Fair play to him, he's 56 years old, left quite a legacy in punk, even their last album was a good return to form. It's unreasonable to expect someone to do the same thing for 40+ years and not move on at some point.
First ditch effort was their best album in years IMHO ...but yeah single album was great too. NOFX really never made any bad albums from ribbed 1990 to the present ......
Ok. Can I at least request he not bring up his “kinky sex in the van”. Did I hear that right? Wtf is he talking about private weird shit like that? Has he finally lost his f-ing mind?
I don’t know, man. It’s not like he hasn’t had artistic freedom. He had Me First, he had Fat Wreck. Seems to me like he’s walking away from a good thing. I really don’t get it. But to be honest, I don’t think any of us have ever really understood Mike.
I remember a long time ago at a NOFX show when I yelled up at him "Fat Mike, you rule!" Fat Mike looked over and said, "Really?" Such an amazing band. Enjoy retirement 🤘🤘🍻
Awwww Fat Mike. I listen to NOFX almost everyday on my way to and from work. Your music has given me so much joy. Sorry to hear that it's over, but thank you for the rad tunes man! ❤
They’re not. I’ve seen both Eric Melvin and Smelly talk about it and they are crushed and don’t want it to end. It sucks it seems like this is all Mike.
Yeah he worked really hard when his dad loaned him the money to start Fat Wreck Chords and then Fat Mike repayed him by abandoning the man on his deathbed and writing a song glorifying it. Nice choice of role model, bruh.
@@ManBearCowGM I don't know him personally, so I'm not familiar with the details of the story. I do know that he was interviewed about it and said, "I asked my dad to cosign a bank loan for $20,000. … He may not have had faith in me, but he did loan me the money. And when The Longest Line recouped, and I offered to pay the loan in full, he told me not to worry about it. It’s funny, if I had been broke I’m sure he would’ve held the debt over my head forever, but because I was actually making money it was no big deal." My role model is Ben Carson. He's the reason I became a doctor. In any field, if you work hard, you will reap the benefits. That's why mike became a millionaire.
@@ManBearCowGMYou’re also talking about the same guy that would routinely leave a child alone in front of a television while he went out with his buddies. What exactly does Mike owe a neglectful, absent father?
You can see in Mike's eyes that he really means what he's saying. And I can relate. I myself am returning to my younger kinda mindset. Because it gets old trying/or becoming successful. Burnt myself out for a company that doesn't give a shit about me in the end. Wasted years of my youth for nothing. So I'm gonna play a different game and live each day at a time very simply and enjoy what I want to do because tomorrow I maybe gone. Work to live, not live to work
Fat Mike has given us soo much happiness. I was just listening to his songs today. I’m a bit skeptical about his theories on sexual happiness providing more than his music but he’s never done anything but be himself so…
Nothing makes me happier than music and NOFX is responsible for so much of it. I have tons of memories tied to this band and their songs. So many shows and experiences. My life is better because of this band. I don't think there is a more powerful catalyst than music for bringing others happiness, but I wish you the best in your new endeavors, Fat Mike. I'm not gonna cry that it's over, I'll smile because it happened. Cheers from San Diego. 🍻
Completely agree with your sentiments I was given in89 NOFX and bad religion and fell in love instantly NOFX sounded like rkl to me and years later I found out they were label mate's and freinds I hope they come out to Australia one more time but I don't think they are but as U said have many great memories peace and love lloydy
Mike is one of the best punk songwriters of the past 3 decades. I'm a bit sad he wants to quit doing that to become a tony robbins doing stand-up. Feels like Michael Jordan quitting basketball to play baseball all over again. 😔
we should cheer him on. He wants to find a way to help people. Let him follow his heart. Love this dude and NOFX, but I'll be on side of all of the people I love rooting for their drive.
Good job just letting Mike talk. He has lots of awkward pauses and the way you let him finish his thoughts…great interviewer and great interview with a living legend
NOFX has always been a staple band in my life growing up, listening to them since late 80's as well as of course seeing them LIVE. They were the core to my music existence in the 80's, 90's punk scene and beyond. Because of this band, I learned to play guitar many, many years ago in my early teens and ultimately learned how to play punk because of them. Sure, you had/have amazing bands of the same era, Ramones, Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Descendents, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, The Vandals, No Use for a Name...etc..just to name a small few of the many greats, some who have broken up and some who are still around, but there's just something about NOFX...They will always and forever be my favorite punk band of all time. Thanks Fat Mike, El Hefe, Melvin and Smelly for the decades of immeasurable artistry in punk rawk music. Your tunes have been with me pretty much my whole life, traveling through ups and downs and all-arounds, and I can't thank you all enough for shaping me into who I am today. Peace.
Stand up comedy is something he seems like he wanted to do instead of music if you seen his shows. They go off for 5 minutes in between songs. Good for Mike.
I can say with great assurance that if I had wealth … to buy a home, to travel, to record my music, to set my kids up, .. I would be a very happy man. When people say money doesn’t bring happiness firstly it’s absurd … second it’s usually people who don’t have to worry a whole lot about their financial situation.
Not having money brings unhappiness though. Living paycheck to paycheck. One bad day away from being on the street. Have that sword above your head all the time. No good for your mental space
Money without people to spend it on and to take care of will not buy you the happiness you get from genuine interactions you have with people you care about and that care about you. As men, money does buy a form of happiness. It allows us to take care of our loved ones, and we get the nod of approval from society that we are real men. Rich people are some of the most miserable motherfuckers out there. They have all the money but no one to care for.
