NOFX: 30 Years of F-ckin' Up | SXSW Music 2016
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- Arguably the longest running and most successful independent-punk band of all time, NOFX has found a longevity no one would have expected when the band’s debut album came out in 1988. But defying the world’s expectations has been NOFX’s forté. In NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub And Other Stories, the band’s members-"Fat Mike” Burkett, Aaron "El Hefe” Abeyta, Erik “Smelly” Sandin, and Eric Melvin-open up about the band and their lives. This being NOFX, it’s hardly a staid memoir, but more like a funnier, grosser, and darker version of Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt. The band joins Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club to talk about the book, the band, and that time Fat Mike got banned from SXSW.
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I had to train a guy for deliveries years ago. I played NOFX all day. He hated it and said that is the "worst singer" he has ever heard. I just put in another cassette tape of NOFX and turned it up. He hated me. About a year later he picked up some Asian hitchhiker and cut off his head. No lie. I rode around all day with this dude pissing him off. That is my NOFX story.
All your fault
Maybe the Asian guy called him White.
Asian or "Asian"
My wife always hates it when I play NOFX because she hates Mike's voice. Oh well
@@mpd_l_r Mike has sounded like the same 16 year old with throat cancer for all of NOFX's career and i love it
nofx aint no joke band.their albums helped make me a man
@Ciaran Moran213 😅😅🤣🤣😂😂
Maximum rock n roll🤘🤘
Hahahahahaha best comment
a gay man?
Mum?
I love NOFX. That was an hour of pure gold. Thank you :)
Still plenty of us still going in the UK, but we let the kids do the moshing nowadays lol
42 here! Still feel like I am 17 in my head, but my body says otherwise! I am hoping NOFX will tour the UK again with the new album, I need my fix!
Well put.
+David Batey Jesus, now I feel like a bitch for feeling the same way at 35. Been listening to these fuckers since I was 14, and to this day have only met 3 people in my day to day life that were fans. Not counting shows, of course.That's 21 years and 3 other people. Seems like a grave injustice has been committed against humanity somewhere along the line.
+David Batey was gonna see em but the festival went bust , shit sucks
smelly was the star of the book. Real talk
Yup... When he writes about adopting the little girl and pretty much saved her life, my eyes got wattery
Yeah dude, he definitely was. It is pretty neat to see that he has become the 'grownup' of the band. After all of the crazy things he did in the past that are outlined in the book, he would be the last one to peg as being the 'responsible guy in the band', in the future.
Just listened t the audio book. He was definitely the punkest mother I ever did see.
@internet internet you are an anti biotic
Smelly rules!
I've been into nofx since I was 13 years old rocking my grey silk screened punk in drublic shirt (im 33 now) and after 20 years of loving and learning these guys songs on guitar and memorizing lyrics, seeing them perform the best and the worst live shows I've ever seen i already felt like i knew these guys personally and couldn't possibly love these fucks anymore than i did, i was wrong, this was amazing, this is so fucking rad of you guys to put yourselves out there like this. much love and respect andI 'IM SO FUCKING STOKED THAT IN THE HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS PEOPLE HAVE WALKED THE PLANET I MANAGED TO BE ALIVE AT THE SAME TIME AS NO FUCKING FX !!! WIN!
been listening to these guys since I was 15 I'm 45 and their still the raddest
Same here 45 and was listening as young as 17 years old.
Nice, me too. Execpt I am 37
They're*
@@benlee7864 I came into the replies just to see if someone would do this
Been listening to them since I was 17….. 44 now. 👍👍
This is where Smelly really steps up, because he's the cleanest.
Minus that he's missing People being stabbed at Punk Rock Shows, geez...
drummers usually are the cleanest, i mean, at least during the concert
Smelly is cool
And hefe is hilarious
+Jack Ride Smelly's super cool hey, never really heard him talk at length before.
+Jack Ride 39:25 real talk..... not that stupid tuff talk
+Magooch86 yea I met him when they signed my book he was real chill
Yeah I can relate to Smelly a lot more than I thought I did.
Yep, it's confirmed: NOFX would have gone nowhere if El Hefe hadn't joined the band.
OUCH
Not really true - they had two really great albums before him joining. But his skills deffo made a great difference on the following albums - still, this band is very centered around Mike's writing and composing. Hefe really made some of Mike's ambitions possible.
well..Liberal Animation is still the best fuckin Album...No Hefe...
Joao Afonso False Ribbed is the best no Hefe. It’s also getting a live release later this year!
Hefe is def. the most stable member of the band.
Smelly misses the tribal idiocy of punk rock culture.
