{"product_id":"descendents-bonus-fat-brown-yellow","title":"Descendents - Bonus Fat [Brown \u0026 Yellow]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the classic albums and the coffee-fuelled legend, there was Bonus Fat, the scrappy first chapter of Descendents, served up here on brown and yellow vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe South Bay band issued it on New Alliance in 1985, rounding up the 1981 Fat EP, their 1979 debut single and a stray track from a 1981 compilation. The cover pairs Frank Navetta's original Fat EP illustration with a caricature of Milo Aukerman, the bespectacled face that would follow the band for decades. Bill Stevenson's drumming is already a force of nature, and the energy never dips across its brief running time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide one is hardcore at its most gleefully juvenile. \"Mr. Bass\" barrels along for two minutes of manic, melodic thrash, \"Hey Hey\" is a sprint with a chorus attached, and \"Global Probing\" closes the side with a minute of nervy, wound-up snark. Side two rewinds to 1979: \"It's a Hectic World\", sung by bassist Tony Lombardo, is wiry, surf-tinged power pop from a band still finding its feet, and the contrast with what came after is half the fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a tiny record with an outsized influence, the seed of a sound countless pop-punk bands would build careers on. This brown and yellow pressing gives a well-loved punk relic a bold, eye-catching new coat of paint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57269581807921,"sku":"711574965618","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/1200x1200bb_a6a8f63c-9b51-4fa4-af49-f3d1f27ba2e7.jpg?v=1793639509","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/descendents-bonus-fat-brown-yellow","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}