Fat Mike (NOFX) - What's In My Bag?

Fat Mike of NOFX goes shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles. NOFX's last album 'Ribbed: Live in a Dive' is available from Fat Wreck Chords.
Check out his picks:
Battalion Of Saints - Complete Discography (LP) bit.ly/2MpbV8T
Sam Garbarski - Bye Bye Germany (DVD)
Tom Neely - Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever: The Completely Ridiculous Edition (BOOK)
Stefan Ruzowitzky - The Counterfeiters (DVD) bit.ly/2APg2Wf
Aaron Cometbus - Cometbus #52 - The Spirit of St. Louis (BOOK)
Tom Tykwer - Run Lola Run (DVD) bit.ly/333j31o
Yony Leyser - Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution (DVD) bit.ly/30XzlHA
Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski - Bound (BLU-RAY) bit.ly/2LS03NA
Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, Sharon Cheslow - Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes from the DC Punk Underground (79-85) (BOOK)
Eagles Of Death Metal - Eagles Of Death Metal: Nos Amis (BLU-RAY) bit.ly/2VqdwiH
Get NOFX's music: bit.ly/2o2Kfyz
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[@craigroberts2302]

"Henry rollins says I talk shit about him!" "is that true?" "yeah, so what! He doesnt have to hit me." 😂😂😂

[@chennforajido]

He gives me the impression he always smells like bbq sauce

[@Cowicide]

BBQ Sauce and lube.

[@gonzo13ist]

Cowicide BBQ sauce, lube, and farts!

[@punypete7106]

He also smells like burnt cocaine

[@goregore6259]

Chenn Forajido no worries I like BBQ sauce too

[@iangoodisDMX]

I love all you guys so fucking much

[@djpetenice]

It's great to see Artie Lange is looking good.

[@jaygee7153]

Haha..That's great on so many levels...my 2 favorite junkies, always disheveled, they both tell long winded stories and crack themselves up.

[@jaygee7153]

@Frank DeFalco granted, by the use of the word "derp " you're in kindergarten, but the fact that Mike and Artie have been on and off drugs, like most artists, has about as much to do with the reason I like them as the color of their hair does

[@djpetenice]

@@jaygee7153 Lol. More like pre-school :)

[@jbess6505]

Lmao

[@3ertin]

There's a bar in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. When they play NOFX and you're the first one to shout it out, you get a free beer.

[@joristolhuijs3703]

Really? What's it called?

[@3ertin]

@@joristolhuijs3703 De Bijstand

[@joristolhuijs3703]

thanks man, ik ga er zeker een keer heen

[@youcanthandlethetruth8873]

Handig om te weten.

[@sheltertwo7957]

I want to give Fat Mike a hug. I gotta put on a hazmat suit first, but I want to hug him.

[@fernandosepulveda7297]

Lol yis

[@ADMBPR]

I love this guy. He speaks his mind out and takes the heat. ☮️

[@fruitypeebils]

he looks like if daniel johnston became a soundcloud rapper

[@lawrencevelasquez2587]

Underrated comment! 😂

[@tr3vk4m]

we can but dream

[@susanneskadetsinnverdilsek5901]

Lolololo

[@spacedumpster]

oh my god

[@mattberg6816]

Hahahaha

[@OlinKreutzRules]

“He says I talk shit about him.” “Is it true?” “....YEAH..”. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@henrybaily3495]

Hahaha

[@Ellenslife851]

😂😂😂

[@CaptFreedumb]

I cant stand people like Rollins. So afraid that someone might think hes not tough. So hes gotta pick fights with people. My good friend was always the guy to get in the face of the tough guys and put them out on their ass. And then they were even more embarrassed when they found out they just got manhandled by a gay man lmfao i love it!

[@LittleBruno933]

When Barney Gumble went to Kamp Krusty as Krunchy the Clown.

[@themadhattress5008]

This video was strangely refreshing and reminded me why I love being a punk.

[@vincenzosanzaproulx4665]

Met back in 1999 I was 14 an it was the highlight of my young punk teen years great guy

[@Guenter34]

I haven't seen him without his skirt in a while.

