| The Operation M.D. | |
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| Origin | Ajax, Ontario, Canada; Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Genres | Garage rock Alternative rock Garage punk |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Aquarius, Mouth to Mouth Music |
| Associated acts | Sum 41, H2O, Juliette and the Licks |
| Members | |
| Dr. Rocco (Todd Morse) Dr. Dynamite (Jason 'Cone' McCaslin) |
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The Operation M.D. (formerly The Operation) is a Canadian rock band created by Dr. Dynamite (Cone of Sum 41) and Dr. Rocco (Todd Morse of H2O and The Offspring) as a side project to their other bands. The band's debut album We Have an Emergency was released in February 2007 by Aquarius Records. Their 2nd album Birds + Bee Stings was self-released by the band's own label "Mouth To Mouth Music" in June 2010.
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McCaslin and Morse met one another as their bands Sum 41 and H2O toured during the 2001 Warped Tour. The two came up with a medical theme for their band and assumed the aliases of Dr. Dynamite (McCaslin) and Dr. Rocco (Morse) under the name The Operation.[1] After signing with Aquarius Records the band added "M.D." to their name for legal reasons.[2] The band's debut album We Have an Emergency was recorded during the summer of 2006, when Sum 41 was on hiatus, and was released on February 20, 2007 in Canada with two music videos made for the songs "Sayanora" and "Someone Like You", with both videos being directed by Sum 41 drummer Steve Jocz (Dr. Dinero).[3] Though the band has said many times they don't plan to tour or to play live shows with this project, they did however play one special show at the Bouvine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario, in August 2008. On April 18, 2008, the album was also released in Japan.
Recording for the band's second album began on September 15, 2008. It was recorded in Johnny Land Studios and in Cone's house in Toronto, Ontario, as well as in an abandoned home studio in Ajax, Ontario, which was called by the band the "Boehlke's Bunkhouse".[4] The album's recording was finished in April 2009, and it was mixed and mastered by June 2009.[5]
On May 18, 2010, the band released a new song entitled "We Stand" on their Myspace page. The song was a charity single the band recorded for a Canadian charity compilation called Song for Africa - Rwanda: Rises Up! which was released on June 22, 2010.
The second album's first single "Buried at Sea" which was produced by Ian D'sa of Billy Talent (the rest of the album was produced by Cone + Todd) was released on June 10, 2010, with the album, entitled Birds + Bee Stings being released a few weeks later, on June 29, 2010, through the band's own label Mouth to Mouth Music, with a worldwide digital release only.[6]
On October 5, 2010, the band has announced on their twitter that they are working to book some live shows in support of the new album, around the Christmas time.[7]
On October 28, 2010, The band has announced that they will be re-releasing their second album Birds + Bee Stings in a physical CD release in Canada on November 30, 2010. The album was previously only available as a worldwide digital release, but now will be also available in stores, as well as on the Canadian iTunes, along with a new artwork. The new release was supported by a single show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 21, 2010, with Matt Brann on drums.[8][9]
On July 24, 2011, it was mentioned on the band's twitter that there has been talks to shoot a new music video by the band.[10] On July 29, 2011, Todd Morse has leaked info on his twitter page about an upcoming previously unreleased single, entitled "Like Everyone Else", which will be released on iTunes in a few months.[11]
On September 2, 2011, Todd Morse has revealed in an interview that the band plan to go on their first European tour, which will also be their first tour ever, in December, possibly with Tom Thacker of Sum 41 and Gob on lead guitar.[12] Morse has also confirmed that the band plan to release the new single "Like Everyone Else" on Christmas, along with an accompanying music video. The song, which was written entirely by Cone McCaslin, is a leftover from the sessions for the band's Birds + Bee Stings album, and was also considered for inclusion on the Sum 41 album Screaming Bloody Murder, but it was eventually decided to release it as a stand alone Operation M.D. single.[13] Todd has also commented that the band will be releasing a third album, though it is unknown when work on the new album will begin.
(members who worked on the albums or played live with the band)