The Punk Rock Legacy of Erik "SMELLY" Sandin (NOFX Drummer) | Back To Your Story Podcast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- From a deep depression with drugs to selling out European Shows, Erik "Smelly" Sandin is a name that has been synonymous with punk rock music for nearly four decades. As the drummer of the legendary band NOFX and a former member of Caustic Cause, he has cemented his place in the annals of punk rock history. Sandin was one of the founding members of NOFX back when the band first came together in 1983 in Hollywood, California. Let's take a closer look at the life and career of this influential musician.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:30 Who is Erik? 🥁
02:30 Starting music 🎵
05:00 Born with music 🎤
06:40 The creative process 🎨
08:30 Creating NOFX 🪨⭐️
11:50 Eat, sleep and school sometimes...
13:50 Just playing music to have fun 🛝
16:00 First punk rock shows
17:10 What did your family think? 🏡
20:10 Life outside of music
20:30 Life of heroin and alcohol 💉
22:00 Drug awakening and homelessness 🏚️
25:10 Signing with Epitaph Records ✍️
28:00 Just an average drummer 🥁
30:40 It's all about the luck 🍀
33:00 NOFX is growing 📈
37:00 NOFX together for 40 years
39:00 Fat Mikes writing style
41:00 The Decline is the perfect song ✅
45:00 Best concert ever 🎸
46:45 Heavy Petting Zoo album SUCKS 🍭
50:00 NOFX is over!
51:40 So sad that NOFX is calling it quits
54:00 The ups and downs of being in a band ☝️👇
56:30 The pandemic changed everything 😷
58:00 Delivering groceries 🛒
01:00:50 Shaping surf boards 🏄♀️
01:01:30 The process of shaping a board
01:03:45 Surf board and music are similar
01:06:40 My legacy 📣
01:07:40 First European festival 🎊
01:09:33 Namedrop Dave Grohl
01:10:40 Are aliens out there? 👽
01:12:20 The HEP Book and shows
01:20:20 PLUGS like Lena 🪠
1:20:50 Inspiring 🤩
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Smelly is the reason NOFX always sounds good. Mike can forget lyrics and the guys can screw up once in a while but Smelly is consistently on point every show for 40 years. Even when he in the midst of addiction. An amazing dude.
FACTS$$$ 💜🖤💜🖤💜🖤
I think thats spot on. You can have the guitar and bass and vocals all mistake-laden, and it call all still work but if the drums aren't consistent it falls apart.
What do you call 4 guys that hang around a drummer? A band.
Don’t forget El Hefe.
@@SonikJesus That's true. Hefe doesn't really mess up either. And he's got the vocals, trumpets, and solos to deal with.
@@trainspotter360 He’s actually really insanely talented. I think he graduated from a music college. His name translates to “the boss.”
One of the greatest punk rock drummers of all time.
FACTS.... Thanks for watching!
Anche secondo me!
Metronome
Brought a tear to my eye when he said he just wanted to be remembered as a nice guy that showed integrity. Dude probably inspired thousand of kids to pick up the sticks and start bashing, and all he wants is to be remembered as a nice guy. Fuck yeah!
Smelly is such a great guy and has always been very nice to me for years. He personally took my son to a meeting once.
Millions
This man is a sage. I heard the audiobook of hepatitis bathtub and his story just blew me away. When I was so down I nearly killed myself, this man's words occasionally entered my mind and helped me. Wise without ego.
For Smelly to admit he was delivering groceries says all you need to know about him. What an outstanding human being. Oh, and also the greatest punk drummer of ALL TIME. NOFX is the soundtrack for the past 25 years of my life.
Smelly is my fav drummer of all time.
One of the greats!
Smelly can’t possibly know how much of an inspiration he has been to my generation as we grow up and see him holding strong in his sobriety
The Decline at Red Rocks is so amazing, and gets me in the feels every time
How the hell did this guy NOT know about Live at Red Rocks?!?!?!??
Smelly is my favourite. Such a great drummer and the best human. I’m also in recovery and what an inspiration.
Smelly always has great stories to tell, great interview!
Thank you sooooo much! He is a freaking legend.
Junkies often find themselves in messed up situations which make for interesting stories.
Hung out with Smelly a few times outside of the music thing at his house and he is 100% just a straight up normal guy. Super cool dude, just one of the guys. We also went out and ate some Baja Fresh. Pretty rad.
Smelly is such a rad dude
Thanks, Dudes. . . Smelly was the beat to my teenage years - turns out he's an awesome human, too. Bravo 👌
Smelly has absolutely inspired me in staying sober and taking it more seriously (it took me half a dozen tries to finally “get it”)
Been listening to NOFX since '06 when a friend gifted me "Wolves in Wolves' Clothing" for my 15th birthday. Smelly's parts in "The Hepatitis Bathtub" book were intense and easily the most entertaining as well. If you haven't read the book, give it a shot! I thought it was great.
