Descendents at Maxwell's (03-12-1987)

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On March 12th, 1987, the Descendents played at Maxwell’s! This period was a time of transition for the legendary Los Angeles punk band, as in late 1986, Doug Carrion and Ray Cooper were replaced by Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton on bass and guitar, respectively. Also, the band’s label, New Alliance, was sold to SST Records. In January of 1987, the band recorded their fourth studio album, All. The album is titled after the concept of “All” invented by drummer Bill Stevenson. Based on the goals of achieving "the total extent" and "to not settle for some, to always go for All", the philosophy was the subject of the one-second title track, the two-second "No, All!", and "All-O-Gistics".

All marked the end of the Descendents' original run, as following this tour, singer Milo Aukerman left the group to pursue a career in biochemistry. The band was relaunched under the new name All, and released eight albums with other singers between 1988 and 1995, before reuniting with Aukerman under the Descendents name in 1996.

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