[@fromaggio7654]

This man is filled with chaotic energy

[@Nantosuelta]

this man is filled with shit

[@Farcraft2]

it's called entropy

[@FlOrHM]

Mike is a genuinely nice dude but sometimes he's too in character and people don't pick up on his dark humor. Stop trying to take him or what he says seriously. Just enjoy the show.

[@dirkrichter3630]

Flor Rangel or, he could just grow up and drop the gay I’M SO PUNK facade.that might help his case, but I have my doubts.

[@galleryofrogues]

He does sometimes try to sound a little too offensive and extreme I think

[@amberdean1263]

@@galleryofrogues I consider myself to be a pretty empathetic person who strives to consider how other people will take my humor or commentary before I speak (esp. if they don't know me well) and I find Fat Mike to be refreshing and wise behind his snarkyness.

[@saucedonkey88889]

@@dirkrichter3630 bro ur name is dirk

[@philliusphoggwick8299]

@Old man old comment I know, but telling people to grow up just makes clear you are sour and joyless, I genuinely believe that. It's not unprofessional to be happy you know... Why can't people live the way they like, without some prick having to pass judgement?

[@finkretana]

nardwuar watching this video like: yeah yeah tell me more

[@NateB1976]

Fat Mike I have a gift for you.

[@marcoreactionary]

What is this right here?

[@buckrogers8024]

@@NateB1976 lmao.

[@fartkerson]

Keep on rockin' in the free world and doot doo la doot doo -- *stage freeze*

[@thepsychedelicsquirrels8347]

"Who are you?"

[@anthonysablan8650]

This is not how I imagined Clairo to look like

[@ristonalaimo5048]

i had a chuckle

[@alexoh4699]

Now that's a comment

[@jacko2575]

can you imagine looking at a bands records and the lead singer tapping you on the shoulder? so cool

[@ozmonaut1]

This guy's a hoot, the punk that never grew up, respect

[@Sepestatic]

I love fat Mike ... He's like a real Eric Cartman

[@rodbelding9523]

"The real Eric Cartman" is the best description of Fat Mike I've ever heard.

[@axelbergstrom3644]

Tbh being a real life Eric Cartman is not really a good thing

[@6feet1deep]

Nah trump is cartman fr fr

[@Gretev1]

Eric Cartman is a manipulative, self indulgent narcissist. I don‘t think Fat Mike shares any of those characteristics.

[@MolliOlli182]

Fat Mike and that guy from The Peep Show have kinda similar face tho.

[@MichaelD8393]

0:34 If I meet Mike in person, I'm gonna have to thank him for introducing me to Battalion of Saints. What a band!

[@bloodfart3331]

Yes! They are awesome!

[@MichaelD8393]

@@bloodfart3331 _(I'm Gonna) Make You Scream,_ the song played in that sample, is one of my new favorite songs.

[@MichaelD8393]

@Anthony B Agreed.

[@Lukesurf666]

Indeed

[@jeffsims8270]

BOS is so dope! "...I hear the sirens goin in my head, baby baby, let's go until we're dead!!!" SD represent!!

[@drummer78]

Weird he makes light of the Vegas shooting one minute and then is describing how awful the Paris shooting was.

[@pierm664]

@Mike G I guess 72 Hookers doesn't tell you anything

[@fartkerson]

@@pierm664 There's always some wack job talking about open borders and religions they have no knowledge about beyond government and church propaganda.

[@olitraiga]

@@fartkerson he should listen to your propaganda instead.

[@fartkerson]

@@olitraiga Socrates throwing shade like bitch tell me what you know, cuz all i know is shit. All I know is that I don't knooow. All I know is that I don't know nuthin'. Weeeee get told to decide, just like. As if. I'm not gonna change my mind. This time I got it all figured out. And that's. That's fine.

[@marioargiropoulos7555]

It’s not weird at all. You see one comment was meant to be shocking to an audience he was performing for. And the other comment was sincere. There are these things called “jokes”.

