With their debut LP, Milo Goes to College, Orange County punk band Descendents set the template for what would eventually become the pop-punk subgenre. Their undeniably catchy tunes took what the Ramones did with bubblegum pop and gave it a razor-sharp focus, with fast riffs, confessional and/or goofy lyrics, and songs frequently clocking in at under three minutes–if not shorter.

The long-running group partnered with ORG Music to begin a campaign reissuing Descendents’ back catalog, beginning with a remastered edition of that 1982 album, and as it’s out this week, we hopped on Zoom with frontman Milo Aukerman to discuss the band’s legacy, how they’re still performing to this day, and their longtime connection to the area.

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