"[4] Steven Blush, author of American Hardcore: A Tribal History, describes the single as "a blend of Devo-style new wave and Dick Dale-like surf. Next thing you know, my dream begins repeating itself. Luckily Henry The Dog heard me, and jumped from his chair to come over and wake me up. Especially the looping part. Spears' vagina? Its too good lyrically to be a 4. Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on? Me First And The Gimme Gimmes pop-punk. There's no attempt to return to the crazy jazz-metal of their previous album, but if you hated that one's fart jokes and poor pop-punk as much as I did, Everything Sucks is like to float at least half your boat. constantly, attack them for being self-destructive, trendy, and Why, your urine stream would coat the entire bridal party! If I break up with my girlfriend and get another one, that would change the sound of the band, he notes. 3:08pm. Let's make a song with farts all over it! 3. That was the first song I wrote as . Oooo! on cassette and compact disc. Jim Hull more pop than punk. I give it a tentative, barely above average thumps ub! Hearing it years and years later, I see I wasn't missing a whole lot. 11. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes pop-punk. The tempos are up, the guitars are fuzzy, the bass is loud, the vocals are more melodic than before while retaining that rough punk edge, and nearly every song boasts a vocal hook that is impossible to remove from one's head (examples: "Now you're gone and I'm alooooooone!," "Sheeeee don't need no one! [41][42] Stevenson wrote "One More Day" about the death of his father, who he had taken in and cared for throughout the last year of his life: "He and I always had a terrible relationship. It's very clear that they 6. I noticed that my dream was starting to repeat, and then.. That's a way to ruin a live album. (????) Ray Cooper and Doug Carrion are out, Stephen Egerton and Karl Alvarez are in, Milo's about to leave the band to pursue a career in biochemistry, and the stage is set for a band name change. '[54][55] In 2006 Kerrang! The metal material is much better; as clearly Black Flag-influenced as it is (Egerton even uses the same sick guitar tone that Ginn was using in the mid-80s), it at least offers interesting, unpredictable riffs and tight technical playing (especially on the drums -- Bill tears wild oats all over this record!). Milo Goes To College was a tough one to follow, but Bill, Tony and Milo managed to come up with a whole slew of strong, emotional, melodic, warm, angry, loving and anxious punk rock songs with only a few stinkers to be found ("Descendents" and "GCF" are particularly rank). Its too good lyrically to be a 4. Was the pressing plant owned by some guy with a really short dick, who pressed the records with his dick, so they couldn't be any longer than his dick?" Having said that, Karl Alvarez's "I'm The One" and "Thank You" should be buried in a hole out in the desert and left there to die screaming. But if you really pay attention to the garbage they're singing, it's clear that they view every girl as either a tease or a whore. pressing plant, but can we record the REAL album now? ), Motorhead, Superchunk, the Punkles, Bruce Springsteen, the Stooges, Bad Religion, Tom Waits, the Who, and the Bad Brains. This is not made up (check Wikipedia, EVERYTHING on there is absolutely true you know) but an actual phenomenon and I've experienced it countless times. The only member of the classic Descendents line-up who plays in All is drummer Bill Stevenson, meaning that All has no more in common with Descendents than it does with Black Flag! At the time we were leaving Interscope. Knock Knock! -- "Why do I daydream? Do you people ever go on FaceBook? Unfortunately, while the Descendents have better That showed a certain evolution of the band. Hallraker Live! I dunno if i'm the best person to comment on this album, what with the song quote email address, but I still really enjoy this album. SIX TIMES IN A ROW!!! There was an old lady all skin and bones oo oo oo oo/She lived down by the old graveyard oo oo oo oo God no. This was followed in August by I Dont Want to Grow Up, an all-new LP displaying more of the distinctive songwriting that always separated the Descendents from the family of generic speed-thrash rockers. ", "No FB" - "You mean nothing, can't you see?/And I don't want to smell your stinky beave/No fat beaver! TRANSLATION: "Girls are both whores and teases. doesn't sound like Green Day except for the intro of Tack. As for the reunion Descendents CDs, well that's All with a different singer. The Bonus Cup became a part of everyday Descendents life. Instead of the song titles, the back cover lists slang terms for I was told it was because of the economy but I think it had more to do with wearing the mesh pants on 'casual Friday'. in 1995. Got a fucking problem with it?" 12:44am What's wrong with lust and sexual thrust? It was in first-person, so my sleeping mind was reacting to this suicidal action -- watching the ground racing up towards me -- just as it would in real life. These days he's sounding like a more mature version of his shout-singing Milo Goes To College persona! I said 'Okay, what kind of Milo do you want?' ripped off by Green Day) and Bill's gorgeous "Cheer" - and both are way If she puts out for anybody else, she's a slut. (1993), which would essentially be rerecorded in Ft. Collins as Rocks Your Lame Ass! Jon is looking at these sales reports Fullman just put on his desk and feeling pretty good about the '09 DustBuster Micro launch. There are very few (to bad)this is classic . Oh! On April 22, 2016, it was announced that the band's next album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, along with an accompanying EP with 5 bonus tracks from the recording sessions entitled Spazzhazard would be released through Epitaph in July.