NOFX - Doors and Fours (Official Video)

"Doors and Fours" from Single Album by NOFX.
Footage filmed by Dave Markey in the early 80s
Video by Antony Berrios
Lyrics:
In L.A. Basin, heroin was so passe
We had to find something cheaper
And not so far from West LA
We were all looking for a high different and new
When dope was hard to get
Codeine 4 and Doriden would have to do
On doors and fours, we take our chance
White punks on dope, perfect romance
On doors and fours in '83
When we got loaded taking loads, we'd all OD eventually
Was there a killer or did Jordan Hiller just have a death wish?
His parents didn't need to find their oldest son cold as a fish
When loads were finding the roads to Beverly Hills
Heroin and PCP were a safer bet compared to those six pills
On doors and fours, we never knew
Which one of us was turning blue
Why wasn't anybody scared?
'Cause we were teenagers on loads
So no one really fucking cared
Another good friend's heart explodes
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
But we're all still taking our loads
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
Our arteries and veins corrode
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
Los Angeles' punk scene slowly erodes
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
We lived on violent apathy
This was LA in '83
Straight out of the Hills of Beverly
Old LA punks, they never die from old age 'cause they all OD

[@YOUMADEU]

R.I.P. to all my friends that had so much more going on in their own heads then we will ever understand..

[@howardb.6205]

one of the best things that I have ever read, mad love

[@ClintEwingFreestyle]

Who else is digging this oldschool feel of NOFX?

[@lennylobstar2692]

Too good

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

Fucking loving it

[@jonnywires11]

Literally sounds amazing but they have shouldnt this way for 25 years, production wise 🤷🏼‍♂️ not a bad album

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

@@jonnywires11 exactly...I've never heard a bad album from Fatty and the Gang.

[@SchizoMelody]

Old school NOFX sounds nothing like this. They were pretty shitty for the first several years!

[@ericfunn]

Melvin singing “this was la in 83” is one of the all time great moments on a nofx record

[@AnotherOneForTheToad]

This is a slice of hardcore street history served up raw and nihilistic as it should be. Mike's writing is as strong as ever, NOFX kicks too much ass for one band

[@truth-rewound9317]

Lol, nihilistic as it should be? 🙄.

[@guerrillapress77]

@@truth-rewound9317 right or wrong punk was nihilistic. We were a bunch of pissed, off malcontented, disenfranchised kids with no direction. Nihilism and violence were the natural outcome. Things changed over time, more positive messages, more positive scenes, but where this all came of age and where it started are 2 very different places and times. I think Doors and Fours paints a pretty accurate picture of that time. "We lived on violent apathy..." and it wasn't just LA in 83.

[@river_acheron]

@@guerrillapress77 Yeah....Blink 182, I feel, is responsible for changing punk rock forever. :(

[@japgolly]

@@river_acheron How so? (Genuine question)

[@river_acheron]

@@japgolly Prior to Blink 182, punk rock was (for the MOST part) political, raw, and intellectual. Blink 182 (they were not the first, but they captured the zeitgeist) made it all about whiny high school problems that don't matter at all. "My girlfriend left me. Waa waa. I'm so lonely". All their songs were about like...depressed teenager problems or phony phone calls. Vapid crap. (Which is NOT punk rock at all, IMO) Also, they popularized that POP punk sound. I know they were not the first, but the were skyrocketed into fame, and then came the imitators, etc. I truly believe that is what led to punk rock becoming, well...emo. (Yes, there was something called 'emo' in the 80's but that was very different. I'm talking about 2000's pop punk emo which Blink 182 and bands like them started. In fact, I think the 'Dammit' album was the catalyst for it all.) I realize I could be slightly biased, as I always HATED Blink 182 with a seething passion. Even as a very young teenager I thought, "Why the Hell are these dipshits so immature?" Well, at least Tom DeLonge sings about aliens and space now. That's a least a step up from singing about girls and fart jokes. Real punk still exists of course because no genre vanishes completely, (We still have Bad Religion, Rancid, NOFX of course, and The Vandals released their first album since 2004!) but punk rock's time in the sun is faded...at least for now. That's why I'm glad bands like NOFX are actually getting more darker and serious as of late. Even nihilistic. I think things are STARTING to improve a lot and rock in all forms is slowly coming back. *fingers crossed*

[@salihkibar7619]

who is missing those punk rock times

[@santiagoval9899]

this video made me nostalgic and i wasn't even there

[@MatiCordaro]

SAME

[@peter6928]

I was in the scene where I live. It got pretty crazy towards the end, when people started dying, dropping out of school, or getting expelled. But, I would do it all over again in a heart beat, you better believe it. Skipping school, taking a bus to Seattle, walking the streets, getting high, having a blast. Good times..