It's super sad to hear that no effects is going to break up especially I've been listening to him almost all my life. I'm 42 so almost literally. Mike's been doing music along time the band has been doing music a long time and he can't really hate on them for maybe wanting to do something different for a while
I'm saying this as a friend and as someone who cares deeply for you... the day you walk through those arches you're dead to me. That's it. We're never speaking again and that's on you.
Fat Mike, you brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people in Orlando yesterday!! Regarding Codefendants, I liked their live show better than the album. A lot of energy that needs to be translated to the album better. I see plenty of potential in the act!
i know this is just a snippet of the interview, but what a weird way to cut off... Sad NOFX is retiring, Glad Fat Mike is doing what he enjoys...looking forward to the reunion in 15yrs....
His perspective on „Europe“ (already an incredibly broad stroke) is clearly influenced by only meeting people on tour. There are the same „you gotta have success“ factors over here as over there.
Well, Mike I'll tell ya one thing: I was at the Punk Rock Museum a couple weekends ago, I was already in Vegas for an unrelated reason. Walking through there and seeing everything, all this was stuff that was connected to some very important times in my life made me so fucking happy I got a little emotional. You put events in motion to where I got to play one of your old basses and one of Fletcher's old guitars. Me and one of your guys flipped around Jason's old bass amp to see which ones they were. I got to see old show flyers from Gillman St. I came backdown stairs and you were chilling at the table closest to the stairway having lunch, aside from being too chicken shit to say hi, its a rule of mine you don't hassle a guy while he's having fucking lunch.
Great explanation. I busted my ass an gained financial freedom creating my dream business. One thing I noticed was that I had no more excuses. Here I was sitting in a home I always dreamed of, had cars I always dreamed of, but I was lonely and depressed. Previously, I could blame it all on other things and life circumstances. Once there's nothing left to blame you have to face yourself and fix you.
Hey, if you set out to make plenty of dough and you actually did it, you still kick ass. As for the loneliness part, remember that most of normal everyday conversation is basically bitching about money and not having enough of it, so yeah you're going to be a bit lonely if making money is something you DON'T suck at. Just a fluke of human nature.
Definitely a pendulum. We swing on one huge arc chasing to get to the financial finish line - most of us don’t hit it - and if you do, you start swinging the other way to one day hit the peak of our deep selves and exactly what you say - fixing ourselves.
Smelly has spoken the truth about this... Mike is a destructive alchoholic. They gave him an ultimatum, quit the drink... Or we quit the band. He has chosen the drink...
@@zacatkinson3926 it was briefly mentioned in backstage passport. Gotta remember they did the same to smelly around punk in drublic I believe. Don't quote me on the time. And when they confronted Mike he basically said you can't have nofx without me, and you know it. So then they started having 2 green rooms. One for smelly and whoever didn't wanna deal with his debauchery. Not sure how that played out behind closed doors, but it was definitely an issue spoken of.
I love the way rich people say that having money is not the key to happiness. It is true to a degree but without money you can’t always follow your passions. Don’t get me wrong I like Fat Mike and NOFX but unfortunately life isn’t that simple.
It's sad, but it's all good. Life changes, people need to switch things up and do new things. And also sometimes great things can get old later in life. Nothing lasts forever. But that's part of what makes it all so great. Every song has an ending. And then you start again new.
Mike has caught a mental cancer, and he wants to share it with the world. Does he look like a happy guy to you? Does it look like his political outlook is making him "joyful"? His demeanor is very clear. Whatever he's got; you don't want it.
He seems not sober, short of breath, definitely not in the best of health. What I mean is that he sounds like he needs to burp, the entire time he is talking. Probably bugs me because that is what it’s like talking to my mom
You think people get joy from a political view? I mean I guess you guys do all get joy from trying to trigger people all the time but to me that sounds pretty joyless.
So Smelly said that it was only touring that was ending and that they would still be making music, which is it? NOFX will end, or just the live performances?
No one in America is shunned for what Fat Mike is referring to as a "wasted life". He seems to live in 2 worlds here. In one he's clearly living how he wants and is literally famous for it and in the other he thinks people are considered outcasts for living that way. He also seems to be conflating financial independence/freedom with happiness in a way that makes it seem like that's the only way to be happy.. that's not the case for most of us. Most of us just want to see positive fruits for our labor. There is so much to do an experience out there and I'm sorry to say this but, very little of it is free. That's just the world we live in. If our dollar could stretch further, we would concentrate more time on doing things that make us happier rather than just trying to cover the basic needs.
