The Dysfunctional Diaries of NOFX (Part 2)

[@jiffah]

One of the most influential independent band of our time. No question.

[@mordecaipandora5647]

also one of the most successful.

[@nobodyimportant8859]

I was also 13 years old when I first heard nofx. So long and thanks for all the shoes was the first album I heard

[@paydrough]

That’s my favorite album of theirs.

[@Anxious_McStabby]

Same age, different album. White Trash, Two Heebs, and a Bean. Been hooked ever since.

[@HeauxSliegherButtStuff]

​​@Anxious_McStabby In the same boat as you with White Trash. Literally same age same album

[@conors4430]

I’m seeing them tomorrow night and Sunday night here in Sydney, they are playing five albums and The Decline in total. Can’t fucking wait

[@seah4wker99]

First concert I ever went to was NOFX, with Teen Idols, 88 Fingers Louie and No Use For a Name opening. What a show. Glad I get to see them one more time in June.

[@didimean]

I'll be seeing them in Portland too man! Saw them in Tacoma already and it was great - but not ready to say farewell quite yet.

[@Anxious_McStabby]

@@didimean Driving up from CA to see them in Portland in June too. Looking forward to seeing them again, been too long.

[@dneck]

what pulled me in was the energy, the fast drumming, everything about mike from his voice, sense of humor, song titles, and cleverness

[@michelbachand9429]

Saw them in Montreal for the very last time ever last week and I've been a fan since at least 30 years. I can't even come to think that I'll never see them again but I am so grateful that they've been the soundtrack of my life. NOFX FUCKING RULES. FOREVER!

[@BoX182]

Taking consideration longevity, quality and quantity of the releases, impact and influence... one of the top 10 (maybe even 5) punk bands of all time

[@agrylls]

I personally put them number 1. There is NO other band that last this long, without breaking up, whilst remaining this consistent artistically, staying true to the punk ethos, and giving back to the scene. At this point, i think they're unapparelled.

[@copernic589]

We need a Part 3 Bro!!! Thank you so much it was an absolute blast watching both parts! xx

[@xwhite2020]

Best punk band of all time.

[@brendancarson8325]

I discovered nofx backwards. I loved their supposed worst album first, then discovering everything after that was amazing. What got me initially was the drumming, then the bass playing. Seeing how tight they are live is nek lev.. Why ive followed nofx for so long? I guess they never get boring, (apart from some stuff lately) First heard them age 14, 42 now. Ive read the book. Watched all backstages. I like the dynamics off stage, their the sort of dudes id relate to. Seen them twice live. Yea, good stuff mr punk historian, your passion for doing these is awesome.. I liked your bad religion two part also. Fine, esteemed work sir.

[@SeanJuan_]

Been listening to them since ‘98 or ‘99 and they’ve consistently been one of my favorite bands. They have always resonated with me because they never seemed to take themselves seriously and were having a great time while making great music. I’ve really enjoyed your videos covering their history, thanks for putting them together.

[@dansmoothback9644]

I always appreciate when a band finds a lineup that works so well and sticks with it till the end.

[@BadHabitdub420]

It's so awesome to hear someone who feels the same way I do. I was 13 years old when I heard Kill All the White Man for the first time. I went out and bought Punk In Drublic and have gone to every show I could ever since. I am 40 now. If it were not for them, I probably wouldn't have a punk bank for the last 16 years either.

[@punkrawkguru]

Okay. Now on to the Utters!!!! lol Much love brother. Thanks for the NOFX lesson.

[@FreekStudiosShit]

Great video! Just wanted to say, when I saw them in June, Mike said they were going to be working on 1 more album after the tour

[@DomMenace226]

I miss the Triple Rock so much! I played my last show with the Kill-A-Watts (on bass) there in November 2015. RIP Triple Rock

[@thepunkhistorian6397]

Damn I just missed you by a month then! I moved out there during the summer of 2015 and went to my first show there in October of that same year. That place was so rad!