[@elimphead]

Not surprise Henry Rollins wants to beat him up

[@lynnpehrson8826]

kathleen hanna probably wants to too

[@punker-gamer-trucker-guy]

I don't know a punk that doesn't!

[@Justcarlosdiaz]

Too punk for Henry Rollins

[@gooberweevil]

@@Justcarlosdiaz Why does everybody equate punk with asshole? My neighborhood in Pittsburgh is chock full of punks and 99 percent are the nicest people.

[@dougsworld7533]

Do you want the Family Man or do you want the Swingin' Man ?. You decide. Fat Mike - " ..... family man " You want the Family man .... Family - Man.

[@zachrowe1511]

You know he’s only acting out so that his mistress will punish him later

[@bryonsteik7435]

@That Flippin Guy no it's not marketing he's been like that from the beginning since '89. I guarantee that he would be exactly the same way if you had a drink with him and not even knowing who he is.

[@Glass_Caskets]

That Flippin Guy Did you just learn about marketing techniques and decided they applied to this guy because he says edgy shit? Like he has his entire life.

[@why3011]

You think your assumption is correct. You don't "know"

[@Glass_Caskets]

That Flippin Guy anything else you wanna cry about?

[@mekkio77]

I had no idea that Cometbus is still alive and kicking as a zine. I used to read it back in the 90's. I am going to pick up a couple of issues now. Thanks, Amoeba!

[@splinter3734]

He forgot to pick some Angels & Airwaves stuff...

[@sebastianyusuf1035]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@stephendre2902]

Hahahahaha

[@zachontherun1043]

I dont get it. Does he not like them?

[@adamcastillo3976]

ZachOnTheRun yea someone elaborate lol

[@JayDubStee]

Hahaha he ssaid angels and airwaves lol hahaha

[@DASding148]

This was a good episode

[@John_Doh]

Fucking love this guy forever. You're not gonna get more genuine and blissfully filterless than Fat Mike.

[@sebastianyusuf1035]

FatMike : We've got banned in the US Hows that feels? FatMike : Pretty good

[@leoncorbett4553]

Sebastian Yusuf Fat Mike : tears up

[@Chestersinthecar]

Dude he’s so down to Earth

[@vestaxpmc17]

How cool to see that Fat Mike has a copy of Banned in DC. I randomly met the woman who wrote and published that book in 2018 at some art event in DC.

[@truewrestlingunderground]

Finally! An actual legend of a musician!

[@dirkrichter3630]

mike huotari where? It’s definitely not in this video.

[@truewrestlingunderground]

@@dirkrichter3630 that's good, I'm gonna go shoot up a kmart

[@laurendaley8347]

Awww da baby wanna cwyyy

[@3deezy21]

Damn, this one's pretty dark...

[@sethklumb8686]

This is pretty tame for Fatty

[@psychotropictraveler514]

Yeah I've seen much worse from Mike

[@kylelococo7620]

Go back to Carebears

[@3deezy21]

@@kylelococo7620 lol what a twat

[@ArcDevErik]

Its not your usual tay tay and justin...no

[@jeffsims8270]

If his only record had to be BATTALION OF SAINTS, that's an excellent choice!!!

[@AspiringSpaceWizard]

It was his only record pick, no?

[@jeffsims8270]

@@AspiringSpaceWizard Yep!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Great band! I've got an EP somewhere with them & 3 other bands (Free Beer?) can't remember!!

[@indridcold1206]

This is legendary I salute you Fat Mike 😅

[@domfontana4809]

mike has reached his Shane Mcgowan / Serge Gainsbourg later years, congrats!

[@artkincell]

The Amoeba crew sounds like they took this well.

[@brianl3766]

Searching for Duke of Burgundy now

[@ericspencer4599]

For rent on KZbin for $3.99

[@danypunk2549]

Fat Mike is pretty funny. I like him and i love NOFX. He help so many bands with Fat Wreck Chords. People have an easy judgement about him but he's a nice person!

