A Southern California band whose tuneful, self-deprecating songs became touchstones for pop-minded punk.
For the early sound, check out "Coffee Mug" or "Suburban Home." If you want one of their lasting tracks, "Hope" from 1986 still hits right.
They came out of the late-1970s Southern California scene with a sound that felt different from the harder-edged punk around them. Songs like "Coffee Mug" and "Suburban Home" had that fast, melodic quality that became their signature. Their track "Hope" from the 1986 compilation "Enjoy!" remains one of their most enduring.
The band formed with Milo Aukerman on vocals, Frank Navetta on guitar, Tony Lombardo on bass, and Bill Stevenson on drums. They released albums like "Milo Goes to College" in 1982 and "I Don't Want to Grow Up" in 1985, with lineup shifts happening through the late 1980s. Later material like "Cool To Be You" and "Dog And Pony Show" kept working in that same tuneful, self-deprecating vein.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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