Descendents discography

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Descendents discography
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The Descendents in 2014. Left to right: Egerton, Aukerman, Stevenson, and Alvarez.
Studio albums8
Live albums3
Compilation albums3
Music videos5
EPs3
Singles3
Other appearances3

The discography of the Descendents, a punk rock band formed in Manhattan Beach, California in 1977, consists of eight studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs, several singles, and four music videos.

Contents

The Descendents' initial lineup of Frank Navetta (guitar), Tony Lombardo (bass guitar), and Bill Stevenson (drums) released the band's first single, "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" in 1980. [1] Adding singer Milo Aukerman, they next released the Fat EP in 1981 and their debut album Milo Goes to College in 1982 through SST Records. [1] The band took a hiatus during Aukerman's collegiate studies, reconvening in 1985 for I Don't Want to Grow Up with guitarist Ray Cooper replacing Navetta. [1] That same year New Alliance issued the compilation Bonus Fat , combining the Fat EP with the band's first single. Doug Carrion had replaced Lombardo by 1986's Enjoy! , but both he and Cooper soon left the band and were replaced by Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, respectively.

In 1987 New Alliance was absorbed by SST Records, who reissued the Descendents' previous material and released their fourth album, All . Aukerman then departed the Descendents to pursue a career in biochemistry. Stevenson, Egerton, and Alvarez changed the name of the band to All, releasing eight albums between 1988 and 1995 with singers Dave Smalley, Scott Reynolds, and Chad Price. Following the Descendents' breakup, SST released the live albums Liveage! (1987) and Hallraker: Live! (1989) and the compilation albums Two Things at Once (1988) and Somery (1991). [1]

Aukerman continued to contribute occasional songwriting and backing vocals to All following his departure from the Descendents, and in 1995 decided to return to music. The band members decided to operate simultaneously as two bands, performing with Aukerman as the Descendents and with Price as All. Both bands signed to Epitaph Records, with the Descendents releasing Everything Sucks in 1996. [1] It became their first album to chart, reaching #132 on the Billboard 200, [2] [3] and was supported by singles and music videos for "I'm the One" and "When I Get Old". The Descendents took another hiatus while Aukerman returned to his biochemistry career, and All released two more studio albums in 1998 and 1999. [1] In 2001 Epitaph released Live Plus One , a double live album with one disc by All and the other by the Descendents, which reached #45 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart. [4] The Descendents reconvened for 2004's Cool to Be You , released by Fat Wreck Chords, which reached #143 on the Billboard 200 and #6 amongst independent albums. In 2002 the original lineup of Stevenson, Naveta, and Lombardo rejoined to record 9th and Walnut, the album contained songs that they had previously written but had never been recorded, it wasn’t until 2020 that Aukerman recorded vocals for the album. In 2021 the album was released. [1] [2] [3] [5]

Studio albums

List of studio albums
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Billboard 200
[3]
Independent
[5]
Heatseekers
[6]
Milo Goes to College [7]
I Don't Want to Grow Up [8]
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: New Alliance (NAR-026)
  • Formats CD, CS, DL, LP
Enjoy! [9]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: New Alliance (NAR-029)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
All [10]
  • Released: June 1987
  • Label: SST (SST-112)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
Everything Sucks [11] [12]
  • Released: September 24, 1996
  • Label: Epitaph (E-86481)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
1324
Cool to Be You [13] [14] 14364
Hypercaffium Spazzinate [15]
  • Released: July 29, 2016
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Formats CD, DL, LP
201
9th & Walnut [16]
  • Released: July 23, 2021
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Formats CD, DL, LP
173
[17]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Independent
[4]
Liveage! [18]
  • Released: November 4, 1987
  • Label: SST (SST-163)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
Hallraker: Live! [19]
  • Released: January 10, 1989
  • Label: SST (SST-205)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP
Live Plus One [20]
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Epitaph (E-86618)
  • Format: CD, DL
45
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums
TitleAlbum details
Bonus Fat [21]
Two Things at Once [22]
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: SST (SST-145)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL
Somery [23]
  • Released: July 16, 1991
  • Label: SST (SST-259)
  • Format: CD, CS, DL, LP

EPs

List of extended plays
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
Independent
[2] [5]
Heatseekers
[2] [6]
Fat EP [24]
Sessions
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Sessions (SES-007)
  • Format: 7" vinyl
'Merican [25] [26]
  • Released: February 10, 2004
  • Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT-671)
  • Format: CD, 7" vinyl
2938
Spazzhazard [27]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

