::The Descendents::

Let's talk about pop music for a minute.

Ok.

The Descendents are pop music. Yes. We agree.

Words like, "I like food/food tastes good." Yes, everyone can get along with that. Understand that.

But the genius of the Descendents is not easily seen by everyone.

They're a punk band.

[Crowd Groans]

Stop and listen. The Descendents are genius. They exist in the same realm as any great pop band. Ever. Yes.

That means they can be compared to The Beatles, Beach Boys, Byrds, Beulah, Beachwood Sparks, etc.

A Descendent's song rarely consists of more than 3 chords, inane lyrics about something anything a high-school dropout could have written (note: Milo Aukerman, the singer, is a Molecular Biologist when he's not in the band), and a fucking unbelievably catchy hook for the chorus.

This is enough to make any person a fan of the Descendents. Even if the lyrics "Sienfeld, Simpsons, My So-Called Life/Seen the reruns 20 million times" make you cringe. I mean after all, you've seen all those shows too, haven't you? You sad bastard.

Yes.

So, go buy the new single 'Merican. You know what you're going to get, you know you're going to like it, and you know it's going to be money well spent.

Just so you know.