9) The Origin of Species 10) The Origin of God
Peter Steele passed away on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Steele was best known as the frontman of the gothic doom metal band Type O Negative among other projects. Steele's voice was truly unique and one of the biggest contributors to Type O Negative's signature sound. Rest in Peace Peter, you will be missed.