[@miketokles9451]

I saw nofx play 2 nights in a row at the triple rock, flew from Orlando for it

[@mistorWhiskers]

One of my first punk bands, and definitely one of the first bands that a decided on my own was music for me, not just something my parents or the other kids at school listened. So long and thanks for all the tunes!

[@FakhrulAmin-n3r]

One of my favorite bands. I began falling in love with other genres such as skapunk, jazz and reggae because of this band.

[@noahfecks7598]

As a big fan of NOFX and Rancid since the mid-90's, the news of that BYO split coming out shattered my reality. I was so hyped for this album that I actually requested off work for the day it came out.

[@joevampire]

The Triple Rock closed in 2017, well before the plague shut down other venues. Just glad i had a chance to play it once.

[@AtraMinV]

I know it's a minor thing, but how many times are we gonna get "Pump the Valuum"' instead of "Pump Up the Valuum"?

[@benellerington]

Really annoying that! It's clearly written on the front of the cd, which he shows in the video 🙄

[@Popskull_666]

Not to be an asshole but NOFX misspelled Valium. @@benellerington

[@benellerington]

@@Popskull_666 And? What's your point?

[@JohnnyAngel777]

What makes me still listen to these guys? As a strait white male struggling profusely each and every day to hold my grip on any semblance of sanity... I can definitely say that it is not the current extent of the culture wars. Perhaps a healthy disdain for the recent political climate or for towing a major party line. Maybe only just a sense of nostalgia. A remembrance of what, could have been, better times.

[@beesod6412]

My god, I just found you and i'm so glad I did. Subbed & thank you for all your hard work.

[@nickdrage5774]

My wife and I are traveling from BC to see them in Portland and San Pedro for their last show this year.

[@Anxious_McStabby]

Driving up from CA with my son to see them in Portland. :)

[@dneck]

awesome video thanks for these deep dives

[@Camilocarrasco]

Not a NOFX big fan, but your videos are really ell constructed man. Congrats on that!

[@anonym5281]

Great Docu! I saw them in 1999 the first time live at Rock am See Festival in Losheim Germany at the age of 16. Wearing the green Mons-Tour Tshirt. Maybe some history about Burning Heart Records/Sweden coming?

[@crax83]

I also want to mention fat Mike's musical, home street home. It's really good.

[@mdbattlefrog1913]

Me and my brother have been massive NOFX fans for going on 25 years. Gonna be sad when they're finally done, but you can't say they didn't leave behind a legacy.

[@diroyo6696]

Excellent video!

[@TheNamesGunk]

I got into NOFX through Punk-O-Rama vol 3. I got War On Errorism not long after that and have been hooked ever since. Didn't see them live until 2022 but man, no one has lived up to that show since. Seeing them in August for the last time and I can't wait to cry like a little baby the entire weekend. Thanks for this two part deep dive. What a fucking awesome band.

[@chickrepelant]

as usual, great video! shout-out to the Audio book for "bathtub", as the band reads their own parts. Also, i gotta get over to the PunkRockMuseum and get a guided tour from Mike!!!

[@darrenedwarddolhanty6814]

NOFX still has 2 albums yet to release. One will be NOFX A to Z which is more of a compilation of songs starting with every letter of the alphabet. It will have some new songs and demo versions/unreleased versions of old songs. There will also be a full length studio album called something along the lines of “Everyone Else is Insane”. Great videos bro. NOFX got me into Punk and I learned guitar from their albums. I just saw them 3 times in Canada on their last tour. Saw The Decline twice which I never thought I would get to see live in person once.

[@johnmon1980]

So long and thanks for all the shoes was the album that got me into punk. When I saw them for the first time I told my friends hey they dont look like the guys in the album.

