Thank you for reacting to my suggestion ❤ One of the best reactions to the song. I will convert you to punk, the machine like drummer of the band Otoboke Beaver is the fastest burst drummer currently touring. Their song Don't light my fire, is a great start.
I think everyone should watch this song, in any format (live at redrocks w/lyrics is best. the lyrics are the reason this song has been my favorite song since it released. My first semester of college.. my favorite band already.. i lived and breathed nofx all through high school. 25 years later every goddamn word mike wrote is EVEN MORE APROPOS. I watch all the reactions to The Decline, thank you for suggesting it, I am a new fan of this guy (sorry I forgot the name, my dude)
@@Beluga_Tooshoulda been live at red rocks with subtitles or lyrics to follow.. 30 years of listening to mike makes them easy to understand but not really for first timers lol
Glad you could appreciate this. To be honest, just like metal, there are a ton of different sounds and subgenres in punk that I think anyone could get into if you don't like the stereotypical Ramones/Sex Pistols or Green Day/Offspring stuff. There's a lot of interesting punk bands, this being one, that do impressive stuff. The vocal thing with Fat Mike is definitely common, its an acquired taste for sure, but there are a lot of punk bands that have great vocals. Bad Religion has a great, unique vocalist. Less Than Jake or Sublime in the Ska Punk genres. And then there's bands that are like punk/metal like Propagandhi or Strung Out, whom you might like. Strung Out does a really good cover of Bark at the Moon. If you want to try more NOFX, I'd recommend Idiots are Taking over. Really great bass line in that song. And you're right, their drummer is killer. One of the best in punk.
I was very impressed by the drummer, and I'd consider him good for any genre! I'll definitely check out some of your suggestions, as I've always liked the mindset of punk ( one of my favourite thrash bands, Anthrax, I consider to have a punk like mentality ) but just have not clicked with the music itself in general and would love to find some bands that I do click with
Smelly is great, if you have a second, read the lyrics to the song "Theme from a NOFX Album" from Pump Up the Valium, it is the best introduction to the characters as it were Smelly is amazing talent and I am glad he survived!
It absolutely is in standard tuning , no baritone. Mike plays a danelectro short horn copper bass, hefe plays a standard us tele and Melvin plays an esp US lemon eclipse
You were talking about all the different parts, Mike said back in the day it was 16 different parts that were spliced together. FWIW you really should listen to the original recording. It's immaculate. It's a fricken miracle they can play it as well as they do live. It's funny how you were laughing about the trumpet. At a recent concert there was an older song that had an accordion in it of all things and the mad lads brought it out and played it live.
Never noticed before (only seen this once I think) but Mike runs up and hugs somebody as Hefe starts playing the last trombone part. I assume in the recording Hefe would play both the brass and his guitar part. During this performance when Hefe played the trombone, his guitar part would be noticeably missing. This happened the first 2 times. Then the last time, someone comes up and plays Hefe’s guitar part as Hefe plays the trombone. I think that is what happened, and why Mike thanks somebody for playing with them
Ive always felt that 90s skate punk has a very similar feel to thrash metal. When you consider that skate-punk was essentially a polished versjon of hardcore - which itself was being blended with thrash to form crossover (bands like Suicidal Tendendies, Municipal Waste, Body count) - the two genres aren't hugely removed from other, even though formed out of completely different scenes. Theres plenty of "modernish" skate-punk bands who sound a lot more metal than punk (A Wilhelm Scream, Adrenalized, Almeida etc)
Eric “Smelly” Sandon is the drummer, not to bad for a rehabilitated alcoholic and heroin addict that kicked around with Courtney Love back in the day. Great drummer and man
just had to laugh because the bass player, song writer and lead singer is also the record label, and youre giving such a cool and honest review, im sure fat mike won't strike your video!
@scramblesish so much of my angsty 14ish year old self wasted on such a shit punk band, man I could've listened to bad religion, rancid, less than jake, the casualties, no use for a name, me first and the gimme gimmes, goldfinger, ah but nonetheless, so long and thanks for all the shoes. Twas good times.
Apparently he plays the Danelectro because he was getting back pain from the P-Bass he used to play in the '90s and the Danelectro was the lightest bass he could find.
Lol I discovered nofx like a year after I started playing bass and they became my favorite band. We covered many of their songs but the bass was always slightly wrong because I too could not do that weird picking he does. To this day, like 20 years later. I just don't fuxking get it.
