Tony Lombardo was the bassist

Bass guitar

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 with the pioneering punk rock

Punk rock

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 band Descendents

Descendents (band)

The Descendents are an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California. As of 2011, they have released six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums and three EPs. The Descendents broke up and reformed several times over the years, sometimes with different musicians...

 between 1978 and 1985. Lombardo was part of the original Descendents lineup with guitarist Frank Navetta

Frank Navetta

Frank Navetta was a guitarist for the Southern California punk rock band Descendents. He was part of the band's original lineup and played with the band for six years. He formed the Descendents with Tony Lombardo and Bill Stevenson in 1979 and released the single "Ride the Wild"/"It's a Hectic...

 and drummer Bill Stevenson.

Early years with Descendents

This lineup's first release was the single Ride The Wild/It's A Hectic World in 1979. Lombardo sang lead vocals on It's A Hectic World before the band added new lead vocalist Milo Aukerman

Milo Aukerman

Milo Aukerman is an American singer, songwriter and research biochemist. Aukerman is perhaps most widely known for being the lead singer of the early Los Angeles area punk rock band the Descendents, a group widely considered to be pioneers of modern "pop punk"...

 in 1980, with which they became hardcore

Hardcore punk

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 sensations. The band put out their first release with Aukerman in 1981, the Fat EP. The next year, the band put out their first full length release Milo Goes to College

Milo Goes to College

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Critiques

Lombardo showed off his skills on this album. While on Fat there were not a lot of distinctive bass parts, Milo showed Lombardo playing bass riffs in nearly every song, including the introductions to "Myage" and "M-16", which showed off his talent. In most of the other songs on the album he was heard playing improvizations to the rhythm guitar of Navetta, and traded off leads with Navetta on "I Wanna Be A Bear".

Later years with Descendents

The Descendents went on hiatus in 1983 when Aukerman left for college, but reformed in 1985, releasing I Don't Want to Grow Up

I Don't Want to Grow Up

I Don't Want to Grow Up is the second album by the Manhattan Beach, California-based punk rock band the Descendents, released in 1985 through New Alliance Records...

. Lombardo recorded the album but did not participate in the tour and left that year, replaced by ex-Anti bassist Doug Carrion

Doug Carrion

From the moment Doug Carrions mom took him to the legendary Light House in Hermosa Beach, California to see Jazz for the first time at the age of 9, his passion became music. He taught himself to play guitar and began his career in music as a musician - playing in underground favorites such as...

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Music work after Descendents

Lombardo's reason for leaving Descendents was to join his own new band Nuclear Bob, later renamed Three Car Pileup, who released only one album. Lombardo then joined fellow ex-Descendents member Ray Cooper

Ray Cooper

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 to join a band called Spiffy who are still recording. Lombardo is considered one of the band's best bassists, along with Karl Alvarez

Karl Alvarez

Karl Matthew Alvarez is the bass guitar player for both the Descendents and All, the band that resulted after the Descendents disbanded again in 1987....

, and is highly critically acclaimed.

2002 reunion

A Descendents reunion of sorts occurred at ALL

ALL (band)

All is an American punk band originally from Los Angeles, currently residing in Fort Collins, Colorado, formed by Descendents members Bill Stevenson, Karl Alvarez, and Stephen Egerton.-Formation and Cruz Records Years:...

's quasi-annual Stockage Festival in Fort Collins, Colorado

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in the spring of 2002. Frank Navetta joined Tony Lombardo and Bill Stevenson to play songs from the brief trio-era before Milo Aukerman joined the group. Sadly, after a brief fistfight backstage involving Tony Lombardo's girlfriend and a dog, he left the band permanently.

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