The Descendents "Fat EP" 7" New Alliance Records (US)

Record is EX, Jacket is VG!

Pressed on Black Wax

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Track Listing:

A1I Like Food0:15A2Hey Hey1:35A3Weinerschnitzel0:11B1My Dad Sucks0:36B2Mr. Bass2:09

The Descendents are a  band formed in 1978 in  by guitarist , bassist  and drummer . In 1980 they enlisted Stevenson's friend  from school as a singer, and reappeared as a punk band, becoming a major player in the hardcore scene developing in  at the time. They have released six , three , three, and three . Since 1987, the band's lineup has consisted of singer , guitarist , bassist , and drummer .

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.

, where the Fat EP andMilo Goes to College were recorded.

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."

Lacking a lead singer, Navetta and Lombardo provided vocals on the single. After a six-month trial with a female singer, they recruited  as their new vocalist. The addition of Aukerman and the consumption of large amounts of coffee led the band to write shorter, faster, and more aggressive songs in a  style. They later released the  in 1981. It was a record which had established the band's presence in the southern California hardcore punk movement with its short, fast, aggressive songs.

A note on the back of the LP read "In dedication to Milo Aukerman from the Descendents", and was signed by the other three members. Aukerman later recalled that the band took his departure in stride:For the recording of their first album in June 1982, the band worked at  in  with , who had also engineered and produced theFat EP. While still short and fast, the songs on Milo Goes to College were also melodic. Singer later reflected: "It's interesting: we started very melodic, then moved to hardcore, but melded the two at a certain point and became ." The album's title and cover illustration referenced Aukerman's departure from the band to study  at the . The illustration was done by Jeff Atkinson, based on earlier  by a high school classmate of Aukerman's named Roger Deuerlein, who had drawn comic strips and posters depicting Aukerman as the class .

When I decided to go to college, the guys in the band were pretty hip on it because they knew how big of a nerd I was. Like, "What else would you expect him to do but to go off and be a nerd?" I mean, I've got a  in  — how uncool is that?

The band had time off so I spent like two years with Black Flag. I got in over my head. When I joined Flag I had every intention of doing both bands but it was physically impossible. Flag had all this stuff in progress, so I put Descendents on hold.

– on the group's first hiatus.

The band continued performing for a time with Ray Cooper on vocals, who then switched to , and occasionally with Aukerman when he would make return visits to Los Angeles. At the same time, drummer  had also joined , intending to be in both bands at once but soon finding it too difficult due to Black Flag's touring and recording schedule:"The band had time off so I spent like two years with Black Flag. I got in over my head. When I joined Flag I had every intention of doing both bands but it was physically impossible. Flag had all this stuff in progress, so I put Descendents on hold."

With Aukerman in college and Stevenson in Black Flag, the Descendents went on hiatus from 1983 to 1985. During this time  burned all of his equipment and moved to , while Cooper and bassist  performed as the Ascendants.

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