Fat Mike from NOFX about drugs, sex and their book.

I interviewed Fat Mike from NOFX for ARTEconcert at the Hurricane Festival 2015. We waited for him till midnight but it was so worth it. Maybe some day I will upload the whole interview :)))

[@eliquate]

This is how I used to talk at 4 am after a LONG night of cocaine.

[@ethanrozling2732]

Coolest thing about NoFx is that they've had the same line up since 1988...

[@SchnotzzN]

Didn't Hefe join in 93 or something?

[@nineoneoh]

and the worst thing is that they still suck dick

[@jayjanes11]

Sounds like someone needs to come out of the closet already

[@technicasualty19]

1991. Dave died in like 88 or something, then they had someone else for lead, then El Hefe came on board in 1991.

[@jeremyreiff6562]

Technicasualty Dave is still alive. Steve was their 2nd guitarist from 88-91 and he left to join another band. El Hefe joined in 91

[@mattholdzkom5929]

He's so interesting to listen to. And I really appreciate how this is edited.

[@shawntill]

You can here the blow in his voice.

[@zeroireland]

He speaks like his sentences are full of commas.

[@-Flabbergasted-]

Cartch probably high

[@letsogichmaric5107]

yes and very quickly like snappy

[@troyo911]

its called coke

[@Capodecamper]

Wilmington 32 why are you here?

[@XxDrag0nLoXxFrye]

He was on cochiane

[@SHEP_Music1]

One great thing about NOFX; they never fail to make me laugh

[@Uiui97t]

Live. Interviews. And some songs.

[@ryanmason74]

I hope you get to see them on this tour, they're funnier than most comedians, and they actually give a shit about the songs. They were like, listening to the album good, but still all over the stage. Melvin really nailed all the solos, Jefe busted out a trombone and trumpet, it was magical

[@bpmotion]

I'm a NOFX fan since 1996 and still go to their concerts.

[@mylenesau]

🙋‍♀️

[@Ilike25]

Me too

[@heyhunterhey11]

"If you're not in tune, everything sounds bad."

[@colina1330]

Showww meee what you gooottt.

[@guitarofdestiny]

Not the song "one armed scissor"

[@jrmarrero96]

Sonic Youth would disagree with that statement ; )

[@guitarofdestiny]

@@jrmarrero96 you are just a boy not a MAN! I bet I have more hair on my chest than you do punk

[@mattcee6323]

True, true, true...

[@0768E]

Used to look up to this guy as a kid. Still do.

[@Fresh_Pants]

0768 E. but you used to too

[@bixnood6433]

yeah and look how you turned out, a fukn loser.

[@TIGERGUTS]

Mitch !

[@nineoneoh]

hahaha right, fuck this band, THEY SUCK

[@callofhoneybooboo9368]

sounds like youre kinda lame then lmao

[@user-xu5tb6em9p]

I saw this video high as fuck just yesterday. Ordered the book immediately, and then forgot about it. :D It arrived just now, and i'm already laughing my ass off. Highly recommended for all NOFX fans Can't wait to see them live again. Greets from fuckin' Belgium!

[@KellyVision]

Hahaha, nice one!

[@lorraineanderson263]

🤣🤣🤣

[@exit747steve1]

Fat Mike got on stage in El Paso, Tx in the early 90's and said he was in a shitty mood cuz he was outta pills. so I gave him a handful of valium after the show. good times

[@exit747steve1]

... the show was great btw

[@Peasant_in_a_tree]

Fuckin rad story. Love it

[@mdog86]

Holy shit, that ant farm analogy, I've never thought of it like that. It does make a lot of sense though.

[@dsharp7441]

you aint lyin!!

[@ShartimusPrime]

That "whatever" at the end looked like the interviewer disagreed with his statement. Lol

[@dannycarrick3739]

Nah, he just realised he's "rambling on" to some moron who doesn't really give a fuck. Ya know, the very people people he says are boring 😴 🙄 😆

[@pbnbsk]

he realized the amount of fucked up shit he was saying, and tried to back off 🤣🤣

[@pbnbsk]

last 30 secs of the interview are GOLD

[@sierralynn4111]

Sitting at Sonic, waiting for my deliciously shitty breakfast when listening to this through my car's Bluetooth audio. It didn't occur to me that my window was down (I wasn't paying attention when she showed up) and the car hop lady happened to be standing there when he was talking about his mom's porno mag. Ha.