You can really notice this in that backstage passport show they did. In one of the episodes Smelly is all excited saying if there is a fist fight tonight this will be the perfect punk rock show. I feel like he's so much different now sober tho that he probably Struggles with missing all the shit he used to do high in his old life
Mike is an utterly genius lyricist.
SLEEPIN UNDER RAYS, YOUR TEETH CRUMBLIN' AWAY, SAY GOOD BYE TO ALL RESPONSIBILITY, YOU NEVER WANTED IT MAN.
He's witty for sure. And funny
Smelly and his parts were the most interesting.
Melvin made me realize I had to face my past... So the Catholic church got a lawsuit against them.
been into nofx since I first saw them back in 92. El Jefe had just started playing with them, my friend and I had a zine and brought some written questions to interview These guys after the show. We interviewed them, had some beers in the parking lot of the venue and ended up hanging out with them the rest of the night and into the next morning, great experience, great guys, I was 16 years old and it was such a memorable night, I instantly fell in love with nofx, they were living the dream in my 16 yr old punk eyes I've been listening to nofx since and have huge respect for Mike and fat wreckords also. This interview has shown me I was on to something that night and since. Thanks Mike, Melvin, Jeff, and Smelly for the 24 years you've given me. Can't wait to read the book and catch you guys on your next tour.
Who's Jeff?
does anybody else watch this for comfort?
I watched it to harm myself
@@DylanAlexander93 ''Yeah' me too,
yes
we do : )
This is awesome. Well worth the watch.
+Cameron Kok At 32:00..... I know right? Promoting yourself pre cell, and web. These fuckers shine hard, always have.
The book's well worth the read as well
real blokes, expressing real experiences, writing real music......... = longevity! Can't wait to see'em again at the end of the year in Italy! Frothing!
screwing up since 1983
This interview gave me a new found respect for these guys.
I played nofx for a millenial while we were delivering furniture...he showed me a horrible rapper lil peep
Do you know what a millennial is?
You do know most millennials are almost as old as the members of NOFX right?
WE ALL FUCKING LOVE YOU MELVIN!!!!!!!
Great interview and video, you can tell the host is a genuine fan of the band and what they have to say.
Smelly is awesome, I love his realness.
56:26 Melvin, were you going to say something?
At around 36:00 the interviewer is talking about bands who signed with major labels who had bad experiences and he mentions Jawbreaker and Seaweed, and says "Against Me!" and makes a weird face... What is meant by this?
I’m loving NOFX more and more as I/we get older.
childhood heroes
+Meatwood Flac So the helped you go your own way, so to speak?
Rambo
I lived a life that mimics a lot of the crap they've gone through. I have nothing but love for them and their ability to push past the shit. I've also been able to push past the shit and I'm doing well in life. I was never handed a golden ticket. I fought for everything I have in life. I have not read the book yet and I will read it soon. One thing I have to put out there... If life kicks you in the nuts...... don't drop to your knees. Bite your lip and head butt that mother @$(*&(*^%$ in the face. I did that with all of my heart when I was 20 and I never looked back. From that day forward I took control and my life has been awesome.
56:04 - Why I love this band.
shoutout to the interviewer, great job.
“I do not like me anymore” I’m wondering if smelly is the guy who told Mike I love you but I don’t like you anymore.
just listened to the audio book.....it is really dark lol and really funny
can't wait to hear this shit and read that fucking book
Cant put it down... double pun!
Well, only 30 views thus far, and I had no idea that this was just uploaded today. Either way, I'm 30 minutes in....and DAMN! Enjoy!
Smelly was my favorite part of the book hands down.
NOFX never gets old man. But I have... weathered and worn - battered and broken: I feel my age
well I'm glad I stumbled upon this. if been outta touch, but grew up listening to NOFX in the early- mid 90s. pretty cool to hear their stories told. hard to believe it's been 25 years since I first got into them...where do the years go?!
Smelly is a total inspiration, he makes me wanna get clean and straight up focus on my drumming and sleigh shit...
TBH the hardest part is staying clean but once you do it for so long you get use to being clean it's so worth it I can actually save money for once so I can by CDs and go to shows I was never able to do that wen I was on drugs good luck to you brother you got this \m/
Do it dude!
Do it
Hope you did it man. I'm listening to the book again right now to try and get inspired again to get my act together and get clean. I was clean for a while after reading book 1st time and I fucking hate and don't understand how I'm back getting high and even worse with this fentanyl bullshit. FML man and if you're clean right now fucking cherish it. I'd do anything to be clean right now but I'm a total pussy
@@maddogkilla1 you got this bro, I finally got clean, it's a miracle im still here, its life and death with that shit these days man. I had to go to long term rehab and that really helped but it's all up to us in the end bro. You deserve better fam, be well..
