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Everything Sucks (Album) by Descendents

Artist Biography For Descendents

Descendents Is An American Punk Rock Band From Lomita California Formed In 1978 By Guitarist Frank Navetta Bassist Tony Lombardo And Drummer Bill Stevenson. They Are Known For Being One Of The Early Bands In The Hardcore Punk Scene To Sing Instead About More Personal And Comical Topics Reflective Of Their Own Lives. Shortly After Forming They Enlisted Milo Aukerman And Made What Started Out A Surf Band Into A Full Fledged Punk Unit. Descendents Have Diverged From Their Punk Peers Perhaps Because Of The Beach Boys Influences And Sang About Topics That Touched Many Young Punks' Lives Like Parents Food Girls And Being Rejected. This Band Separated Due To Milo Actually Going To College He Attended The University Of California San Diego Just Like The Title Of Their Debut. This And Other Constraints Have Made Them Famous For Their Long Hiatuses Which Are Sometimes A Decade Span In Length. The Band Has Now Spread Out Across Their Country Of Origin And Their Future Is Somewhat Uncertain. Lead Singer Milo Aukerman Was A Biochemist For The Internationally Known DuPont Chemical Company Based Out Of Delaware. However Whenever The End Of Descendents Seemed To Be Approaching Milo Popped Up Again And The Band Released A New Record. Aukerman Then Later Returned To His Academic Duties In Teaching Biochemistry. He Then Quit His Academic Life To Pursue A Career In Music Full-Time.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Everything Sucks

Everything Sucks Is The Fifth Studio Album By The American Punk Rock Band The Descendents Released In 1996 Through Epitaph Records. It Was Their First Album Of New Studio Material Since 1987's All After Which Singer Milo Aukerman Had Left The Band To Pursue A Career In Biochemistry. The Remaining Members Bassist Karl Alvarez Guitarist Stephen Egerton And Drummer Bill Stevenson Had Changed The Band's Name To All And Released Eight Albums Between 1988 And 1995 With Singers Dave Smalley Scott Reynolds And Chad Price. When Aukerman Decided To Return To Music The Group Chose To Operate As Two Acts Simultaneously Playing With Aukerman As The Descendents And With Price As All. Everything Sucks Was Recorded In June And July 1996 At The Blasting Room A Studio Built And Run By Stevenson In Fort Collins Colorado. Original Descendents Members Tony Lombardo And Frank Navetta Made Appearances On The Album Navetta Wrote The Song "Doghouse" And Both He And Lombardo Played On It Marking The First Recording By The Original Descendents Lineup Of Aukerman Lombardo Navetta And Stevenson Since Milo Goes To College In 1982. Navetta Also Played On "Eunuch Boy" A Song Aukerman And Lombardo Had Written Fifteen Years Earlier. According To Aukerman "'Eunuch Boy' Is The First Song I Ever Wrote Really. When We Formed Tony Lombardo The Original Bass Player Said 'Dude You Need To Write Some Songs' And I Had Never Written A Song Before So I Just Wrote Down Some Words And Brought It To Him. He Made The Music For It." Lombardo Also Wrote And Played On "Gotta" Which Was Left Off Of The Album But Released As A B-Side On The "When I Get Old" Single. Chad Price Sang Backing Vocals On The Album While Stevenson And Egerton Produced And Engineered It.