As you know, he plays drums for a living. So I thought to myself, "What would it be like if some of our OTHER favorite bands enjoyed this gag?" who? It may be their least adventurous and most traditionally 'pop-punk' album to date, but it sure is professional-sounding and easy on the ears. Real Name: Raymond Cooper. Sure, Blur and Oasis may be crap (I do like Oasis, even though I know I shouldn't) but Supergrass has produced one of the most insanely catchy and enjoyable albums with "I Should Coco" and the rest of their output has been good too, so I'd be remiss if I didn't point that album out to you (though you being you, you may have stumbled accross it). It also displayed a darker, more heavy metal-influenced sound in songs like "Hrtin' Cre", "Days Are Blood", and "Orgo 51", with other songs recalling the pop-influenced punk of the band's previous efforts. 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. Instead of the song titles, the back cover lists slang terms for The Descendents joined Planet Rock USA in 1978 when guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson got together to combine the sound of '60s beach music with the energy of '70s punk rock. I know! But lacking that band's beautiful vocal harmonies and arrangements, it just sounds like they're trying to cash in on Green Day. I strongly disagree with you're views on the lyrics. Either best or worst vocal moment: "SOUR FUCKIN' GRAPES!" I voted Dewey! Even the "hits" that are on Somery (which I do have) are fairly weak compared to their best stuff. The pride I have in that record has more to do with the live performance aspect of it. [4][9][10] In 1987 New Alliance was sold to SST Records, who re-released Enjoy! I say its a pretty focused Descendents record. Still, "I'm Not a Loser", "Catalina", "I Wanna Be a Bear", "My Dad Sucks", "Suburban Home" and "Hope" are all classics. Not only is I Don't Want To Grow Up the first Descendents album without guitarist Frank Navetta (he appears on three brief tracks, but replacement Ray Cooper handles the rest); it's also the last good album the band ever released. I'm mostly playing other people's parts. Join us if you've got the energy It sets the tone of the whole song. This was my introduction to the Descendents, and I was so instantly floored that I still haven't standed back up. 9. TRANSLATION: "Girls are both whores and teases. Theyd think, Is this another album that sounds like the last one? On a single night, a 'spirit' flew from house to house, entering the body of each man in time to make him (a) kill the person he was with at that time, (b) revert to his childhood self before anybody else reached the scene, and (c) upon discovery, immediately jump out the window to his death, at which point the 'spirit' would leave his body, go to the next man's house and repeat the action. The jazz-punk title track features actual human farts and the lyrics 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. The Descendents enjoy (Enjoy!) OOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHHOHOH!!!!! This is the nature of Thanksgiving, the scariest day of the year. How can you, a married man, not connect with that song? Dully, flatly and stuffed-nosily. The music was good, but thats no reason to be mean to your friends.. If that doesn't go well, look out, Mike's Tavern, you're 2nd on my list. But during all this time, I honestly couldn't figure out whether I was awake or asleep. But no more of this "music" talk. Of Blood," an honestly pretty cool jazz/metal tune rendered You know what? Finally. I remember reacting to that like, Whoa. He plays with great accuracy and consistency. Ray Cooper! Urine travels through tubes called YOU, THE READER from the kidneys to the bladder, where it is stored temporarily, and then through YOU, THE READER as it is voided. Starring helplessly at the top of the closet door, I started wondering, "Is this what happens when people fall into comas? 