The band's sound is diverse, utilizing elements of skate punk, hardcore punk, reggae, and other music genres. Their lyrics generally satirize issues such as politics, society, various subcultures, racism, the music industry, and religion, often using a large amount of comedy.
NOFX's first recording was a demo from 1983, produced by The Germs drummer Don Bolles, which did not sell any copies. They released their self-titled debut EP on Mystic Records in 1985, which was later re-released in 1992 as part of the Maximum RocknRoll CD. For a year, Erik Sandin left the band and was replaced by Scott Sellers, then Scott Aldahl. Dave Allen was in the band for about four 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!, attacking the PMRC's call for censorship of music. The original cover was an edited S&M photo, but the re-released version was changed to a photo of Eric Melvin.
Eric Sandin returned and they recorded Liberal Animation in 1988 (before Dave was replaced by Steve) with Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion. Although the title and some lyrics mocked vegetarianism and animal rights, Fat Mike says that he became a vegetarian after he wrote Liberal Animation. 'If a big enough animal had a chance it would eat you up!' The album was re-released in 1991 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph. Dave then left the band and was replaced by Steve Kidwiller. NOFX had signed to Epitaph by 1989, releasing their second album, titled S&M Airlines. 1990 saw the release of Ribbed. By 1991, Aaron Abeyta (aka El Hefe), joined to round out the group. White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean was released in 1992, which originally had the title White Trash, Two Kikes, and a Spic. The original title was changed because Eric Melvin's grandmother was upset about the racial epithets.
It was not until the 1994 release of Punk in Drublic that the band had a commercial breakthrough, with the album going gold. In the same year, pop punk entered the mainstream with the success of The Offspring's Smash and Green Day's Dookie.
In 1996 they released Heavy Petting Zoo, which wasn't very popular among its fans because it showed a different sound in some tracks. Their 1997 record So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes was faster, with more ska and reggae, and was well received by the public, although its title shocked everybody because it seemed as it was going to be their last album. They soon stated it wasn't true.
In 1999, the band released The Decline, a fiery and pessimistic social commentary. 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.
The coming of a new century marked the end of NOFX in Epitaph Records. In 2000 they released Pump Up the Valuum, which in many people's opinion is a good record but still is missing something.
In 2003, NOFX released War on Errorism, and launched their anti-George W. Bush campaign. Fat Mike organized the website Punkvoter.com, compiled two chart-topping Rock Against Bush compilations, and kicked off a Rock Against Bush United States tour. The band has released many EPs (i.e. Fuck the Kids, The Longest Line) on Fat Mike's own label Fat Wreck Chords. In February 2005, they launched the NOFX 7" of the Month Club, a subscription-based service which saw the release of one new EP almost monthly, from February 2005 to March 2006 (a total of 12 releases). The cover art for these EPs were chosen from fan-submitted entries. The first 3000 subscribers to the club received all of their records on colored vinyl. Fat Wreck Chords later released full sets of the EPs.
On March 14, 2006, an EP entitled Never Trust a Hippy was released. The EP was followed on April 18 by the album Wolves in Wolves' Clothing. On September 12, 2006, the video game EA Sports NHL07 was released, featuring the title track of the latter album on its soundtrack.
The band recorded three nights of shows in San Francisco, California for the live album, They've Actually Gotten Worse Live! that was released on November 20, 2007.
NOFX aired in 2008 a reality show on Fuse TV called NOFX: Backstage Passport, chronicling their recent worldwide tour full of mishaps and fun stuff.
NOFX released their eleventh full length, Coaster, on April 28, 2009.
NOFX released their twelfth full length, Self/Entitled, on September 11th, 2012.
Official site: http://nofxofficialwebsite.com
Six Pack Girls
NOFX Lyrics
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My Friday night has washed away
Beer bong has me wandering around
The girls that look like drugs and alcohol
Six pack girls,
Six pack girls
Six pack girls
So you pick her up and you bring her home
And you think about it for a while
Wake up the next morning and sure enough
It's not two girls!
The lyrics to NOFX's "Six Pack Girls" speak to the typical college party scene where young men are on the prowl for girls who are willing to drink and take drugs. The lyrics suggest that finding a hookup partner for the night is the ultimate goal, and the girls who are the most likely to be down for it are the ones who look like they're into partying hard. The reference to six-pack girls is likely a nod to the heavy drinking that is often associated with college parties. The lyrics also suggest that the singer may not be able to accurately assess the number of partners they've taken home, as evidenced by the surprise revelation at the end of the song that there was only one girl there.
Line by Line Meaning
Gonna find some girls tonight
I intend to go out tonight and meet some girls.
My Friday night has washed away
My plans for the evening have been erased.
Beer bong has me wandering around
After playing a drinking game, I'm aimlessly walking around.
The girls that look like drugs and alcohol
I'm attracted to the girls who appear to use drugs and alcohol.
Six pack girls,
I'm interested in girls who enjoy drinking beer.
Six pack girls
Beer-drinking women are my type.
Six pack girls
I'm into girls who consume six-packs of beer.
Six pack
Drinking a six-pack of beer is important to me.
So you pick her up and you bring her home
I take a girl home with me for the night.
And you think about it for a while
I contemplate the situation for some time.
Wake up the next morning and sure enough
The following day, unsurprisingly,
It's not two girls!
I realize my mistake: I didn't bring home two girls, just one.
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nofx989
The thing about NOFX that amazes me everytime I hear them is that they play awesome punk since 1983 and they lived through 2 decades of great punk music, be it hardcore in the 80's or melodic hardcore/skate punk und always leave their trademark on every goddamn song! And they played that hardcore shit when they were 16 man! Fucking awesome! I love that album!
twas brillig
@Freedom Watched a recent video of their concert, they kicked major ass!
Christopher Lowe
My band played beer bong into six pack girls at every show. They rule
Christopher Lowe
My favorite song. Call me crazy....punk AF and right to the point.
twas brillig
This song came out in 1985...not 92. I had the 45.
Marcin Polaszyk
You might not know this, but they actually didnt know the record came out haha they were with some label at the time and after they left they kept their recordings (which they had no intentions of releasing, but im not sure about that part) and the label released it some time later and Fat Mike saw it in a record store for the first time!
gasmaskboi19371945
1984!!! fucking badass nofx when mike had the devillock!!
Joe Black
Is this song about women with stomach muscles?
TheDanielradio
If only it was that good..
twas brillig
LMAO!