I’ve been listening to them for more than half my life… 🐸🍺🔪🔥
So awesome, we remember Erik Sandin lived in La Crescenta next to the Boogie Bowl skatepark. He'd always come down to our house, he was 18, NOFX played in our parents garage in 1984, Erik said; "I'm gonna be a drummer, I love this, I'm gonna do this for the rest of my life" and so it was and is Erik did it with NOFX
Good to see Matt Skiba doing the interviewer job. *thumbs up*
Like the interviewer, like, is, like, speaking in, like, vocal fry. Like, and he, like, keeps, like, saying like 'like'.
jemmy o'hooligan Like... You know... How... Like... Do you mean... Like... that? Like...? Do you like... Like? Like...
Wow! 20 years go by really fast...
Mike, please stop the drugs.
+carltonlong1985 We are working on it.... Thank you
+carltonlong1985 He's in the process of getting sober right now. Doin' the detox thing.
follow mike on instagram, he is doing amazing !!
50 days sober 👍👍
This was fantastic. I haven't even finished Hepatitis Bathtub but so far it's easily one of the best books I've ever read. Also, I thought Fat Mike was banned from SXSW after making people think they were drinking his piss? lol
Melvin would be a good asmr-er
one of the very few, and far between , real bands....they give all their honesty
They just told the whole book on the internet Lol
Sergio Koenow oh hell no 😄
no they didn't. But they did here: th-cam.com/video/3vj6_KOITnk/w-d-xo.html
I think fathers is supposed to protect you and teach you life. If you expect that from a single mother, you gonna miss out. Your mother need a man to support and lead her, and if she`s alone she`ll be kinda scared and unsecure and it`ll drp down to the kids.
I think staying together as a family is the bigges most powreful weapon in life. Its worth alot more than easy way out
I didn't think I could love these guys more than I already did. I was wrong.
best nofx interview ever
It's awesome to finally hear from Smelly for once, here, and in the book. Dude is a legend.
I'm buying this book right now!!!!!
I thought hefe was gonna say he was on too many drugs and that's why he thought the secret service was trying to get in his head, but at the end of that story he seemed deadly serious. Makes one think... Damn
MK-ULTRA
+Joshua Hokanson Well... I don't think that has anything in particular to do with it. MK ultra was a program where some pretty weird and nefarious experimentation took place, there is a ton of speculation about the topic that's interesting, but I think it's more likely a technological development that can be used far more stealthily in terms of manipulating people's thoughts now, and potentially as far back as this story took place. It's just interesting to note.
@@Asalamalika Ive gone down that rabbit hole on all the money spent on different CIA and NSA programs. It's almost unbelievable the shit they tried pulling like with the cats and surveillance
I could watch videos from these 4 men my entire life, as they play amazing music and amazing how they got rich because of it, they are a awsome band and my favorite band, its why there name is on my shoulder forever, and my name online, thank you nofx for being great band mates and awsome musical talents, nofx for life!
"...coming out, uh, apriiiil 16th ?"
*Mike*
i dunno...
From 46:00 - 50:00 best Part, that was tense. And Hefe is like... well Hefe... XD
The crowd is awkwardly quiet. You would think that they were attending a funeral.
I mean, Fat Mike made them awkward by being Fat Mike and telling them to stop laughing.
Or the stories they share are actually riveting. I read this book nonstop and wished they had 5 more
This needs to be an audio book. No music or anything, just the dudes telling all their stories in their own words AND voices.
+Dan Pantzig! I was thinking exactly the same shit, when el hefe starts to read
there is. its on youtube.
I just listened to all 12 hours of it on TH-cam. The band reads their chapters
@@twomindz79 band does the reading too. pretty worth the 12 hour listen
Know your rights Hefe, but you held it down like an OG. Smelly, dude the only way the shit could have been worse was if you did an upper decker as well....but, somehow I would believe it if I was told you did.
WTF!!! is there a German Type available?
Hands down best Punk band ever! They never sold their soles to the big record label devils and still are relevant to this day! Amazing! I Would listen to every album from front to back every song always kick ass!
The bottoms of their feet have not been sold yet.
Smelly is super articulate and thoughtful. Loved his answers.
Saw them in 93 or 94 opening for Fishbone. They were fantastic!
xoxo The Clarences
the book was a great read I feel that I know them all so much more. Thanks for writing this
Holy shit. Aside from being a KICK ASS DRUMMER, Smelly is the ROCK holding the band together, literally and figuratively.