Dammit Mike please stay sober so you can live to be old. You are such a beautiful human being and I fucking love everything you’ve ever done. Maybe learn to like weed. It saved me. I am a 54 year old electronic punk and I’ve grown up with you
The partying days add up too brother. I’ve done my fair share of drugs in my life and I’m 37. I work a 5:30-1:30 job. I can only imagine the punk scene back in the day being some crazy ass parties. Life takes its toll and then you realize when it’s time to throw in the flag. Thank you for all your great and memorable music (Linoleum and Stickin In My Eye oh and Pump Up The Valium album fire just a few to name top fav)
I agree with some of what Mike said, particularly determining what your own version of success looks like. We, as Americans, have way too much of a tendency to gauge success only in financial terms. Different people have different ambitions; you cannot put a price on completing a marathon, writing a song, etc. However, avoiding hard work and aiming for a life where you just lounge around all day is a sure fire way to be unhappy. I would rather set goals, set plans in place to accomplish them, own my failures and continue to improve. I’ll take long-term fulfillment over short-term happiness any day of the week. This is part of the reason I stopped listening to NOFX. It seems to me like their message was pretty much do drugs, have fun, and live for yourself because at the end of the day none of this really matters anyway. Great advice for the youth, Mike! Those will for sure be some Ted talks I’ll be sure to skip.
The f@ck, “we as Americans”? Every modern society factors in financial worth as being successful. I don’t care how “successful” you try to say you are, but if you’re stuck working 2 jobs struggling to provide for you family, you aren’t successful. You are spending more time away and providing the least. Success is spending time and providing. That’s what financial success gives you. Don’t be dense about it.
Yeah. I'm an American now permanently living in Europe/Spain. People here are generally happier and more laid back here (for a plethora of reason), but Mike's example was dead-on.
Honestly I can’t think of too many ppl I’d be less willing to take advice from. Still love nofx and I don’t hate fat mike, but he has turned into a cartoon character. Like, he thinks ppl are going to achieve real happiness through kinky sex? What an amazing way to view the value of another person. No thanks.
@@ty4moore20 Yeah. The guy that k!ll£d his own Mom, whose wife committed suicide while he was in the next room, and who talks about how depressed he is and how he hates himself is really gonna have such pearls of wisdom regarding all the good things in life to dish out. I'm sure of it.
He’s definitely not delusional. Definitely not for sure. He’s totally sane. I mean not having a normal life for over 25 to 30 years. Definitely does not make you out of touch with reality not even ia little bit. I’m totally sure he’ll be fine t
Ted isn't too bad. I listened to a few podcasts with him in the past few years, pretty strong arguments for why he believes what he believes. Definitely less sensational than he sounds in the press.
@@AmiliaCaraMia anyone who goes around in 2023 still claiming Obama is a secret Muslim and his wife is man is not in anyway shape or form a sane person.
Thank you for all the songs, all the shows I went in, all the records and all you lies, I love you Mike, you opened my eyes years ago on what I could be happy with. Before NOFX everything was dark around me, it is just as if you brought me the light to walk in the world. I'm sad not to see you again with NOFX on stage but I will always respect everything you do. I love you Mike.
Hoping the other NOFX members can continue on doing something as well. I know Mike is pretty set career wise and financially. Not so sure about the other 3.
@@yourdaddy9622I’d be pretty amazed if any of them have 999k of disposable income.. Id like to think they probably have houses or assets of that nature, that are fairly paid down. El jefe opened a restaurant at one point, when they were more flush with cash, that eventually closed.
Hedonism isn’t happiness…people need to improve not just submit to their base “lizard brain” desires of just “doing you”. That thinking leads you to a tent on the sidewalk.
I started following Nofx and other more or less known bands from the same melodic hc punk style (fan since 1994)…they made a great impact on the music me and my band(s) were playing at the time…I’ve seen them live at least 20 times and always enjoyed their shows
Mike is a true setter and leader. Rare breed for sure. Thanks Fat Mike! Your music shaped my youth and my kids.. thanks for all the shoes!! Love you and hope you find what you are looking for!
Give it up to Fat Mike. To the whole band. NOFX provided great punk music to the masses for 40 years. Let him move on with dignity and keep his legacy alive by continuing to listen to and spread his music to new potential fans. Thank you Fat Mike. Thank you NOFX for all you have added to my world.
It hurts me to know that mike doesnt believe NOFX is bringing enougj happiness to the world, yet this new wave rap punk hybrid stuff is, but st the same time each individual memeber of nofx has brought me so much joy and relatability over the years. If you wanna chase what makes YOU happy mike then do it, bit dont label it as "for the people" just do you man.
NOFX hasn't really made a great album in the last 20 years, so it's fine. Their peak was The Decline. They're still my all-time favorite band, but that's because of their absolute classics from the 90 that i grew up on.
His whole outlook seems really biased. No offense or anything... maybe the dude needs to try staying in a really small southern town or something. Ya know... get out of the city. That attitude he's talking about?... that is NOT how it is when you don't live literally shoulder to shoulder and ass to feet in some city. I found that out REAL fuckin quick. Never hated on my little town ever again.
I'm mostly into black, death and doom metal but NOFX, punk and hardcore are still a part of who I am. I still listen to War On Errorism every few months. They were a fun and important band in my life and will remain so no matter if they are together or not anymore. Even though i am bummed they will break up.
Gee i'll sure miss his neoliberal establishment left songs of angst about how orange man bad and you need to get the jab. Just a middle aged limousine liberal with blue hair and high cholesterol.
NOFX has been my favorite band since I first heard White Trash in 1993-94. I was just starting high school, hanging out with some friends and my friend Aric and he gave me a mohawk while we listened to the album. NOFX was my escape (well drugs too lol) from my stepdad who I'd have to take beatings from so he wouldn't beat up my mom and younger siblings. Escape from being poor and never having anything cause your stepdad was also a crackhead and violent drunk. Who'd make me and my younger brother run and grab him drugs when we were as young as 10 and 11. And so many other shitty things. But NOFX helped me through a lot of it. I honestly think I'd be dead today without all the great music I discovered as a kid.
