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{{Infobox_band | band_name = NOFX | image = Image:NoFX_promophoto.jpg thumb|250px | years_active = 1983 – Present | status = Active | country = San Francisco, California, USA | music_genre = Punk, Ska Ska | record_label = Epitaph Records Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords | current_members = Fat Mike
El Hefe
Eric Melvin
Erik Sandin| }} '''NOFX''' is a punk rock punk band from California. They were formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by high school-aged "Fat Mike" (real name Mike Stevens), Erik Sandin and Eric Melvin. The root of their name is commonly attributed to the Boston, Massachusetts Boston punk band Negative FX, and Fat Mike has stated that the name has no relation to the Straight Edge movement.

Background
NOFX's first release was a demo from 1983, produced by Germs (band) Germs drummer Don Bolles, which did not sell any copies. They released their self-titled debut EP ''NOFX (EP) NOFX'' on Mystic Records in 1985, which later resurfaced in 1992 on the ''Maximum Rocknroll (album) Maximum Rocknroll'' CD. For a year, Erik Sandin left the band and was replaced by Scott Sellers, then Scott Aldahl. Dave Allen was with the group for about 4 months until he died in a car accident. In 1986 the band released "So What if We're on Mystic!" Dave Casillas joined the band on second guitar in 1987 and was featured on the EP ''The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!'', a title attacking the PMRC's call for censorship of music. The original cover was an edited S&M photo, but when re-released changed to a photo of Eric Melvin. Dave then left the band and was replaced by Steve Kidweller (also known as Steve the Caucasion). They recorded ''Liberal Animation'' in 1988 with Brett Gurewitz Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion. The album was re-released in 1991 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records. NOFX had signed to Epitaph by 1989, releasing their second album ''S&M Airlines''. By 1991, there had been a lot of changes to the band however the original three members had reunited and Aaron Abeyta (aka El Hefe) joined to round out the present line-up. It was not until the Frank Mills 1994 release of ''Punk in Drublic'' that the band had a popular breakthrough. The album went half-Gold album gold (the only other recording artist to have a half-gold record was Donnie Osmond) in the same year pop-punk entered the mainstream with The Offspring's ''Smash (album) Smash'' and Green Day's ''Dookie''. NOFX never matched the popularity of other punk bands due to their refusal to sign with a major label, and are among those who achieved popular acclaim in the mid-1990s and still kept their hardcore punk fanbase who reviled other bands that were perceived as sell-outs. Since 1994, they have consented to very few interviews and have made only few music videos. However, Fat Mike once did an interview for Guitar World in 2003 giving his opinion on the pop punk bands rising at that time. Fat Mike was also interviewed by Australian radio station Triple J in 2004. Their official website features a ''Q&A'' section, where they answer questions sent in by fans. Updates have not occurred to the Q&A section, but the archives can still be browsed. NOFX have continued to release independent records throughout their career. An extensive, nearly 20 page interview was done for a 2003 issue of AMP Magazine. The band released ''The Decline,'' a fiery and pessimistic social commentary, in 1999. Having a duration of 18 minutes and 23 seconds it is nearly the longest punk song to date, second only to "Yes Sir, I Will" by Crass, which spans more than 22 minutes. In 2003, NOFX released a CD entitled ''War on Errorism'', an album of snarky political songs. It became the start of their anti-Bush campaign and a rallying point for liberal punks. Since the CD's release, Fat Mike organized the website Punkvoter.com, compiled two chart topping ''Rock Against Bush'' CDs on the Fat Wreck Chords label, and kicked off a Rock Against Bush nationwide tour. Their emergence on the political scene has not faded after the election. The band has also released many EPs (''Fuck the Kids'', ''The Longest Line'') on Fat Mike's own label Fat Wreck Chords. In February of 2005 they launched the NOFX 7" of the Month Club, a subscription-based service which saw the release of one new EP about monthly from February 2005 to March 2006 (a total of 12 releases). The cover art for these 7-inches were chosen from fan-submitted entries, from which the band selected one submission for each month's record. Billed as "A year long documentation of their songwriting process," the first 3000 subscribers to the club received all of their records on coloured vinyl. NOFX have recently finished an album (music) album of new material, ''Wolves in Wolves' Clothing'', due to be released on 18 April 2006. On March 14, an EP entitled ''Never Trust a Hippy'' was released, containing several songs from ''Wolves in Wolves' Clothing''.

Past and present members of NOFX

Current lineup
*Erik Sandin (drums) (1983-1985, 1986-) *Eric Melvin (guitar, accordian, vocals) (1983-) *Fat Mike (bass, vocals) (1983-) *Aaron Abeyta El Hefe (guitar, trumpet, vocals) (1991-)

Former members
*Scott Sellers (musician) Scott Sellers (drums) (1985-1986) *Scott Aldahl (drums) (1986) *Dave Allen (vocalist) Dave Allen (vocals; deceased) (1986) *Dave Casillas (guitar) (1986-1989) *Steve Kidwiller (guitar) (1989-1991)

NOFX Discography

Studio albums
* ''Liberal Animation'' (1988 Wassail Records limited to 1,500 copies, re-released in 1991 on Epitaph) * ''S&M Airlines'' (1989 - see 1989 in music) * ''Ribbed'' (1991 - see 1991 in music) - first 500 on clear-yellow vinyl * ''White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean'' (1992) * ''Punk in Drublic'' (1994) * ''Heavy Petting Zoo'' (1996) * ''So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes'' (1997) * ''Pump Up the Valuum'' (2000 - see 2000 in music) * ''War on Errorism'' (2003 - see 2003 in music) * ''Wolves in Wolves' Clothing'' (2006 - see 2006 in music)

EPs
* ''NOFX (EP) NOFX'' (1986) * ''So What If We're on Mystic!'' (1986) * ''The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!'' (1987) * ''The Longest Line'' (1992) * ''Liza and Louise'' (1992) * ''Don't Call Me White'' (1994) * ''Leave it Alone (EP) Leave it Alone'' (1995) * ''HOFX'' (1995) * ''Fuck the Kids'' (1996) * ''Louise and Liza'' (1997) * ''All of Me (NOFX) All of Me'' (1996) * ''Timmy the Turtle'' (1999) * ''The Decline'' (1999) * ''Bottles to the Ground'' (2000) * ''Pods and Gods'' (2000) * ''Fat Club 7'' (2001) * ''Surfer (NOFX) Surfer'' (2001) * ''Regaining Unconsciousness'' (2003) * ''13 Stitches'' (2003) * ''7" of the Month Club'' (2005 - 2006) * ''Never Trust a Hippy'' (2006)

Live albums
* ''I Heard They Suck Live!!'' (1995)

Splits
* ''Drowning Roses/NOFX Split'' (1988) * ''BYO Split Series, Vol. 3'' (2002) with Rancid

Compilations
* ''Maximum Rocknroll (album) Maximum Rocknroll'' (1992) * ''45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records'' (2002) 2-Discs * ''22 Songs that Weren't Good Enough to go on Our Other Records'' (limited release on yellow vinyl) (2002) * ''The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!)'' (2004)

Videos
* ''Ten Years of Fuckin' Up'' (1994) VHS Video, later re-released on DVD * ''Stickin' In My Eye''

See also
*List of songs with particularly long titles

External links

- Biography
- NOFX Official Website
- NOFX Wiki
- NOFXFans.com // Great Band! Great Fans!
- NOFX Online Website
- NOFX unofficial Website (Italian)
- NOFX Lyrics
- Warped Tour 2006- NoFX
- NoFX Gigs and tours
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