Ep507: Milo Re-Enrolls in College - Descendents Reclaim Their Legacy

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Descendents have reclaimed their music catalog with pre-orders of 'Milo Goes To College' starting today - Bill and Milo give us updates on ALL, FLAG, new music and more.

Topics Include:

"Milo Goes to College" reissue announced for September 19th via Org Music
Limited vinyl variants available including special "punk note" Blue Note-style packaging
Both band members report good health, Bill has been hitting gym regularly
Milo had recent heart attack despite being most athletic member historically
Coffee remains firmly on the menu for both musicians despite health focus
Band regained rights to their back catalog once held by SST
All original SST releases will be reissued including Bonus Fat, Enjoy
Master tape ownership involves multiple parties, topic too sensitive to discuss
New Alliance originally issued record, later transferred to SST seamlessly
South Bay punk scene was tight-knit community with handshake deals
Reissues will be exact replicas except for special punk note variants
Fat EP might get separate reissue, Ride the Wild included
Milo retired from corporate science job in 2016 for full-time music
Band played around 90 shows last year, planning 70 this year
Bill balances drumming with fewer Blasting Room studio production projects
Bill struggles with songwriting perfectionism, has 75 unfinished song ideas
Band has 25 new songs recorded, planning 2026 album release deadline
Soundcheck covers help "sanitize" big venue stages, played entire Germs album
Haven't performed new songs live yet, prefer trashy covers at soundcheck
Australia tour likely after new album, great crowds and venues there
China tour required submitting all lyrics for government approval beforehand
Minister of Culture attended Beijing show, made drummer put shirt back
FLAG reunions may be happening more regularly at select festivals
All playing Canadian shows with Scott and Chad alternating on vocals
Milo stepped in for lost-voice Chad at sold-out New York show
Tony Lombardo still close friend but officially retired from playing bass
Milo still buys vinyl records despite not having a record player

Pre-order the 'Milo Goes To College' vinyl reissue here

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:10.0	Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer.
0:14.0	Ah, well, hey everyone, it's Nate.
0:16.0	Welcome to episode 507 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.
0:23.6	And ladies and gentlemen, this week, I'm so proud to be sharing this.
0:27.1	It's a conversation with two of my heroes, Bill Stevenson and Milo Ackerman of Descendants.
0:33.5	And we cover a lot of ground today.
0:36.0	We talk about new recordings,
0:38.9	Descendants Tour.
0:43.3	We get an update on other projects like All Flag and more. But a huge focus is going to be on the official band-sanctioned reissues of the Descendants
0:50.4	catalog starting today with Myel Goes to College.
0:57.1	Vinyl is available for pre- at org music dot com and something super cool for vinyl collectors there is an extremely limited punk note
1:04.3	version of my lo goes to college which has bespoke artwork and design from john yates steelworks
1:10.7	i love these things.
1:12.2	The punk note records use the design aesthetics that make it look like a 1960s blue note record.
1:17.9	These are super limited, so if you're into record collecting, I suggest you grab one at your
1:22.5	earliest opportunity at orgmusic.com. And dear people, this is just the beginning. In the very near future,
1:29.2	we're going to see reissues of other descendants albums like I Don't Want to Grow Up, Livage, All,
1:35.5	bonus fat, and more. Now, all this reissue news is very important because for many years,
1:41.2	big sections of the descendants and all music catalogs have not been under the control of the band.
1:47.8	And their availability on the market was pretty inconsistent.
1:50.8	It was hard to find official copies of these extremely important records, which meant that a lot of unofficial versions were flooding the market.
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