You have to check out the band Jinjer.They are a Ukrainian, progressive middle band that's just never disappoints. Jinjer Pisces the live session is the general introduction introduction in to Jinjer Tati is a beast
Great reaction, its the first clip I saw from you. It made me want to see more. If you do another NoFX Song, you might should know that they are are a band with there own label. That means, the nasty copyright hammer isnt that nasty here. There is no big label in the background to strike you with copyright issiues, as long as it is somekind of fair use, everything is cool (at least it was on many other channels)
25 years ago not so much, but last week it got me emotional! I love Nofx and my wife got me ticket in August for the fair well tour; they are playing the decline
People say this song is a punk rock masterpiece, mostly because it's a punk rock masterpiece. Still mostly unheard and unappreciated, as punk rock intends.
This is because I am doing my best to speak what I am thinking without slipping into using too many tecnical musical theory terms and due to the fact that I am actually reacting to legitimate first time listens and not reading from a carefully perpared scripts
I've got a friend who's a huge metalhead who absolutely HATED punk music. I got him into NOFX after listening to this song. I've been kind of a bad influence and got him into quite a few bands. He always said "How can you listen to that bratty, smart mouthed bullshit all the time".
I think you'd be much more impressed with the album version, all super clean and tight. The lyrics are fairly heavy as well. These dudes were my absolute favorite in the 90's but then they decided they're politicians and started advocating for a bunch of insane BS and they lost me. But, I can separate the art from the artist and I still listen to them, I'd just never want to meet them lol. They've always been known for their harmonies which sound great on their albums but they also have the reputation as kinda sucking live. Great band, maybe the GOAT punk band, but their extreme left turn they took.. I just can't respect it. I'm sure that really bothers them and keeps them up at night lol.
Not used to the vocal style? Lean into the lyrics. Especially this one. They are literally begging you to listen. Punk has a ton to say. Very little filler. Very intelligent most of the time. Please read the lyrics and give it a relisten. This is not a simple song. It took me years to fully understand it.
@@oldmanmetaldude I've heard the song a thousand times but I'd like to see what people think about the song that I love so much. But when you just talk and talk and talk through it, it's like you ever play a song for your buddy Aunt. They just won't f****** listen to it but they just keep talking about it. It's annoying as hell. That's all I was saying
@@chrisdodds6657 well, it is hard to tell people what I think without talking don't you think? If I talk to much for your liking, then thats fine, I am not forcing anyone to watch the video if they don't want. and it is not as though I filmed the video and never listened to the song again for my own enjoyment. And lastly, if I don't pause regularly to add content to the video, then I can be given a copyright strike with little recourse if the artist, label or distributor want to strike it, and that is pretty fatal for a small time channel. I fully respect your right to your opinion, but maybe in future try considering the hoops that reactors have to jump through to have their videos even allowed on occasions (often without the video being allowed to be monetized, which I respect the artists right to do ) before shouting the channel and the content creators down for what amounts to a very sight annoyance
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Thank you for reacting to my suggestion ❤ One of the best reactions to the song. I will convert you to punk, the machine like drummer of the band Otoboke Beaver is the fastest burst drummer currently touring. Their song Don't light my fire, is a great start.
I mean Lorna shores drummer definitely out drums him by miles. But yeah maybe for punk touring I agree.
venture to say we should've gone EP instead of live. But hey I'm a dope so whatever.
I think everyone should watch this song, in any format (live at redrocks w/lyrics is best. the lyrics are the reason this song has been my favorite song since it released. My first semester of college.. my favorite band already.. i lived and breathed nofx all through high school. 25 years later every goddamn word mike wrote is EVEN MORE APROPOS.
I watch all the reactions to The Decline, thank you for suggesting it, I am a new fan of this guy (sorry I forgot the name, my dude)
@@Beluga_Tooshoulda been live at red rocks with subtitles or lyrics to follow.. 30 years of listening to mike makes them easy to understand but not really for first timers lol
@@dvpunk Don't think you meant to respond to me but "cool" been listening to them since S&M I'm old
If your digging this, check out the live version with Baz at Redrocks. Thanks for the video!
R.I.P. NOFX
Im going on a nostalgia tour of nofx stuff on youtube i dunno about you 😢
Smelly was the hardest working man in punk rock... RIP NOFX FTW
Great reaction, NOFX's musicianship and songwriting is way underrated outside the punk music scene
Thrash and punk (specifically "Skate Punk" like NOFX) have more in common than one might think at first glance.
I started with punk and naturally transitioned into Thrash. Hopefully putting out a Thrash album later this year.
@@JelloFluoride NOFX probably influenced those bands. They've been around since 1983.