[@rocker4life318]

He is an idiot. I Hate him

[@RoryGFan-39]

@@rocker4life318 congratulations tell us how you feel...

[@Jones-eq4bs]

Rocker 4Life sorry he hasn’t sold out so of course you don’t like him

[@cashedoutmyluck]

Me and my homie were riding around smoking some blunts in Fort Worth right before Punk in Drublic fest. On our way to store to pick up some brews we saw Fat Mike riding around in his bike with his mohawk up and in a dress. My homie just released their first studio album. He claws at my door and chases down fat mike on foot to hand him a copy of his album. I think the best part about that day was my homie had an expired ID. He had a plus one to get me in. So we're pretty much fucked at that point trying to get into the fest. We go down to office depot. I'm waiting in the car for 20 mins. I walk in and I hear the chick from behind the counter say please don't tell my boss I let you do this. Homeboy has photoshopped his ID, scanned the old, modiefied it, printed it once, forged a fake signature, scanned it and printed it again. And the same exact security we saw bought into it xD

[@Jones-eq4bs]

That Flippin Guy you do seem like the kind of toolbag to stupidly bring up Urban Outfitters or Hot Topic lol never been to either of those awful places. Glad I could take you back a couple years ass clown

[@travisking5555]

Fantastic!

[@tomsklanka4896]

Fat mike is the man, hope to see nofx’s crazy asses come to east coast soon, Baltimore loves you guys

[@lameccanica]

I used to be a massive hardcore punk fan, now it's been like 15 years that I "gave it up" and started listening to completely different music. The only punk band I still love is nofx (well OF COURSE the mighty bad brains too). when it comes to nofx i just can't help but keeping up with what they are doing, listening to their new songs, looking for interviews. and fat mike... i just love the guy!

[@Popskull_666]

You "gave it up" - You can't give a lifestyle up so were always an outsider looking in. Music now, sucks dog shit that's been thawing out over the spring so you gave it up for bitch boy drake and the weeknd. Props

[@lameccanica]

@@Popskull_666 ahahah!! wow that's a really specific picture you get from the sentence "I gave it up"! I never said I was following punk as a lifestyle anyway, I only said I was a fan of the music. Thank god we have true punks like you correcting people on KZbin and putting phonies like me back to our place.

[@ndtschau]

Need to have these shoes!👍

[@victormeursault]

Nice intro, my favorite nofx song

[@NoPhoKingWay]

I actually bought The Duke of Burgundy after seeing this. Fatty knows my taste

[@search895]

I feel glad i'm not one of those annoyed but amused by this man. When did punk rock became so safe?

[@666gorewhore]

When people grew up. Clearly he degressed.

[@nicholasmontoto9346]

Billy Pop NOFX and pop “punk” bands like them are bottom of the barrel anyways .

[@search895]

@@nicholasmontoto9346 Lol. I always expect someone with an opinion like that. Anyway i never thought punk was about being top, high in ranks or caring about the tastes of anyone.

[@search895]

@@nicholasmontoto9346 by the way everybody who says nofx or green day is not punk for the music thay made usually never question if ramones or the clash are punk for exactly the same reason. Anyway i dont care. My musical tastes are probably wider than anyone you know.

[@search895]

@@666gorewhore he is still a functional adult and music producer. I think he is being weird in the last years, with his hobby of trying drugs and bdsm. I hope his 40s crisis ends up and he goes back to focus on making greater records like nofx used to.

[@jak3w]

He seems to have a theme with his movies

[@medicineman360]

"I have a dungeon... and the next time I have someone tied up there, I'm playing this for them." Why does this seem perfectly acceptable, from Fat Mike?

[@Scorpionbite8]

1 of my fav punk bands

[@jasonstory2439]

That he gets under Rollins' skin is delightful

[@Nantosuelta]

This guy is a fucking weirdo. He gets under my skin

[@cfat94]

Fat Mike is a funny dude. Good episode.

[@garisyabagaskara3930]

*Idol !!*

[@stephenm8725]

very much on brand for Fat Mike: Quirky movies, lesbian films, and hardcore punk. Rad

[@TheDubulous]

Long Live Fat Mike!

