Rolling Stone Descendents Finally Tell Their Punk-Rock Origin Story
Begun in 2002 and finished during the pandemic, upcoming album
9th & Walnut will chronicle the group’s humble garage-band beginnings
By Edward Colver
Last year, in the middle of pandemic lockdown, Milo Aukerman got a unique opportunity: the chance to sing a handful of songs that he never even knew existed from the back catalog of the Descendents, the pioneering California punk outfit he’s fronted on and off for more than 40 years.
Dating from the first few years after the band’s 1977 formation, the songs along with many that Aukerman did perform after he joined in 1980 will finally see release this summer on