Rancid Members, Operation Ivy, The Economy, And Trash Talk Create New Band Bad Optix

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JAKARTA - Members of the Rancid, Operation Ivy, Trash Talk, and The▁alternatif formed a new project called Bad Optix. The debut single titled Raid has been released.

The new Ska-punk band was formed by Jesse Michaels and Rancid guitarist Tim Armstrong, the two of them have performed together as part of the band in the 80s of Operation Ivy.

Joey Castillo (Circle Jerks, The Economy) and bassist Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk) were also registered to complete the supergroup and on March 29 they shared Raid's debut single.

Described as a "anti-otorial national anthem", the song listens to us how the band combines the influence of ska music from artists such as The Specials and The Beat with punk elements.

"Raid is about everyone's spiritual autonomy of power, regardless of who they are or what their special struggle is," Michaels said in a statement.

"This is just the second song we made but it immediately felt hot and just flowed so we thought it would be a great way to introduce this new band to the world."

Michaels went on to explain why he and Armstrong decided to start the project 33 years after they last worked together on Operation Ivy.

Our creative relationship seems stronger than ever and all the music we liked at the time, we still love it, "said Michaels.

"Once we started writing together, we found that we had the same collaborative energy as we had in the past, so it was natural and fun to keep going."

Although the two of them have worked together as part of a punk band, the band members have confirmed that Bad Optix is not a reform but a project that has led them to celebrate decades of punk music and assert about their origins.