[exploding plastic candle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jy8SIVQ_ac

[CHOUT]

I wanna have sex with you.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

 

DESCENDENTS "MILO GOES TO COLLEGE"
1982, New Alliance

If I were a professional music critic, I'd say, "Perfect pop punk portrait of pure teenage angst." But since I'm not, I'll just say this album makes me really happy. It's a perfect blend of poppy vocal hooks and speedy hardcore guitar thrashing. Says more in 22 minutes than most bands say in a whole discography -- and it's all delightfully fun and a bit lame, of course, which makes it even more fun. A very intelligent band making brilliant and complex punk with 15 songs, only one of which is over 2 minutes. Essential!!

Milo Goes to College is the epitome of pop punk. It also has some of the finest drum work in the history of the genre. Descendents were so underrated because quite honestly, they didn't write serious punk records about serious shit. In this way, they are a great precursor to Nirvana, who seemed to have more fun in music than any band in the past 30 years. Songs like "I am not a loser" and "I wanna be a bear" as well as "Suburban Home" and the epic street punk ballad "Hope" are all-time great tunes. Descendents were one of the first true punk bands I got into when I was a kid, and they heavily influenced what I like about punk (speed, drumwork, gutteral growls and shouting, a "who the fuck cares" attitude and approach) music...

We'll miss you atsonicpark, and all the great discussions about actual music you started.

[louder]

the last four tracks or so on this album are the best shit ever.