Adolescents
The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California by … Read Full Bio ↴The Adolescents are a punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California by Steve Soto (August 23, 1963 – June 27, 2018) after leaving Agent Orange in December 1979. The original line-up was led by frontman Tony Cadena, with Steve Soto on bass, Frank Agnew on guitar, John O'Donovan on guitar and Peter Pan on drums. Both O'Donovan and Pan left in June and were replaced by Rikk Agnew and Casey Royer formerly of Social Distortion and The Detours and also singer for the OC punk band, D.I.. The band created fast, energetic music that was at the forefront of the Orange County punk music scene.
Later that year, the group released the classic hardcore single "Amoeba" on Posh Boy Records. The Adolescents signed with Frontier Records in January 1981 and recorded The Adolescents the following month. Rikk Agnew left and was replaced by Pat Smear, formerly of The Germs. This line up lasted until the end of June when Smear left.
The Adolescents broke up in August 1981. Cadena formed The Abandoned, Soto and Agnew joined Legal Weapon, Royer formed D.I. and Agnew joined Christian Death after his departure.
Rikk Agnew made his solo album in 1983 then joined D.I. with Alfie Agnew, Frank and Rikk's younger brother.
In 1986 The Adolescents reformed with their original line-up and started to work on a new album. They recorded Brats in Battalions in the late summer. The record came out in August 1987 due to the band deciding to produce and release the album themselves with little cash or backing.
The Adolescents broke up in April 1989.
The band regrouped to tour for the 20th anniversary of their self-titled album in 2001 and have continued to perform.
The Adolescents have a new release out on Finger Records, O.C. Confidential in 2005. Finger Records is owned and run by Mel Schantz out of Orange County, California.
The Adolescents toured in support of OC Confidential, but Frank Agnew left the band in 2006. Rotating through as the band's live guitarists over the next few years were Matt Beld, Joe Harrison, and Soto's former Joyride bandmate Mike McKnight. O'Brien left the band in 2008 and was replaced by Armando Del Rio. Reflex and Soto became the band's sole constant members and primary songwriters from this point forward, and signed the Adolescents to German label Concrete Jungle Records. A split EP with the band Burning Heads was released in 2009. For the band's next album, 2011's The Fastest Kid Alive, the lineup was Reflex, Soto, Del Rio, McKnight, and Harrison. The band also contributed a cover version of the Runaways' "School Days" to the tribute album Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise that year.
Dan Root took Harrison's guitar position in 2012, and the Adolescents released the American Dogs in Europe EP in conjunction with a European tour. This was followed by the band's sixth studio album, Presumed Insolent (2013). Del Rio was replaced by Mike Cambra, and McKnight by Leroy Merlin, for 2014's La Vendetta..., which was given a North American release the following year by Frontier Records. Hot War, a split EP with Russian band Svetlanas, followed in 2015, containing one song from Presumed Insolent and one from La Vendetta... The Adolescents' most recent studio album, Manifest Density, was released July 8, 2016 by Concrete Jungle, with Ian Taylor taking Merlin's place as rhythm guitarist.
Later that year, the group released the classic hardcore single "Amoeba" on Posh Boy Records. The Adolescents signed with Frontier Records in January 1981 and recorded The Adolescents the following month. Rikk Agnew left and was replaced by Pat Smear, formerly of The Germs. This line up lasted until the end of June when Smear left.
The Adolescents broke up in August 1981. Cadena formed The Abandoned, Soto and Agnew joined Legal Weapon, Royer formed D.I. and Agnew joined Christian Death after his departure.
Rikk Agnew made his solo album in 1983 then joined D.I. with Alfie Agnew, Frank and Rikk's younger brother.
In 1986 The Adolescents reformed with their original line-up and started to work on a new album. They recorded Brats in Battalions in the late summer. The record came out in August 1987 due to the band deciding to produce and release the album themselves with little cash or backing.
The Adolescents broke up in April 1989.
The band regrouped to tour for the 20th anniversary of their self-titled album in 2001 and have continued to perform.
The Adolescents have a new release out on Finger Records, O.C. Confidential in 2005. Finger Records is owned and run by Mel Schantz out of Orange County, California.