[@ergoth154]

This cracked me up lol

[@maxiepattie85]

I stopped this video to go brush my teeth just now... and that's the beauty of punk rock... wait , SLAYER!!!!!!!!!

[@mattagany8303]

actually one of the best interviews I seen with him,he covered a lot,been my favorite band for 20fucking years, and their book is amazing I can't put it down,I actually get anxious on the way home from work to read it

[@deadbeats4894]

Hepatitis Bathtub is the best book I've read in a while. A modern Please Kill Me, making The Dirt pretty tame in comparison. I have to highly reccomend the audio version, because they each read their own stories, and hearing their emotions paints a beautiful shit show. I grew up with nofx, seeing them countless times and they never get old.

[@Matt-ig4yk]

Where can I find the audiobook versions????

[@deadbeats4894]

@@Matt-ig4yk aRchivE.örg. They like to erase it...

[@graemewatson8911]

I think this is one of the most interesting/illuminating interviews I've ever seen with Fat Mike - would really love to see the whole interview!

[@KellyVision]

Your wish is my command;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKutfYxuhcR6lcU

[@graemewatson8911]

Thank you!

[@KellyVision]

You´re very welcome:)))

[@RichardKoning]

Fat Mike = Cartman

[@RainHavok1111]

Richard Koning totally

[@gabrielhubert226]

He's not a complete dipwad though. He's still a jerk but he's a good person.

[@KarenGoldMind]

toma tu like

[@colina1330]

Nah. Mike is Jewish.

[@bastounet36]

that's the spirit, true talking

[@SSHevyChevy]

It's truly special that this is your own encounter with him. Very cool that he was thoughtful enough to give you this much time of day. I'm just one of those kids that's like "...yeah, man! I was just born when they were brewing Punk in Drublic!" They've been around forever! I really didn't get an idea of who they were until I was in High School...and now they're a HUGE favorite of mine.

[@rob1996ization]

I love him, love his attitude towards life

[@heyholetsgo]

He should be the president.

[@salstonightsbiggestloser]

Edward F. Pignataro IV Fat Mike 2020.

[@drewswamp5893]

There should be no president

[@baconfckr]

Ive always liked NOFX, but he is not the first guy i would take advice from

[@brandtsavoy6123]

Yea first wpuld be Mike Ness from Social D, then Lars.from Rancid , maybe Henry Rollins,then Fat Mike

[@JeeperZJ]

2015 fat mike "my daughters can never read this book" 2021 fat mike "thats me when im walking with my kid when she tells me that she knows everything i did cause she just finished reading the book"

[@leahflower9924]

What did he say about Ben weasel in the book

[@leoncorbett4553]

What the fuck What the hell Why does she feel the need to tell me?

[@neonshark337]

Great interview. Early NOFX memory for me about eighteen years ago: I was a teen still living with my parents, but had a job and saved up some money. I drove to a whole different city, bought So Long And Thanks For The Shoes, and Heavy Petting Zoo, and an N64 with Super Mario 64. I played that game and collected literally every single star and secret in that game, and listened to those two albums back to back, over and over again. Good times. NOFX still rules, and Fat Mike just seems like a legit person to me. Just staying true to himself and fuck whatever anybody else thinks.

[@SocialGore]

Fat Mike is the only artist that wrote better music when sober

[@francisco.6151]

One of the best interviews of Fat Mike I've ever bumped into 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rosapizarro144]

I look at Fat Mike as a great artist and I look up to his style of playing. Nofx. Awesome.

[@deedazzle1826]

Loving them since the age of 12... 28 years now. Still my favorite band!

[@RaeGun-u1z]

Fat Mike is great. Talking, joking,singing, performing. I love this man

[@MrSarov]

Fat Mike is such rad dude

[@timanderson9466]

This guy and his band are what playing is all about. Their attitude and how they look at their playing makes for the most enjoyment when playing. Ive been in bands where fucks were uptight and over the top, we need to be perfect. Then I was in bands like NOFX and it was so fucking enjoyable and worth all the effort. Fat Mike gets it and so does his bandmates. The fun those fuckers have is infectious. I'd chop off a nut to play a set with these guys.

[@suicidalpepsi]

I saw Reagan Youth a few years back at a place called the BAR in New Haven and there was 30 drunk people there too.

