In 1985 Stevenson left Black Flag and he, Aukerman, Cooper, and Lombardo reconvened as the Descendents for I Don’t Want to Grow Up , recorded that April at Music Lab studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California , with producer and engineer David Tarling and published by New Alliance Records .
The first album the Ramones recorded with Richie was Too Tough to Die in 1984, with Tommy Erdelyi and Ed Stasium returning as producers. The album marked a shift to something like the band’s original sound. In the description of Allmusic’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine , the “rhythms are back up…
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In 1983, a music video for their song “When I Go to the Beach” placed second in MTV ‘s Basement Tapes competition.
Subterranean Jungle , produced by Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin, was released in 1983. According to Trouser Press , it brought the band “back to where they once belonged: junky ’60s pop adjusted for current tastes”, which among other things meant “easing off the breakneck rhythm that was once Ramones…
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With Aukerman in college and Stevenson in Black Flag, the Descendents went on hiatus from 1983 to 1985. During this time Navetta burned all of his equipment and moved to Oregon , while Cooper and Lombardo performed as the Ascendents.
The foundations for the Offspring began with guitarist/vocalist Bryan “Dexter” Holland (who was a drummer at the time) and bassist Greg “K.” Kriesel playing music together in a garage in Cypress, California , in 1983. After hearing the T.S.O.L. album Change Today? at a party, and following a riot at…
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For the recording of their debut album Milo Goes to College in June 1982, the band worked at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California , with Spot , who had also engineered and produced the Fat EP . While still short and fast, the songs on Milo Goes to…
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After a six-month trial with a female singer, Cecilia Loera, they recruited Milo Aukerman as their new vocalist after Navetta and Lombardo got tired of singing. The addition of Aukerman led the band to write shorter, faster, and more aggressive songs in a hardcore punk style. They later released the…
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The Queers were formed in 1981 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire . The original line-up consisted of guitarist/vocalist Joe “Queer” King, bassist Tulu, and drummer Wimpy Rutherford. Tulu introduced Joe Queer and Wimpy Rutherford to The Ramones in 1976 but it would be another five years before they formed the Queers…
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The 1981–1982 original line-up rehearsed in Tulu’s basement but never publicly performed. Their earliest songs were cover songs by the Dave Clark Five , the Monkees , and the Ramones . In 1982 Joe Queer, Tulu, and Wimpy were hanging out and listening to punk rock records that Joe had…
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