Wouldn't it be chilly with no skin on? The only thing I wrote on the whole record was the little guitar thing at the beginning of One More Day. It was the vocal melody to one of my other songs. drooling big spit balls" and the phrase "nuclear tits." Bill Stevenson on forming All and not replacing Milo Aukerman of the Descendents. Bill Stevenson - Still struggling to make a career in music while dealing with family issues ", "Kabuki Girl" - "Your face is white your hair is black/You'll probably stab me in the back." If you can't find the CD anywhere, then buy the two records separately but ALWAYS listen to them together. Which would be an appropriate day to cash in, I suppose, bu The recording sessions for Cool to Be You took place with Aukerman in February 2002 at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado, with additional recording done in April at Planet of Sound in Wilmington, Delaware, and were produced by Stevenson. I actually gave my LP to my friend (Or former friend) when I got a copy of their 1991 compilation 'Somery' Actually, I kind of liked "Get the Time", but "Cheer" is in my opinion one of their best songs. Nevertheless, I had about 14 hours worth of nightmares. And I don't mean the rock group who did "Don't Stand So Close To Me '86." Besides Marilyn Monroe, I'm their first-ever centerfold with a penis! The interview @ Home Depot didn't go well. Jon is trying to avoid the police. Because I remain unimpressed. He brought a dimension that impacted the band that's still part of our musical vocabulary. "Kabuki Girl" - "Your face is white your hair is black/You'll probably stab me in the back." Add your The pop-punk material ("Coolidge," "Clean Sheets," "Pep Talk") is girl-cutesy and predictable -- both a far cry from the cleverly melodic Milo/Grow Up material of the same genre and a precursor to the rotten Green Day sound that would capture the world's radio ear in the mid-90s. Descendents rockin' alone tonight I pushed Karl to play stuff different from me and it was wide open for Bill and whoever was singing. any song ever written, typified by the lyric "Won't you please suck my Lohan's vagina? Have you seen this new James Bond movie Absence Of Malice? Well, professional drummer and funnyman Jon Wurster last week used his 'status' to tell a ridiculous story of falsehoods. Add your Mark says: Everything Sucks is better than All and Enjoy because those records were lyrically obnoxious, musically sloppy and vocally inferior. Milo sounds like Greg Graffin with a cold. 6. Basically just to avoid stagnation going for "ALL" and never being satisfied and just wallowing in your own sameness.[7]. I'm exhausted. Now I hear his new series "My Own Worst Enemy" is going to be cancelled. Also, the lyrics are painfully real, and "Nothing With You" is absolutely adorable. More like Please, I'd Like To WAKE Up, if you ask me!!! So thank you, for singlehandedly expanding my tastes. Especially the looping part. I just had to watch the same frightening events unfold again and again and again, for like a week and a half! America should've been ashamed of spending their 1979 entertainment dollar on "My Sharona" though, because this single is a true joy! That Julie was nice. TRANSLATION: "If a girl develops a drug problem, she's also a whore! So do certain, old Beetle Bailey comic strips (srsly) -- like the one where Sarge makes Beetle into a human ice cream sundae. Avoid Bowling for Soup though - nobody should have to listen to that. 2. Bill goes 'Oh, that's it', and it becomes the cover of the first record. All is literally a multiple-personality disorder, swerving recklessly back and forth between cloying pop-punk, intriguing jazz-tinged metal, and godawful novelty songs. I'm not denying that they're subconsciously misogynistic or anything of the sort, but that's the whole charm of the album. (It makes my dick look too small.). Just because we've gone away Here's a message from me and Ray We're not gonna let the music die Join us if you've got the energy We're the proud, the few Descendents rockin' alone tonight We're the proud, the few Descendents pickin' our bu*ts tonight We're looking for a few good men Degenerates need not apply Attitude is a must On our endless quest To play hard . every potential punk song into either terrible hard rock or inoffensive The playing of the core band is even better than before, never mistaking increased skill with needing to show off; the Lombardo/Stevenson rhythm section is in perfect sync, while Navetta provides the corrosive power. The Descendents album has a roll of toilet paper on the came out during Green Day's first peak. Same with original guitarist Frank Navetta (who passed away in 2008) and his successor Ray Cooper. Stevenson says he isnt worried. ", "Marriage" - "When you see me staring at you/Do you know what I want you to do?" Add your thoughts? Aukerman was indeed away at college (studying biochemistry at UC San Diego), and Stevenson found himself becoming more and more involved with Black Flag. Who's there? -- "Somebody tell me what to do. Knock knock! It only has two good songs - Milo's sweet "Get The Time" (later There are 10 people living in one room 10 miles from here, he says. And in "No Fat Beaver," he sings it as "No Fat Beav-Ah!" 