[@oxrjbizzle1984y]

fat mike rules, nofx's new book is fucking amazing, nofx fans should all check it out!

[@rowstone3019]

Great Stories! I'll have ask my friend if we ever saw them. The place we used to go to was $10 a show with 4 or 5 bands. I saw Murphy's Law, Plasmatics, Dead Kennedy's, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, Venom, And Ramones , Motorhead!

[@CrisHaasbro]

I think this is my favorite Fat Mike interview

[@scottwilliams4546]

Fat Mike is cool as hell! I met him in 1999 and he was cool to me. But my friend who had bleached hair tried to talk to him a bit after me got called a poser and was asked to let Fat Mike know how it felt to be a boy-band reject.

[@nano7586]

I think Tom Delonge once said what impressed him most was going to an NOFX concert and seeing how they just do whatever and that there are no rules.

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

I'd love to have a beer with Fat Mike and listen to all his crazy stories.

[@Okayymatt]

His candor is really refreshing.

[@tommoconstantly]

Just getting in to Nofx slowly but seeing this video, I fucking love this guy

[@DPRyan-vd5pp]

I’ve been a NOFX fan since 1992!!

[@donflobert1762]

I saw them back then, loved the show. Want to see them again wiiiii

[@kaydenlamont4009]

This is why I fucking love this guy

[@KellyVision]

You wanted it and here it is, lovely people, Fat Mike´s interview - XXL + uncut:) Enjoy... I want no complaints, you asked for it;))) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKutfYxuhcR6lcU

[@brinepacer]

You can tell from his speech patterns he's on MDMA/possibly coke. Glad he's clean these days.

[@noahrunck2356]

KellyVision

[@KellyVision]

Noah Runck

[@Wreclis]

I love NOFX

[@Rosesyoutube]

I love this. Thanks KellyVision

[@KellyVision]

You´re very welcome:)

[@elkemm1]

I like this guy! He is autentic and he gets his feet on the ground.

[@miagy5383]

I've known about NOFX for more than a decade but never knew how cool fat mike is

[@allenlavinger4857]

love ya Fat MIke. if your ever in NOrth Hollywood burbank are look for me. im the guy skating around playing my acoustic.

[@Rob_Cary]

as long as you're in tune

[@haydukelivesforeversomrtim8173]

I feel like every time he gives a interview he does at least a ball of blow before the cameras start rolling

[@toms9050]

gotta love them

[@corvidcorpus548]

Fat Mike should be a stand up comedian

[@sanderpietersen53]

The first 60 sec says everything if you play Punk rock or anything

[@general_ahab]

my first nofx song i ecognized was kill all the white man, even sm airlines or heavy pettin zoo was my first lp

[@KellyVision]

If you enjoyed this interview please follow me on youtube and instagram so I can continue doing what I love :) instagram.com/sara.kelly.husain/

[@scottwilliams4546]

Thank you for posting this.

[@enzomellino]

this interview is amazing. you had to wait but you surely got him in a great mood lol. Please PLEASEE upload the whole interview i will really apreciate it. Here go +1 subscriber waiting for that! cheers

[@KellyVision]

Haha, ok but off to Wacken Open Air first. I will try and do it after that:)) It went on for about 45 minutes though;)

[@Ericpach3]

WONDERFUL interview please upload the whole thing!

[@KellyVision]

You wanted it and here it is, lovely people, Fat Mike´s interview - XXL + uncut:) Enjoy... I want no complaints, you asked for it;))) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKutfYxuhcR6lcU

[@enzomellino]

yeah! thank you so much!

[@oxrjbizzle1984y]

why are people talking about how fucked up mike is here, he is 100% completely coherent and makes a lot of good points actually! i know mike does get fucked up, but he's usually not too fucked up when he does interviews and shit like that....

[@Ilike25]

I saw NoFX at Red rocks but my favorite show was when I took my kids and you guys were on tour with bad religion the only thing that bought me out about the concert was the fact that my son enjoyed 303 more. But it was because he was proud to chant 303 Colorado

[@DBRZA]

Gordo Mike cada día te quiero mas. Come back to Argentina soon

[@jasonrivanis7673]

Get Dead is the best punk band on the planet right now.

