This Song: Descendents

Karl Alvarez, bassist for the legendary punk rock band Descendents, describes how the Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” and L.A. Power Pop band The Last guided the band’s early sound, and continues to influence them on their latest record “Hypercaffium Spazzinate.”

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