[@nobodyimportant8859]

Love Dillinger Four

[@williamz7011]

Pump up the Valuum is a play on Pump up the Volume, which is a play on Pump up the Jam. Four times ain't no typo lol. Still a good video, but that was hard to hear

[@mistorWhiskers]

I always thought it was a play on the movie titled Pump Up the Volume

[@ThatBlindGuy247]

Fat Mike influenced my bass playing the most when i discovered them. You'd be hard pressed to find a long running punk band with a more consistsnt discography. Even single album suprised me a bit with the experimentation on it. It's funny i find them when i was 15/16 and still got to witness them get the respect they deserve

[@peterhaeberle4091]

Myself being a bit older and living in Germany, i discovered them around 89/90 with S&M Airlines and saw them first playing shows in squats and youth clubs. They immediately influenced the sound of most bands in my hometown, calling our music "Lake of Constance Bay Area Sound". Since then NOFX accompanied my life - and my songwriting, too. Sorry for my bad english.

[@HeauxSliegherButtStuff]

That makes sense. European pop punk bands were always like a lame try hard version of American punk bands. Like they didn't fully grasp what to do but it made it great in their own way.

[@somedude8548]

“Pump up the Valuum” was a play on “Pump up the volume” an early 90’s movie starring Christian Slater. It’s a badass movie.

[@NoWayDown_nj]

Hey man love your videos, keep em coming! You play guitar in dieselboy now right?

[@thepunkhistorian6397]

Yep! I joined in the spring of 2023

[@BigNatesAdventures]

Been listing to them for 30 years . Going to see them for there last three shows. It’s going to be great but sad.

[@alainmilette6460]

Fuck the sad, it's gonna be epic, Imma make it count. I've already selected the shoes I'll sacrifice to the smell of beer sweat and piss!

[@gabemartinez2875]

I'll see you there, my bro! I'll be the 6'6" graying dude in the pit. I fell in love when White Trash 2 heebs and a bean dropped. Has been my fave band since.

[@XpappaedgeX]

Jack, was PID the first time you heard NOFX? If not, what was the first album that grabbed you? Me? I avoided them for years. Wasn't into them, honestly. THEN, Ribbed came out when I was 17, and I got hooked. Always my favorite album, next to So Long......

[@thepunkhistorian6397]

My first exposure to NOFX was actually Coaster believe it or not. Then when I found out they’d been putting out records for years it was PID and White Trash right after that

[@chilljackson577]

25:25 a global threat still one of the best to do it

[@samuelblinne6040]

Awesome

[@zemrecords7264]

0.45/46 songs 1. Punk in Drublic 2. War On Errorism 3. Pump up the valuum 4. So long and thanks for all the shoes 5. The Decline 5,5. Heavy Petting Zoo 6. White trash two heebs and a bean 7.Ribbed 8.Wolves on wolves clothing 9.Longest line 10.Self entitled 11.Coaster 12.new records 13.SM Airlines 14.Maximum Rocknroll 15.Liberal Animation I think it´s that they were really breaking (92-00) the gate of that sound with smellys drums (strong story of man´s lifespan awareness) and songwritting getting fun of self while trying to make beatleses (that harmony, you know ow ow?) mrs robinson played like bataliion of saints played that while knowing that DESCENDENTS were the only one and givin´ up to equalize with Greg G. (alone or better with Brett) is simply impossible so let´s do it different being hypothetically more friendly and opened to the guys wanting the same thing. That´s also that thing of biggest life friendship (between two men without any mark of competition) on the stage through all those years. And Also Mike´s primal family trouble. Thank him he´s on a side of joy and fun instead of anything else. So that thing is for me if you ask that they are not a genious punk musicians in sake of getting respect but a selfconscious clown putting his life on the altar of fight against capitalism. That´s why their the best imo

[@HeauxSliegherButtStuff]

That sucks the shut down caused Triple Rock to close. Man that shit destroyed a crazy amount of restaurants.

[@fibbes7900]

Just bought tickets fo my fourth NoFX show, my first since 30 years.... Will they be anything like in the early 90rh?

[@squirrelhuntinrecordsyall8983]

Yes. I saw them this summer in Ohio and they were fantastic. It’s the was the 9th times I’ve seen them and probably the best.

[@punklover99]

Punk voter was pretty cool and got me in tune about politics

[@simitchell]

They are still gonna release albums just not tour.........for a while..........

