Simple explanation for the song, as stated by the posters above. It makes me wonder if Milo ever knew anyone like this, after all, a lot of the Descendents songs deal very specifically with issues and themes that young people face-which one of the many reasons why they've become such an influential punk band.
@River Wolf I'm sure they did know people like this, the drug culture was big in the '70s when these guys and a lot of the original hardcore bands were growing up. Lots of kids in the original punk scene got hooked on heroin (Darby Crash, the guy in the Dickies, the Stooges & MC5, Will Shatter of Flipper), and it wrecked a lot of those bands. Drugs were enough of a problem that the hardcore scene spawned the straight edge movement (Minor Threat, etc.) Anyway that's all ancient history but these problems have a way of coming back...
@River Wolf I'm sure they did know people like this, the drug culture was big in the '70s when these guys and a lot of the original hardcore bands were growing up. Lots of kids in the original punk scene got hooked on heroin (Darby Crash, the guy in the Dickies, the Stooges & MC5, Will Shatter of Flipper), and it wrecked a lot of those bands. Drugs were enough of a problem that the hardcore scene spawned the straight edge movement (Minor Threat, etc.) Anyway that's all ancient history but these problems have a way of coming back around for new generations to wrestle with!
another killer song by a strong band
Simple explanation for the song, as stated by the posters above. It makes me wonder if Milo ever knew anyone like this, after all, a lot of the Descendents songs deal very specifically with issues and themes that young people face-which one of the many reasons why they've become such an influential punk band.
@River Wolf I'm sure they did know people like this, the drug culture was big in the '70s when these guys and a lot of the original hardcore bands were growing up. Lots of kids in the original punk scene got hooked on heroin (Darby Crash, the guy in the Dickies, the Stooges & MC5, Will Shatter of Flipper), and it wrecked a lot of those bands. Drugs were enough of a problem that the hardcore scene spawned the straight edge movement (Minor Threat, etc.) Anyway that's all ancient history but these problems have a way of coming back...
@River Wolf I'm sure they did know people like this, the drug culture was big in the '70s when these guys and a lot of the original hardcore bands were growing up. Lots of kids in the original punk scene got hooked on heroin (Darby Crash, the guy in the Dickies, the Stooges & MC5, Will Shatter of Flipper), and it wrecked a lot of those bands. Drugs were enough of a problem that the hardcore scene spawned the straight edge movement (Minor Threat, etc.) Anyway that's all ancient history but these problems have a way of coming back around for new generations to wrestle with!