[@josemolina4876]

ALSO SAME

[@DavidDewarSr]

I was in the Charleston, SC punk scene the early to late 90s. It was so much like this. And now I’m gonna say goodbye.

[@kevinpaz3142]

Same here man, I think "ludes" were already illegal by the time I was born, but this still makes me think of "back in mah day..."

[@burningandunconsumed]

After a lifetime of listening to hundreds of their songs millions times, this one comes from out of nowhere to be probably my favorite. After the last laugh from the last joke, regret remains, and it's real. I love their snotty humor, but it's stark and refreshing to see them treat tragedy honestly and not bundle it with a punchline.

[@kaustik185]

yea man you said it! The Big Drag also comes to mind

[@alexNicoleWa]

I think their new songs for m this and double albums the best since thanks for all the shoes. Writing that book let them write about grittier shit and it's just better than errorism and coaster, not that those are bad, this and double album is just on another level.

[@MyNextShotWontMiss]

This song feels like what I feel about my life looking back. I was on the east coast, and it was the '90s and dope was big. Heroin. It was everywhere and I lost a lot of friends to it. Damned near lost myself to it but got off after 10 long years in '03. This song brings back memories I didn't realize I had. Time goes by too fast :(

[@Michael_Zhuchkov]

Great song. Great video.

[@paulantoineneyrand5427]

me too ❤

[@the3rddecline]

I'm a NOFX fan for almost 30 years now and I keep coming back to this video. I've must have watched it a hundred times. Just epic

[@brianwene1982]

I am very impressed with the poetic depth of this song. Quite an emotional venture. Thanks NOFX!

[@monicakillstar95]

Being a teen in the 90's was the best thing ever .. funny that when you are in there .. you don't realise that periode of your life was so special .. best years of my life

[@light_and_sound]

I knew. I cherished it for sure.

[@Drotopia]

Favorite NOFX song I’ve heard in a bit

[@GFkilla17]

and i've heard quite a bit

[@ag9565]

Never been into hard drugs, been just once in LA for holidays but this song touches me a lot and makes me feel quite sad, as when you discover that your party buddy is not always so happy he looks like... I love this song and I love you NOFX!

[@TimKaneMusic]

my favorite NOFX music video I've seen. dig seeing old school punks.

[@ragerory]

This song gave me those chills at 36 like I was 13 all over again.

[@cxproduction]

I love the slow, old school and dreamlike aspect of this NoFx

[@yomamapie5807]

Its nostalgic

[@redrobotmonkey]

I'm 36 and this is my favourite Nofx song.

[@Generationbetrayed]

37 and yeah its one of my favorites

[@nikmarshall2989]

I’m 26 and it’s a top contender. What an incredible track. Def one of the best of all time.

[@SirSoloSoul]

27 here, it isn't my favourite but it's a good damn tune.

[@braintumor943]

I’m old enough to have done “4s and doors” and “ts and blues”

[@bitbyaturtle]

Congratulations

[@keniaroiz8349]

Im 7 years old and I love your songs, so much because it's real rack n roll.

[@DaveBill-te6we]

Is that rock with boobs?

[@mrtandemslidessbtt]

“Im 7 and this is DEEP”

[@Crustiecricket]

Stay listening to the good shit man!

[@Socialfourtwenty]

Get off KZbin lol

[@kevinmcdonald9944]

Being from the UK and the same age as these guys I can draw so many parallels between that scene and ours, we were massively into UK bands like Peter & The Test Tube Babies, GBH, UK Subs, Exploited, Anti Nowhere League etc, but the kids, the partying, the scene were pretty much the same. Total nostalgic tug at my heart for those days.

[@ironclaw79]

I always wondered how much the uk punks were aware of what was going on in USA.

[@morghan_with_an_h]

My parents met in the punk scene in 1984 in LA. I was born in 1986 while my mom was strung out and OD’d. My dad still hangs out in the punk scene and has a blue Mohawk! He’s taken me to so many punk shows and told me about the 80s. I love seeing these old pics in this video it makes me wonder if my parents were around there!

[@millerbandrew]

Song is so relatable to the fentanyl epidemic now

[@warcraftgvd]

the cool kids

[@SBpunx-el2bw]

I love this song and footage even cooler directed by dave markey rip julie and big john and others aswell i was 15 in 83 a proud to say i was part of the so cal punk scene and im still here 😆

[@Lincoln-js8qy]

I was eleven in 83 iwas just getting started in punk but I'm still here I turned 50 in May an old man now but I Still love the music and the people well most of them.