[@ImLazarusMusic]

Hey I’m from Mpls/Stp too. I remember the Triple Rock well, my band got banned for underage drinking there in like 2004. Not sure if we’ve met but we probably went to a lot of the same shows. Not sure if you were in MN in 2007 but my old band The Cretins opened for Rancid and MXPX at the Myth. Also curious if you remember St Paul Punxfest in the early 2000’s? It was hosted by TCSP at Station 4. Usually headlined by The 86’d and one year they brought in The Independents to headline (a band Joey Ramone managed before he died). Not sure if any of this is ringing a bell

[@mordecaipandora5647]

as a gateway band to "Real Punk" you're spot on - NOFX successfully (and perfectly) balanced the ethos of DIY Punk with the accessibility of Pop Punk. if you were a teenager in 2001 and you got into Blink singing "all the small things" on mtv - you would pick up PUTV because you thought "Clams have feelings too" was funny just like blink - but then the energy of "Stranger than fishin'" would consume you, and "Total Bummer" would speak to you in a pretty profound way. next thing you know you're wearing a fresh fruit for rotting vegetables t shirt and you've got a Milo tattoo. a single album from NOFX bridges that gap because of the diversity and scope of each record.

[@MikeP2055]

His favourite records are "Less Talk, Rock," "Milo to College," "Leche Carne," and "Recipe Hate." I'm just giving him shit. It wasn't until YESTERDAY that I realized the Codefendants album is called "This Is Crime Wave," not "This Is **A** Crime Wave." You win some, you lose some.

[@gutterpunk4203]

Saw them play wolves in wolve's clothing live at the cow palace in september, it was fucking insane

[@jaywebster1765]

Hey mate! I’m a huge fan of your channel, you’re a thousand times better than that wanker over on mba 😹 but I just wanted to say that I loved your first video and hadn’t gotten around to watching this one yet, but I just got home from the first Melbourne, Australia show and was too worked up to sleep so I watched this. I’ve been listening to NOFX for 20 years but for one reason or another I kept missing them every time they came to Aus, but now I fucking get it, they have instantly jumped to my top 5 best live shows of all time! Such an amazing show with such amazing musicians, and an ethos that any true punk can understand! Viva la NOFX!! 🤘

[@MMBassGirl]

Fucking phenomenal video dude thank you so much ❤

[@andresvienne7375]

estaba en el colegio cuando un amigo me presto un cd y mi cabeza exploto

[@Black25284]

If i use listen to them i listened to heavy petty zoo and ripped and the cow Album and some newer stuff.

[@dallasINtokyo]

This guys looks like his life philosophy is “1-2-3 GO!!!”

[@UToobSteak]

El Jefe is my spirit animal

[@Oklahoma_Man]

As in Pump Up The Volume

[@Black25284]

Fun facts nofx was the inspiration for south park.

[@every-ist6222]

Wait... did I miss it or did you not mention their cancellation due to their on stage comments? That seems like a pretty major part of their history, they were all over the news. Probably more people heard about NOFX due to that incident than anything else in their career. Also bummed you didn't get into the Propagandhi feud, which was an interesting moment showcasing an ideological split within punk rock of liberalism vs. leftism. Enjoyable video though!

[@daveyboyd784]

I'd be interested in hearing more about this feud with Propagandhi if anyone happened to be able to point me in the right direction. The larger ideological split you mentioned sounds kind of intriguing, to be honest.

[@driehoogachter5729]

@@daveyboyd784 Listen to Propagandhi's "Rock for Sustainable Capitalism" and NOFX's "The Marxist Brothers"

[@daveyboyd784]

@@driehoogachter5729 Thanks, appreciate the reply.

[@zemrecords7264]

@@driehoogachter5729 is there any possibility of getting a split shore tape of these two songs.

[@every-ist6222]

@@daveyboyd784 There's a lot of info about the feud online, just do a bit of googling. I think there are various interviews and articles that covered it, plus the two songs mentioned in this thread. I believe NOFX's "One Celled Creature" is also about the feud

[@benellerington]

IT'S PUMP UP THE VALUUM!!! NOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 🙄🤨

[@keithglynn3928]

Same. Driving me crazy. UP bro. Pump UP

[@zorglug]

He DID say he was unqualified... He wasn't lying!

