[Podcast] Ep. 79: [Interview] w/ BILL STEVENSON of DESCENDENTS (US) Ahead of AUS/NZ Tour This Week.
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Episode 79: Show Notes:
DESCENDENTS
‘Run Down Under’
Celebrating 30 Years of Everything Sucks - June 2026
So Cal punk royalty, Descendents return to Australia and New Zealand this June for the
Run Down Under tour, celebrating 30 years of Everything Sucks.
Originally released in 1996, Everything Sucks, remains a pivotal release in not only the band’s catalogue but in the genre they helped define. The album captured the urgency and directness that has underpinned Descendents’ influence since their beginning way back in 1978!
While the tour marks the anniversary of Everything Sucks and will focus heavily on the killer tracks from it, fans can of course expect a career-spanning set, including live staples that have cemented Descendents as one of punk rock’s most consistent and respected acts.
TOUR DATES:
Wed, June 3: Barwon Heads Hotel, Barwon Heads
Fri, June 5: Forum, Melbourne
Sat, June 6: Odeon Theatre, Hobart
Mon, June 8: The Gov, Adelaide
Tue, June 9: Astor, Perth
Thu, June 11: Roundhouse, Sydney
Fri, June 12: Tivoli, Brisbane
Sat, June 13: The Balcony (Coolangatta Hotel), Gold Coast
Tue, June 16: Meow Nui, Wellington
Wed, June 17: Powerstation, Auckland
TICKETS:
https://sbmpresents.com/tour/descendents-2026/
Featured Artist:
U.S. Bastards (Virginia, US) To Release Hardcore-Punk Rager LP Negligent Discharge June 19th, 2026.
In a world full of pleasantries and kiss-assing, U.S. BASTARDS are neither. A four piece hardcore punk criminal enterprise from Virginia, the band has re-formed after a chance meeting in county lockup. Brent and Robby knew the four members didn’t land in the same cell for no reason. It was fate calling them back to life on the road; back to sleepless trips, dungeon whips, gas station speed and canned meat. Doug agreed fate was calling them back to teach the masses what a truly bad time could be. … and Brendan just happened to be in the room.
“I’ve been doing so much hard time lately, it's time to be hard on the road.” - Brent
“...[two middle fingers]...” - Doug
Ran-when-parked, the outlaws took straight to the van to get the message out. After a ten year hiatus they have agreed to utilize their new-found freedom from the state to write harder, catchier, faster, harder-er, hell-raising songs glorifying their exploits and shine a light on the gatekeeping tendencies in the music scene that has never accepted them.
When the rest of the world goes quiet, the Bastards get loud and angry, blazing across the country with a wall of cranked Marshall stacks. This is the way punk rock should be: loud, unapologetic, pandering to no one, and having no qualms with being the bad guy.
Listen to/watch recent LP single ‘Knife Crime’ via the US Bastards’ Youtube Channel:
Their new album Negligent Discharge is set for release June 19th 2026 featuring bonus track covers of Judas Priest and Motorhead songs. 13 tracks of hard and fast music that kicks the door off its hinges. Best to listen with a shotgun in one and a 40oz duct taped to the other, these are anthems for the outcasts among the outcasts. Skip work! Give your neighbors kid a cig! This is full throttle, no brakes, speed-rocking crime metal. Full stacks and gun racks packed, these delinquents are coming to your town. Clutch your pearls! U.S. BASTARDS are back.
US Bastards’ Album Info News Courtesy of:
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