Shoot when I was like 13-15 ish. I was crowd surfing, and fat Mike did at the same time all fucked up and I touched him as we passed by he looked at me and kinda liked me like a little wassup gesture. He’s super cool with his fans. As a young kid man it was a awesome moment.
Long time NOFX fan, I’ve often noticed contradictions in fat mikes lyrics, between what he stands for and what he does. Thanks for calling him out in the interview.
Full interview: th-cam.com/video/vj1phlK8n5Q/w-d-xo.html
Goofy CA pop punk
European also.
NOFX has brought me happiness throughout the years just having their music there to listen to.
Fat Mike is a chicken hawk, but worse than that a sell out
Same here. I’m sad he’s so disappointing these days.
Fair play to him, he's 56 years old, left quite a legacy in punk, even their last album was a good return to form. It's unreasonable to expect someone to do the same thing for 40+ years and not move on at some point.
Rolling Stones been doing it longer. Mike is just being a bitch, and wont quit drugs and alcohol.
First ditch effort was their best album in years IMHO ...but yeah single album was great too. NOFX really never made any bad albums from ribbed 1990 to the present ......
Ok. Can I at least request he not bring up his “kinky sex in the van”. Did I hear that right? Wtf is he talking about private weird shit like that? Has he finally lost his f-ing mind?
I don’t know, man. It’s not like he hasn’t had artistic freedom. He had Me First, he had Fat Wreck. Seems to me like he’s walking away from a good thing. I really don’t get it. But to be honest, I don’t think any of us have ever really understood Mike.
Tell that to Greg Graffin.
I remember a long time ago at a NOFX show when I yelled up at him "Fat Mike, you rule!" Fat Mike looked over and said, "Really?" Such an amazing band. Enjoy retirement 🤘🤘🍻
Awwww Fat Mike. I listen to NOFX almost everyday on my way to and from work. Your music has given me so much joy. Sorry to hear that it's over, but thank you for the rad tunes man! ❤
Do whatever you want, and don't give a f&ck what other people think. -Punk Rock
Thats a solid definition. But also makes me realize my grandpa was punk rock as hell and he didn't even know it.
Hedonistic pleasure will NEVER make you happy.
Remember when Mike was golfing on private golf courses talking about what was wrong with the Punk Scene. What a time to be alive.
That’s correct Nofx was pretentious pop punk band that shit on other pop punk bands, while on the 18th hole.
@@ts1265 they sound cool even in that description
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It sounds like sarcasm to me . Nofx sarcastic ? Who knew .
Trump style anti establishment
and dexter owns a plane...
Timeless music. NOFX will live on forever. I just hope the rest of the band was ready to take on a new path of hapiness.
If NOISE is timeless ......have some ADULT TUNES....the rest is for edgy kids
They’re not.
I’ve seen both Eric Melvin and Smelly talk about it and they are crushed and don’t want it to end.
It sucks it seems like this is all Mike.
Mike proves that hard work pays off. He has been working hard his whole life and now he just wants to retire and do stuff he likes. That's the goal.
Yeah he worked really hard when his dad loaned him the money to start Fat Wreck Chords and then Fat Mike repayed him by abandoning the man on his deathbed and writing a song glorifying it. Nice choice of role model, bruh.
@@ManBearCowGM I don't know him personally, so I'm not familiar with the details of the story. I do know that he was interviewed about it and said, "I asked my dad to cosign a bank loan for $20,000. … He may not have had faith in me, but he did loan me the money. And when The Longest Line recouped, and I offered to pay the loan in full, he told me not to worry about it. It’s funny, if I had been broke I’m sure he would’ve held the debt over my head forever, but because I was actually making money it was no big deal." My role model is Ben Carson. He's the reason I became a doctor. In any field, if you work hard, you will reap the benefits. That's why mike became a millionaire.
@@ManBearCowGMYou’re also talking about the same guy that would routinely leave a child alone in front of a television while he went out with his buddies. What exactly does Mike owe a neglectful, absent father?
@@ManBearCowGMThe comment was about hard work. Not role models.
You can see in Mike's eyes that he really means what he's saying. And I can relate. I myself am returning to my younger kinda mindset. Because it gets old trying/or becoming successful. Burnt myself out for a company that doesn't give a shit about me in the end. Wasted years of my youth for nothing. So I'm gonna play a different game and live each day at a time very simply and enjoy what I want to do because tomorrow I maybe gone. Work to live, not live to work
Same
I feel like he's doing what he usually does...trolling. lol
@@ABandCalledStoned He possibly could be haha
He’s pandering to the trend..
Fat Mike has given us soo much happiness. I was just listening to his songs today. I’m a bit skeptical about his theories on sexual happiness providing more than his music but he’s never done anything but be himself so…
Nothing makes me happier than music and NOFX is responsible for so much of it. I have tons of memories tied to this band and their songs. So many shows and experiences. My life is better because of this band. I don't think there is a more powerful catalyst than music for bringing others happiness, but I wish you the best in your new endeavors, Fat Mike. I'm not gonna cry that it's over, I'll smile because it happened. Cheers from San Diego. 🍻
Completely agree with your sentiments I was given in89 NOFX and bad religion and fell in love instantly NOFX sounded like rkl to me and years later I found out they were label mate's and freinds I hope they come out to Australia one more time but I don't think they are but as U said have many great memories peace and love lloydy
Totally agree. Started my band and play bass mainly because of him and nofx
I am in agreement with this I have had so many great night's, drunk and have my scares and my tattoo. Great band.
