{"id":2066737,"date":"2025-10-03T14:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2066737"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:15:47","slug":"milo-aukerman-of-the-descendents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/milo-aukerman-of-the-descendents\/","title":{"rendered":"Milo Aukerman of the Descendents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Milo\u00a0Aukerman<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from Spin:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best known for<\/strong>\u00a0 Going to college, for some reason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Current city<\/strong>\u00a0 Newark, Delaware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Really want to be in\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Colorado, where I can go on hikes and practice with the Descendents (and record at the Blasting Room!).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Excited to<\/strong>\u00a0 Go\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/orgmusic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on tour<\/a>\u00a0to Canada in a few weeks. I\u2019ve always secretly wished I was Canadian, and now more so than ever. Hey Canada, I know our government sucks, but don\u2019t take it out on me, please!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>My current music collection has a lot of<\/strong>\u00a0 Cars, Kinks, Bob Mould, Bad Brains, Black Flag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>And a little of<\/strong>\u00a0 Little Chair, but that\u2019s only because there\u2019s not a lot of Little Chair. If there was a lot of Little Chair, that would be better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Preferred format<\/strong>\u00a0 Radio in the car.\u00a0Vinyl\u00a0albums\u00a0around the house, when I get noise ordinance clearance.\u00a0 When it\u2019s \u201cfor me only,\u201d I\u2019ll pop in earbuds and do Spotify.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><u>5 Albums I Can\u2019t Live Without:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">1<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><em>Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!,<\/em>\u00a0DEVO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This served as a manifesto for my teen nerd years. Yeah, maybe it\u2019s new wave, but I loved the aggressive guitar chording that would soon have me searching for harder, faster punk stuff.\u00a0 And most of the songs are hilarious, made even funnier by the band\u2019s attempts to pass it all off as serious.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">2<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><em>Los Angeles<\/em>, X<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"931\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/w_eYN0YgIRh70MMfigJXwQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTkzMTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/spin_digital_media\/42e21d027b05319f2a7823fff84a714c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">First saw them open for DEVO, and after hearing them on KROQ (Rodney on the ROQ), they became my favorite band. I love the weird harmonies between John Doe and Exene, the in-your-face yet intelligent lyrics, and of course the coolness of Billy Zoom.\u00a0 In those pre-merch days I made myself a T-shirt of the\u00a0album\u00a0cover using spray paint and an X-Acto knife (appropriate tool, eh?), thus destroying the sleeve\u2026<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">3<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><em>(GI)<\/em>, Germs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"957\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/1vp3c_cv7_XhH.FpuWXX7g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTk1NztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/spin_digital_media\/a515f03af357bfc1ca1a25434c98d2cd\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This\u00a0album\u00a0is \u201cslick mayhem\u201d\u2014maybe the first hardcore punk\u00a0album, but Joan Jett gave it a tight, professional sound. Pat Smear\u2019s tasty guitar licks inserted neatly between buzz-saw chords, and Darby Crash\u2019s poetry-as-lyrics were inscrutable, but also evidence of a dark, twisted genius. I only saw them play once, and then Darby killed himself a few days later.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">4<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><em>Look Again<\/em>, The Last<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"928\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/E32_4Dc8gFA3Ycbz9UDMrA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTkyODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/spin_digital_media\/1bec02ba71001ca54474d2b4e4d86476\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These guys lived in Hermosa Beach, near me and Bill, and they gave us a copy of the\u00a0<em>Look Again<\/em>\u00a0test pressing back in 1980. But it only got released for real in the last few years! Bill and I worshipped the Last, and did a deep study of all their stuff, but especially this\u00a0album. Every single song is classic power pop.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">5<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong><em>Revolver<\/em>, The Beatles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"865\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/9jNpRDvn.3ozLTiBdl3VMg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTg2NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/spin_digital_media\/2e0698a2d3bfd5e4e9378b9faba8c41d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Growing up, I had the U.S. version that lacked three of John Lennon\u2019s songs, so when I play the U.K. version, it sounds\u2026 wrong. Even though those are great Lennon songs!\u00a0But when you play an\u00a0album\u00a0over and over again like I did with this one, it just has to go the way you heard it as a kid. So, yeah, McCartney-heavy, but he wasn\u2019t messing around on this one.\u00a0 Some true masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name\u00a0\u00a0Milo\u00a0Aukerman More from Spin: Best known for\u00a0 Going to college, for some reason. Current city\u00a0 Newark, Delaware. Really want to be in\u00a0\u00a0Colorado, where I can go on hikes and practice with the Descendents (and record at the Blasting Room!). Excited to\u00a0 Go\u00a0on tour\u00a0to Canada in a few weeks. I\u2019ve always secretly wished I was Canadian, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2066738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[386411,377066],"class_list":["post-2066737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-bob-mould","tag-descendents"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Milo-Aukerman-of-the-Descendents.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2066739,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066737\/revisions\/2066739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}