[@youcanthandlethetruth8873]

"Back when HR wasn't crazy" Too soon man.

[@misakiyoshida]

"He tried to beat me up at Punk Rock Bowling." most casual sentence you can say in Punk Rock, any other genre and it sounds insane.

[@calebwilson6892]

I fucking lost it with the Danzig and Rollins comic

[@xvariabledesign]

thnx amoeba for your series. i enjoy seeing/hearing other folks point of view. i take in what resonates with me and let go of rest. i clicked on your vid cause i was curious to find out what is in their bag. i'm not going to crap on them just because i don't agree with them...but i appreciate being able to have the option to click on ur vid and be exposed to a variety of personalities....so thnx.

[@bitchlips]

he's seriously rad.

[@mr.t6142]

Battalion of Saints, straight up San Diego punk rock, good pick! The original line up was AWESOME.

[@servietsky67]

Saw NOFX this summer in a french festival. It was great and I laughed a lot. Fat Mike is a true punk, dirty annoying and provocative. But he's definitely not an idiot.

[@jackkitchen8047]

Fat mike,and Henry Rollins relationship is like carman and Kyles relationship

[@fartkerson]

Carman Electra and Kyle who?

[@ixtacoyotlpena]

Awwww this was my last day :) was so happy to see this come online :) So proud of the amoeba team

[@wingwangtingtang]

On if the first actual vinyls I bought was a nofx album, but I want one of those old 80s 7"s they did

[@d_hurl]

Woah! Cometbus, what a trip, I forgot about those, i have 46-48. I'm pretty sure I ordered them through lookout! before he stopped writing them for a couple years. I totally forgot bout those interesting little zines, and i used lookout! for 7inches and they would always send me extra stuff. Or I'd order something and the package would show up months later with handwritten notes saying, sorry we don't have anymore of those... heres this instead.

[@ALEXISGNFR]

Those were the days!!

[@bigcarlinblick904]

I would give anything to have an old record store in my town again

[@davidekelman5715]

You living in a small town?

[@cometbuspass1]

Crimpshrine on what's in my bag😊

[@karliebellatrixyoung6359]

Thanks for showing some sensitivity about that Mike,

[@AcoskyFilms]

It's about damn time

[@igorsvacic217]

Henry and Glenn forever has to be one of the funniest shit ever. Those two macho guys, both not married, LMAO. PS. Love Henry Rollins, hate his music tho, from Black Flag all the way up to this day Hate Glenn Danzig, love his music tho, from the Misfits all the way up to late 90s

[@ispearedbritney]

100% agree. Lol they made Glenn all pretty too lmaoooo

[@tomjamison5934]

He wears his Clown shoes well.

[@ParadiXe311]

Cokie The Clown!

[@fartkerson]

Ransom the Insult Clown.

[@jasonsumpter1197]

My beautiful old friend Mike and his honest unfiltered self. I love ya Mike.

[@galleryofrogues]

RLR is great. I need to see it again, it’s been like 15 years.

[@te9591]

He feels like a mythological character.

[@Alianger]

henry and glenn lmao

[@joejunior1974]

I remember seeing Run Lola Run in NYC when it debuted. We actually went to see The Blair Witch Project, but it was sold out. Run Lola Run turned out to be way better!

[@BangkokBlend]

i love him

[@soulandre8702]

We all love him.

[@chrisguevara]

I can tell that I could only hang around this dude for a few hours at a time before I couldn't stand him anymore. Lol... I know several people like that and I always think it will be different this time around.

[@rome8180]

Most real artists are insufferable. A lot are straight-up terrible people.

[@archivehans]

@@rome8180 fuck off Alot of amazing artist i have met are fun are great

[@nicholasmontoto9346]

rome8180 I’ll admit that “Real artist” is a pretty subjective term to begin with but a dude that plays in a whiny pop punk band barely has artistic merit lol .