Glad you could appreciate this. To be honest, just like metal, there are a ton of different sounds and subgenres in punk that I think anyone could get into if you don't like the stereotypical Ramones/Sex Pistols or Green Day/Offspring stuff. There's a lot of interesting punk bands, this being one, that do impressive stuff. The vocal thing with Fat Mike is definitely common, its an acquired taste for sure, but there are a lot of punk bands that have great vocals. Bad Religion has a great, unique vocalist. Less Than Jake or Sublime in the Ska Punk genres. And then there's bands that are like punk/metal like Propagandhi or Strung Out, whom you might like. Strung Out does a really good cover of Bark at the Moon.
If you want to try more NOFX, I'd recommend Idiots are Taking over. Really great bass line in that song. And you're right, their drummer is killer. One of the best in punk.
I was very impressed by the drummer, and I'd consider him good for any genre! I'll definitely check out some of your suggestions, as I've always liked the mindset of punk ( one of my favourite thrash bands, Anthrax, I consider to have a punk like mentality ) but just have not clicked with the music itself in general and would love to find some bands that I do click with
His name is stinky and he is killer
Smelly is great, if you have a second, read the lyrics to the song "Theme from a NOFX Album" from Pump Up the Valium, it is the best introduction to the characters as it were
Smelly is amazing talent and I am glad he survived!
This is my first time here. I'm here for The Decline by nofx. I hope you like it as much as I do. Anyway, on with the show.
Dude, check out Strung out…. Start with twisted by design 🤘
I actually started with punk bands like NOFX and then transitioned into metal in high school. Been writing crossover thrash for 20 years now.
I was at the show in Montreal!!!
It absolutely is in standard tuning , no baritone. Mike plays a danelectro short horn copper bass, hefe plays a standard us tele and Melvin plays an esp US lemon eclipse
You were talking about all the different parts, Mike said back in the day it was 16 different parts that were spliced together. FWIW you really should listen to the original recording. It's immaculate. It's a fricken miracle they can play it as well as they do live.
It's funny how you were laughing about the trumpet. At a recent concert there was an older song that had an accordion in it of all things and the mad lads brought it out and played it live.
"at least we got a beat up accordion"
Never noticed before (only seen this once I think) but Mike runs up and hugs somebody as Hefe starts playing the last trombone part. I assume in the recording Hefe would play both the brass and his guitar part. During this performance when Hefe played the trombone, his guitar part would be noticeably missing. This happened the first 2 times. Then the last time, someone comes up and plays Hefe’s guitar part as Hefe plays the trombone.
I think that is what happened, and why Mike thanks somebody for playing with them
Ive always felt that 90s skate punk has a very similar feel to thrash metal. When you consider that skate-punk was essentially a polished versjon of hardcore - which itself was being blended with thrash to form crossover (bands like Suicidal Tendendies, Municipal Waste, Body count) - the two genres aren't hugely removed from other, even though formed out of completely different scenes.
Theres plenty of "modernish" skate-punk bands who sound a lot more metal than punk (A Wilhelm Scream, Adrenalized, Almeida etc)
I can absolutely agree with this. Considering that's my favorite of both genres.
I'm a speed freak.
Eric “Smelly” Sandon is the drummer, not to bad for a rehabilitated alcoholic and heroin addict that kicked around with Courtney Love back in the day. Great drummer and man
They started in 83. Same lineup the entire time. Not one single change.
There were a few changes in the first years. El Hefe joins in 91, he's still the new guy.
Yea Steve played on all their early stuff
punk to me is about singing even if you dont “sound good”
You should have watched the live version with baz's orchestra
just had to laugh because the bass player, song writer and lead singer is also the record label, and youre giving such a cool and honest review, im sure fat mike won't strike your video!
Will be seeing these NOFX again for their last show in Montreal in August. Cant fucking wait.
IM GOING THERE TO! ON THE 24th, I was at this concert that he is reacting to! It was so clear live!
If you want to be blown away listen to the original recording or the decline live at red rocks, they play with a full orchestra on that one
agreed... i am somehow Nofx fan with saying, that they were never good live performers :D
If you're down to check out some more NOFX, please react to their song, Doors and Fours. Warning, it's lyrically heavy. (It's also much shorter)
I heard they suck live...
Thats an injoke btw.
I was already a fan then I got this and played it so much the cd fukd up
@scramblesish so much of my angsty 14ish year old self wasted on such a shit punk band, man I could've listened to bad religion, rancid, less than jake, the casualties, no use for a name, me first and the gimme gimmes, goldfinger, ah but nonetheless, so long and thanks for all the shoes. Twas good times.
Apparently he plays the Danelectro because he was getting back pain from the P-Bass he used to play in the '90s and the Danelectro was the lightest bass he could find.
I can understand that, its the same reason I use my Ibanez more than my Sandberg. The Ibanez is half the weight
fat mike is one of the guys that made me want to play bass. Still not able to do that weird triplet picking thing he does reliably
Lol I discovered nofx like a year after I started playing bass and they became my favorite band. We covered many of their songs but the bass was always slightly wrong because I too could not do that weird picking he does. To this day, like 20 years later. I just don't fuxking get it.