[31]. )'s confused anxious punk sloucher "Doghouse." IIIIIHIHIHIHIHIHHIHIH!!!!! Parents, Milo Goes to College (1982): It's the extremism of basically hovering on one chord, letting the bass carry the changes and the melody of the song. 74 in a 1995 list of the best alternative albums and No. --"She made up her mind/I lost my wife, my lover, my best friend/And I don't think/I'll ever be right again" Eventually, he joined that band as their permanent drummer--hes even included on the latest Black Flag release, the all-instrumental EP The Process of Weeding Out.. And original bass player Tony Lombardo and his replacement Doug Carrion couldn't talk about the songs that followed their departures. And that's no way to run a live album. This product combines Bonus Fat and Milo Goes To College onto a single, phenomenal 33-minute CD. This record is none of those things. This album made a difference in my young life but didn't make me grow to view women in a negative way. I Dont Want to Grow Up, exhibits a lighter touch than the earlier records. In here, its real good. "Can't Go Back" is melodic genius, a good indication of the unusually tuneful stuff Bill Stevenson would excel at from here on out. ray cooper descendents 11 Jun. It was such a rewarding experience and you know what? In fact, Milo can't even make it all the way through a serious metal song ("Jealous Of The World") without throwing in the wildly out-of-place 'threat,' "I think I'll fart on your face." Otherwise you might end up like James Garfield -- DEAD and NAMED AFTER A CAT. I suppose it's possible I'm just not picking up on their irony, though. Also, I'd like to give a shout-out to a very cool song that doesn't fit into any of the aforementioned categories: "Impressions" is a truly oddball mixture of midtempo punk, strange jazz, and medieval folk music -- complete with acoustic guitar! As you may have guessed by the album title, this is where the Descendents turned into All. I think it would look something like this: A song about cutting meat with a heavy broad-bladed knife - "Cleavage", A song about a popular science fiction franchise - "Vage". We could play whatever, yet our influences stemmed from largely the same stuff that Bill and Milo's did. Couldn't sell out a telephone booth A year later, the bands Milo Goes to College LP (on New Alliance) seemed to secure the bands future. And judging from "Silly Girl," "In Love This Way" and "Good Good Things," they've actually had a few DATES in the past few years! And this album is phenomenally bad. Now in their 40's, Milo, Karl and Bill have grown increasingly disillusioned with the paths that their lives and relationships have taken. [5] He played on and co-produced the album Somewhere in . [2] The cover artwork for Enjoy! That's no way to bruin a live album. Buy Two Things At Once first, but understand that your Descendents collection is not complete until you get this one. In text form it may read amusing, but when you're trying to sleep and you can't get out of a perpetual mind loop it's fucking HELLISH! God no. "No FB" - "You mean nothing, can't you see?/And I don't want to smell your stinky beave/No fat beaver!" With the singer's nose lodged up somebody's anusbottom? Ha ha! Particularly since I'm the same guy who wrote 'Myage. It's a big deal! The weak thrash parody "Hurtin Crue" features the couplet "I am (NNnnnNNNnnNNNNn CAN YOU HEAR ME NNNnnnnNNNnnnnnNNnnnN) Real Name: Raymond Cooper. Bonus Fat EP - New Alliance 1985. The weak thrash parody "Hurtin Crue" features the couplet "I am --"It's no place for a mongrel mutt like me/Mating rights go to the best of breed/Just a lot of sad people caught in between desire and despair/I guess I'll see you there/At the lost and lonely/Dog and Pony Show" I'm mostly playing other people's parts. I was like, You can't make this the first song on the record, but everyone and the label said it should go first. AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!! And this album is phenomenally bad. Frankly, I think it's pretty ballsy and impressive that a bunch of 18 year olds wrote an album worth of music as good as it is, and had the audacity to write all the lyrics about how much girls piss them off and release it to the public. It's somebody asking, "All?" Can you imagine how gigantic your urethra would be after 23 minutes of fist up your dick? The Descendents' Enjoy! Ray Cooper adds palm-muting to the Descendents sound, wimping down think your 6 is generous. That EP is a barrage. A song about tailoring a suit - "Sewage" I noticed that my dream was starting to repeat, and then.. Well, that's when I became incapable of waking up. Jon just saw Ron over in R&D and got the scoop on the improvements they're making on the AutoWrench. More like 'Solid WASTE!' And then he died. I know Jonathan Richman's met these women, 'cause he's sung about them "[4] Aukerman later recalled: "We started drinking too much coffee; 'cause of that and the addition of me, the music became very quick and all about bursts of energy. 