Descendents News and Photos

FLAG announces US dates, including NYC at Irving Plaza

Mon, May 13 2013 3:12pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

FLAG , comprised of former Black Flag-ers and Descendents Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton, will play a series of precision strikes this summer and fall.

Black Flag release brand new song 'Down In The Dirt' - listen

Fri, May 03 2013 8:32pm - Source: NME

Recently reunited hardcore group Black Flag have released a brand new song.

Ex-Black Flag Members Play Moose Lodge

Fri, April 19 2013 6:11pm - Source: Rolling Stone

In 1979, Black Flag played their first show at Moose Lodge 1873 in Redondo Beach, California.

Alkaline Trio Get Personal on 'My Shame Is True'

Fri, March 01 2013 6:12pm - Source: Rolling Stone

"It's kind of an unspoken feeling," Alkaline Trio bassist Dan Andriano tells Rolling Stone , breaking down how he and his bandmates know it's time to put aside their respective side projects and join forces in the studio for a new album.

Flag Reunites Black Flag Veterans

Thu, February 07 2013 4:39pm - Source: Rolling Stone

As previously reported , it was announced last week that former Black Flag members were reconvening into separate groups, to once again play the band classic tunes.

Greg Ginn/Ron Reyes Black Flag Reunion Lineup to Tour and Record This Year

Mon, January 28 2013 5:48pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Last week, news broke that the pionering L.A. hardcore band is set to reunite in 2013... in two incarnations.

News Jam: The Tale of the Two Black Flags Caps a Mad Week of Music

Fri, January 25 2013 11:16pm - Source: I ROCK CLEVELAND

Following in the footsteps of such greats as Funkadelic and Man or Astro Man?, and not so greats like LA Guns , Great White, Asia and Queensryche , two versions of the seminal punk and hardcore band Black Flag will tour this summer.

Two Different Versions Of Black Flag Reunite In 2013

Fri, January 25 2013 10:15pm - Source: Stereogum

A Black Flag reunion — a real Black Flag reunion, one that featured the complete version of any of the California hardcore originators' classic lineups — would be a big, big deal.

and then there was FLAG, another Black Flag band emerges (dates)

Fri, January 25 2013 9:31pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Black Flag original members Keith Morris , Chuck Dukowski , and Bill Stevenson , along with guitarist Stephen Egerton (who played along Bill Stevenson in Descendents and ALL ), spurred by crowd reaction to a surprise set at Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary show in 2011, have formed FLAG as a vehicle to continue performing the hardcore progentiors' repertoire.

Other Black Flag members reunite to form FLAG

Fri, January 25 2013 9:28pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Well, this might be the first time in history a band has reunited twice in the same day.

FILTER Offers Free Download of "Milo Turns 50" Descendents Comp

Wed, January 23 2013 10:58pm - Source: ArtistDirect

FILTER is offering Milo Turns 50 , the full, 13-song Descendents cover compilation, for free download today.

Download: FILTER’s Descendents tribute album

Fri, January 18 2013 8:14pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

As previously reported , FILTER magazine has curated a Descendents covers album in honor of frontman Milo Aukerman's 50th birthday.

Interview: Bill Stevenson and Milo Aukerman (of Descendents)

Tue, October 30 2012 4:32am - Source: Consequence of Sound

As one of the principle songwriters and the sole consistent member of the seminal LA punk band Descendents , drummer Bill Stevenson is one of the primary architects behind the more lighthearted, though still angst-y, style of punk that came to be called pop-punk (or punk-pop).

In House With As I Lay Dying: Getting on the Radio, MMA Rumors and Making a Living Playing Metal (EXCLUSIVE)

Wed, October 10 2012 7:13pm - Source: Noisecreep

On Sept. 25, San Diego modern metal behemoths As I Lay Dying released Awakened , their sixth studio album.

As I Lay Dying, 'Awakened' (EXCLUSIVE ALBUM STREAM)

Mon, September 24 2012 2:25pm - Source: Noisecreep

To say we've been impatiently waiting for As I Lay Dying to release Awakened would be a gross understatement.

NOFX's Fat Mike on Tony Sly's Death: 'It's Worse Than My Parents Dying'

Fri, September 21 2012 7:16pm - Source: Spinner

In June 2012, a few weeks before his band's appearance at NXNE , Spinner spoke with No Use for a Name (NUFAN) frontman Tony Sly.

Descendents' Bill Stevenson on His Raw Lyrical Style and the Strained Relationship With His Late Father

Thu, September 13 2012 5:13pm - Source: Noisecreep

Since we were discussing Stevenson's lyrics, Noisecreep asked him about the song "One More Day." "The tricky thing about that was when my father was really sick, there wasn't really any Descendents or All stuff happening. So anyway, I wrote this song that we recorded when I was a member of The Lemonheads called "Steve's Boy" that was about him, but it didn't come out till after "One More Day." It's just how it worked out, timing-wise. But yeah, there's nothing in the song "One More Day" that didn't happen."

Interview: Mike Petryshyn (of Riot Fest)

Fri, September 07 2012 4:26am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Beginning in 2005, Riot Fest , Chicago's and perhaps the US' premiere punk festival, has grown both in size and reputation since its inception.

The Descendents: The Descendents To Release Another Album... Eventually

Wed, August 29 2012 8:29pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Everyone's favorite skate punks are back.

As I Lay Dying Announce Autumn UK Tour With Trivium

Tue, June 12 2012 12:19pm - Source: Stereoboard

As I Lay Dying, have announced a tour with Trivium for this autumn.

Festival Review: CoS at FYF 2011

Wed, September 07 2011 2:36am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Purity Ring kicked the music end of things off in Splinter's Den, which doubled as FYF's stand-up comedy tent, with their gauzy brand of electronica that paired Corin Roddick's snapping beats and chilling samples with Megan James' dreamy vocals.

Descendents' Bill Stevenson Keeps Rocking After Grapefruit-Sized Brain Tumor, Blood Clot and Diabetes

Fri, July 15 2011 4:40pm - Source: Spinner

When Spinner last spoke with punk legend Bill Stevenson, the 47-year-old Descendents and All founder revealed that he had recently undergone surgery to have a grapefruit-sized tumor removed from his brain, narrowly escaping death "from three different vantage points" and putting his musical career on a two-and-a-half year hiatus.