Ep. 125: Stephen Egerton discusses Descendents "Everything Sux"

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Chris DeMakes

Music History, Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Stephen Egerton has been a punk rock guitar icon with Descendents and ALL since the mid 80s, but it wasn't until 1996's Everything Sucks album that he began his run as prolific songwriter as well. In this episode, Stephen discusses the writing and recording of the record's lead title track, which was the first full song he had ever written. If you'd like to support Chris DeMakes A Podcast and get weekly bonus episodes, head to http://www.ChrisDeMakes.com to join the Supporting Cast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.8	lowercase that Shopify dot coke k slash special offer Hey everyone. Today's guest is Stephen Eggerton. Guitarist for the next on coffee.
0:37.0	Everything sucks today.
0:39.0	Hey everyone. Today's guest is Stephen Eggerton.
0:42.0	Guitarists for the Fort Collins Colorado punk rock band,
0:45.0	The Descendants.
0:47.0	Together we break down the writing, recording, mixing,
0:50.0	and inspiration behind everything sucks.
0:52.0	Taken from their 1996 comeback album of the same name.
0:56.0	Unbeknownst to me, Everything Sucks was
0:58.0	Stephan's first full musical composition,
1:01.0	written solely by himself that he brought to the band. At one minute and
1:04.7	26 seconds long, Stephen kind of figured it was just another album track or that
1:09.8	the song may not even make the album. Not only did it make it onto the record, the album was called
1:15.1	Everything Sucks, and it was chosen as the first song on the record. We talked about the events
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