Greetings bio readers...we've not got much time! All these years as the Fat breadwinner and NOFX never had a proper band biography. An outrage! Full Bio

Greetings bio readers...we've not got much time! All these years as the
Fat breadwinner and NOFX never had a proper band biography. An outrage!
Well, we finally asked NOFX frontman Fat Mike if he could punch himself
in the face and "please write us a fucking bio!" and he eventually got
around to writing us an uninformative drunken e-mail. We took what we
could get. It sure was swell of Mike to play along, but we figure'd
it's best if we threw in some relevant points of interest about the
band before we cut to the horse and his mouth.

NOFX was formed in L.A. back in 1983 and has released 10 studio
full lengths, about 6 EPs, and a metric ton of 7"s. They've somehow
managed to sell over 6 million records worldwide, which is an
unprecedented feat for an independent band. They're true pioneers of
the genre as they've toured all but one continent—no Antarctica yet,
sorry. No band has achieved more success independently, and no band has
turned down major labels and MTV more often. Although they're reluctant
to admit it, they're musically influenced by bands like Bad Religion,
Misfits, RKL, etc. At least they were back in the day, now they do all
the influencing. After years of working with mega-indie Epitaph, the
band switched to Fat Mike's own imprint. Thus began 2003's War On
Errorism, one of their most successful releases yet, and a record that
catapulted the band into the mainstream of political press: Newsweek,
CNN, NY Times, etc.

Next up for NOFX was a 6-song CDEP Never Trust A Hippie (uhhh, see
record cover for explanation); which was really just a prelude to their
latest full length, Wolves In Wolves' Clothing. After this was yet
another crackpot scheme: the band has attempted playing 30 shows in 30
countries where they've never sold any records. The final frontiers of
touring—from Bolivia to Burma—and they're gonna capture it all on film.
I wouldn't expect that stuff to end up at Cannes. Sundance maybe.

Ever done something you regret while drunk like...RECORDED A LIVE
RECORD? In January of 2007, NOFX booked 3 nights of talking mixed with
the occasional song at Slim's in San Francisco and recorded a live
record. It's their sloppiest, drunkest, funnest, best sounding
recording ever with new versions of old songs, rare songs and they even
made sure not to play any songs off their 1995 live album I Heard They
Suck Live. They've Actually Gotten Worse Live is scheduled to make the
walk of shame into record stores sometime in November of 2007. Anyhow,
here's that e-mail we warned you about:

i fuckin did it, it's ok i think, whatever dude i'm wasted, fm

Being in NOFX is easy. There's nothing easier than being an
alcoholic in a punk rock band. We didn't start out being alcoholics,
but we're definitely gonna finish that way. It all started in the
winter of 83. We we're all 16 and had no idea how to play musical
instruments. Lucky for us we wanted to play punk, therefore you didn't
need to know how to do anything. So Melvin, Smelly, and I start writing
songs and playing shows in Hollywood. After about a year we start
touring the US without even a 7" out. All we had was a demo. We played
places like CBGB's, The Mabuhay Gardens, Blondies, and the Anthrax. No
one liked us, but that was OK cuz we were having a hell of a good time.
So we start recording songs, but none of them were good, and we kept on
touring, but no one liked us. Years go by. The year was 1989 when we
wrote our first good song, "S&M Airlines". Brett from Bad Religion
heard it and signed us to Epitaph records. Then we made the S&M
Airlines LP. It was weird, we made a good record and people actually
started to like us. Before 89, we had never made more than 200 dollars
at a show (lucky to make 100). From there on out things got better. 10
records, and about 15 world tours later, we're still here, and happier
now than ever. Now we can afford the best drugs and booze, and we get
comped on tons of great golf courses all over the country. We don't
make videos, we don't do interviews, and we only play shows in warm
months (good golf weather). We even got a gold record a few years ago.
Cool. It never even charted once, but it went gold anyway. So there it
is. NOFX, a hella happy punk band. Now if we could only get that
asshole out of the white house, everything would be great.

Oh yeah. In 91 we got a second guitarist in the band. His name is
El Hefe and he was in " The Bad News Bears" when he was 12. He played
Miguel. See ya.

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