YearDetailsAlbum
1980 "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World"
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Orca
  • Formal: 7" vinyl
Non-album single
1986"Enjoy"
  • Released: 17 June 2016
  • Label: New Alliance Records
  • Format: 7" vinyl
Enjoy!
1987"Clean Sheets" / "Coolidge"
  • Released: 17 June 2016
  • Label: SST
  • Format: 7" vinyl
All
1997"I'm the One" [28] [29]
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: CD, 7" vinyl
Everything Sucks
"When I Get Old" [30] [31]
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: CD, 7" vinyl
2016"Victim of Me"
  • Released: 17 June 2016
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital
Hypercaffium Spazzinate
"Without Love"
  • Released: 11 July 2016
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital
2017"Who We Are" [32]
  • Released: 22 June 2017
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: 7" vinyl
Non-album single
2020"Suffrage"
  • Released: 27 October 2020
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: 7" vinyl
Non-album single
2021"That's The Breaks"
  • Released: 14 January 2021
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital
Non-album single
2021"Baby Doncha Know"
  • Released: 4 May 2021
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital
9th & Walnut
"Nightage"
  • Released: 2 June 2021
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital
"Like The Way I Know"
  • Released: 28 June 2018
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Format: Digital

Music videos

YearSongDirectorAlbum
1986"Kids" Enjoy!
1997"I'm the One" [33] Dave Robinson Everything Sucks
"When I Get Old" [34]
"Lucky"Darren DoaneGodmoney Motion Picture Soundtrack
2017"No Fat Burger"Vitor Cervi Hypercaffium Spazzinate
"Without Love"

Other appearances

The following Descendents songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

YearRelease detailsTrack(s)
1981Chunks [35]
  • "Global Probing"
2000The Blasting Room [35] [36]
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Owned & Operated (O&O-008)
  • Format: CD
  • "Like the Way I Know" [I]
2004 Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 [35] [37] [38]
  • "Sad State of Affairs"

^ I "Like the Way I Know" was recorded in June 1982 during the Milo Goes to College sessions but was not released until 2000. [39]

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John William Stevenson is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the drummer, main songwriter, and only constant member of the California punk rock group Descendents since its inception. In late December 1981, he played a few concerts with the hardcore punk band Black Flag because their drummer, Robo was detained in England after a tour there. He went on to record with Black Flag on several of their albums until 1985, including the highly influential My War. After this, he focused his attention on Descendents and played with the band until lead singer Milo Aukerman left in 1987. After Milo's departure, Bill and the other members of Descendents, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, recruited singer Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty, moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, and formed ALL. ALL went on to have two more singers, Scott Reynolds (1989–1993) and Chad Price (1993–present). Aukerman came back for the 1996 album Everything Sucks, the 2004 album Cool to Be You, 2016's Hypercaffium Spazzinate and the newest album 9th and Walnut. All and Descendents continue to tour between Stevenson's and Aukerman's respective careers as a recording engineer and a biochemist. Stevenson was born in Torrance, California and attended Mira Costa High School, with fellow members of the Descendents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Descendents</span> American punk rock band

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<i>Milo Goes to College</i> 1982 studio album by the Descendents

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<i>Fat</i> (EP) 1981 EP by the Descendents

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<i>All</i> (Descendents album) 1987 studio album by the Descendents

All is the fourth album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1987 through SST Records. It was the band's first album with bassist Karl Alvarez and guitarist Stephen Egerton, who brought new songwriting ideas to the group. The album is titled after the concept of "All" invented by drummer Bill Stevenson and friend Pat McCuistion in 1980. Based on the goals of achieving "the total extent" and "to not settle for some, to always go for All", the philosophy was the subject of the one-second title track, the two-second "No, All!", and "All-O-Gistics".

<i>Everything Sucks</i> (Descendents album) 1996 studio album by Descendents

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<i>Cool to Be You</i> 2004 studio album by the Descendents

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<i>Merican</i> 2004 EP by the Descendents

'Merican is an EP by the American punk rock band Descendents, released February 10, 2004. It was the band's first release for Fat Wreck Chords and served as a pre-release to their sixth studio album Cool to Be You, released the following month. The EP includes two songs from the album: "Nothing with You" and "'Merican", and three B-sides from the album's sessions: "Here with Me", "I Quit", and the hidden track "Alive". 'Merican marked the first release of new studio material from the Descendents since 1996's Everything Sucks and was their third release ever to chart, peaking at number 29 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and at number 38 on Top Heatseekers.

