TVD Live Shots: Descendents, Radkey, and Audio Karate at the UC Theater, 5/6

Nearly two years after the release of their latest LP Hypercaffium Spazzinate, Descendents show no sign of slowing down their touring juggernaut, most recently wrapping up a 4 date West Coast run in Berkeley, California.

The San Francisco Bay Area clearly has a soft spot for the Descendents, packing the UC Theatre to capacity for a Sunday night of dancing, singing, and crowd surfing that kept the agile security team fielding bodies with an approximate 95% success rate as they came over the barricade. There was a bit of blood spilled and a few hard landings that even had the band visibly wincing, but all-in-all the Berkeley crowd let loose and had a good time. The band similarly was all smiles, clearly enjoying themselves as well.

Descendents crammed a whopping 42 songs into their 90 minute set, literally leaving no stone unturned in their catalog. A healthy dose of Hypercaffium, Milo Goes to College, and Everything Sucks was to be expected but “Good Good Things,” “Hey Hey” and “Pep Talk” were rare treats for the diehards. And Milo, voice already a bit blown from the run, gave it his all (pun intended) as the band pulled “Marriage” and “Jean Is Dead” out for the encores in response to requests shouted from the crowd.

Forty-ish years into their off-and-on time as a band, Descendents maintain their relevance in a way what few bands can. And as long as the Descendents keep putting on shows like this Sunday night in Berkeley, the fans will keep coming out to support them.

Descendents

RADKEY

Radkey

AUDIO KARATE

Audio Karate

DESCENDENTS SETLIST
Suburban Home
On Paper
Everything Sux
Hope
I Don’t Want to Grow Up
Clean Sheets
No Fat Burger
Rotting Out
My Dad Sucks
Silly Girl
I Like Food
Victim of Me
Fighting Myself
Van
Testosterone
I’m Not a Punk
Who We Are
Nothing With You
Global Probing
Shameless Halo
I Wanna Be a Bear
Without Love
Myage
Get the Time
Feel This
Weinerschnitzel
Coffee Mug
When I Get Old
Coolidge
Thank You
Descendents