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BIO
Formed in Berkeley in 1983 and relocating to Los Angeles not long afterwards, NOFX has steered clear of major
labels and commercial exposure over the course of their career, recording an impressive number of full-lengths albums plus
an assortment of EPs and singles. The band started out as a trio comprising vocalist/bassist Fat Mike (Mike Burkett), guitarist
Eric Melvin, and drummer Erik Sandin(aka Erik Ghint/Erik Shun); Sandin quit in 1985, and his place was taken by Scott Sellers;
that same year, NOFX also recorded two 7" EPs for the Mystic label, No F-X and So What If We're on Mystic?. Sellers quit shortly
thereafter and was replaced by Scott Aldahl for only two weeks, upon which point Sandin rejoined the band; vocalist Dave Allen
also joined in 1986, but his tenure was tragically cut short by a fatal car accident. Dave Casillas joined as a second guitarist
later in the year, by which point NOFX's touring schedule had become far-ranging and rigorous. The EP The PMRC Can Suck on
This was released on Fat Mike's own Fat Wreck Chords label in 1987; Casillas departed the group in 1989 and was replaced by
Steve Kidwiller for NOFX's first full-length album, S&M Airlines, which was released on the legendary punk label Epitaph;
the band has remained there ever since, despite the release of several albums -- such as 1995's I Heard They Suck Live --
and EPs on Fat Wreck Chords, which gradually grew into a premier stable of punk-revival artists.
Having appeared on 1990's Ribbed and 1991's Liberal Animation (which was actually recorded in 1988), Kidwiller left the
band in 1991, and Aaron Abeyta became the permanent second guitarist (as well as trumpeter), adopting the nickname El Hefe.
Dragged into the mainstream spotlight by the mid-'90s success of labelmates Bad Religion and the Offspring, NOFX compensated
with albums like 1992's White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean that were even closer to the anti-commercial extreme -- exemplified
by White Trash's accompanying single "Please Play This Song on the Radio," which lured unalert radio programmers with a tight
melody, but ends with a stream of obscenities. The El Hefe-anchored lineup continued to blossom with 1994's Punk in Drublic;
often regarded as the band's best, was eventually certified gold. Releases on Fat Wreck Chords continued throughout the '90s,
as did the full-length Epitaph albums, like 1996's grungier, less uptempo Heavy Petting Zoo, 1997's punkier So Long and Thanks
for All the Shoes, and 2000's Pump Up the Valuum and Bottles to the Ground; the latter album followed an experimental Fat
Wreck Chords EP titled The Decline, which consisted entirely of the 18-minute title track.
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Warped Tour 2002 Artist
An Warped Tour 2002 Billings Artist
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