<i>Somery</i> 1991 compilation album by the Descendents

Somery is a compilation album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1991 through SST Records. It compiles songs from their Fat EP (1981) and the albums Milo Goes to College (1982), I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985), Enjoy! (1986), and All (1987).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Navetta</span> American musician

Frank Navetta was an American musician who was the original guitarist of the punk rock band the Descendents, which he co-founded. He formed the band in Manhattan Beach, California with Dave Nolte in the late 1970s and played on their 1979 debut single, the Fat EP (1981), and their first album, Milo Goes to College (1982). Navetta then quit the band and moved to Oregon to become a fisherman. He collaborated with the Descendents again on the 1996 album Everything Sucks, and prior to his death in 2008 had been working on new material with original Descendents members Bill Stevenson and Tony Lombardo. In 2021, the band released this material on the album 9th & Walnut, which has been critically lauded for Frank's songwriting and playing.

Tony Lombardo is an American musician who was the original bassist in the punk rock band the Descendents. He joined the band in 1979 and played on their debut single, the Fat EP (1981), and the albums Milo Goes to College (1982) and I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985). After leaving the band, he performed in other acts and worked for the United States Postal Service until 2005. He collaborated with the Descendents' successor band, All, writing two songs for their album Allroy's Revenge (1989) and teaming up with them for an album of his own songs, New Girl, Old Story (1991), credited to "TonyAll". He also collaborated with the reunited Descendents on their 1996 album Everything Sucks, and the 2021 album 9th and Walnut.

<i>Hallraker: Live!</i> 1989 live album by the Descendents

Hallraker: Live! is a live album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1989 through SST Records. It was their second live album and served as a companion to 1987's Liveage!; both albums were recorded on the band's spring and summer 1987 tours but feature completely different sets of songs. The recordings for Hallraker: Live! came from an April 9 show at Berkeley Square, Berkeley, California and a July 13 show at First Avenue in Minneapolis. Singer Milo Aukerman left the band after these tours to pursue a career in biochemistry, and the band relaunched itself under the name ALL.

<i>Live Plus One</i> 2001 live album by All and the Descendents

Live Plus One is a live album by the American punk rock bands All and the Descendents, released in 2001 through Epitaph Records. A double album, it includes one disc by All recorded in 2001 on their Problematic tour, and a second disc by the Descendents recorded in 1996 on their Everything Sucks tour. The two bands are composed of the same musicians—bassist Karl Alvarez, guitarist Stephen Egerton, and drummer Bill Stevenson—but have different lead singers: Chad Price for All and Milo Aukerman for the Descendents. Live Plus One reached #45 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart, making it the only All release and the second Descendents release ever to chart.

<i>Liveage!</i> 1987 live album by the Descendents

Liveage! is a live album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1987 through SST Records. It is the band's first live album, it was recorded July 13, 1987 at First Avenue in Minneapolis during their summer 1987 "FinALL" tour, so-called because singer Milo Aukerman was leaving the Descendents to pursue a career in biochemistry, after which the band was relaunching itself under the name All. Liveage! was followed by a second live album, Hallraker: Live! (1989), which was partly recorded at the same show but featured a completely different set of songs.

<i>Bonus Fat</i> 1985 compilation album by the Descendents

Bonus Fat is a compilation album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1985 through New Alliance Records. It combines the band's 1979 debut single "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" with their 1981 Fat EP and the track "Global Probing" from the 1981 New Alliance compilation Chunks. The compilation's cover combines guitarist Frank Navetta's illustration for the Fat EP with a caricature of singer Milo Aukerman drawn by Jeff "Rat" Atkins.

<i>Two Things at Once</i> 1988 compilation album by the Descendents

Two Things at Once is a compilation album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1988 through SST Records. It combines the band's 1982 debut album Milo Goes to College with the 1985 release Bonus Fat, itself a compilation of 1981's Fat EP, 1979's "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" single, and the track "Global Probing" from a 1981 compilation titled Chunks. Two Things at Once has been described by critics as an essential collection of the band's early years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ride the Wild / It's a Hectic World</span> 1980 single by the Descendents

"Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" is the 1980 debut single by the American punk rock band the Descendents. It was the band's first release and displayed a new wave and surf sound. It was recorded at a time when the band lacked a lead singer, so vocals on the recording were provided by guitarist Frank Navetta and bassist Tony Lombardo. With the addition of singer Milo Aukerman in 1980, the band moved towards a hardcore punk sound. "Ride the Wild" and "It's a Hectic World" were re-released in later years on compilation albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">All discography</span>

The discography of All, an American punk rock band, consists of nine studio albums, one compilation album, two live albums, one EP, six singles, and five music videos.

<i>Hypercaffium Spazzinate</i> 2016 studio album by the Descendents

Hypercaffium Spazzinate is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band the Descendents, released on July 29, 2016, through Epitaph Records. It is the band's first album since Cool to Be You in 2004.

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