[@justinwilliams1728]

Did u take doors and fours back then ?

[@YOUMADEU]

My friends that died were more Punk then me.

[@mr.fancypants698]

So true! Growing up listening to punk-rock! We don't get old, we all just O.D., bunch of my buddies, that were in the scene, have O.D.'d. Sad truth. R.I.P. ,and to anyone who has ever lost a close friend, or family member to hard drugs...✌

[@weirdyo9469]

"Why wasn't anybody scared!? Because we were teenagers on loads so no one really fu*king cared!" This song is so sad and so real at the same time. Good job guys

[@JackhammerPossessor]

but as you grow old people lie and make it not real anymore. they are only brainwashing themselves

[@samuelblinne6040]

Rest In Peace Julie of Sin 34

[@alvarop1984]

Gimme back my school days...no money, but a lot of passion and fun!! "When you grow up your heart dies" - breakfast club

[@mannycweiss3053]

cruising from keg to keg in your buddies rambler? yup yup

[@biggieb099420]

This is probably the coolest video NOFX has ever put out. I’ve seen most the documentaries this footage came from, it’s cool to see it with a song like this

[@TheMan-gi1zq]

I miss my teenage years!!

[@jasonacamara]

Besides the decline, this feels like the longest NOFX song, ever

[@slashismyhommie8182]

Ya, last time I heard this song in 99 on a lot of mushrooms, like I am now

[@colina1330]

Hahahah, I know, right. I didn't check the length, but I knew it was gonna be a longer one when I was a minute in and didn't hear any vocals, yet. Still, though, it doesn't feel that long. This song rips.

[@khaz023]

​@@colina1330 time is a human disease

[@joshuaballard3662]

Generation Z

[@Quarthon]

@@slashismyhommie8182 Its a new song.

[@ScarsUnseen24]

slowfx is pretty good too.

[@lennylobstar2692]

Hell yeah

[@gez9145]

i liked their first album, heavy petting zoo, though no one else did...

[@gez9145]

@Matt Coss It was SlowFX's first album.. try to keep up ;)

[@mooseitself]

No.

[@ScarsUnseen24]

@@mooseitself It's better if you play it 60% faster.

[@mindflayer8011]

This song and video both make me nostalgic and sad for all the friends I've lost to ODs. At almost 50 years of age I now realize that all the kids in our friend group has some form of mental illness or trauma

[@DoGnarlyStuff]

What a song!NOFX gets deep and Mike is a poet with his lyrics

[@anubis2044]

Nothing can top 80s punk authenticity for me.

[@jereerej]

From my very early 90's discovering them, this one rejoins the Hall of fame of all the NOFX songs !

[@rome8180]

NOFX's music feels inspired again.

[@pok7835]

One of the best songs release recently by them. Incredible how the years dont change a bit of my taste for nofx.

[@MountainMenace420]

I really hope NOFX plays this song live, once concerts are rocking again!!!

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

I heard they suck live.

[@CraigJonesWife-REAL1]

I love this song

[@googleuserone3278]

This is pretty fucking brilliant. And I think it's always impressive when bands like NOFX who already have a lot of history can put out such good music.

[@corythecrow]

aaaaaahhhhhh....the memories of times gone by..... How I long for the simpler times. Nice to see NOFX still killing it decades later!!!!

[@gdinoteimoso]

Dammit, Mike! Releasing this song a day after the death of one of the greatest skatepunk out there, RIP Jeff Grosso! Damn!

[@justinkaboutit7047]

No way what??

[@gdinoteimoso]

@@justinkaboutit7047 Yeah dude, unfortunately...

[@Nervous29]

THIS. Long live Grosso

[@lesco-brandon5158]

Dam. Jeff was a huge inspiration on skateboarding to me. This is heartbreaking.

[@werner3802]

grosso forever! 18

[@johngilbert420]

The Electric Banana, a near legenfary club in Pittsburgh, PA that once hosted Black Flag can be seen @ 1:08. Very cool. Brings back memories.

[@_fabio1978]

My God this song is sad as f*ck. But still haunting. Thanks.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

They are awesome live

[@richardsalazar2482]

Song made me think of homies that have passed. RIP HOMIES

[@tayokristine]

rip

[@jeffstewart4162]

I can’t shake this song, it pops into my head often. Youth

[@patrickbrownson1]

This is the best song NOFX has made since the “Pump Up the Valuum” era. Gnarly.

[@stefanrothe8622]

Can't stop watching! Old school & nostalgic... 👍🎸 Greetz to all from saxony. 😉

[@michaeldwalker8055]

I can relate, and I was only 5 years old in 83,... this tune hits home like a truck load of bricks.