Smelly is just such a good dude
So long, and thanks for all the shoes, Smelly. Thanks for doing it for The Cause for all these years! You've been one of my favorite drummers since I first heard Punk in Drublic almost 30 years ago
What a great interview! Thanks Smelly for all the years
People that just brush this off as oh he's just the drummer you should definitely listen. Erik story is crazy and great! Glad you're still alive and with us despite all you went through!
Heavy Petting Zoo is an odd one in the discography, but still in my top 5 NOFX records
True....
Same. Better than anything after War on Errorism. Also imagine interviewing Smelly and not knowing So Long comes after HPZ.
@@ASHASHLESS naaaaah wolves in wolves clothing is a classic
@@AcidropOSY no.
@@DavidRFIT you could’ve just said “hey I’m David and I like being wrong”
This dude is as real as it gets. Of course, he’s an exceptional punk drummer of a band that I consider to be a pillar of the genre, however what I admire most is his growth as a human being. The statistics for surviving heroin addiction on a level like he did has an extremely low success rate, and I’m in awe at his strength and perseverance. All of this can be read in the Hepatitis Bathtub, and it was such a life changing piece for me to read.
You hit the nail on the head. What he is has gone through and to come out the other side is AMAZING...
Smelly's parts were the best in the book. It really opened my eyes to how terrible drug addiction can be.
Amazing drummer and yes, he seems like the most grounded guy in the band, probably because of what he went though. You can see he's a chill dude who enjoys playing live and traveling the world and is over all the bullshit and partying that goes with touring.
Nofx came into the restaurant i work at, these men treated me with nothing but respect and proceeded to give me vip tickets. They are so wholesome and nice. At the show, i had THEIR FOOD and drinks, stood on the stage and felt like family. They are the best!!!
Him being remembered as a good guy with integrity is guaranteed. And more.
That was awesome!!! Such a Rad Dude!!! Love everything about NOFX!!!
Smelly has been an inspiration of mine since the 90s. One of the first drummers that i listened to after i picked up sticks myself as a teen. His style is still present in mine to this day. He taught me alot just from obsessively listening to NOFX for so long.
Recovery is hard. Excelling in recovery for the love of music is devine! Thank you for this interview.
Keep pushing! Thank you so much for watching. 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you so much ❤
This was an awesome interview thank you for having such great questions and doing such a great job at bringing us this interview, great stuff!
Cheers for that Erik. What a first class man you are with all that you’ve done from go to woe with Caustic Cause NoFx chipping in with the grocery deliveries staying present with your family
Entertaining us with your music and getting people in the ocean with your boards. Definitely someone to look up to and to realise that nothing is unattainable
Thanks mate from 🇦🇺
You hit the nail on the head! Such a good and humble guy...
I too am from Glendale, Ca and I love Smelly❤
great interview!!
Thank you sooooo much! 🥳
Lol Heavy Petting Zoo is my favorite of their albums. That stretch from Ribbed to 45 or 46, I just wore out their albums, but that one and So Long had so many uniquely structured songs hidden behind the minimalist punk aesthetic of their sound. It was defiance against stagnation and complacency to me, bold music that too many bands would be too afraid to make, especially at that time. Really good interview
Brilliant interview! Thank you for this!
Thank you soooo much! 💜💜💜
@@BACKTOYOURSTORY quick question, what r the chances I could talk to u on my podcast? Figured Id ask
I love Smelly!!!!❤❤❤❤
Look for a gift for you smelly at the museum. Great conversation- thanks to everyone involved!
Great interview and great guest 🚀 (totally deserved props to The Bronx🤘)
I am DPW. Also Smelly, so proud of my Brother. I was there in the late and early 90s.
Great interview
Thank you sooo much!
No idea he shaped surfboards. I want one now. Nofx fan for 30 years
Talking about the surf beat: i swear that surf is the unsung ancestor of punk.
amazing!
Thank you so much!
Great interview...Smelly is the best.
Thank you soooo much!
Modest guy he is a beast on drums and I’ve played over 30 years total bad ass smelly is
Smelly really is the fucking MAN. He’s such a massive part of NOFX, if they ever lost him, they’d be one of those bands that could never go on. They’re all incredibly talented, far more than they say they are, and they’d absolutely crumble if he or any of them left before they retired. I’m really gonna fucking miss them so much
The heroine diaries that Nikki Six wrote was actually damn good, he peeled it back pretty hard, Nothing like Hepatitis Bathtub tho, what an awesome story! Great interview, thank you! :)
Thank you so much! 🖤🖤🖤
Humble man. Green Day and Offsprings opened the door for them? No way. I've been a NoFx fan since the moment I heard the Liberal Animation album. S & M..., Ribbed, Punk In Drublic....masterpieces.
