Descendents’ Bonus Fat reissue brings their pre-Milo debut single back to vinyl
Bonus Fat cover artwork by Frank Navetta, supplied by Earshot Media for Org Music.
Flip over the new pressing of Descendents’ Bonus Fat and you’ll hear the band before Milo Aukerman was its singer. Guitarist Frank Navetta takes the lead on “Ride the Wild,” and bassist Tony Lombardo sings “It’s a Hectic World.” The pair recorded the songs with drummer Bill Stevenson in Hermosa Beach in January 1979 for the band’s debut single.
Org Music reissued the eight-song collection November 13 on 12-inch, 45 RPM vinyl, CD and cassette. First compiled in 1985, Bonus Fat puts the debut single on side B. Side A jumps ahead to Hollywood in March 1981: Aukerman sings the five songs from the Fat EP, including “My Dad Sucks” and “I Like Food,” plus “Global Probing,” which originally appeared on the Chunks compilation.
That running order lets listeners hear the shift from the debut single’s surf-tinged melodies to the short hardcore songs Descendents were writing just before 1982’s Milo Goes to College. Spot produced and engineered both sessions. For the new vinyl edition, Dave Gardner cut the lacquers at DSG Mastering and Furnace Record Pressing pressed the records.
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