Dave Mello was the drummer of the punk/ska band Operation Ivy. He was one of the key pieces to the musical feel of Operation Ivy. Even though he had only drummed in two other bands, he was consisdered a very talented drummer in Operation Ivy's heyday, yet is considered underappreciated today. Their first show was held in Mello's garage in Albany, California. He played for them only two years. They broke up in 1989 because of unwanted attention. Dave went on to bands like Downfall and Schlong (with his brother Pat Mello). Today he owns a record shop in South Lake Tahoe and regularly appears at the All ages punk club 924 Gilman Street with his current bands The Bowel-Tones, Jew Driver, and does some reunion shows with Schlong. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Ska (pron. ... Operation Ivy was an influential ska punk band that originated from the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... The city of Albany highlighted within Alameda County Albany is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. ... Downfall was a ska/punk band from the Bay Area formed by Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, and Dave Mello following the break-up of Operation Ivy in 1989 and pre-dating Armstrongs and Freemans wider recognition in Rancid. ... The 924 Gilman Street project, aka the Alternative Music Foundation, is the Berkeley, California street address, and the official business name of the all-ages, non-profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as Gilman. ...
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THIS MAN IS ANOB IVY SUCKS!!!!!!!
Mello has toured with many bands as a stand-in, including anarcho-punk band The PAWNS.
Before he joined the Operation Ivy, he was in Rabbi Conspiracy and Distorted Truth.
Dave Mello also got a signature drumstick model by the Bulgarian company Twotone drumsticks.
He is also good friends with Jerim, Bosma & Brendan as shown in this video
He is known for his well publicised fetish for Jewish women, as can be heard in the Operation Ivy song "Yellin' In My Ear" - "Give me one or two, but make her a Jew!"
Oddly enough, his wife is not jewish to the public but is sercutly a rapist.
DaveMello and I jammed a couple of times in his garage and once Pat Mello came down with his bass and joined in.
DaveMello was the lead singer as"The Priest", Pat Mello was bassist as"Ski", I was guitarist as "Gas" and later we added a real drummer Rakesh as "The Duck".
Dave Ferrin who played guitar for in the band was cropped out of the photos used in the article and wasn't even quoted.
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