[@eversosleight]

Nah he's pronouncing it right and that's how Fat Mike sings it. It's a nerve pill Mike use to take. Why they changed it from Valium to Valuum is anyone's guess. Copyright stuff or lawsuit? Who knows but it's a direct reference to Valium and they pronounce it as such.

[@keithglynn3928]

@@eversosleight He didn’t say “up”. Multiple times he said “Pump the Valium”. The name of the record is not pump the Valium

[@jaska138]

I think its play between Volume and Valium​@@eversosleight

[@Popskull_666]

It's funny because the shows nofx and rancid did together I specifically remember them playing in Toronto and Lars talked shit about Fat Mike and Fat mike talked shit about lars skateboarding like a hipster. I think they literally hate each other. Also that show - Rancid said almost absolutely nothing to the crowd and just played music back to back, everyone was complaining about that. I think it was something like 2001 if I remember correctly, Rancid had put out "RANCID" and I don't know what NOFX put out as for some reason I never bother listening to anything after SLATFATS

[@punklover99]

I can see that. Lint and Mike seem like nice people but can be major assholes

[@BCity4life]

it’s blink & nofx. loads of other amazing bands but only these 2 are god tier.

[@MikeP2055]

Bite your tongue!

[@ShawnFanin]

Heavy petting zoo!!!

[@dave011679]

Surprised you didn’t mention the time they got cancelled for making jokes about country music fans getting shot in Vegas. I flew all the way from Miami to Ohio for “Camp Punk in Drublic” only to find out NOFX wasn’t/couldn’t play the show.

[@punkboyandy8452]

I heard they suck live was my first "cassette" by them... the music kept me listening even though Mike can often times be a dick...

[@punklover99]

Backstage passport 2 seemed kinda flat

[@PUNKJUNKIE]

First time i listen nofx was with ten years of fucking up so i listened songs from the first to white trash simultaneusly .i see nofx play like six times or more ...cant remember bcoz alcoholism and drug adiction .sober and happy now .my girlfriend and me were at 2 of the final shows in Barcelona .was fucking great.i dont know english sorry.Bands that i see with Nofx this years were vandals,good riddance, no fun at all,lagwagon , teen idless , tilt,some band called tat? Avail...and more.Thanks for all the shows Nofx

[@Black25284]

Can you talk about less than Jake?

[@jipke]

Although I reallly liked earlier NOFX, for the last decade or so I've increasingly grown to dislike them, mostly for their overt and woke politics, as well as Mike's insufferably bored, raspy 'I-don't-care-anymore' voice. The last record I cared to listen to, First Ditch Effort, even had vocal-pitch correction on it. Fuck me dead.

[@ryline666]

You keep saying ‘pump the valuum’ … it’s so wrong dude.

[@patswayze7359]

You forgot "self entitled",which was a great album,and 28 years s fan, i remember sending fat wreck a stamp in an envelope and they would send a catalog. Ten years of fucking up just came out, and the nofx shorts which i always wanted were size 40 only ,im a 30,i miss punk before the Internet, finding new bands in the bands album thank yous was always a good chance

[@andydee1304]

Their last album fucking sucked. Really bad. It made no sense, Single Album was rad.

[@driehoogachter5729]

Nah, their prime ended (aptly) with The Decline

[@conors4430]

Na

[@zemrecords7264]

butt wai that definetly wasn´t because they must became really more hated by government while writing next record. Murder the government has about 30 seconds and no government seriously has problem with punks singing about taking drugs in that case

[@zemrecords7264]

if they´re not having record called fuck world trade, when Stza gave me mic to my mouth in Pilsen (cheers) in 2003 I felt that flash of enlightment inside my lie

[@Wantabe2188]

No, single and double album sucked, everyone knows it. Mike can’t sing anymore

[@richardlcastillo]

NOFX ? more like no talent!

[@skankinjimbo]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Valuum