Editing Descendents (section)

===Reformation, ''I Don't Want to Grow Up'', ''Enjoy!'', ''All'', and second hiatus (1985–1995)===
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 |title        = "Silly Girl" from ''I Don't Want to Grow Up'' (1985)
 |description  = "Silly Girl" features heavy distorted guitars and a lengthy/poppy sound which would be featured on majority of the rest of ''I Don't Wanna Grow Up''. Since its debut on the album, it has been nearly played at almost every live show.
 |filename2    = Descendents - Days Are Blood.ogg
 |title2       = "Days Are Blood" from ''Enjoy!'' (1986)
 |description2 = "Days Are Blood" shows an example of the darker, experimental, and almost [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] style that is found on ''Enjoy!''. The dark use of [[thrash metal]] chords would be abandoned on the next album.
 |filename3        = Descendents - Cameage.ogg
 |title3           = "Cameage" from ''All'' (1987)
 | description3   = "Cameage" borrows surf rock-like melodies with the mix of polished guitar chords, this was considered a large improvement in the style of the band's sound and the lyrical maturity was also applauded by critics and fans alike.
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In 1985 Stevenson left Black Flag and he, Aukerman, Cooper, and Lombardo reconvened as the Descendents for ''I Don't Want to Grow Up'', recorded that April at Music Lab studios in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]], with [[record producer|producer]] and [[recording engineer|engineer]] David Tarling and published by [[New Alliance Records]].<ref name="Blush, p. 310"/><ref name="Somery"/><ref name="I Don't Want to Grow Up">{{cite AV media notes |title=I Don't Want to Grow Up |others=Descendents |year=1987 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[SST Records]] |id=SST CD 143 |location=[[Lawndale, California]]}}</ref> 

After three tours in support of ''I Don't Want to Grow Up'', the band recorded ''Enjoy!'' in March and April 1986 at Radio Tokyo studios in [[Venice, California]].<ref name="Somery"/><ref name="Enjoy!">{{cite AV media notes |title=Enjoy! |others=Descendents |year=1986 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[SST Records]] |id=SST CD 242 |location=[[Lawndale, California]]}}</ref> [[Drummer]] [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]] acted as [[record producer|producer]] of the album, working with [[recording engineer]]s Richard Andrews and Ethan James.<ref name="Somery"/><ref name="Enjoy!"/>

The lyrics of "Hürtin' Crüe" derived from a high school classmate of singer [[Milo Aukerman]] who had earned a score of 1420 on the [[SAT]], gaining him entry into the [[United States Military Academy]]. Gloating about his accomplishment, he sang a taunt with the lyrics "I am better than you / You are a piece of poo / 1420". Aukerman incorporated these lyrics into "Hürtin' Crüe".<ref name="FAQ"/> The cover artwork for ''Enjoy!'' was drawn by guitarist Ray Cooper under the [[pseudonym]] "Scoob Droolins".<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="Enjoy!"/> Rather than printing the song titles on the reverse of the album's sleeve, the band instead replaced them with various [[euphemism]]s for [[feces]].<ref name="Salmon">{{cite web |last=Salmon |first=Jeremy |title=Review: ''Enjoy!'' |website=[[AllMusic]] |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5532|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=February 8, 2010}}</ref>

The band supported ''Enjoy!'' with a tour through the Summer of 1986.<ref name="Blush, p. 310"/><ref name="Hallraker"/> Following the tour both Carrion and Cooper left the band, and were replaced by [[Karl Alvarez]] and [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]], respectively, from the Utah band Massacre Guys.<ref name="Hallraker"/><ref name="All"/><ref name="Shrub"/> In 1987 New Alliance was sold to [[SST Records]], who re-released ''Enjoy!'' on [[compact cassette|cassette]] and [[compact disc]]. The cassette and CD versions added two additional tracks: "Orgofart" and "Orgo 51".<ref name="Discography"/> "Orgofart" consists entirely of the band members cheering each other on as they fart into recording equipment, a technique also used in "Enjoy", while "Orgo 51" is a heavy metal-influenced [[instrumental]] track.<ref name="Salmon"/>

One week later, on Stevenson's birthday of September 10, [[Stephen Egerton (guitarist)|Stephen Egerton]] and [[Karl Alvarez]] moved from [[Salt Lake City]] to fill the vacant guitar and bass positions.<ref name="Hallraker"/> ''[[All (Descendents album)|All]]'' was recorded in January 1987 at Radio Tokyo studios in [[Venice, California]], with [[recording engineer]] Richard Andrews and was [[record producer|produced]] by Stevenson.<ref name="Somery"/><ref name="All (Descendents)">{{cite AV media notes |title=All |others=Descendents |year=1987 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[SST Records]] |id=SST CD 112 |location=[[Lawndale, California]]}}</ref> [[Dez Cadena]] sang backing vocals, while Stevenson created the album's cover graphics and Alvarez provided illustrations for the sleeve and liner notes.<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="All (Descendents)"/>

