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== Legacy and influence ==
The Descendents have been cited as hugely influential to a large number of modern-day punk bands such as [[Blink-182]], [[MXPX]], [[NOFX]], [[Green Day]], [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]], [[Propagandhi]], [[Rise Against]], [[the All-American Rejects]], [[the Bouncing Souls]], [[the Offspring]], and [[the Ataris]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/Other%20Weasel.htm |title=Screeching Halt |access-date=February 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204074252/http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/Other%20Weasel.htm |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/descendents-mn0000206407/related|title=Descendents – Similar Artists|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref> "Everything about how I sing and play guitar came from this band [...] Blink is absolutely a product of The Descendents," said Blink-182 vocalist/guitarist [[Tom DeLonge]] in 2011,<ref name="delonge">{{cite news|url=http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Tom-DeLonge-from-Blink-182-Lists-Top-5-Most-Influential-Bands-021243098729859|title=TOM DELONGE'S TOP 5 MOST INFLUENTIAL BANDS|author= Bear Frazer|date=October 7, 2011|publisher=[[Red Bull]]|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> while vocalist/bassist [[Mark Hoppus]] called "Silly Girl" from ''[[I Don't Want to Grow Up]]'' (1985) "the first song that really altered my life. [...] It spoke to me in a way that nothing did."<ref name="hoppus">{{cite news|url=https://ph.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/mark-hoppus-recalls-life-changing-song-010000013.html|title=Mark Hoppus recalls life-changing song|date=November 13, 2011|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, ''Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All'', a documentary on the band, premiered. The film features interviews with Hoppus, [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[Foo Fighters]], and [[Mike Watt]] of [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]].<ref name="filmage">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/filmage-story-descendents-all-film-735887|title='Filmage: The Story of Descendents/All ': Film Review|author= Stephen Dalton|date=September 26, 2014|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 5, 2015}}</ref>

''Milo Goes to College'' has been included in several lists of noteworthy punk albums. ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' has listed it several times, ranking it No.&nbsp;74 in a 1995 list of the best [[alternative rock|alternative]] albums and No.&nbsp;20 in a 2001 list of "The 50 Most Essential Punk Records", and including it in a 2004 list of "Essential Hardcore" albums.<ref>{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |author2=Craig Marks |year=1995 |publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |isbn=0-679-75574-8 }}</ref><ref name="Reynolds">{{cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |title=The 50 Most Essential Punk Records |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=May 2001 |volume=17 |issue=5 |publisher=Spin Media LLC |location=New York, New York|page = 50 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref><ref name="Beaujon">{{cite journal |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |title=Essential Hardcore |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=April 2004 |publisher=Spin Media LLC |location=New York, New York|page = 50 |issn=0886-3032 |url=https://www.spin.com/2004/04/essential-record-guide-hardcore/ |access-date=February 6, 2010}}</ref> In these lists, critic [[Simon Reynolds]] described the album as "Fifteen Cali-core [[paroxysm]]s that anatomize dork-dude pangs with [[haiku]] brevity", while Andrew Beaujon called it "Super clean, super tight, super poppy hardcore about hating your parents, riding bikes, and not wanting to 'smell your muff.'<ref name="Reynolds"/><ref name="Beaujon"/> In 2006 ''[[Kerrang!]]'' ranked it as the 33rd greatest punk album of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Goodman |first=Elizabeth |title=Offspring the Fifth Best Punk Band Ever? |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 30, 2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/offspring-the-fifth-best-punk-band-ever-20061130|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205124644/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/staff-blog/offspring-the-fifth-best-punk-band-ever-20061130|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2011| access-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> The German edition of the ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] ranked it at 349.{{CN|date=December 2023}}

In 2016, a Descendents branded [[India pale ale|IPA]] entitled "Feel This Coffee" was released by the [[San Diego]] branch of [[Mikkeller|Mikkeller Brewery]]. It is named after a track from their 2016 album Hypercaffium Spazzinate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/descendents-coffee-based-feel-this-india-pale-ale/|title=Descendents to Release Coffee-Based 'Feel This' IPA|website=Loudwire.com|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>