[@jamesprice2163]

Sadly this shit goes on today i was born in 2000 and can relate to it

[@rossgoldsworthy1583]

this song takes me back to the leave it alone video. Apples and Oranges musically but feel wise, Yeah. this is NOFX

[@slappy2836]

Love NOFX! Keep punk alive!

[@TheMath1978]

love iT!!!!!

[@lequebecoisyvorius8403]

This song keep making more and more sense the older i get.

[@Sacco26]

Love this song, looking forward to the next new songs

[@nickmontoya8286]

I love how you can play this song at normal speed and anything faster and it still sounds awesome! 🤘🏼

[@shadowdouglas450]

Every heard the fastest longest line check it out that's the way i prefer it

[@SANTICS80]

I have 42, NOFX is one of my favorite bands ever, this song is maybe their best song.

[@RobertAragonIsGhxst]

They captured the scene back in the day in this video so perfectly along with the old school skate punk attitude and style, i fkn love it. This is what goes on in my head when it comes to punk n skateboarding. I try to show this to my friends and this generation but as i see around me in the skatepark most of them just dont know. If you know you know.

[@didimean]

Wasn't a big fan of this album on my first listen - but it quickly became one of my favorites in the past 10 years or so. Looking forward to the Double.

[@lawrenceozuna1949]

man, I can definately say I lived on violent apathy in my teens. some times I still do.

[@mutt2102]

NOFX has been with me for the whole ride.

[@huntermartin5812]

I love this heavy sound. Feels new and classic at the same time. Anxious for more

[@amberdean1263]

As a former raver who has lost dozens of people due to OD's, this hits hard. And is also one of the best songs NOFX has put out in a while. Love it, even if it's dark.

[@Paddy.C]

1:15 Pat Smear, damn.

[@adrianriley1939]

I was waiting for this comment.... Well spotted :)

[@dennisjr77]

The Germs.

[@willyumche]

Jokes how they say "heroin" right at this moment

[@_fabio1978]

Him indeed.

[@medes5597]

John Darnielle of the mountain goats says he's in here somewhere too on twitter

[@mar4shane17]

Down till forever punk is life and skate punk is religion

[@undergroundtaste1775]

all my punk friends are taking drugs of the yesterdays and they are all gone in one mag good old days... syrup injects cracks and wild dayssssss REST IN PEACE MATESSSSS NEVER GOIN BACK MOVING FORWARD.. we are still here doing LOADS.. in POSITIVE WAY!

[@danieletirinnanzi443]

I used to had a lot of the pics of Nofx live in the 80s on the wall of my bedroom when i was 15... damn we're all so damn old

[@lennylobstar2692]

Lmao

[@lennylobstar2692]

Just try not to fail future generations

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

@@lennylobstar2692 exactly

[@hvacgoat9451]

I know right!

[@ryline666]

Not old, just experienced

[@morgankosokowsky812]

I was depressed from quarantine, and a what I've gone through during it. I saw nofx released a new song and got happy. Then I heard it and now i am sad for different reasons

[@mr.martyr8573]

I love how Melvin yells "And not so far from West L.A." That shit gets stuck in my head all the time. Lol

[@johbsmith5631]

Watchin It In 2021! It Is Great!

[@biteit6514]

Now, this is my new favourite Nofx video

[@Krissypoo508]

One of my fav NOFX tracks in years, great vid too

[@itbrvilla]

Got to agree best track since War on Errorism for me

[@ashtreyhead]

Takes me back.....

[@Metalwolf765]

Love that old tour footage and photos of the guys when they were young.

[@mateosamora]

Lyrics In LA Basin heroin was so passé We had to find something cheaper And not so far from West LA We were all looking for a high different and new When dope was hard to get Codeine 4 and Doriden would have to do On doors n’ fours we take our chance White punks on dope a perfect romance On doors n’ fours in 83 When we got loaded taking loads we’d all OD eventually Was there a killer or did Jordan Hiller just have a death wish? His parents didn’t need to find their oldest son cold as a fish When loads were finding the roads to Beverly Hills Heroin and PCP were a safer bet compared to those 6 pills On doors and fours we never knew Which one of us was turning blue Why wasn’t anybody scared? Cuz we were teenagers on loads so no one really fucking cared Another good friend’s heart explodes Cuz all the punks are doing loads But we’re all still taking our loads Cuz all the punks are doing loads Our arteries and veins corrode Cuz all the punks are doing loads Los Angeles punk scene slowly erodes Cuz all the punks are doing loads We lived on violent apathy This was LA in 83 Straight outta the hills of Beverly Old LA punks will never die from old age Cuz they all OD

[@parismiasa5594]

👍👍

[@okieokiedokie]

*LA Basin

[@anthonyalva2598]

LA punk that moved to SF, I can relate

[@federicociacci2101]

so sad

[@jamesmcivor340]

*they

[@martech360]

This tune is awesome!

