Filmage: The Story of Descendents\All

My recollection is him working for

my dad when he was about 14 or 15

and asking me,

"Keith, what music should

I be listening to?"

Billy just struck me as that goofy

kid that maybe needed some guidance,

maybe he needed somebody to point

him in the right direction.

I guess I was giving

him a list of things

to do to lead to

freakdom or whatever.

Little did we know that Billy was going to grow

up to be the drummer of not only the Descendents

and ALL,

but Black Flag in between.

See, we grew up where all of the

music around us was Top 40.

The Dooby Brothers

or the worst of Fleetwood Mac.

Most of it was pretty

bland, pretty boring,

and there was no bright spot.

With the exception of The Last.

JOE NOLTE:
Basically,

I, like a lot

of others, was

really dissatisfied

by the state of rock music.

I was like 20,

had been brought up on

the Woodstock myth,

and I couldn't wait to

get out there and

start going to all

the great shows

only to find that,

as the early '70s

developed, all the

really good people died.

So I discovered there were these

bands with silly names

like the Ramones.

That was my big cue.

I threw a bunch of soundproofing

in the garage, and

at that time we came up with

the band name The Last.

KEITH:
Through the Nolte

brothers, we happened to

meet characters

like Frank Navetta.

Total kook, total freak.

DAVE NOLTE:
Frank came to

my school, America Martyrs, in sixth grade,

and I was friends with

him straight away.

We both had interest in music. We both

started playing guitar at the same time.

JOE:
They were

just typical kids.

The next thing I know they're

deciding to start a band.

"Yeah, we're gonna call

ourselves the Descendents."

DAVE:
Frank came up with the

Descendents. He had the funny spelling.

Thought he was clever.

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