Jesse Michaels, best known for his iconic vocals in both Operation Ivy and Common Rider will be performing a solo set as a part of the opening night of his new art show "Cataclysm" along with Portland's Doug Burns of the bands The Observers and The Red Dons. The art/music show will be on October 25th at The Onsix Gallery which is at 60 6th Street in San Francisco. Here's a description of the art that will be shown:

Doug Burns and Jesse Michaels will explore cataclysm, or a state of catastrophic change, through two very different but complimentary painting cycles. Michaels’ current work consists of oil paintings on the theme of war. In his nine new paintings, faceless combatants square off in a style reminiscent of early modernism and also recalling the painterly strength sought by the abstract expressionists. The paintings are rendered in oil with a penchant for bold lines and clashing fields of color. “With this work I tried to capture the feeling I had as a young boy drawing war pictures; that strange combination of innocence and naive fascination with violence.” Doug Burns’ paintings address the theme of cataclysm through the exploration of Ayyam Al Jahiliyah, a term which refers to the time before Islam in Arabia. Burns’ works combine great technical ability with a love for abstraction and the random patterns created by dripping paint applied in moody washes. The paintings depict the ancient Bedouin people in a state of mourning over their lost culture and spontaneity.

Here are the full details:

Saturday, October 25th 2008
@ Onsix Gallery
60 6th Street, San Francisco

"Cataclysm"
Featuring the Art and Music of
Jesse Michaels and Doug Burns

Gallery Opens at 7pm
$5 after 8pm
Music Starts at 9pm