I hadn't even heard of Green Day then. And all this was when my country was a communist country in Europe.
Dude ❤
Saw them play the decline live at red rocks, as soon as the band came in with the intro you could see how much fun smelly was having.
Such a humble dude
That is a FACT
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Smelly always my hero!!!
Gotta respect anyone that can sit behind Fat Mike watching his drug induced antics for multiple decades while staying sober. Or maybe witnessing such foolery is what helped him maintain his posture.
Also, I was there at the last Warped Tour in 2019 when he hit Fat Mike in the side of the head with a drumstick when Fat Mike kept yapping between songs after making us all wait over an hour for NOFX to finally show up.
Good that smelly is finally getting a bit of recognition
FREAKING FACTS...
Caralho Erickão, que loco essa parada toda hein tio!
...yeah, I was overwhelmed during that Red Rock show. I was like whaaaaat!?
Ok I was wrong about the interviewer. This is awesome
LOL! Thank you...
dude fuckin rules
That’s a bummer cuz I LOVE Heavy Petting Zoo
Hey Smelly start another band! Come on man!
He has some of the coolest dru parts ever
Smelly is the best. Read the book if you haven’t
Damn Smelly… says Unwritten Law can’t draw 14 people. I just went to a sold out show of their’s a month ago where they were headlining and it was like 400 people. And the show ruled!
400 people isn’t that much for a band with that big of a name
This is why I’ve loved NOFX since I first heard them, the DIY ethic is ingrained, and yes they were lucky, right time, right place, but they are the only band I can think of who still to this day, just stay grounded. Lots of bands put that vibe out and sure enough when they gain a little popularity or sign with a label, they become fucking stereotypical rock stars with the attitude. Can tell all of NOFX are just cool guys, have managed to evolve and stay relevant over 40 years, to me that’s punk as fuck, no other band compares in that regard.
Smelly is such a cool drummer and one of my favoritt. Consistant drømmer tjat has a hard life in the pasta and really maid it to the other side. and grounded as fuck as a good humanbeeing👌
Cheers fra Norway😊
They need to make a movie about Smelly
FACTS.... 🖤
on the the list of Best Drummers...not punk rock...but - drummers
AGREEEEED
Now that we are going to go through some fucked up times NOFX is going to be badly needed
When did Shelly turn in to the occ motorcycle guy?
I would have been so stoked if Smelly dropped off my Instacart.
AGREEEED
Smelly, the Most High likes you man
Punk Rock Induced Thought.
Smelly dont know how influential he is as drummer
He is humble like Gmas Pie! #Stoic
What is the best way to actually hit eric up?instagram?
Fucking absolutely love Smelly, could listen to him talk all day. So straight, honest and unpretentious. And an amazing drummer.
🖤🖤🖤
holy crap... the host looks like karl from WATP.
He has moments of off timing but quickly catches it back
No ego whatsoever
I guess they won’t be playing Heavy Petting Zoo on any of their final tour shows then 😂
It blows this guy's mind that someone would play music for the fun of it. The difference in mindset is one of the things that rubs me the wrong way about the younger generations.
It's easy to say you do it for "fun" when that fun also makes you lots of money. Let's see him go back to playing in a no-name band at bars for $50 and see how "fun" he still thinks it is. A lot of artists have tried side projects and went back to their main bands because going back to playing bars and being unknown isn't nearly as fun as what they are used to. Lots of respect for Smelly though.
I hate to say this but Mike God love him. I think he struggles with drugs because of his childhood and he is very smart. Intellectual people have a hard time living in this world. It's not simple to them.
Facts!!!!!
His dad loaned him the money to start Fat Wreck Chords and Fat Mike thanked him by abandoning his father on his death bed and then wrote a song glorifying the act. Fuck Fat Mike.
So long and heavy petting zoo are amazing records. I just don't get it
Is it fair to say that the decline is a prog-punk epic?
I cannot live in a world without national socialism.... sorry i mean without nofx
Nofx and Bad Religion... first 2 puuuunks... last 2 puuuunks...
Interviewer wearing one of the most pointless shirts ever. Looks more like a World of Warcraft tabard.
My wife calls it my Mr. Cool guy shirt. Aka Mr. Dbag shirt. I think she is making fun of me. Lol!!!
Great interview
Thank you so much! 🖤🖤🖤
Modest guy he is a beast on drums and I’ve played over 30 years total bad ass smelly is