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Milo Goes to College
1982
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Milo Goes to College is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Descendents, released on September 4, 1982, through New Alliance Records. Its title refers to singer Milo Aukerman's decision to leave the band to attend college, and its cover illustration introduced a caricature of him that would go on to become the band's mascot.
The album's mix of fast and aggressive hardcore punk with melody and semi-ironic love songs led to it being considered one of the most significant albums of the early 1980s southern California hardcore movement. In the decades since its release, it has received highly positive reviews and is now considered among the most noteworthy and important punk albums by several publications. Milo Goes to College has been cited as influential and a favorite by several notable artists and musicians. It is considered by many to be a foundational record for the pop-punk genre.
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Sep 26 2025
4
A classic early punk pop (and rock) album from California. The album title (Milo Goes to College) is due to the fact the singer (Milo Aukerman) was leaving the band and going to become a molecular biologist. He did, but kept on returning to the band in the following decades. The classic album cover is a great cartoon version of the man and the band's mascot. The song lyrics are sometimes a bit too stupid, but the songs are catchy as hell.
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Sep 23 2025
4
Oh classic hardcore. 15 songs, just under 23 minutes. I feel like this represented a limited sound that pretty much played its hand in a few years and what didn't move on to broader fields sort of calcified. But these were the OG heirs of Punk and must be given their due.
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