Name: Milo Goes to College
Brand: Sst Records
SKU: 86341
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Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

Milo Goes to College

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Album: Milo Goes to College
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Myage
2)	I Wanna Be a Bear
3)	I'm Not a Loser
4)	Parents
5)	Tony Age
6)	M-16
7)	I'm Not a Punk
8)	Catalina
9)	Suburban Home
10)	Statue of Liberty
11)	Kabuki Girl
12)	Marriage
13)	Hope
14)	Bikeage
15)	Jean Is Dead

Performer Notes

Descendents: Tony Lombardo (bass guitar); Frank Navetta, Milo Aukerman, Bill Stevenson.
Personnel: Milo Aukerman (vocals); Frank Navetta (guitar); Bill Stevenson (drums).
Recording information: Total Access, Redondo Beach.
With 15 tracks in 22 minutes, the Descendents about brevity in a big way. The Southern California punk rock that the band defined was funny, snotty, fast, and distinctly un-subtle (see "I Wanna Be a Bear" for proof). Interestingly, the Descendents sound less "tinny" than many of their contemporaries and this makes their music seem much less dated than one might expect--it also may be one reason for the lasting interest in the band. Eventually Descendents-style punk mutated into the pop-punk popularized by Green Day and their ilk, but the original stuff stills rocks the house.
The first verse of "Suburban Home" is a perfect example of the Descendents version of sarcasm: "I wanna be stereotyped, I wanna be classified, I wanna be a clone, I wanna suburban home." Other standouts include the bass-driven home-life rant of "Parents," the romantic (at least as romantic a snotty teen is going to get) longing of "Hope," and the grudgingly concern-filled sound of the anti-addiction warning "Bikeage." This is California punk rock at it's best, and probably the best of the Descendents albums.

Professional Reviews

Spin (5/01, p.109) - Ranked #20 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...15 Cali-core paroxysms that anatomize dork-dude pangs with haiku brevity..."