You have to check out the band Jinjer.They are a Ukrainian, progressive middle band that's just never disappoints. Jinjer Pisces the live session is the general introduction introduction in to Jinjer Tati is a beast
I've done 3 videos on Jinjer
Fuck yeaahhhhh! I’m hear for allllll this! Maybe some Rancid next! I think you will love it!
Great reaction, its the first clip I saw from you. It made me want to see more. If you do another NoFX Song, you might should know that they are are a band with there own label. That means, the nasty copyright hammer isnt that nasty here. There is no big label in the background to strike you with copyright issiues, as long as it is somekind of fair use, everything is cool (at least it was on many other channels)
This song brings me to tears nowadays.
25 years ago not so much, but last week it got me emotional! I love Nofx and my wife got me ticket in August for the fair well tour; they are playing the decline
freshly baked, looks like hashish to me.
I love the rambling, I know the song, so I'm okay with you talking a lot when you are making good points
if you are metalhead, i think you would like The Exploited with song like The Sea Of Blood (just check album version ) :)
Good on you for stretching your musical ear! Good for our brains to listen to stuff we think we wouldn’t like!
People say this song is a punk rock masterpiece, mostly because it's a punk rock masterpiece. Still mostly unheard and unappreciated, as punk rock intends.
Didn't know Christian Bale has a youtube channel. Cool.
Pennywise is the punk band for thrash metal fans.
Dude listen to bridge city sessions vid with Cigar. Blow ur fkn mind how tight they are when it comes to skate punk. Trust me on this
If "Prunk" had a lineage, it starts with Budgie
I certainly can't argue with that!
Love to see a feature on your bass guitars. I'm a big Jazz bass fan, see one on your eall.
I'm planning out a series of equipment run down videos and will start filming them soon
Check out Exile in Oblivion by Strung Out
As far as I've seen in several clips of them he's switching guitar a few times during this song...
Prunk - I think you’ve just coined a term 😉👌
I'm actually a little bit attached to that one now
Cardiacs.... the godfathers of pronk
Damn. U take a. Long time to spit out what your thinking. If not for this i would have never. Too bad
This is because I am doing my best to speak what I am thinking without slipping into using too many tecnical musical theory terms and due to the fact that I am actually reacting to legitimate first time listens and not reading from a carefully perpared scripts
Oi Oi Oi!
I've got a friend who's a huge metalhead who absolutely HATED punk music. I got him into NOFX after listening to this song. I've been kind of a bad influence and got him into quite a few bands. He always said "How can you listen to that bratty, smart mouthed bullshit all the time".
I think you'd be much more impressed with the album version, all super clean and tight. The lyrics are fairly heavy as well. These dudes were my absolute favorite in the 90's but then they decided they're politicians and started advocating for a bunch of insane BS and they lost me. But, I can separate the art from the artist and I still listen to them, I'd just never want to meet them lol. They've always been known for their harmonies which sound great on their albums but they also have the reputation as kinda sucking live. Great band, maybe the GOAT punk band, but their extreme left turn they took.. I just can't respect it. I'm sure that really bothers them and keeps them up at night lol.
Please react to happier than ever by Billie Eilish
Not used to the vocal style? Lean into the lyrics. Especially this one. They are literally begging you to listen. Punk has a ton to say. Very little filler. Very intelligent most of the time. Please read the lyrics and give it a relisten. This is not a simple song. It took me years to fully understand it.
Dude. Just shut up and enjoy the music!
If you just want to listen to the song, then why click on a reaction video? Wouldn't it be a better idea to watch the original video?
@@oldmanmetaldude I've heard the song a thousand times but I'd like to see what people think about the song that I love so much. But when you just talk and talk and talk through it, it's like you ever play a song for your buddy Aunt. They just won't f****** listen to it but they just keep talking about it. It's annoying as hell. That's all I was saying
@@chrisdodds6657 well, it is hard to tell people what I think without talking don't you think? If I talk to much for your liking, then thats fine, I am not forcing anyone to watch the video if they don't want.
and it is not as though I filmed the video and never listened to the song again for my own enjoyment.
And lastly, if I don't pause regularly to add content to the video, then I can be given a copyright strike with little recourse if the artist, label or distributor want to strike it, and that is pretty fatal for a small time channel.
I fully respect your right to your opinion, but maybe in future try considering the hoops that reactors have to jump through to have their videos even allowed on occasions (often without the video being allowed to be monetized, which I respect the artists right to do ) before shouting the channel and the content creators down for what amounts to a very sight annoyance