[@giovandroquaranta4169]

Pure art, especially now after a line and a whiskey

[@noma2843]

it resume what was my teenage period !

[@lordbeebus9842]

Love that bass.

[@niteshades_promise]

flawless victory! bass line fatter than mike. i will replay this a ton rite now. who needs people when we have this.🍻

[@JohnKay79]

This is the best and saddest song. Keep rocking for all those that can't

[@jacobnellen4683]

Hell yeah The Slog !!!!

[@pontikigri3216]

This band is getting more punk as they are getting older.i guess they were true since the beginning thats why!respect i grow up with you and i invested in true gold!

[@pokerpunk9413]

So cool seeing all this old as fyck footage,especially after reading hepatitis bathtub. #PUNKFORLIFE

[@J0hnnyPark]

Most of it is from 'The Slog Movie' from 1982 also by Dave Markey I saw it a couple years ago here on youtube!

[@pleasebaws]

That book Is such a read. Holy shizzen...

[@ianchriste1146]

@@J0hnnyPark And the photos are from Dave Markey's book, WE GOT POWER!

[@J0hnnyPark]

@@ianchriste1146 oh I didn't know that thanks!

[@daoust26]

The Jordan hiller reference in this song is from hepatitis bathtub

[@spiritualnick1520]

This video makes me wish we'd taken more pictures back in the day

[@odinp]

what a song. legends

[@SkaYouth]

1:15 That's Pat Smear of Germs. All footage of him when he was young was always looking so cool

[@Arelae]

I was just scrolling searching for this comment. Indeed my friend!!

[@kaustik185]

maybe "founding member of the foo fighters" would be worth a mention too :D

[@SkaYouth]

@@kaustik185 nah, foo fighters are nothing compared to Germs. They're the legends

[@kaustik185]

@@SkaYouth okay, well I don't like the foofighters too much either but it's a testament to his ability

[@SkaYouth]

@@kaustik185 I mean he probably got into foofighters due to his previous work with dave while in Nirvana. It's a known fact as well that he (Patt) managed to be in Nirvana (the biggest 90s band) because of his status as the Germs. I don't mind foofighters's music. They're a great stadium band but Germs was something else. Germs was the legends of the early 80s hardcore punk scene.

[@samuelblinne6040]

Nice video I love David markey

[@yorickheime534]

Thank you NOFX. It so good to listen song while i'm stuck at home!!!! Over the years you'r still my favorite punk rock band and i understand why!This song is amazing, it sounds like a Larry Clark's movie

[@arthurblazer]

Best Song Ever!!!

[@famigeratox2277]

I dont' know why but for me it has an S&M Airlines vibe, and I really love it.

[@bullet31]

Yes the early years vibe

[@RadiCalRaCer]

I really want a fast 11song punk album with Melvin as a lead singer... 2 years Touring... 5 years being dead... 1 year Réunion thing...

[@aWhimTested]

Real Recognize Real check out the Hardcore EP, all covers (I think), all Melvin

[@RSparrow3936]

I like melvin but songs like 100% more fuckeder and Separation of church and skate are where he shines. I do like 6 Years On Dope but I think Fat Mike has the best punk vocals. The rasp in his voice, the deepness of it really screams "Punk" to me

[@meganbauchmanmowat9140]

Oh my heart. This is immensely heartbreaking. But yet I thank you for doing it.

[@user-dq6vs5ry1n]

I've been listening to NOFX my whole life it's so weird to think about that like dad listened to them when he was a teenager

[@slrkls]

The video was awesome! A total flashback to my youth, when punk was at its best, before punk rock became “safe”.

[@EarlPartridge]

They really nailed it in this one! Wow!

[@devildoll641]

Brings back memories! Great song guys.

[@diegomarino4644]

Remember skating and smoking and just good afternoon with my friend listening this song , mann we was young

[@jennahell]

Wow. This punched me in the gut repeatedly. And now I’m replaying it.

[@mannycweiss3053]

damn watching that vid took me back...growing up in san diego 80's to current..we used to have the pink punker house on the beach, could be a direct match with this vid...fat mike don't u ever change bro...you're probably one of the few true soCal characters we have left.

[@BootProductions83]

Incredible song, amazing video. This is super heavy, nostalgically haunting, and the best punk rock I could ever hope for.

[@renderFreak]

Best song on the album on the new album.

[@someguyinjeans5273]

Agreed