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.
No Friends
Adolescents Lyrics
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It's in to put Orange County down.
Hanging out with L.A. sleaze well
Go ahead and push us we don't want you around
Sang for the Slashers you told Hermosa Beach
So you used to be a surfer in Huntington Beach
You're a liar if you follow all trends
Just cling to the scene
But not when everybody knows what you are.
Where are you gonna go next?
I hear San Francisco's second best.
You got no friends...
Do you think you're real tough with those locks and chains?
You know we want to use them to beat on your brains.
Show up in Fullerton with blue dye on your head,
You stupid fucker, I wish you were dead.
Sang for the Slashers you told Hermosa Beach
So you used to be a surfer in Huntington Beach
You're a liar if you follow a trend
Get out of here asshole, you've got no friends.
Just cling to the scene
But not when everybody knows what you are.
Where are you gonna go next?
I hear San Francisco's second best.
You got no friends!
The lyrics of "No Friends" by Adolescents seem to be a criticism of someone who is trying too hard to fit into a particular scene or subculture, specifically the punk scene in Orange County and Los Angeles. The tone is hostile, with the singer repeatedly calling this person an "asshole" and a "stupid fucker". The opening lines, "So your hair's bleached white now / It's in to put Orange County down", suggest that the person being addressed has recently changed their appearance and their attitude to conform to what's popular. The singer doesn't accept this person as part of their group, and encourages them to leave: "Go ahead and push us we don't want you around."
The second verse is even more confrontational, with the singer threatening violence: "Do you think you're real tough with those locks and chains? / You know we want to use them to beat on your brains." The repeated phrase "Sang for the Slashers you told Hermosa Beach" refers to a band that the person being addressed claims to have sung for, but the singer doesn't believe them: "You're a liar if you follow all trends." The chorus, "Just cling to the scene / But not when everybody knows what you are / Where are you gonna go next? / I hear San Francisco's second best / You got no friends", emphasizes that the singer sees the person being addressed as a fraud and an outsider.
Line by Line Meaning
So your hair's bleached white now
We've noticed that you've dyed your hair, but that doesn't impress us.
It's in to put Orange County down.
We see that you're trying to fit in by badmouthing Orange County, but we're not fooled.
Hanging out with L.A. sleaze well
We've seen you spending time with unsavory characters from LA.
Go ahead and push us we don't want you around
We don't appreciate your attitude, and we don't want you as a part of our group.
Sang for the Slashers you told Hermosa Beach
You've boasted about performing with the band The Slashers in Hermosa Beach.
So you used to be a surfer in Huntington Beach
You've claimed to be a former surfer from Huntington Beach.
You're a liar if you follow all trends
We think you're lying if you claim to always follow the latest trends.
Get out of here asshole, you've got no friends.
Based on your behavior and attitude, we don't want you around and you don't have any true friends.
Just cling to the scene
You're trying hard to fit in with the punk rock scene.
But not when everybody knows what you are.
However, it's clear to us and others that you don't really belong.
Where are you gonna go next?
We wonder where you'll try to fit in next to try to find acceptance.
I hear San Francisco's second best.
We've heard that you might be heading to San Francisco, but it's not going to work out any better for you there.
You got no friends...
Once again, we want to emphasize that you don't have any real friends due to your behavior and attitude.
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Written by: STEVE SOTO, TONY BRANDENBURG
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on No Way
I perceive the "No ass, no head" lyrics to mean no sex, no blowjobs(head) hence the "gotta go home and jack off instead"