- Show Reviews
- NOFX
w/ ONE MAN ARMY / FRENZAL RHOMB / MAD CADDIES
March 13, 2002
The Nation - Washington, DC
Eric, Gabe and myself went to this little show together; first time I've been to a show with Gabe, too. We got there just in time for Frenzal Rhomb, they were so-so, very annoying with their Australian accents and before every song saying "This song is called _____, and it goes exactly like this, cause we wrote it." The Mad Caddies were pretty lame too, extremely boring and weak ass ska shit. Eventually, NoFX staggered onto the stage and took their instruments; Fat Mike with his vodka in hand. They blabbed about some dumb shit for like 5 minutes or so before they even started to play. They played "The Decline" really early in the show and were like "yeah, that's more of an end song, but we decided to play it sooner, oh well." They played this song that Fat Mike said he wrote that afternoon, "Idiot Son of an Asshole", and they told the audience to wait a minute whilst Mike showed it to Melvin and Hefe all huddled up on the stage. It sounded pretty lame too, haha. At one point, Fat Mike said that Ian MacKaye was supposedly in the audience and then like 2 songs later they played "Straight Edge", because it is a DC song or something, even though they had previouslly endorsed drug use earlier in the show. They ended with "Theme to a NOFX Album" and Melvin strapped on his accordian and went to town. In fact, after the song was done, he kept playing for like 10 mins while Mike and Hefe threw tons of picks out into the audience.
SETLIST:
Dinosaurs Will Die
Linoleum
Perfect Government
(part of) The Decline
What's the Matter With Parents Today?
All His Suits are Torn
Falling in Love
Six Pack Girls
Idiot Son of an Asshole
Stickin' in My Eye
Straight Edge
The Brews
Buggley Eyes
Together in the Sand
Nowhere
Bob
Bottles to the Ground
Olympia, WA
Murder the Government
Eat the Meek
Theme From a NOFX Album