The Adolescents toured in support of OC Confidential, but Frank Agnew left the band in 2006. Rotating through as the band's live guitarists over the next few years were Matt Beld, Joe Harrison, and Soto's former Joyride bandmate Mike McKnight. O'Brien left the band in 2008 and was replaced by Armando Del Rio. Reflex and Soto became the band's sole constant members and primary songwriters from this point forward, and signed the Adolescents to German label Concrete Jungle Records. A split EP with the band Burning Heads was released in 2009. For the band's next album, 2011's The Fastest Kid Alive, the lineup was Reflex, Soto, Del Rio, McKnight, and Harrison. The band also contributed a cover version of the Runaways' "School Days" to the tribute album Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise that year.
Dan Root took Harrison's guitar position in 2012, and the Adolescents released the American Dogs in Europe EP in conjunction with a European tour. This was followed by the band's sixth studio album, Presumed Insolent (2013). Del Rio was replaced by Mike Cambra, and McKnight by Leroy Merlin, for 2014's La Vendetta..., which was given a North American release the following year by Frontier Records. Hot War, a split EP with Russian band Svetlanas, followed in 2015, containing one song from Presumed Insolent and one from La Vendetta... The Adolescents' most recent studio album, Manifest Density, was released July 8, 2016 by Concrete Jungle, with Ian Taylor taking Merlin's place as rhythm guitarist.
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Adolescents Lyrics
'Til She Comes Down She's got her nose in the mirror She's got her mind…
14. Welcome To Reality Blood so deep the horse must hold his head up…
15. Losing Battle Can't handle this life anymore Point in the mirror and I…
16. Things Start Moving Things start moving that never did before The blue and purpl…
300 Cranes It was a different time Another life it seemed He'd pay…
5150 or Fight Woke up in the lock up Thinking I was knocked up I…
A Dish Best Served Cold A pack of coyotes slowly closing in A cat and mouse…
Alice on Wonderbread Met an Earth mama At the Earth Mama Fest. Long grey…
Allen Hotel Sometimes at night I drive by and stare And wonder what…
Alone Against The World He left home at 16, the days go by like…
Ameoba We are the scientists in the lab Looking through a microscop…
American Lockdown Ten minutes till it's twelve o'clock It's when the hammer d…
Amoeba Amoeba amoeba Amoeba amoeba Amoeba amoeba Amoeba amoeba We …
Babylon By Bomb Liberate A kiss of death from the west Open up the polls A…
Balboa Fun Zone Something went on last night You were fine at the Fun*Zone,…
Big Rock Shock My Self-help guru Jumped off of a bridge With Static magnifi…
Black Kiss “You can only push a man so far.” -Killdozing Motherfuckin’ …
Branded Outside Locked outside The mainstream territory marked Empty…
Brats In Battalions Tonight We fight Does might Make right? Brats in batta…
California Son Came to a point, do I laugh or do I…
Choke and Killswitch System Pour a tanker on ice, Have a drink on Exxon: Here’s a…
Creatures I'm not accepted by my peers - so what I could…
Cropduster Thunder in the sky over Broken Jawbone Canyon. There’s nothi…
Death on Friday Well tell me something I don't know About discretion Manic…
Democracy Is this what you call democracy? They're killing us, and you…
Digital Toybox Under the influence My world is frozen in brine Electrophoni…
Disease Took my last ride on the bullet train Things flew by…
Do The Eddy Do the Eddie, do the Eddie Do the Eddie, do the…
Do the Freddy 1, 2, Do the Freddy! Do the Freddy! Do the Freddy! Do t…
Double Down This is me, There's no need to be alarmed. It's no test, …
Fast We reminisce about the past, how everything has changed. The…
Find a Way He said, I see the dawn as a fading looking…
Flat Earth Stomp Caught the flu the other day, This chick asked me to…
Forever Summer A marketing dream If we play like a team The profit unreal …
Frustrated People who don't understand - Tryin' to keep together a…
Gazetteer Time slipped baby while I was shoegazing On Hollywood Boule…
Genius In Pain I don't really know which way to go What I really…
Growing Up Today Out of work troubled youth turn to crime Out on sidewalks…
Guns of September Ten years have passed Ten years have passed Ten years have…
Hawks & Dove Bombers in the sky No one's asking why We have to duck…
Hawks and Doves Bombers in the sky No one asking why We have to duck…
