Descendents discography

The discography of the Descendents, a punk rock band formed in Manhattan Beach, California in 1978, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums, three EPs, three singles, and four music videos.

Descendents discography
The Descendents in 2014. Left to right: Egerton, Aukerman, Stevenson, and Alvarez.
Studio albums	7
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	3
Music videos	5
EPs	3
Singles	3
Other appearances	3

The Descendents' initial lineup of Frank Navetta (guitar), Tony Lombardo (bass guitar), and Bill Stevenson (drums) released the band's first single, "Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World" in 1979.[1] Adding singer Milo Aukerman, they next released the Fat EP in 1981 and their debut album Milo Goes to College in 1982 through SST Records.[1] The band took a hiatus during Aukerman's collegiate studies, reconvening in 1985 for I Don't Want to Grow Up with guitarist Ray Cooper replacing Navetta.[1] That same year New Alliance issued the compilation Bonus Fat, combining the Fat EP with the band's first single. Doug Carrion had replaced Lombardo by 1986's Enjoy!, but both he and Cooper soon left the band and were replaced by Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, respectively.

In 1987 New Alliance was absorbed by SST Records, who reissued the Descendents' previous material and released their fourth album, All. Aukerman then departed the Descendents to pursue a career in biochemistry. Stevenson, Egerton, and Alvarez changed the name of the band to All, releasing eight albums between 1988 and 1995 with singers Dave Smalley, Scott Reynolds, and Chad Price. Following the Descendents' breakup, SST released the live albums Liveage! (1987) and Hallraker: Live! (1989) and the compilation albums Two Things at Once (1988) and Somery (1991).[1]

Aukerman continued to contribute occasional songwriting and backing vocals to All following his departure from the Descendents, and in 1995 decided to return to music. The band members decided to operate simultaneously as two bands, performing with Aukerman as the Descendents and with Price as All. Both bands signed to Epitaph Records, with the Descendents releasing Everything Sucks in 1996.[1] It became their first album to chart, reaching #132 on the Billboard 200,[2][3] and was supported by singles and music videos for "I'm the One" and "When I Get Old". The Descendents took another hiatus while Aukerman returned to his biochemistry career, and All released two more studio albums in 1998 and 1999.[1] In 2001 Epitaph released Live Plus One, a double live album with one disc by All and the other by the Descendents, which reached #45 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.[4] The Descendents reconvened for 2004's Cool to Be You, released by Fat Wreck Chords, which reached #143 on the Billboard 200 and #6 amongst independent albums.[1][2][3][5]

Studio albums

List of studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US
		Billboard 200 [3]	Independent [5]	Heatseekers [6]
Milo Goes to College[7]	Released: 1982 Label: New Alliance (NAR-012) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	—	—	—
I Don't Want to Grow Up[8]	Released: 1985 Label: New Alliance (NAR-026) Formats CD, CS, DL, LP	—	—	—
Enjoy![9]	Released: 1986 Label: New Alliance (NAR-029) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	—	—	—
All[10]	Released: June 1987 Label: SST (SST-112) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	—	—	—
Everything Sucks[11][12]	Released: September 24, 1996 Label: Epitaph (E-86481) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	132	—	4
Cool to Be You[13][14]	Released: March 23, 2004 Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT-672) Format: CD, DL, LP	143	6	4
Hypercaffium Spazzinate[15]	Released: July 29, 2016 Label: Epitaph Formats CD, DL, LP	20	1	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US
		Independent [4]
Liveage![16]	Released: November 4, 1987 Label: SST (SST-163) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	—
Hallraker: Live![17]	Released: January 10, 1989 Label: SST (SST-205) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP	—
Live Plus One[18]	Released: August 21, 2001 Label: Epitaph (E-86618) Format: CD, DL	45
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums

Title	Album details
Bonus Fat[19]	Released: 1985 Label: New Alliance (NAR-025) Format: CD, CS, DL, 12" vinyl
Two Things at Once[20]	Released: 1988 Label: SST (SST-145) Format: CD, CS, DL
Somery[21]	Released: July 16, 1991 Label: SST (SST-259) Format: CD, CS, DL, LP

EPs

List of extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions
		US
		Independent [2][5]	Heatseekers [2][6]
Fat EP[22]	Released: 1981 Label: New Alliance (NAR-005) Format: CD, 7" vinyl	—	—
Sessions	Released: 1997 Label: Sessions (SES-007) Format: 7" vinyl	—	—
'Merican[23][24]	Released: February 10, 2004 Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT-671) Format: CD, 7" vinyl	29	38
Spazzhazard[25]	Released: July 29, 2016 Label: Epitaph Format: 12" vinyl	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Album
1979	"Ride the Wild" / "It's a Hectic World"	Non-album single
1987	"Clean Sheets" / "Coolidge"	All
1997	"I'm the One"[26][27]	Everything Sucks
	"When I Get Old"[28][29]
2004	"Nothing With You"[30]	Cool to Be You
2016	"Victim of Me"[31]	Hypercaffium Spazzinate
	"Without Love"[31]
2017	"Who We Are"[32]	Non-album single

Promotional singles

Year	Single	Album
1986	"Enjoy"	Enjoy!

Music videos

Year	Song	Director	Album
1986	"Kids"		Enjoy!
1997	"I'm the One"[33]	Dave Robinson	Everything Sucks
	"When I Get Old"[34]
	"Lucky"	Darren Doane	Godmoney Motion Picture Soundtrack
2017	"No Fat Burger"	Vitor Cervi	Hypercaffium Spazzinate
	"Without Love"

Other appearances

The following Descendents songs were released on compilation albums, soundtracks, and other releases. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

Year	Release details	Track(s)
1981	Chunks[35] Released: 1981 Label: New Alliance (NAR-003) / SST (SST-069) Format: CD	"Global Probing"
2000	The Blasting Room[35][36] Released: 2000 Label: Owned & Operated (O&O-008) Format: CD	"Like the Way I Know"^[I]
2004	Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1[35][37][38] Released: April 20, 2004 Label: Fat Wreck Chords (FAT-675) Format: CD	"Sad State of Affairs"

^ I "Like the Way I Know" was recorded in June 1982 during the Milo Goes to College sessions but was not released until 2000.[39]

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