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Descendents
Band Manhattan Beach United States Formed 1978 American punk rock band
Descendents formed in 1978 in Manhattan Beach, United States. Descendents has 14 chart appearances on 13 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I'm The One”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #58. The station that charted Descendents most often is The Colorado Sound (Fort Collins–Denver, CO), with 8 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2016.
The Descendents got going in Manhattan Beach, California, with guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson knocking out power pop and surf punk. Then Stevenson brought in a school friend, Milo Aukerman, to sing, and the band came back as something faster and hungrier: melodic hardcore, all buzzsaw speed and sugar-rush hooks, right in the middle of the hardcore boom tearing through Los Angeles.
What set them apart was the melody. Where a lot of hardcore bands were all clenched fists, the Descendents kept choruses you could actually sing along to between the pileups. Stevenson has been the one constant behind the kit, and for years now the lineup has been Aukerman, Stevenson, guitarist Stephen Egerton and bassist Karl Alvarez.
Everything Sucks, in 1996, has no rust on it at all: "I'm The One" and "When I Get Old" are tight, catchy and over before you can catch your breath, the band's old sugar rush fully intact. In 2016, Hypercaffium Spazzinate brought "Victim of Me", and the tally now runs to eight studio albums, three live records, three compilations and four EPs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Descendents on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm The One | 5 | #58 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | Suburban Home | 2 | #320 | – | – | |
| 3 | Victim of Me | 2 | #25 | – | 2016 | |
| 4 | Smile | 1 | #53 | – | 2017 | |
| 5 | When I Get Old | 1 | #69 | – | 1997 | |
| 6 | Coffee Mug | 1 | #701 | – | – | |
| 7 | Coolidge | 1 | #763 | – | – | |
| 8 | Wendy | 1 | #788 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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