The Descendents "Ride the Wild" 7" Orca Productions/Pacific Records (US)

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Track Listing:

A
Ride The Wild Written-By – * 2:30
B
It's A Hectic World Written-By – * 1:50

"Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" is the 1979 debut by the -based band the . It was the band's first release and displayed a and sound. It was recorded at a time when the band lacked a lead singer, so vocals on the recording were provided by guitarist and bassist . With the addition of singer in 1980, the band moved towards a sound. "Ride the Wild" and "It's a Hectic World" were re-released in later years on .

In 1977, friends and David Nolte began writing songs on with the intention of forming a band. They initially called themselves The Itch, until Navetta came up with the name Descendents. By the end of the year they had failed to attract any more band members, so Nolte instead joined with his brothers. In late 1978 Navetta was joined by drummer and bassist , revitalizing the Descendents project. Nolte sang with the group at several of their early performances, but by the Spring of 1979 The Last were becoming more active and he left the Descendents. The singerless "power trio" lineup of Navetta, Lombardo, and Stevenson recorded the band's debut single at Media Art studios and released it on their own label, Orca Records, named after Stevenson's fishing boat. Navetta sang "Ride the Wild" while Lombardo sang "It's a Hectic World". 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.

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." , author of , describes the single as "a blend of -style and -like ." Ned Raggett of describes it as surf-inspired with a New Wave edge: "Not quite Devo if they grew up on the coast, but there's something to that comparison." Following the addition of singer to the band in 1980, their music moved in a direction with shorter, faster, and more aggressive songs.

Both "Ride the Wild" and "It's a Hectic World" were reissued on the in 1985, and on in 1988 which combined Bonus Fat with the band's 1982 debut album .

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