The album was themed around the concept of "All", which had been invented by Stevenson and friend Pat McCuistion during a fishing trip on Stevenson's boat ''Orca'' in 1980.<ref name="Blush"/><ref name="Hallraker"/> According to singer [[Milo Aukerman]]: "While drinking all this coffee in the midst of catching mackerel they came up with the concept of All — doing the utmost, achieving the utmost. The more they got into it the more it turned into their own religion; it's partly humor, but it's also an outlook on how to conduct your life: to not settle for some, to always go for All."<ref name="Blush"/> Stevenson described the concept of "All" as "the total extent", and he and McCuistion had quickly written several short songs that would later be recorded by the Descendents, including "All" and "No, All!", written "in a fit of Allular frustration. The songs were only seconds long, but that was all the time we needed to make the point."<ref name="Blush"/><ref name="Hallraker"/> McCuistion also shared writing credit on "All-O-Gistics", a musical set of commandments for achieving All, including lyrics such as "Thou shalt not commit adulthood", "Thou shalt not partake of decaf", and "Thou shalt not suppress flatulence".<ref name="All (Descendents)"/> In a June 1987 interview with ''Music'' magazine, Stevenson elaborated on the "All" concept:

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I'm really into "ALL"' and I've waited a long time to unleash the whole concept on people. And now I'm going to do it [...] It's just a way of thinking, in which there are extremes and there is this goal called 'ALL.' It's a way that I created in dealing with achievement and satisfaction and how the two relate. Basically just to avoid stagnation... going for "ALL" and never being satisfied and just wallowing in your own sameness.<ref name="Interviews"/>
</blockquote>

{{Quote box |quote= Well, basically, I've been wanting to work with David for a long time; but at the same time, Milo has stuck with me for almost nine years now, so I wouldn't exactly feel right about just continuing to call us the Descendents. In a sense that would be kind of like discrediting Milo's nine years worth of effort. It's kind of like, "Let the Descendents be my and Milo's sacred thing," or whatever. Who knows, at some point later on we might decide that we want to get together and record something.|source=–[[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]] on forming [[All (band)|All]] and not replacing Milo Aukerman of the Descendents. |align=right |bgcolor=#c6dbf7 |salign=right |width=33%}}

Aside from the concept of "All", other songs on the album such as "Coolidge", "Pep Talk", and "Clean Sheets" dealt with themes of broken relationships, while "Iceman" was loosely based on the play ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]'' by [[Eugene O'Neill]].<ref name="FAQ"/><ref name="DaRonco">{{cite web |last=DaRonco |first=Mike |title=Review: ''All'' |website=[[AllMusic]] |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5539|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=February 9, 2010}}</ref> The album was released through [[SST Records]], who had purchased the Descendents' previous label [[New Alliance Records]] that year and also re-released all of their previous albums. ''All'' was released in [[LP album|LP]], [[compact cassette|cassette]], and [[compact disc|CD]] formats, the latter two containing the additional tracks "Jealous of the World" and "Uranus".<ref name="Discography">{{cite web |title=Discography: Full-Lengths |publisher=Descendents |work=descendentsonline.com |url=http://www.descendentsonline.com/discography/full_lengths/ |access-date=February 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205014747/http://www.descendentsonline.com/discography/full_lengths/ |archive-date=February 5, 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The band supported the album with a 60-day Spring 1987 tour, followed by the 50-day Summer "FinALL" tour, so-called due to Aukerman's decision to leave the band to pursue a career in [[biochemistry]].<ref name="Hallraker"/><ref name="All" /><ref name="Shrub"/> Recordings from these tours were used for the [[live album]]s ''[[Liveage!]]'' (1987) and ''[[Hallraker: Live!]]'' (1989). Following Aukerman's departure the band added singer [[Dave Smalley]] of [[Dag Nasty]] and rechristened themselves [[All (band)|All]], a change Stevenson claimed he had wanted to make for eight years.<ref name="Interviews"/> "Well, basically, I've been wanting to work with David for a long time; but at the same time, Milo has stuck with me for almost nine years now, so I wouldn't exactly feel right about just continuing to call us the Descendents. In a sense that would be kind of like discrediting Milo's nine years worth of effort. It's kind of like, 'Let the Descendents be my and Milo's sacred thing,' or whatever. Who knows, at some point later on we might decide that we want to get together and record something.<ref name="Interviews"/>

On December 16, 1987, during the recording of the first All album ''[[Allroy Sez]]'', Pat McCuistion died when his fishing boat sank during a storm. Stevenson remarked that "He had 15,000 pounds of fish onboard, so I guess you could say he died in heated pursuit of All. He was always the '5th member' of the band, besides being my best friend, next to Milo."<ref name="Hallraker"/>