Mike is one of the best punk songwriters of the past 3 decades. I'm a bit sad he wants to quit doing that to become a tony robbins doing stand-up. Feels like Michael Jordan quitting basketball to play baseball all over again. 😔
Jordan quit cuz he was sports betting and got suspended from the NBA bro
@@jdmsurfer and got his dad killed
@@jdmsurfer Oh I didn't know that. I'm not from the US and the story here in Europe is he liked baseball more than basketball.
we should cheer him on. He wants to find a way to help people. Let him follow his heart. Love this dude and NOFX, but I'll be on side of all of the people I love rooting for their drive.
Fat Mike turned into a liberal California house cat
Good job just letting Mike talk. He has lots of awkward pauses and the way you let him finish his thoughts…great interviewer and great interview with a living legend
NOFX has always been a staple band in my life growing up, listening to them since late 80's as well as of course seeing them LIVE. They were the core to my music existence in the 80's, 90's punk scene and beyond. Because of this band, I learned to play guitar many, many years ago in my early teens and ultimately learned how to play punk because of them. Sure, you had/have amazing bands of the same era, Ramones, Minor Threat, Bad Religion, Descendents, Misfits, Dead Kennedys, The Vandals, No Use for a Name...etc..just to name a small few of the many greats, some who have broken up and some who are still around, but there's just something about NOFX...They will always and forever be my favorite punk band of all time. Thanks Fat Mike, El Hefe, Melvin and Smelly for the decades of immeasurable artistry in punk rawk music. Your tunes have been with me pretty much my whole life, traveling through ups and downs and all-arounds, and I can't thank you all enough for shaping me into who I am today. Peace.
Stand up comedy is something he seems like he wanted to do instead of music if you seen his shows. They go off for 5 minutes in between songs. Good for Mike.
I would never go to his shows. Just a bunch of sleepy joe supporters. Great music, but childish lyrics, and this weird man’s ego.
So long and thanks for all the tunes 💙
I've seen them live. Fat Mike is NOT worried about making people "stoked".
Thanks for all the great tunes. This guy's brain is swiss cheese.
I was at their last show in Montreal ''final tour'' and he was making ppl stoked
@@FrancisDGM I confirm. Hence why I'm also going to LA for their last shows.
I can say with great assurance that if I had wealth … to buy a home, to travel, to record my music, to set my kids up, .. I would be a very happy man. When people say money doesn’t bring happiness firstly it’s absurd … second it’s usually people who don’t have to worry a whole lot about their financial situation.
Fukin oath totally agree, dont see him giving his cash etc away
Money isn't for buying happiness, it's for buying the freedom to pursue it.
@@devilsoffspring5519 sure just so long as i have more than i’ll ever need
Not having money brings unhappiness though. Living paycheck to paycheck. One bad day away from being on the street. Have that sword above your head all the time. No good for your mental space
Money without people to spend it on and to take care of will not buy you the happiness you get from genuine interactions you have with people you care about and that care about you. As men, money does buy a form of happiness. It allows us to take care of our loved ones, and we get the nod of approval from society that we are real men. Rich people are some of the most miserable motherfuckers out there. They have all the money but no one to care for.
You brought me happiness for most of my life. I will be listening to NoFx when I am locked up in a retirement home.
So many great songs. So many years of really good lyrics and messages. I think he's forgotten he's said all he needs to in the music.
Damn...when did punk rock become so safe?
When did the scene become a joke?
You’ll excuse me if I laugh in your face as I itemize your receipts
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*PowerPoint your balance sheets.*
Whats that even mean?
@@Bobaman5400 really??
@@Bobaman5400separate the church and skate, dawg
It's super sad to hear that no effects is going to break up especially I've been listening to him almost all my life. I'm 42 so almost literally. Mike's been doing music along time the band has been doing music a long time and he can't really hate on them for maybe wanting to do something different for a while
Same… I’ll be 41 in 3 weeks and nofx has been in my life for 25ish years
‘No Effects.’ Is tripping me out lol
I really admire this guy and what he says. Reminds me of a good friend who passed away. Stay up Mike
Man... this is some bs. The time when nofx (or better fat mike) were starting more and more with so called "activism", they got worse and worse.
Agreed
Get woke go broke
Mike's real goal is to star in "Mrs Doubtfire the return"
HELLLLL-OOOOOOHHHH!
Working at the McDonalds is the most Punk Rock thing to do! \m/
Not supporting or aiding large corporations is the most punk rock thing to do. It's OUR job to keep punk rock elite.
I'm saying this as a friend and as someone who cares deeply for you... the day you walk through those arches you're dead to me. That's it. We're never speaking again and that's on you.
@@doclime4792 hey, whom of the three people are you addressing with your wise words?
@agdrummer2610 you say this while sitting on a phone made by a big company
So long and thanks for all the songs
Fat Mike, you brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people in Orlando yesterday!! Regarding Codefendants, I liked their live show better than the album. A lot of energy that needs to be translated to the album better. I see plenty of potential in the act!