House of the Rising Sun There is a house down in New Orleans They call the…
I Got a Right Anytime I want I got a right to move - No…
I Hate Children Another child born to the house - I hate children Raise…
I Love You Go! I'm still wondering how I could have said All the wr…
I'm A Victim She came in out of the rain Her eyes reflecting all…
Inspiration Head in the clouds, a dreamer, they said "Figure it out…
Instant Karma Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the…
Into the Fire A single shot then silence springs An alarm that blew my…
It's Tattoo Time The only difference between tattooed and non-tattooed people…
Just Because Just because You had a Big Mac Attack You dance in Russian…
Just Like Before You yell and scream for no reason at all You pick…
Kids of the Black Hole No sound is heard from unit two When there was once…
L.A. Girl We don't really care if you say we're too young We…
Let It Go Nothing original The sin I wear Unholy wound This open te…
Let It Rain Nothing original The sin I wear Unholy wound This open te…
Liar Watch the skies light up Lybia tonight Last whispers come bl…
Lockdown America Ten minutes till it's twelve o'clock It's when the hammer d…
Losing Battle Can't handle this life anymore Point in the mirror and I…
Lost On Hwy 39 She looked at me like she was a kitten with…
Marching With the Reich Stormtroopers outside every window - The night of the long …
Miranda Panda I went to lunch with Norma Desmond, Five-foot-nine of Japane…
Modern Day Napoleon Such a hawk Not a dove Do you really believe in the…
Monsanto Hayride Magic Kingdom right at Main Shattered link, food chain Tom…
No Friends So your hair's bleached white now It's in to put Orange…
No Way No class, no job I'm just a victim of society a…
Nuclear Football Countdown to Destruct-O-Bowl XXVII Everyone come along Bri…
O.C. Confidential I grew up in Orange County In the shadow of a…
O.C. Life So i wanna be a member and i wanna be…
OC Confidential I grew up in Orange County In the shadow of a…
One Nation, Under Siege The tension's thick, the spring is tight There's nothing lef…
One Shot Cut off my family so did you. No one around except…
Operation FTW Hello! [x4] Hello, you great big crazy world Hello! Hello G…
Paradigm Bag Junkies Sidestep to the future Slip into the past The future’s not…
Peasant Song It's all dementia thirteen tonight, The will's no good 'cau…
Pointless Teenage Anthem This is a pointless teenage anthem About how great things u…
Prey for Armageddon Neo-Cold War paranoia Got some punk rock atomic blues I got …
Queen of Denial Clipped your wings so you wouldn't fly Taught you to cop…
Quicksand Blaster Stuck on Danger Island, we ain’t got a boat. I’ll ask…
Richard Hung Himself Popped the door of the hinges of his closet Black curtained…
Rip It Up It's like Clockwork Orange a bit of twenty on one Breaking…
Room 223 Today’s lesson in civics at Walt Whitman High Come to school…
Runaway Hello? Is my daughter there? She's 15 years old Blue eyes…
Self Destruct Looking back on stupid things I've said Was that really me…
Serf City The high court of disorder decrees The statute of the sea …
She Walks Alone She spent the last of her teenage years At home alone…
She Wolf She Wolf - You can tell, by the way she…
Skate Babylon Riding in the street - these streets are mine! Fooled by…
Sunspot Screams I opened Pandora's box, Yeah I looked inside. I fed my head…
The Liar Watch the skies light up Lybia tonight Last whispers come bl…
The Peasant Song It's all dementia thirteen tonight, The will's no good 'caus…
Things Start Moving Things start moving that never did before The blue and purpl…
Too Fast, Too Loud Reflection from the toys Static and the noise Moved past ann…
Wars Aren't Won, Wars Are Fought Let's get it out in the open So the talk can…
Welcome to Reality [Verse 1] blood so deep the horse must hold his head…
Where the Children Play Drive-by suicide bombers all over the news In our backyards…
Who Is Who My friends call me enemy 'cause they're a fucking joke They'…
Who Is Who? My friends call me enemy 'cause they're a fucking joke They…
Within These Walls Within these walls Within these walls is pain and strife W…
Word Attack I'm not paranoid - don't/they No I'm not afraid - stop/won't…
Wrecking Crew There's nothing to do Excitement level zero I can't find a g…
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I perceive the "No ass, no head" lyrics to mean no sex, no blowjobs(head) hence the "gotta go home and jack off instead"