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. I give it a tentative, barely above average thumps ub! With Milo sounding good like a good singer should, the newly quarteted Descendents released the Fat EP, a six-song, six-minute grab bucket of mean punk ("My Dad Sucks"), miniscule hardcore ("I Like Food"), simmering punkabilly ("Mr. Bass"), Ramonesy pop-punk ("Hey Hey," "Global Probing") and food jokes ("Weinerschnitzel," "I Like Food" again). Paskelbta 2022-06-04 Autorius disadvantages of polyurethane foam In a sense that would be kind of like discrediting Milo's nine years worth of effort. Well, that's when I became incapable of waking up. Let's make a song with farts all over it! Although Cool To Be You is indeed the least melodically inventive and most stylistically derivative release in the band's entire discography, it also perversely features their most honest and heartbreaking lyrics ever. 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'. friends?" I'd almost be willing to write this off as 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'. More like 'Solid WASTE!' This album made a difference in my young life but didn't make me grow to view women in a negative way. "[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.' That's a way to ruin a live album. The few songs that don't sound like Al Goldstein wrote them are just your basic naive teenager social commentary, but it's interesting to note that two of these lyrical departures ("M 16" and "Statue of Liberty") are also the only songs that seem out of place on this record. putting out terrible records! But how much can one complain about a 6-minute single that has songs as hooky as the intrigue-driven "Mr. Bass," dopey singalong "Hey Hey," and 1-part/16-second masterpiece "I Like Food"? I dont want a house. -- (to his daughter) "Come on baby, we gotta get our clothes on/There'll be no easy days 'cause I've got no degree/You'll see your brother in a week or three/Here's a picture of me, just don't let them see/'Cause they're not that fond of me" Descendents have begun to poorly imitate Black Flag -- here in the devo334@gmail.com Jon is hiding in the bushes behind the Wendy's near New Hope Commons. Some asshole scored a point! The CD is 29 minutes long (only one song exceeds 3:00) and sounds fantastic. [4], With Aukerman in college and Stevenson in Black Flag, the Descendents went on hiatus from 1983 to 1985. I'll be glad when this Average-Joe-But-Still-Romanticized-Version-of-America-Non-Actor-Semi-Reality-Show fad is over with. OC Weekly (Ryan Ritchie): You had to learn Frank's stuff, which to my ears sounds like a very difficult thing to do. That's trippy. And you could hear the bass, which is a result of that choice they made. Before I knew about the condition it was pretty scary (like when I heard someone writing something on my computer though I knew my wife wasn't home, or when I felt (couldn't see) a small girl standing beside the bed, and then starting to move her hands up and down the bedsheet (and this was before The Ring) it was horrible. like every pop-punk band singer outside of Green Day and Blink-182). Particularly since I'm the same guy who wrote 'Myage.'" "My Dad Sucks" kicks too much ass to end in 36 seconds, and "Global Probing" might have the makings of a good song, but crammed into 1:08 it just sounds like a poorly-thought-out mess. When turkeys eat your soul from your body. I'd say this is my 3rd or 4th favorite Descendents record, which means it deserves, oh, say a 6.5/10. I will kill and I'll destroy!," "My day will come - I know some day, I'll be the only one!," etc). I usually interpreted their spiteful lyrics as a burst of teenage frustration - often itself given to rash conclusions and unfair generalizations - directed at women who won't give them the time of day. At first, the dreams - though bizarre - were not frightening. That's no way to bruin a live album. [8] Aukerman later recalled that the band took his departure in stride: When I decided to go to university, the guys in the band were pretty hip on it because they knew how big of a nerd I was. I don't picture that at all when I listen to Aukerman sing his blatantly pathetically selfish lyrics. 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. "[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. But the promise of 1983 fizzled in 1984 as various members of the band scattered. Your dreams sound pretty spooky. The music was good, but thats no reason to be mean to your friends.. better than you/You are a piece of poo." "All" - This is hilarious. He didn't really play solos, per se, and there were open chords and minor chords, which was cool in the context of punk. Every time we step out this door we come back complaining, says Descendents guitarist Ray Cooper, 21, nodding toward the open doorway of the bands studio. Real disappointed. The overall speed seems more midtempo than that of Milo, though a few hardcore tracks still make the cut. Frank will be truly missed. thoughts? I strongly disagree with you're views on the lyrics. 6. There's a stand-out thing that it's clearly Frank. I've had this happen before. "[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. ", "GCF" - "I like lust and sexual thrust/I like good clean fun! Spin has listed it several times, ranking it No. And by source, I mean Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton. even though they weren't on Solid Gold. was marked by the use of toilet humor, with references to defecation and flatulence in its artwork, the title track, and "Orgofart". Finally. Either best or worst vocal moment: "SOUR FUCKIN' GRAPES!" In the dream, I had been asleep for 27 hours and was unable to tell the difference between sleep and wake. 