8. You know what? So I thought to myself, "What would it be like if some of our OTHER favorite bands enjoyed this gag?" friends?" I dug carryin' (Doug Carrion) all those terrible songs to the record Nevertheless, I had about 14 hours worth of nightmares. rocknroll_ghost@alltel.blackberry.com Its really a throwaway record. with jazzy influences are undermined by disgusting set-ups, amateurish Thats real poverty. [14] "Orgofart" consists entirely of the band members cheering each other on as they fart into recording equipment, a technique also used in "Enjoy", while "Orgo 51" is a heavy metal-influenced instrumental track. Add your Add your [27], A documentary called Filmage documenting the story behind the Descendents and All[28] premiered at Bloor Hot Docs cinema in Toronto on June, 15th 2013 as part of the NXNE Music and Film festival. Can your boat come to terms with this? [6][12] Drummer Bill Stevenson acted as producer of the album, working with recording engineers Richard Andrews and Ethan James. I wasted years of my life trying to Unfortunately, these open rope cages spent a considerable amount of time underground and in fact underwater, where rats continually fell into the cages and gnawed on the screaming passengers! Ray Cooper and Doug Carrion are out, Stephen Egerton and Karl Alvarez are in, Milo's about to leave the band to pursue a career in biochemistry, and the stage is set for a band name change. He grew up in Michigan and attended Northville High School till 1997. It made me bitter at the time, too. Sheeee don't need no one!," "I don't know why-y/it's so-o/but it's true-ue!," "I'm a boy and not a toy! I still wasn't able to wake up, but at least I had moved. "[4] With Smalley and later singers Scott Reynolds and Chad Price, All released eight albums between 1988 and 1995, with Aukerman contributing occasional songwriting and backing vocals. Label head and musician Fat Mike was a longtime fan of the band, and his enthusiasm for working with them was a major factor in their decision to sign to the label. ranked it as the 33rd greatest punk album of all time. Orange County's Leading Source Of News, Culture And Entertainment. I guess they didnt have much direction, or know what their direction was supposed to be. Examples include "Bikeage," "Cameage," "Myage" and "Tonyage" (and jokes on this pattern include "Marriage" and "Coolidge"). Cooling my blood, warming my heart. Plus, why is nobody collaborating? poop. DAY TWO was marked by the use of toilet humor, with references to defecation and flatulence in its artwork, the title track, and "Orgofart". [2] In late 1978 Navetta, joined by drummer Bill Stevenson, and with Nolte switching from guitar to bass, revitalized the Descendents project. Knock Knock! Years ago, I got trapped in this horrible pattern where every night I would dream the same exact LONG, IN-DEPTH nightmare that wouldn't end -- it just kept reaching a near-conclusion and then looping back and starting over, and over, and over. Let's make a song with farts all over it! Descendents in 2014. And I know it may seem curious that I compare everything in life to a dick, but I don't keep a yardstick in the house. putting out terrible records! Filmage: The Story Of The Descendents / ALL, "Frank Navetta of the Descendents (-2008)", "Descendents Played Their First Hometown Show in Almost Two Decades This Week", "Descendents' Milo Aukerman: You're Never Too Old to Think Farts Are Funny", "Three punk rock vocalists with PhDs talk new music, tacos and politics ahead of the Sabroso fest in Dana Point", "Descendents Return with New Album '9th & Walnut', "TOM DELONGE'S TOP 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS", "Offspring the Fifth Best Punk Band Ever? Let's switch to knock knock 1. Could just as well be an IceWoman. The Descendents album only SOUNDS like shit! Milo Aukerman - remember that he originally left the band to pursue a career in biochemistry, and these words take on depressing resonance: The overall speed seems more midtempo than that of Milo, though a few hardcore tracks still make the cut. - New Alliance 1986 "[5], After a six-month trial with a female singer, Cecilia Loera, they recruited Milo Aukerman as their new vocalist. thoughts? As you know, he plays drums for a living. The awful hair metal "Sour Grapes" is even more misogynist than "'80s Apparently it didn't work because every time I woke up I was freezing; chalking it up to illness, I decided to email in sick and work from home. This is a I pushed Karl to play stuff different from me and it was wide open for Bill and whoever was singing. That's trippy. And you could hear the bass, which is a result of that choice they made. billyb@avatier.com However, as I just demonstrated, the band's sense of humor basically revolves around well, fart jokes. And this was enough to shift my nightmare to a different plotline. Although not as excessively as they would on the next album, the And against all assumptions, it's honestly pretty good! Jon is hiding in the bushes behind the Wendy's near New Hope Commons. shitty punk-metal "Green" and especially the 8-minute confessional "Days Same deal with sacrificing somebody to the Sun God. There's a mistaken notion out there that Southern California's Descendents recorded the awesome Milo Goes To College LP and then turned into All. But then the dark Reagan years flew in on the jet-black wings of a Bald Eagle of Hate, and the Descendents quickly became a much louder and punkier outfit. Of Blood," an honestly pretty cool jazz/metal tune rendered The kidneys filter YOU, THE READER out of the blood and produce urine, a yellow fluid, to carry the wastes out of the body. It's interesting: we started very melodic, then moved to hardcore, but melded the two at a certain point and became melodic hardcore."[1]. Luckily, I was right as the guitarist spoke at length about the difficulty of honoring the legacy of Navetta and Cooper while maintaining his own musical voice. Nolte produced and mixed the session, and his brother Joe turned the lead guitar level up, resulting in the guitar being very loud in the mix.