Ep416: Bill Stevenson of Descendents Returns!
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Bill Stevenson of Descendents returns to give updates on Descendents music, Milo's health, Australian tour & discuss more music stories from his glorious punk rock past.
- Previous interview with Bill
- Descendents coming to Australia
- Milo's heart attack
- Milo's increased performance since the heart attack
- How's Billy doing on the drums?
- New Descendents songs / upcoming album
- Bill's song writing process
- 50 hooks with no way to connect them
- Possibility of playing new songs on tour
- Billy really likes The Chats
- The cover of "Milo Goes to College"
- Bill's favourite Milo character appearances
- Did Descendents ever consider using Raymond Pettibone art?
- Bill and the Black Flag & SST Alumni
- Chuck Biscuits & Spot
- Descendents tapes
- FLAG was the only project he's done with Keith Morris
- No recordings of FLAG
- Does Billy prefer Side 1 or 2 of "My War"?
- Recording sequence of his Black Flag contributions
- Was Bill involved in Black Flag album artwork or flyers?
- Descendents "Enjoy/Wendy" 7" promotional record
- Billy doesn't get record collecting
- The story behind "9th & Walnut" album
- Interview wrapup
Descendents Australian tour dates & tickets here!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Bill Stevenson from Descendants, and you're listening to the Vinyl Guide. |
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| 0:21.7 | Seems Easy with two Zs. |
| 0:24.1 | SeamsEasy.com. |
| 0:26.7 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:30.6 | Hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to episode 416 of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:34.6 | The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:37.3 | And this week from the |
| 0:38.3 | descendants, we've got Bill Stevenson, or Billy Stevenson, depending on how long you've |
| 0:43.3 | known him. This week, we talked to Bill about a myriad of topics, including Milo's recent |
| 0:48.8 | heart attack, the ninth and walnut album, the legendary cover of Milo goes to College, the new descendants recordings, and do we have any new music on the horizon from them? |
| 0:59.6 | Billy also talks about working with Black Flag and various alumni over the years, and this interview today is a terrific companion piece to the first interview we had with Billy, his first time on the show back in 2018, |
| 1:12.5 | episode 118, if you want to look it up. |
| 1:15.1 | Billy and I spoke all about the rare records of descendants in Billy's career. |
| 1:19.1 | So go check that one out if you have it already. |
| 1:21.8 | Also of note, descendants are coming down to Australia this month. |
| 1:26.1 | And holy moly, we're all excited. |
| 1:28.9 | Auckland, Brisbane, Wallangong, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Torquay. |
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