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== History ==
Michaels was formerly the lead vocalist for [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]], 1987 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-18 |title=Jesse Michaels reflects on Operation Ivy and East Bay Punk 30 years later |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/jesse_michaels_op_ivy_east_bay_interview/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en}}</ref>

The band released two full-length albums and one EP. ''[[Last Wave Rockers]]'' was released in 1999 on [[Lookout! Records]]. ''Thief In a Sleeping Town'' EP was also released on Lookout! Records in 2001 and featured [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] of [[Green Day]] (guitar/backing vocals). The band released ''[[This Is Unity Music]]'' on [[Hopeless Records]] in 2002. The band toured the US extensively the same year, including the 2002 [[Plea for Peace Foundation|Plea For Peace]] tour, sponsored by [[Asian Man Records]]. On the tour, [[Phillip Hill]] (from [[Teen Idols]] and also a major contributor on the album ''This is Unity Music'') played guitar, along with Joe Mizzi. The band's last release was a split with [[Against All Authority]] in April 2005, containing outtakes from 2002's ''This Is Unity Music''.

The band broke up in 2003. In 2005, bassist and producer [[Mass Giorgini]] went to Australia to record an album for Brisbane-based reggae/ska outfit Scarred Hope; he has also performed with Dan Lumley in the band [[Squirtgun]]. Michaels has continued to perform sporadically and to produce art. In late 2008, Michaels emerged with a new band named [[Classics of Love]], after the Common Rider song.