NOFX

NOFX are a punk rock band who formed in 1984 (with a different line up). They started their career in Berkeley, CA and later moved to Los Angeles. First they started recording for Mystic records, but they then moved to, Epitaph, the record label of Bad Religeon member Bret Geurwitz and they stayed there. They also have some releases on Fat Mike's label, Fat Wreck Chords, like The Longest Line, I Heard They Suck Live and The Decline. Their first Epitaph release was S&M Airlines, but the first widely liked NOFX release was Ribbed, which made them popular. At around this stage Guitarrist El Hefe joined the Band and they then released White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean. Their next release, Punk In Drublic. Is quite possibly the best NOFX album ever, and is widely held as their finest effort to date. After that they made a break in releasing new stuff and released a live album I Heard They Suck Live, which brings in the feeling of being on a NOFX show right into your room. In 1996 they released Heavy Petting Zoo, after that, in 1997 they released So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes, as in Douglas Adams book So Long And Thanks For All The Fish It's shoes instead of fish because of all the shoes that get thrown at them during they shows and once they decided not to give the shoes back to the people who threw them. They then released the decline, which is one, 18 minute song, before their latest release Pump up the Valuum, which moves away from the ska of So long.