[@saschakeller4851]

The whole interview, please! :)

[@KellyVision]

You wanted it and here it is, lovely people, Fat Mike´s interview - XXL + uncut:) Enjoy... I want no complaints, you asked for it;))) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKutfYxuhcR6lcU

[@2000magnumrt]

Love these guys

[@mikeymckinney7477]

I have his bass guitar that he normally used. it's bad ass

[@ashtongrey6755]

I can't believe Nofx has been around for 32 years damn

[@0BRAINS0]

I asked Mike why he wore the choker chain when we were on acid and he said, "So I don't lose my head."

[@Lanwarder]

Back when I was a teenager, I remember having friends who used what little money they had to go see NOFX (They did seem to make a point of tickets being relatively affordable in comparaison to other bands so I'll give them points for that) and that ended up being kind of sad that their favourite band ended up not playing good and not looking like they cared about it....Meh, some of them reacted by saying "Well, it's NOFX, that's what you were supposed to expect" ........I suppose both reactions are legitimate.

[@rhemium]

Monday is my favorite time of year.

[@annettematisz46]

FatMike punk rock is not dead dude! 🤘

[@jjgayton6060]

He's coked out of his mind during this interview for sure

[@quintonberger2407]

“I don’t know why I’m saying this, but...” That’s a cocaine move for sure 😂

[@chrisboyd6599]

Seen NOFX Many times. Love them😀

[@elpadrino1128]

Whatever. -Fat Mike 2016

[@frankdanger135]

That ant part really made me think.

[@bluekg13]

I love the message he is giving.

[@MelancholyMegan]

"you don't have to be good, you just have to have good songs"

[@matteocoda6368]

"But what keeps me up at night it's that her friends know..."

[@natemarchesi3472]

I heard he had a fake liver failure I'm pretending to hope he gets better

[@RJ-jo5vo]

Tells his daughters they can never read the book. Cue 2021 where he sings in Linewleum about his daughter and her friends having read the book.

[@shaznaeem2997]

He has a character of Homer Simpson. The 'I don't give a fuck as long as I have fun' character

[@barrymantz6026]

Fat Mike is a Hero! When you make that much money and still have bad teeth! He is what he is! And never wil change! He's a Hero!

[@Uraines3403]

And this is why I love Fat Mike!!!!!

[@deltav4461]

I'm interested in the way he holds the mic... my hypothesis: too much brandy or too much cigars... or both :)

[@mennims]

coke

[@samsquanch4201]

Fucking love these guys😁😁🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@josesmith9588]

Boy im glad hes sober. The wheels were falling off

[@deaderthendead041]

loved the book parts toward the end fucked me up a lil it gets real, real fast, "im a duck quack quack"😂

[@paulmwilson62]

"Punk rock's been dead since 1973." Fucking. Died.

[@snoopypingas5426]

A bit weird when the questions are cut off, it feels like his just going on a rant about random shit that pops up in his mind...

[@KellyVision]

I know but the station didn´t want the interviewer in the picture;( They´ve changed that now luckily. Here is the whole interview where you can hear my questions a tiny bit;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKutfYxuhcR6lcU

[@12Daniel34]

It would've been hilarious if he was progressively getting drunker with each question.

[@RainePy]

i love mike

[@adamkean9253]

Same shit happened to me. Four bags of blow. Got pulled over. Swallowed them. Got let go. Went home, put the stopper in the sink and puked until all four of em came out. Banged all four bags and listened to NOFX until the downers came. Back in the day of course.

[@IvoBELGIUM]

love them. i like their new album :Single album

[@coltonmartell6007]

This is why I play punk rock. I don't give a fuck about my sound i just play.

[@crashman27]

whats the name of the book????

[@KellyVision]

The hepatitis bathtub and other stories;)

[@Sarmasti]

They have great songs and once they start playing you forgive them for fucking up because you're already pumped up and probably drunk.

[@BigButtPaperWings]

i will always remember the moment when i traded in my fucking expensive bra for a drumstick... it was worth it ;P

[@theoneforgaveme]

I'm absolutely gutted Mike that nofx have to split up. In my life 30 yrs of fucked up punk. . Enjoy your life's nofx. . What a ride 🇬🇧

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

Oh I’m getting this book shiiiiiiiiiiiit❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Kkidzz]

"Shit Sandwich" sums them up.

[@Matlcore876]

I fucking love this man...

[@normdavis3450]

6:19 Mike nails it. Nobody knows. Nobody can ever know. Why not just embrace your neighbor and enjoy our time on this planet instead of throwing shrapnel at them. Peace.