OPERATION IVY - Energy LP New Zealand underpinned by Gourdon and driven

underpinned by Gourdon and driven higher by Cognet’s banjo and Gauthier and Puech’s cabrettes (Auvergnat bagpipes)

" wrote last year by Ben Vida (and published as a book by Shelter Press)

bass guitar

‘Don’t Wish’ was inspired by a jazz chord progression that was a favourite

the record captures not merely Crowley at the apex of his songwriting  powersbut also the creative lava that can flow when two perfectly aligned musical minds come together

OPERATION IVY - Energy LP New Zealand underpinned by Gourdon and drivenEnergy is the only full length studio album by the American ska punk band Operation Ivy. It was originally released in May 1989. Energy is considered one of the most important albums of ska punk and is frequently cited as an influence by many later bands of the genre. Now reissued on black vinyl.