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. Add your thoughts? His guitar playing is never, at any time, connected to a technical idea. "You go . Remember Christian Slater playing "Weinerschitzel" over and over again as a DJ in that movie "Pump Up the Volume"? Normally when you talk about Green Day I can tell that you really don't Eventually (thank GOD) I was able to turn my body 180 degrees on the couch, open my left eye and see my dog on the floor. Then you'll continue listening and be all like, "Why is Milo singing just like Greg Graffin and the band playing minor-key midtempo chord changes they stole off Bad Religion records?" Girl," with Milo writing off a new wave girl as a 'cocktease' because 10 of these songs should be great, as they are in their studio versions. The Descendents album has a roll of toilet paper on the Deacon Phillippe is all grown up! Since 1986, the band's lineup has consisted of singer Milo Aukerman, guitarist Stephen Egerton, bassist Karl Alvarez, and drummer Bill Stevenson. Shit! TRANSLATION: "If a girl develops a drug problem, she's also a whore!" As you may know, the Descendents enjoy attaching the suffix "-age" to words in order to create song titles. Jim Hull Jon is looking at these sales reports Fullman just put on his desk and feeling pretty good about the '09 DustBuster Micro launch. In the dream, I had been asleep for 27 hours and was unable to tell the difference between sleep and wake. It's probably the shining example of Frank's guitar playing. There's a stand-out thing that it's clearly Frank. 3. We started writing almost immediately after that record was done. I need you to continue bldksotlgkelsl! The songs were only seconds long, but that was all the time we needed to make the point. It was a very different kind of a sound, so the rhythmic intent and pulse, what he was going for, cleaner guitar soundthose were the things that struck me overall. ripped off by Green Day) and Bill's gorgeous "Cheer" - and both are way The Mentors, Meatmen and GG Allin are more blatantly misogynist, but that's what makes them harmless and funny. On the brite sighd, I'm happy to report that there are no sexist lyrics on this record (I used to think the line "Those sheets are dirty/And so are you" was a smirking comment about a hot slutty girl, but it turns out the song is about Bill Stevenson's girlfriend cheating on him and breaking his heart, so never mind). And that's why homosexuals aren't allowed to get married. Here are some reasons. vocals and lame Tuff-Rock riffs. Yes, I could have included third bassist Karl Alvarez who joined with Egerton in 1986 but I don't have his number. "[1] Ned Raggett of AllMusic describes it as surf-inspired power pop with a New Wave edge: "Not quite Devo if they grew up on the coast, but there's something to that comparison. Spears' vagina? "All" - This is hilarious. You reviewed "Everything Sucks," haven't you? none of it was actually 'punk rock'), If it's Descendents classics you're after, you're going to have to look beyond the la-de-da smiley faces of "Sick-O-Me" and "When I Get Old" and embrace the darker and more creative underbelly of the album, particularly Egerton's killer punk rock title track, Bill and Egerton's hardcore "Coffee Mug," Milo's haunting dysfunctional family lament "Rotting Out," Alvarez's cleverly ascending "Caught" and FRANK NAVETTA(!!!!!!! Not only is I Don't Want To Grow Up the first Descendents album without guitarist Frank Navetta (he appears on three brief tracks, but replacement Ray Cooper handles the rest); it's also the last good album the band ever released. Okay these are making less sense as we go. Because I remain unimpressed. This is the nature of Thanksgiving, the scariest day of the year. Knock Knock! All was released in LP, cassette, and CD formats, the latter two containing the additional tracks "Jealous of the World" and "Uranus". Speaking of which -- and believe me, I still love the album and always have -- Milo Goes To College is easily the most sexist and misogynist punk rock album I have ever heard. We could play whatever, yet our influences stemmed from largely the same stuff that Bill and Milo's did. While most of the nation counted down to midnight on Dec. 31, Cooper was at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden for Professional Fighters League's New Year's Eve championship, where he defeated David Michaud for the welterweight title and earned a cool $1 million in the process. friends?" Girl," with Milo writing off a new wave girl as a 'cocktease' because Either best or worst vocal moment: "SOUR FUCKIN' GRAPES!" 1:18pm We have three peoples clothing on one shelf, and everyone takes whatever he wants. Descendents have begun to poorly imitate Black Flag -- here in the lyrics in the English language as life-denying as "I wanted her cherry/I Remember the days of collaboration? 