I agree. I drove from Michigan to the Orlando show!!! Wouldnt have missed it for the world! Great show!
So long and thanks for all the hits
i know this is just a snippet of the interview, but what a weird way to cut off... Sad NOFX is retiring, Glad Fat Mike is doing what he enjoys...looking forward to the reunion in 15yrs....
Thank you for all the songs and performances over the years mike!
His perspective on „Europe“ (already an incredibly broad stroke) is clearly influenced by only meeting people on tour. There are the same „you gotta have success“ factors over here as over there.
haha great. Exactly what I thought when hearing his perspektive
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Well, Mike I'll tell ya one thing: I was at the Punk Rock Museum a couple weekends ago, I was already in Vegas for an unrelated reason. Walking through there and seeing everything, all this was stuff that was connected to some very important times in my life made me so fucking happy I got a little emotional. You put events in motion to where I got to play one of your old basses and one of Fletcher's old guitars. Me and one of your guys flipped around Jason's old bass amp to see which ones they were. I got to see old show flyers from Gillman St. I came backdown stairs and you were chilling at the table closest to the stairway having lunch, aside from being too chicken shit to say hi, its a rule of mine you don't hassle a guy while he's having fucking lunch.
It's a good rule
There is a punk rock museum? Wow that’s lame
@@internetperson9121 your lame …
@@internetperson9121 Everything has museums? It's less lame than painting museums.
TED talks are the opposite of joy and happiness
For you
Great explanation. I busted my ass an gained financial freedom creating my dream business. One thing I noticed was that I had no more excuses. Here I was sitting in a home I always dreamed of, had cars I always dreamed of, but I was lonely and depressed. Previously, I could blame it all on other things and life circumstances. Once there's nothing left to blame you have to face yourself and fix you.
Hey, if you set out to make plenty of dough and you actually did it, you still kick ass. As for the loneliness part, remember that most of normal everyday conversation is basically bitching about money and not having enough of it, so yeah you're going to be a bit lonely if making money is something you DON'T suck at. Just a fluke of human nature.
Definitely a pendulum. We swing on one huge arc chasing to get to the financial finish line - most of us don’t hit it - and if you do, you start swinging the other way to one day hit the peak of our deep selves and exactly what you say - fixing ourselves.
Helping people find happiness is an amazingly worthy cause. Thank you Fat Mike.❤🙏
Glad arrogant Mike is here to tell us what makes us happy.
Made me happy 👌
it's his job to keep punk rock elite
@@eurygorgonheavymetalgaming4132 my point exactly..
Right
Fancy having his own perspective, arrogant Mike, look in the mirror sandalhead
Smelly has spoken the truth about this... Mike is a destructive alchoholic. They gave him an ultimatum, quit the drink... Or we quit the band. He has chosen the drink...
source?
@@zacatkinson3926 his butthole
Quit your drinking now’s the time
@@zacatkinson3926 it was briefly mentioned in backstage passport. Gotta remember they did the same to smelly around punk in drublic I believe. Don't quote me on the time. And when they confronted Mike he basically said you can't have nofx without me, and you know it. So then they started having 2 green rooms. One for smelly and whoever didn't wanna deal with his debauchery. Not sure how that played out behind closed doors, but it was definitely an issue spoken of.
@@norespectgiven2u what will happen to them three if Mike quits?
Fat Mikes Stand up is actually really great
I look forward to whenever this happens
Nofx was a big part of my life cannot wait to see in June.
So sad to hear. Been listening to NOFX for 29 years and also had a snowboard part back in the days with one of their songs as the sound track.
nahhhh....NOFX doesnt just give me joy for one night.... gives me joy everyday, a part of my life.
Mike makes SO MUCH SENSE!!!! He'd be a great stand up comic, or be a really good ted talk guest.
I love the way rich people say that having money is not the key to happiness. It is true to a degree but without money you can’t always follow your passions. Don’t get me wrong I like Fat Mike and NOFX but unfortunately life isn’t that simple.
Nofx has been the only sure thing to make me happy; whenever, wherever, no matter what since 1991 (when I was 12 years old)
It's sad, but it's all good. Life changes, people need to switch things up and do new things. And also sometimes great things can get old later in life. Nothing lasts forever. But that's part of what makes it all so great. Every song has an ending. And then you start again new.
Mike has caught a mental cancer, and he wants to share it with the world. Does he look like a happy guy to you? Does it look like his political outlook is making him "joyful"? His demeanor is very clear. Whatever he's got; you don't want it.
He seems not sober, short of breath, definitely not in the best of health. What I mean is that he sounds like he needs to burp, the entire time he is talking. Probably bugs me because that is what it’s like talking to my mom
@@aWhimTested He all woke now. It's mental illness.
You think people get joy from a political view? I mean I guess you guys do all get joy from trying to trigger people all the time but to me that sounds pretty joyless.
🎯🎯🎯
XD truly enlightened person here.
Man I was just getting into NOFX the past few months. It sucks if they really are splitting up
So Smelly said that it was only touring that was ending and that they would still be making music, which is it?
NOFX will end, or just the live performances?
NOFX is the soundtrack to my life
Money doesn’t buy you happiness. However for the small cost of 1,915.00 you can get the “bro” package and see nofx in Australia.
