Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels have reunited
for a new band, Bad Optix.
The newly-unveiled quartet are completed by drummer Joey
Castillo (Circle Jerks, The Bronx) and bassist Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk), and
are showing what they’re all about with debut song Raid – which Jesse says
is about “every person’s spiritual autonomy from the powers that be, regardless
of who they are or what their particular struggle is.”
After forming in March 2021, Jesse reveals of how Bad Optix’s music
has come together: “Like many of the tracks we have worked on, I heard the
music and wrote the lyrics very quickly, almost on the spot. [Raid] was only
the second song we did but it felt hot immediately and just flowed so we thought
it would be a good way to introduce the new band to the world.”
Listen to Raid below: