I have been listening to various forms of punk music for about 18 years now and the descendents where the band that first got me interested. Although this wasn't the first album of theirs i got into (my first was the wonderful i don't want to grow up) this is the album i generaly go back to and listen to now. This album is awesome is has a raw powerful quality with a real feeling of passion and love for what they are doing. It is a lot more hardcore sounding than their later albums apart from maybe 1997's everything sucks. After this album was released they took a break while the lead singer Milo went to college and got a degree, during this break the drummer bill ...  Read the complete review

*California punk rock has never sounded so... brief* This now seminal California punk rock record from 1982 laid down both the musical ground rules and the attitude for a slew of 90's punk groups and the mutation of the frenetic and simplistic chords, devil may care swagger and disenfranchisement of groups such as Descendents ultimately paved the way for stadium groups such as the Offspring, Green Day and Blink 182. If you're a fan of California punk music or hardcore punk you really should check out this fantastic short album of fifteen tracks, all belted out before you really get a chance to hum along (although the themes sink in pretty fast). ...  Read the complete review