I’m uploading 14 NOFX guitar covers later this day, in their honor. In like 5 hours 😁🎸🔥
No one in America is shunned for what Fat Mike is referring to as a "wasted life". He seems to live in 2 worlds here. In one he's clearly living how he wants and is literally famous for it and in the other he thinks people are considered outcasts for living that way. He also seems to be conflating financial independence/freedom with happiness in a way that makes it seem like that's the only way to be happy.. that's not the case for most of us. Most of us just want to see positive fruits for our labor. There is so much to do an experience out there and I'm sorry to say this but, very little of it is free. That's just the world we live in. If our dollar could stretch further, we would concentrate more time on doing things that make us happier rather than just trying to cover the basic needs.
I was at that show in Austin... It was fucking awesome
he also said he doesn't enjoy doing live shows anymore unless he's wasted, and that he doesn't want to do that anymore
Tik Toks are causing depression, not happiness.
VERY true. Although I think he said "Ted Talks".
@@Rompler_Rocco lol I think you’re right 😂
what happens if no ones passionate about plumbing.. or filling potholes... or doin drywall?
Dammit Mike please stay sober so you can live to be old. You are such a beautiful human being and I fucking love everything you’ve ever done. Maybe learn to like weed. It saved me. I am a 54 year old electronic punk and I’ve grown up with you
I thought that when Fat Mike gets stoned, he gets STONED. Weed is basically like a glass of milk for him
Electronic punk??
The partying days add up too brother. I’ve done my fair share of drugs in my life and I’m 37. I work a 5:30-1:30 job. I can only imagine the punk scene back in the day being some crazy ass parties. Life takes its toll and then you realize when it’s time to throw in the flag. Thank you for all your great and memorable music (Linoleum and Stickin In My Eye oh and Pump Up The Valium album fire just a few to name top fav)
I agree with some of what Mike said, particularly determining what your own version of success looks like. We, as Americans, have way too much of a tendency to gauge success only in financial terms. Different people have different ambitions; you cannot put a price on completing a marathon, writing a song, etc.
However, avoiding hard work and aiming for a life where you just lounge around all day is a sure fire way to be unhappy. I would rather set goals, set plans in place to accomplish them, own my failures and continue to improve. I’ll take long-term fulfillment over short-term happiness any day of the week. This is part of the reason I stopped listening to NOFX. It seems to me like their message was pretty much do drugs, have fun, and live for yourself because at the end of the day none of this really matters anyway. Great advice for the youth, Mike! Those will for sure be some Ted talks I’ll be sure to skip.
The f@ck, “we as Americans”? Every modern society factors in financial worth as being successful. I don’t care how “successful” you try to say you are, but if you’re stuck working 2 jobs struggling to provide for you family, you aren’t successful. You are spending more time away and providing the least. Success is spending time and providing. That’s what financial success gives you. Don’t be dense about it.
Good comment. I agree
Yeah. I'm an American now permanently living in Europe/Spain. People here are generally happier and more laid back here (for a plethora of reason), but Mike's example was dead-on.
Thanks Mike, your nofx music has helped me to be happy.
Honestly I can’t think of too many ppl I’d be less willing to take advice from. Still love nofx and I don’t hate fat mike, but he has turned into a cartoon character. Like, he thinks ppl are going to achieve real happiness through kinky sex? What an amazing way to view the value of another person. No thanks.
The guy with addiction issues that writes song about how unhappy he is and how much he hates himself is going to teach people how to be happy 😅
haha EXACTLY. His "quest" to save the world and bring happiness is a total lie.
Yeah anyone with addiction issues or an outlet to express negative emotions is never capable of anything positive AMIRITE
@@ty4moore20 Yeah. The guy that k!ll£d his own Mom, whose wife committed suicide while he was in the next room, and who talks about how depressed he is and how he hates himself is really gonna have such pearls of wisdom regarding all the good things in life to dish out. I'm sure of it.
🤘🤜🤛
He'll be going tranny soon
He’s definitely not delusional. Definitely not for sure. He’s totally sane. I mean not having a normal life for over 25 to 30 years. Definitely does not make you out of touch with reality not even ia little bit. I’m totally sure he’ll be fine t
All thenguys talking trash about him think Ted Nugent is a political genius.
he is
Ted isn't too bad. I listened to a few podcasts with him in the past few years, pretty strong arguments for why he believes what he believes. Definitely less sensational than he sounds in the press.
so you're claiming political tribalism? people can hate on mike without being in an opposing party
@@ravenpiece I mean the two comments before yours shows im right
@@AmiliaCaraMia anyone who goes around in 2023 still claiming Obama is a secret Muslim and his wife is man is not in anyway shape or form a sane person.
Thank you for all the songs, all the shows I went in, all the records and all you lies, I love you Mike, you opened my eyes years ago on what I could be happy with. Before NOFX everything was dark around me, it is just as if you brought me the light to walk in the world. I'm sad not to see you again with NOFX on stage but I will always respect everything you do. I love you Mike.
What about all the shoes?
@@SimplePleasuresMTB Fat Mike is funny, not you, have a nice day.
Hoping the other NOFX members can continue on doing something as well. I know Mike is pretty set career wise and financially. Not so sure about the other 3.
Well if they saved money they are still all millionaires, so don’t feel bad for them lmao
@@yourdaddy9622I’d be pretty amazed if any of them have 999k of disposable income.. Id like to think they probably have houses or assets of that nature, that are fairly paid down.
El jefe opened a restaurant at one point, when they were more flush with cash, that eventually closed.
@@Resinpro exactly, they had their prime and their chance. I’m sure they all pissed it away
@@yourdaddy9622 Smelly said he doesn't have enough to retire 🫤
@@travboat that’s awful. Should have saved more I guess. You know they’ve made tonnnnns of money
Hedonism isn’t happiness…people need to improve not just submit to their base “lizard brain” desires of just “doing you”. That thinking leads you to a tent on the sidewalk.
This honestly reads like a dude with substance issues and possibly a midlife crisis.
Fat Mike doing stand-up will either be the worst thing ever, or the best thing ever.
The drugs and alcohol have caught up 🤷♂️
I saw him at the museum last February..I didn't speak to him because he was busy..he truly works very hard
That’s not how life works in Europe lol
I started following Nofx and other more or less known bands from the same melodic hc punk style (fan since 1994)…they made a great impact on the music me and my band(s) were playing at the time…I’ve seen them live at least 20 times and always enjoyed their shows
nofx music has never brought me anything other than joy!
(real reason, fat mike's too sober for nofx these days)
Brilliamt interwire, Finn. Keep at it!
But when I find a new nofx song I am happy. 😢
Mike is a true setter and leader. Rare breed for sure. Thanks Fat Mike! Your music shaped my youth and my kids.. thanks for all the shoes!! Love you and hope you find what you are looking for!
He shaped your kids?
@@shannond1511 passed down good punk music to my kids instead of the garbage on the radio. Shaped their taste in music. Gutter head
One midlife crisis talking to another
Funniest comment ever
Give it up to Fat Mike. To the whole band. NOFX provided great punk music to the masses for 40 years. Let him move on with dignity and keep his legacy alive by continuing to listen to and spread his music to new potential fans. Thank you Fat Mike. Thank you NOFX for all you have added to my world.
Took Fat Mike his whole life to work out that success is in the eye of the beholder.
i love and hate fat mike. the dude makes so much sense on some stuff then is waaaaay out in left field on others.
It hurts me to know that mike doesnt believe NOFX is bringing enougj happiness to the world, yet this new wave rap punk hybrid stuff is, but st the same time each individual memeber of nofx has brought me so much joy and relatability over the years. If you wanna chase what makes YOU happy mike then do it, bit dont label it as "for the people" just do you man.
NOFX hasn't really made a great album in the last 20 years, so it's fine. Their peak was The Decline. They're still my all-time favorite band, but that's because of their absolute classics from the 90 that i grew up on.
I kind of agree. The sound happened on the first albums. The rest just made different versions of the same sound.
yeah probably cause it's their sound
did the interviewer take halperidol before this?
Nooo!!!! Nofx can't break up! Nooo this can't be happening!
Brian Wilson once said something very similar to the first thing Mike said.
His whole outlook seems really biased. No offense or anything... maybe the dude needs to try staying in a really small southern town or something. Ya know... get out of the city. That attitude he's talking about?... that is NOT how it is when you don't live literally shoulder to shoulder and ass to feet in some city. I found that out REAL fuckin quick. Never hated on my little town ever again.
Cities are now total cess pools
My happiness is fat mike never writing a song again.
I'm mostly into black, death and doom metal but NOFX, punk and hardcore are still a part of who I am.
I still listen to War On Errorism every few months. They were a fun and important band in my life and will remain so no matter if they are together or not anymore. Even though i am bummed they will break up.
The NOFX legacy lives on in the music. You will keep us happy for years to come!
Gee i'll sure miss his neoliberal establishment left songs of angst about how orange man bad and you need to get the jab. Just a middle aged limousine liberal with blue hair and high cholesterol.
Everytime i hear nofx im happy im sad angry i just remember the good times with my brothers miss those days
NOFX has been my favorite band since I first heard White Trash in 1993-94. I was just starting high school, hanging out with some friends and my friend Aric and he gave me a mohawk while we listened to the album. NOFX was my escape (well drugs too lol) from my stepdad who I'd have to take beatings from so he wouldn't beat up my mom and younger siblings. Escape from being poor and never having anything cause your stepdad was also a crackhead and violent drunk. Who'd make me and my younger brother run and grab him drugs when we were as young as 10 and 11. And so many other shitty things. But NOFX helped me through a lot of it. I honestly think I'd be dead today without all the great music I discovered as a kid.
This isn't the last that we have seen of NOFX. I guarantee that they will play sporadically from time to time. Especially California......
I don't think so man. Unless its a benefit show or something. Mike isnt the type of guy to do the "Gene Simmons" of "Retirement Tours." Lol
Shoot when I was like 13-15 ish. I was crowd surfing, and fat Mike did at the same time all fucked up and I touched him as we passed by he looked at me and kinda liked me like a little wassup gesture. He’s super cool with his fans. As a young kid man it was a awesome moment.
You accomplished it in NOFX and thank you for giving us Australian punk rock kids joy
Try marching orders . There far more aussie . And awesome punk band
Checkout marching orders . There aussies and an awesome punk band. Mass hysteria is pure punk perfection
Long time NOFX fan, I’ve often noticed contradictions in fat mikes lyrics, between what he stands for and what he does. Thanks for calling him out in the interview.