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 made me bitter at the time, too. 12:37pm, Jon just saw Ron over in R&D and got the scoop on the improvements they're making on the AutoWrench. 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? Who's there? from Colo Goes To Mileage! Steve If, on the other hand, it was just shouted out of excitement for what a 'kickass' song "Sour Grapes" is, then ew. Knock knock! Knock Knock! Shit! Mark, you may complain about the chord changes on this album, but you gotta admit the musicianship is top notch. While I'm not giving it a 10 or anyting, "Cool To Be You" at least gets a 7. The bout was a true comeback story for Cooper, who lost the . Urine is produced by the kidneys, located on either side of YOU, THE READER at the base of the ribcage. ", "Descendents to Release Coffee-Based 'Feel This' IPA", Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three, Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie: Reinterpreting Black Flag, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Descendents&oldid=1151840220, Melodic hardcore musical groups from California, Musicians from Manhattan Beach, California, CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, As an elderly man in a wheelchair on the cover of the ", David Nolte vocals (19771979), guitar (19771978), bass (19781979), Ray Cooper vocals (19821983), guitar (19821983, 19851986), This page was last edited on 26 April 2023, at 15:39. These days he's sounding like a more mature version of his shout-singing Milo Goes To College persona! pressing plant, but can we record the REAL album now? I Don't Want To Grow Up? with jazzy influences are undermined by disgusting lyrics, amateurish With Doug Carrion ("dead and putrefying flesh" or "rottenness; anything Eugene Mirman's currently says, "Eugene Mirman often dreamed of trainasldkfjsdgifdgthisifgl" It's just a silly, simple little thing that people do all the time. This Descendents line-up is about 4,000 times more technically proficient than the previous ones, effortlessly navigating through difficult time signature changes and weird twisted riffs, but their decision to devote 2/3rds of the record to la-de-da fuzzy pop and fart jokes leaves little time to blow our minds with killer math-jazz-metal songs like "Iceman" 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. 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. Jon 's at Mike's Tavern. 10:35am, Jon is trying to avoid the police. The real Descendents -- the one that recorded Bonus Fat, Milo Goes To College and I Don't Want To Grow Up -- had long since ceased to exist by the time they turned into All. Foolishly, I went back to sleep. Who's there? -- "Goosebumps been gone for way too long/Couldn't get it for free, couldn't do it for the money/It just disappeared, spent a lot of barren years/And if it doesn't work out, you can just set it down for later/Nobody ever said you'd be dead forever", Karl Alvarez - Apparently the failure of his marriage has made him cynical towards everything else in the world as well: Musically speaking, we were pretty broad. TRANSLATION: "Girls can't be trusted. Our fans deserve better. Steve Like, "What else would you expect him to do but to go off and be a geek?" Reader Comments For some reason, even though I was buying up most all their albums as they came out, I failed to get this one. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. It's funny because when you listen to some stupid blink-182 song you kind of hear their influence from the Descendents, but it's not the same at all because you just picture one of the members of blink-182 as a popular douchebag arsehole (Who probably hung out with all the football players and got high). 14 songs in 37 minutes: 7 by Milo, 4 by Karl Alvarez, 3 by Bill Stevenson and not one stiff penny by guitarist Stephen Egerton. Aukerman incorporated these lyrics into "Hrtin' Cre". Jim Hull Between these two albums there are some of their best songs, but in my opinion, "College" has too many tracks that just whiz by without much notice from me. TRANSLATION: "She wants to fuck me, but she's a little baby, afraid to fuck me. Did somebody ask you to stop blskejvblsgle? If you tried to make your OWN pyramid, it'd take forever and be all wobbly. '", "Hope" - "Now you wait for his cock - you know it'll turn you on!" TRANSLATION: "She wants to fuck me, but she's a little baby, afraid to fuck me. OSLANE@student.gvsu.edu OUTside! [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. "[1] Stevenson described the concept of "All" as "the total extent", and he and McCuistion had quickly written several short songs that would later be recorded by the Descendents, including "All" and "No, All! 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. jokes. And Milo is unfortunately beginning to forego some of his rough shouting in the name of actual singing; it doesn't affect the quality of this album, but it does lead to some awful performances on the next couple. Trying to maintain the language of the downstroke and all six strings becomes this manic blur. And this Milo - he may have looked like a pocket protector four-eyed goobatron, but his gruff youthful shout had "Southern California Punk Rock" scrawled all over it!
