* En anglais uniquement
After almost a ten-year hiatus from music altogether, ex-
Operation Ivy lead singer
Jesse Michaels reappeared on the punk scene in 1999.
Common Rider united
Michaels (also on guitar) with a rhythm section of bassist
Mass Giorgini (formerly of
Squirtgun) and drummer Dan Lumley (
Screeching Weasel). Their debut album, Last Wave Rockers, was released in 1999 on Lookout! Following up three years later on Hopeless Records, the trio enlisted the help of some friends (including
the Teen Idols' Phillip Hall,
Bratmobile's Audrey Marrs, and
Alkaline Trio's
Matt Skiba, among others) for
This Is Unity Music. ~ Steve Huey