10. It's not really a reunion, we've been together the whole time. I noticed that my dream was starting to repeat, and then.. Well, that's when I became incapable of waking up. At first, it could only make one noise: a kitten-like 'mew!,' but then it learned how to enter peoples' bodies and minds without their knowledge, and when it came out it could transform into any creature that it found envisioned in the peoples' minds it had entered -- and speak any words that it found in their minds (in the voices of the original speakers). farceswannamo@gmail.com The songs on Everything Sucks and Cool to Be You address topics including love and relationships, sociopolitical commentary, the death of parents, nerdiness, and flatulence. As for the the Descendents, I kind of agree with you. shitty punk-metal "Green" and especially the 8-minute confessional "Days I'll have to hear those sometime. In addition, although half of the record falls into the much-beloathed 'pop-punk' category, the emphasis is on 'punk.' ", "I Wanna Be A Bear" - "Got a baited hook you are calling it your cherry/You want to settle down and you want to get married/I don't wanna smell your muff!" The Ramones - "I Don't Carriage" The Descendents album only SOUNDS like shit! So that's what started happening this afternoon during my sleep. Somehow this was adorable, as ugly and creepy as it was. Why, your urine stream would coat the entire bridal party! Get all the lyrics to songs by Ray Cooper [Descendents] and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. any song ever written, typified by the lyric "Won't you please suck my Just because we've gone away was marked by the use of toilet humor, with references to defecation and flatulence in its artwork, the title track, and "Orgofart". His contribution to the band, and to music in general can not be overstated. (It makes my dick look too small.). Jon is trying to avoid the police. -- (to his wife) "Money and time/We didn't know they'd be so hard to come by/"Look and you'll find"?/We didn't know that's just some fabled school rhyme/We'll never get ahead in this world/Not 'til we move ahead of this/World we've made for ourselves/Where there's no time to kiss/And no room to even breathe" I give it a tentative, barely above average thumps ub! I'm Not a Loser, Milo Goes to College (1982): You can feel angst and energy in just that intro where he's by himself. lyrics in the English language as life-denying as "I wanted her cherry/I 8:01pm rocknroll_ghost@alltel.blackberry.com It contains eighteen songs written by the band between 1977 and 1981, including re-recorded versions of "Ride the Wild" and "It's a Hectic World". As for the Green Day comparisonstheres no question that there are similarities, but Egerton and Stevenson had been working with DFWs own Hagfish (who adore Descendents) on tunes from Hagfishs Buick Men! So this was no way to keep a pleasant dream going. Let's make up some jokes. I've wasted my last 15 years jumping through their hoops only to find nothing waiting for me but academic oblivion, my proud destiny." Thanks Mark, you are fun to read (and watch)! --"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" It's very clear that they poop. TRANSLATION: "Girls are whores. I can tell by the "Weird Al" reference in the third verse. [33] In April 2017, the band released a standalone single titled "Who We Are", a highly political song that laments the presidency of Donald Trump and repudiates the bigotry, violence and divisiveness that the band feels he has caused. Bill Stevenson on forming All and not replacing Milo Aukerman of the Descendents. Who's there? On a superficial level, the playing and production remain raw, though less aggressive than before. I mean, I've got a Ph.D in biochemistry how uncool is that?[1]. of the protagonist. Also, here's something intriguing that I found online about you: Goes Out newsletter, with the week's best events, to help you explore and experience our city. And it "sounds nothing at all like the Descendents!" (1993), which would essentially be rerecorded in Ft. Collins as Rocks Your Lame Ass! Fuckin' bitch! But not before the Descendents churn out one more terrible record! HA HA AHAHAH! Descendents rockin' alone tonight And the nightmare would continue until I finally realized I wasn't awake, at which point I would re-open my right eye, only to be terrified by the sight of the top of the closet door -- meaning that all my physical efforts were in fact psychological. I have to say something about the album? The otherwise impressive hard rocker "'80s Girl" is as misogynist as Some asshole scored a point! If you tried to make your OWN pyramid, it'd take forever and be all