NOFX
So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes
1997,
Epitaph
produced
by Ryan Greene
Fat Mike - vocals, bass
Smelly - drums
Eric Melvin - guitar
El Hefe - guitar,
trumpet
singles --
- All of Me/ Desperation's Gone
- Timmy the Turtle/ The Plan
This band was pretty
much my first look at punk rock. Not a bad initiation. This album
is the height of their Ska era and fit right into the Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Less than Jake, Rancid trend. I had seen friends wearing the t-shirts and
decided to give it a shot. I liked the rebellious fuck you attitude (I
was 14, this was angsty and cool). The album cover is neopolitan and the
title is borrowed from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and references NOFX
fans that throw shoes onstage, lost by crowd surfers, skankers, and assholes in
the pit.
The music has a ska influence. In fact, it is different than anything else they have done since. Musically diverse, lyrically clever, I would argue this was, and continues to be, their best album. Shortly after, they released a song called We Don't Play Ska Anymore, but they were pretty good at it. Murder the Government, and I'm Telling Tim are reworked tracks from their Fuck the Kids EP, which was released the year previous.
The music has a ska influence. In fact, it is different than anything else they have done since. Musically diverse, lyrically clever, I would argue this was, and continues to be, their best album. Shortly after, they released a song called We Don't Play Ska Anymore, but they were pretty good at it. Murder the Government, and I'm Telling Tim are reworked tracks from their Fuck the Kids EP, which was released the year previous.
The band photos for the
album are pictures of other guys from other bands. Howard Stern is
included at the end of the album telling his DJ that they should be called No
Talent. The liner notes are pretty clever too.
I love this album, and
it's definitely on my top punk albums of all time list.
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| punk can be pink too |
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