[@nicholasmontoto9346]

Robert Craig I believe you . And don’t get me wrong there’s a time and a place for some whiny/fun pop punk . But if you want to throw around the term “real artist” you can go a lot deeper than NOFX . Maybe you don’t want to dig deeper and that’s cool too but circling back to the original comment, there are far better artists with far better personalities than this dude lol

[@rome8180]

@@nicholasmontoto9346 to each their own. But I think that between '91 and '99, they put out some of the best punk records ever made. Super clever lyrics, complex music with unique chord progressions, etc. I really don't think the characterization as "whiny pop punk" is fair. Besides maybe Bad Religion, they're the most melodic and intelligent punk band. They also spawned a whole style through their record label. So yeah, I think he's an artist. Unfortunately, he's lost a lot of his inspiration in recent years.

[@mortonmilletto262]

Love dude he's real punk !

[@lesterksi4521]

Legend

[@lastbohemian654]

He likes Franka Potente...🥰 Some good choices, Man 👍🤘 Cheers 🍻

[@DFL6996]

What song is playing when he is talking about the Battalions of Saints album?

[@ItsaDaPope-a]

Hey, that's "I Wanna Make You Scream". Battalion of Saints are fucking rad.

[@DFL6996]

Thanks man!

[@ItsaDaPope-a]

@@DFL6996 No problem!

[@9Skiddlerip9]

So, is he just wrong about the Coen Brothers directing Bye Bye Germany?

[@bretbret8293]

He was just straight up lying. lol

[@_Liquid_Snake]

It was a joke.

[@9Skiddlerip9]

@@_Liquid_Snake Why is it a joke?

[@ryanwatts7817]

@@9Skiddlerip9 because he is a punk, it's "funny". I'm not a huge NOFX fan but it's just how they are

[@superaxel1981]

legend

[@Esrom_music]

Im not sure what I was expecting. But this makes sense.

[@guglacownt5946]

We'll see who's left holding the bag

[@spacewurm]

Fat Mike on Henry Rollins was priceless.

[@general_ahab]

battilon of saints, thanks

[@Dancingontgesun1942]

Geezuz was trying to watch this to cure my boredom while waiting with my grandmother at the ER......had turn it the F off halfway in lol -_-.

[@OneTwo-qn1vi]

A punk rocker said something vulgar? Today's generation would implode if GG was still alive.

[@buddhafx5973]

G.G. for President!

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

Ok boomer

[@8523wsxc]

yeah, it's not like people back then didn't im- and then explode when they first saw GG...

[@UncleBill732]

Glad you guys have found a role model.

[@charliemoney]

Neighborhood Music Snob but is he wrong

[@ValleyJeff84]

Battalion of Saints. Best punk band ever.

[@ryanbeck3386]

What is the name of the song they play at the beginning of this video?

[@senorpigeon9564]

Henry wants to beat everyone up. I’m not surprised if Henry just gets a glimpse of a random person he would try and fight him. But that’s why he’s great. I love that guy.

[@pikkon899]

I like how in those comics, Rollins is consistently drawn to be larger, more muscular and more brutish looking than Glenn even though Rollins was only jacked for a short period of time. That cover had me in tears.

[@laurendaley8347]

He taller.

[@pantsnjacket381]

Helped so many bands and encouraged bands to cross the line between independent | mainstream if that's what they really wanted. For example, blink-182. This man is such a joy, a national treasure.

[@ttott0013]

Straight up

[@jessewallace12able]

Nofx is a big part of my life- however Mike: I met you in Pismo at a gas station once- i like you- i hope you get to a gym and get out of the dungeon

[@bumwrinklepants116]

Guess Henry isn’t All Outta Angst 1997 Love you Mike

[@joelybgood]

The soundtrack to Run Lola Run is good too..

[@cftvdata]

The Battalion of Aint's record would definitely be effective as a form of torture

[@ax569]

saints

[@BurninatorTheTrogdor]

He's starting to look like Chet from Weird Science.

[@cesarnieto7103]

god i love me some fat mike action 😎

[@ryanbeck3386]

What is the name of the Battalion of Saints song they play at the beginning? I can not find it