Formed in 1987 after Descendents vocalist Milo Aukerman quit the band for a second time, the band’s remaining members formed All with former Dag Nasty/DYS vocalist Dave Smalley. Though All would build a legacy of its own, for many fans it was—and always will be—the band guilty of not being the Descendents. In 1989 Smalley would exit the group, and Scott Reynolds would enter, only to leave in 1993 and be replaced by Chad Price. All would press on with Price well into the 2000s, disbanding briefly, and reuniting before the decade’s end. Though it still counts Price as its lead singer, All has played shows with all three vocalists in the intervening years, sometimes with two of them in the same night. It’s one of the few times where there appears to be little bad blood between the band and its assorted frontmen. Though perhaps they’re unified by having always lived in Aukerman’s shadow. [David Anthony]
