(NOTE: This F.A.Q. is from the spring of '96)

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Why are you playing as The Descendents again?
      Milo got bored of just being in the lab all the time and wanted to play music again, which seemed like a fun idea to us since he is a very close friend of the band (and Bill's best friend) but we already have Chad as "ALL's" singer, so what we decided to do is have 2 bands - to have Milo sing for the Descendents and Chad sing for ALL. That way everbody gets to participate, sort of a family effort.

Does ALL still exist?
      Yes, there will be a new ALL album later this year. We wil start recording in September.

Why did you leave Interscope?
      They did a poor job promoting Pummel. Both Descendents and ALL are now on Epitaph.

Why didn't you go back to SST?
      We made 15 records with SST/Cruz. They are a great label and they're like family to us. We just wanted to try something different; no big deal.

Why are you on Epitaph?
      They are the label that seemed the most into our band, and the most qualified to do a good job.

What is Chad doing while you guys are Descendents?
      He and Jon Snodgrass from "Armchair Martian" have been recording some music here at "The Blasting Room". Sort of country inflenced punk. Chad has also been playing in Armchair Martian, whose album is out this week on cargo.

Where are Scott Reynolds and Dave Smalley? Do you guys still talk?
      Scott lives in New York with his wife. He has a band called Goodbye Harry on Cruz Records. We talk to Scott pretty often. Dave lives in L.A. and has a band on Epitaph called Down By Law, we keep in fairly close contact with Dave and his wife, Caroline.

Do you know where we can get bootleg copies?
      No. And we suggest that you don't support bootlegs either. Aside from the monetary issue (i.e. some third party making money from our efforts without paying us anything) there is the real issue at hand - the fact that they have embarrased us publicly by releasing a piece or pieces of work that we did not intend for people to hear. Usually when we don't release something, it's for the simple reason that we think it sucks and don't want anyone to hear it. Bootleg is similar to rape.

Why did Milo leave the band both times?
      In 1983 to go to college, and in 1987 to go back to school, eventually leading to a doctorate degree in biochemistry.

Is this Descendents album a one time thing? What are future plans for both bands?
      No, there will be more Descendents and ALL albums and tours in the future.