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The cover painting was done by singer Scott Reynolds. It was All's first studio album not to feature their mascot, Allroy, on the cover.
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Studio album by All | ||||
Released | May 12, 1992 | |||
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Genre | Punk rock | |||
Length | 32:48 | |||
Label | Cruz (CRZ-022) | |||
Producer | Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton | |||
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Singles from Percolater | ||||
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Percolater is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band All, released May 12, 1992 through Cruz Records. It was the band's first album recorded after their relocation from Los Angeles to Brookfield, Missouri, and their first studio release recorded outside of California. It was also their last album with singer Scott Reynolds, who left the band after the album's supporting tours. A single and music video were released for the song "Dot".
I mean, we made nothing. It was just impractical for us to live in California, and we weren’t there that much anyway. So Bill came up with the idea "Hey, my dad has this house out here in rural Missouri where he grew up", and it worked out to be really good for us because it enabled us to have bedrooms and neat shit like that.
For several years, All and their precursor band, the Descendents, had been headquartered in a storefront along the Pacific Coast Highway in Lomita, California that housed the band's living quarters, practice space, and office. "We really needed [the band] to succeed", recalled singer Scott Reynolds. "We were broke and filthy and we lived like animals." The band paid US$1,200 per month for the small two-room space and had to deal with loud, drunken neighbors. Being on tour some eight months out of each year, the band members decided it was no longer practical to live there. "I just said 'I can't do this anymore'", remarked drummer Bill Stevenson "The area we were in became infested with other groups that were more interested in smoking dope and drinking and all that. It became a party center, which I just can't stand." Stevenson's father, who lived in California, owned a house in his hometown of Brookfield, Missouri—a farming town with a population of about 3,500—which he rented out, and offered to rent it to the band for $350 per month. In addition to the lower cost of living, the band also reasoned that being based in the central United States rather than on the west coast might be advantageous to their frequent touring schedule.