Desjardins was a feature writer at "Slash" magazine in 1977, when he formed the Flesh Eaters with several friends from the Los Angeles punk scene, including Tito Larriva. Their second album, "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die", recorded and released in 1981, featured John Doe (X), DJ Bonebrake (X), Dave Alvin (The Blasters, X), and Steve Berlin (The Blasters, Los Lobos). The band recorded two further albums; "Forever Came Today" (1982) and "A Hard Road to Follow" (1983) with Don Kirk on guitar, Robyn Jameson on bass and Chris Wahl on drums, Chris D. on vocals and occasionally Jill Jordan on backing vocals.