Smelly is the shit. Mike's schtick is just starting to seem sad at this point.
He's a sad clown, yes... I feel he's like that, he's not putting on a show.
This book is for themselves. It's their redemption and they deserve it as human beings. They didn't write it for us even though it was the plan but unknowingly for themselves and we have the chance to witness it and gather with them to welcome their recovery.
I relate to fat Mike in so many ways. I died twice now and I've quit heroin and pills but still use other drugs ongoing. I hope he doesn't go too far. I try not to
does anyone else chuckle everytime el hefe says "crystal sphere"?
wow I sat down to take a quick look and watched the whole damn thing
Classic Mike. “Oh, you’re here to have fun. Well, that’s not happening.” Two minutes into an hour-long interview.
This video looks long. I need a couple of lines and an extra thermos of joe.
What’s ur pfp
This vid makes me wanna kick heads at the punk rock show.
- Melvin are you gonna say something on this?
- No
❤️ I love this withdrawn punkhead. I have so much in common with him
Fucking Melvin at the very end of the video "tell your friendsss" haha.
Best band book I ever read, hands down. I love NOFX of course, but even if I didn’t, I recommend this to anyone.
i think NOFX have earned a right to be cynical on the state of discontent in the culture....but it's not like they can play in basements and VFW halls and shit, so what they see is limited. people are still walking on ceilings and punching holes in walls and stealing cigarette stained rugs and shit....it is different tho. so long as there is an artistic expression for the malaise and ire of being ostracized there will be bands like Empty Vessels that i swear have a sticker in every bathroom of every punk dive from Portland to New Haven...or Some Kind Of Nightmare that keep a yearly tour itinerary of close to 400 shows a year, only taking time off cuz Molly Mess got tit cancer. this is why Billie Joe is in like 400 bands so Green Day fans can't keep up so he can still play in 600cap venues.
Great band. Even greater interview. God I love this band. Been listening for 25 years now.
I think I watched this video now at least 6-7 times if not already 10 times. And I read the book 3 times. For me NOFX members represent something genuine that we have to save as a special era for an anthology book.
I got to get that book! I am only a fan for 20 years but I guess I was too young before ;)
Cool interview! Informative.
I don't think they're a joke band. I think they are f****** Legends
NOFX too scared to play Scotland
Why?
mike is so wrong when he says they had way better shows from 2008-2018. their prime was 93-2004, period. its not even close look at all the video evidence
edit:2006-2016* yes they were still there in 2006 to 2010 or so but still doesnt compare to those earlier mentioned years
The book was incredible. Definitely the best band bio I've read.
Listening to NOFX since 1992, now i‘m 40 and my wife got me the book for xmas. can‘t wait to get my hands on it! I fln love these dudes!
Smelly .. what the fuk yo .. courtney love.. I'm buying this book the friday
Smelly rules
I love nofx. Amazing for so many reasons. Soundtrack to my days driving to Refugio beach and surfing all day when I was a kid.
legendem essa porra, meu inglês tá enferrujado e tô bêbado...o tempo que levo para entender poderia ser gasto em destruição neurônica
em prol do sistema...e tb contra ele
Wow, what a terrific audience!
NoFX became mainstream in the time of Napster and free download streaming services. Your fanbase is so much more than you will ever know 💯
why can't all music interview be like this?
fucking perfect!
Haha did he say "against me" when referring to bands failing after going corporate?
I hope mike will soon get rid of drugs.........and continue to rock on!!!!
If you have a money supply, the thing is fat mike and the bandmates, are honestly real serious musical party mofo's, but they got older and other people came into there life, but the band stayed, and music and party's, its what you do as a punk rock band somewhat, you rock out and you have some fun, but now the guys who stopped doing drugs etc, they really havent stopped i bet, just got there lives in control alot more, and keep there party live's, more at home, for there family and there band, i dont think fat mike will ever stop doing drugs or drinking, but if he does, the man will change, and so will his band and music.. get help if you need it, but do what you have to do to keep your band what it set out to be, and thats NOFX the greatest punk band of all time if you ask me.
I just appreciate how real these guys are, they are themselves whether you like it or not.
Met em all a few times...sandin n melvin are really genuine guys
how fucking cool is smelly? so fucking cool
El Hefe would be a perfect cartoon voice actor!
They talk about how Hefe's first influence on recording was longest line. That's one of their best songs imo. He brings so much to their music with his talent.
Was he with Courtney love pre Kurt Cobain or after Because after I would brag about it
20 minutes and this guy is trrrrrrying man, but they all clam up. Tell the stories!