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The Bruce Lee Band - Community Support Group EP

The Bruce Lee Band Community Support Group EP For his first Bruce Lee Band release in nine years, frontman Mike Park recruited some ringers in the form of AP scribe Jeff Rosenstock (ex-Bomb The Music Industry!) on bass/vocals, Hard Girls/Classics Of Love guitarist Mike Huguenor and Chinkees drummer Kevin Higuchi. Though this lineup have never […]

Exclusive: Bruce Lee Band (mbrs. of Skankin' Pickle, Bomb The Music Industry!) to release new EP

AltPress can exclusively announce that the Bruce Lee Band will be releasing a new EP titled Community Support Group on Jan. 28, 2014 via Really Records. A vinyl pre-order is available here. Bruce Lee Band is fronted by Mike Park, owner of Asian Man Records and former frontman of Skankin' Pickle and the Chinkees; on […]

AP's 10 Essential albums of 2012

Originally printed in AP 294, you can subscribe to our 10 Essential Albums of 2012 playlist on Rdio. Another year has drawn to a close, and despite the Mayans’ best efforts, the world didn’t end. (Granted, this issue is on sale for a few weeks before Dec. 21, so maybe we’re wrong…) The AP editorial […]

Watch Classics Of Love (ex-Operation Ivy) perform live in Brooklyn

Classics Of Love recently performed at Death By Audio in Brooklyn, New York and Asian Man Records has posted a few videos from the show. Check them out below. COL, which features Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy on vocals, released their debut full-length earlier this year via Asian Man.

Interview: Jesse Michaels on Classics Of Love's ethos and Operation Ivy's history

CLASSICS OF LOVE released their debut full-length earlier this week via Asian Man Records and AP chatted with frontman Jesse Michaels about the new album, the chances of an Operation Ivy reunion and more. Interview: Scott Heisel It seems like you haven’t been this aggressive vocally in nearly 20 years. Has your voice gotten its […]

Listen to the new album from Classics Of Love

Classics Of Love (featuring Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy) will be releasing their debut full-length tomorrow via Asian Man Records, but you can listen to the whole thing below.  

Classics Of Love - Classics Of Love

Classics Of Love Classics Of Love This review originally ran in AP 284. It’s been more than nine years since Jesse Michaels last put out a full-length (This Is Unity Music, from his easygoing reggae act Common Rider), and more than 20 since he helped pen the record that more or less invented ska-punk, Operation […]

Premiere: Classics Of Love's "Gun Show"

Check out this premiere of “Gun Show” from Classics Of Love's self-titled debut full-length, out Feb. 14 on Asian Man Records and available for pre-order here. Classics Of Love are fronted by former Operation Ivy singer Jesse Michaels. You can read the lyrics below. People said that the oil was cold And the old Gods were pushing […]