Bonus Fat

Compiled in 1985, Descendents’ Bonus Fat combines the band’s debut single with 1981’s Fat EP, as well as the outtake “Global Probing”. It chronicles the nascent years of one of punk’s most vaunted bands during a phase of caffeine-fueled bursts of energy, mapping their transition from a breezy, surf-tinged brand of power pop to the more aggressive, hardcore sound found on the Fat EP. Originally released on the Minutemen’s New Alliance Records, the tracks laid the groundwork for the landmark debut that would cement the band’s legacy forever.

Salt + Pepper (shatter) pressing limited to 300 copies.
Cassette on split red and white shell.

Tracklist:
A1 My Dad Sucks
A2 Mr. Bass
A3 I Like Food
A4 Hey Hey
A5 Weinerschnitzel
A6 Global Probing
B1 Ride the Wild
B2 It's a Hectic World

Vocals (Side A) – Milo Aukerman 
Drums, Backing Vocals – Bill Stevenson
Guitar, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals on B1 – Frank Navetta
Bass, Lead Vocals on B2 – Tony Lombardo

A1 to A5 originally released as the Fat EP
A6 originally released on the Chunks compilation
B1 and B2 originally released as Ride the Wild / It's a Hectic World single

Produced and engineered by Spot.
Artwork by Frank Navetta

All songs recorded at Music Lab in Hollywood, CA in March 1981 except B1/B2 recorded in January 1979 at Media Art in Hermosa Beach, CA.

Lacquers cut by Dave Gardner, DSG Mastering
Vinyl pressed at Furnace Record Pressing