TheBucklessProphet

Caught part of a Bollweevils set a few years ago and it was a ton of fun. Highly recommend.

If this is the only tMG song you know, I highly recommend checking out the rest of the album (Tallahassee). Fantastic album from front to back.

Some personal favorites (other than No Children):

Southwood Plantation Road

Our conversations are like minefields; no one's found a safe way through one yet.

Game Shows Touch Our Lives

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

See America Right

My love is like a dark cloud full of rain that's always right there up above you.

Old College Try

I want to say I'm sorry for stuff I haven't done yet. Things will shortly get completely out of hand.

Oceanographer's Choice

Everybody's gonna need a witness. Everybody's gonna need a little backup in case the scene gets nasty.

Alpha Rats Nest

Someday we'll both wake up for good; I will try hard not to scream.

Also highly recommend checking out the albums We Shall All Be Healed, The Sunset Tree, and,if you're ok with lo-fi, All Hail West Texas and Songs for Pierre Chuvin.

Honestly never really got in to Lagwagon or Millencolin (I know some of the more popular songs), so I'll have to check those out!

I've been impressed over the years with how consistently great the lineup is. This year is definitely a standout for me, but I'm not sure it's even as good as 2017 or 2019 were. There's been a few times I've gone where it wasn't as much my speed, but even their off years still have enough to keep me satisified.

Love Masked Intruder. Saw them a few years ago at Riot Fest in Chicago and they put on a great set. "Heart-Shaped Guitar" is a bop and a half.

I'm vaguely aware of Lace Code but I've honestly never seen it used or even really mentioned outside of the internet. Part of me is curious if it was ever a really a thing outside of maybe a few scenes scattered about. Feels like something that, because the concept is kinda intriguing, the internet may have overblown. But I wasn't around in the 80s, so I'm not sure. Curious to hear from anyone who was actually part of the scene back then.

I've done VIP in the past and can only recommend it with caveats. It's probably not worth the price unless you're really going to use the in/out privileges or consider AC bathrooms a must (as opposed to port-a-potties in GA). There's not necessarily a ton in the area, so I've never personally used the in/out privileges. The AC bathrooms are great, but I've never really been bothered by using the port-a-potties (although they can get very hot if it's a hot day). The other main perk of VIP is that there is a large tent set up for extra shade. There's some shade in GA, but it's limited and tends to get crowded if it's a hot day. The VIP bars/food booths aren't really worth it imo (I got food faster in GA last year and the best bar is a beer tent in GA imo).

That being said, highly recommend going to Riot Fest. This will be my fourth or fifth year and I always have a great time. I especially love that it's a music-first festival as opposed to the more social media influencer or drug/rave culture festivals.

lol yeah there aren't many of us at the moment, but my hope is that by posting regularly the community will get noticed more broadly and eventually there will be more of us....maybe even dozens of us!

Both great choices. Enema is obviously a classic. I'd personally put Take Off Your Pants and Jacket over the self-titled though.

Great album, way to choose something even older than my pick lmao

I do have to say, though, that Milo Goes to College always struck me as more of a pure hardcore punk album and less of a pop punk album. No doubt that later Descendents stuff leans heavy in to pop punk and they were a big part of creating the subgenre in the first place (along with Buzzcocks), but I personally think that started more with I Don't Want to Grow Up

Without this album there would be no skate punk. Fat Mike has publicly stated that NOFX really found their footing imitating this record, and without NOFX/Fat Wreck Chords there simply wouldn't be skate punk.

An absolute classic that’s directly responsible for influencing so much other music I love. Also gotta love any song that uses the word “jurisprudence” as effortlessly as “You Are The Government”.