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- Merican", their first overtly political song, addresses positive and negative aspects of American history, celebrating cultural figures such as Otis Redding, Duke Ellington, and Walt Whitman while condemning slavery, Joseph McCarthy, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Vietnam War. (en)
- "Silly Girl" features heavy distorted guitars and a lengthy/poppy sound which would be featured on majority of the rest of I Don't Wanna Grow Up. Since its debut on the album, it has been nearly played at almost every live show. (en)
- BassistTony Lombardo's use ofeighth notechord progressions, played inruns, provides a foundation for themelodyof the songs on the album. He and guitaristFrank Navettaplayed alldown strokesrather thanalternate picking, to give the songs a more aggressive sound. (en)
- The use of melodies and mixing them withhardcore punkfound on Milo Goes to College was considered very unusual at the time by the punk scene but was considered as a massive influence bymelodic hardcoreandpop punkbands. (en)
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