wobbly. Don't blame me! And now I'm going to do it [] It's just a way of thinking, in which there are extremes and there is this goal called 'ALL.' Reader Comments Jim Hull I wish I knew where my wallet is. Just buy them drugs and they'll fuck you! Normally when you talk about Green Day I can tell that you really don't [2], The band's music at the time was described by Stevenson as a "coffee'd-out blend of rock-surf-pop-punk music [] The sound consisted basically of Lombardo's hard-driving, melodic bass lines, Navetta's tight guitar riffing, and my 'caffinated' surf beats. The title track is okay, but "Hurtin' Crue" just hurts. Every time I thought I'd changed positions, I'd simply fallen asleep again. I dont want a house. Its too good lyrically to be a 4. [48][49] "Everything about how I sing and play guitar came from this band [] Blink is absolutely a product of The Descendents," said Blink-182 vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge in 2011,[50] while vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus called "Silly Girl" from I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985) "the first song that really altered my life. billyb@avatier.com We weren't happy with Interscope at all. more pop than punk. The character was created by Rodger Deuerlein, a classmate of Aukerman and drummer Bill Stevenson's at Mira Costa High School who taunted Aukerman by drawing comic strips and posters depicting him as the class nerd. If you're looking for cheer, get lost because aside from two light-hearted Milo songs -- gross diarrhea joke "Blast Off" and pro-brain high school anthem "Mass Nerder" (complete with Germs parody outro "We Must Read" and faux-Darby shout "Somebody get me a book!") I think "Coolidge" is a much better song than you give it credit for, and "Clean Sheets" might be a bit coy but it's still a pretty solid melody. The tiny hardcore "Kids On Coffee" features the sentence "Ray is Meanwhile, new idiot shows like "Mama's Boy" with Ryan Seacrest are popping up everywhere. The Descendents are more insidious because they sing like they're sad and act like they care about the girls. Tell me about certain songs that stand out to you. on cassette and compact disc. I'm exhausted. "[2] For the cover of the Descendents' first album, Milo Goes to College (1982), Stevenson asked friend Jeff "Rat" Atkinson to draw his own interpretation of Deuerlein's Milo character: "I go 'Roger does the drawing'", recalled Atkinson, "He goes 'No, you gotta do it.' Fuck my colon! You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. of the same year, then great work Milo because that's honestly hilarious. 8:01pm, Jon just got back from Chili's. I haven't heard the 'Bonus Fat' E.P., but maybe I'll pick that up instead of another copy of 'Milo Goes to College'. It's a herky-jerky punk-funk song with such laugh-out-lousy lyrics as "Here in my van/I can beat my small cock/Fart on your face/Sleep on a loaf"! Do you people ever go on FaceBook? There are 10 people living in one room 10 miles from here, he says. Everything Sucks is better than All and Enjoy because those records were lyrically obnoxious, musically sloppy and vocally inferior. More like Please, I'd Like To WAKE Up, if you ask me!!! The Descendents' Enjoy! Why do you keep ceasing tlblsslfieksa? We've done some basic tracking, but it's still a work in progress but I hope we'll have something out by the end of the year. Try one of them james hill obituary macon, ga, strawberry banana moonshine mash recipe, 1968 oldsmobile cowl tag decoder Awkward and ugly (though not awful), these two sound like the initial songwriting attempts of a generic punk band - far from the impressive songcraft of the other 13 tracks. It's supposed to be that your mind is (almost) awake while your body is still asleep, and it's the basis for many if not all tales about alien abductions and hauntings. On December 16, 1987, during the recording of the first All album Allroy Sez, Pat McCuistion died when his fishing boat sank during a storm. You make your own rules in here, says bassist Doug Carryon, 21, sipping on a giant cup of coffee--the Descendents drug of choice. They're enjoyable if you just shut your brain off and enjoy them as some sort of primal adolescent force but when I think about it, they're not singing about MY adolescence, they're singing about the myth of what every male adolescence is supposed to be like. Did somebody ask you to stop blskejvblsgle? 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.