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Are you ready for Trump’s America? Like it or not, here it comes. On Friday, as the new president recites the oath of office and attends inaugural festivities at the nation’s capital, we’ll be blasting these 10 political punk songs (and many, many others). What will you be jamming? Green Day – “American Idiot” Notwithstanding […]

Around the AP office, it would be a supreme understatement to say our tastes “vary.” From the heaviest metal to the poppiest superstars, we all would love to design some strange tours—cue a million promoters’ nightmares. We asked members of our staff to put together their in-a-perfect-world concerts and got some pretty bizarre answers… THE […]

Next weekend is Chicago's Riot Fest, and appearing on their merch tables will be more than t-shirts and posters. This year, they scored a deal with Topps that allowed them to transform some of the bands in their lineup into Garbage Pail Kids, and also some other musicians that they just wanted to see in […]

NOFX will release their new album, First Ditch Effort, on October 7 via Fat Wreck Chords. The first single is streaming now. Have a listen of “Six Years On Dope” below, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.  Read more: NOFX’s Fat Mike shares updates from rehab This announcement comes after the band landed a spot […]

Jen Abeyta is a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a teacher, a personal assistant, an accountant, a graphic designer—the list goes on and on. Oh, and she started her own record label. Abeyta (along with her husband Aaron Abeyta, better known as legendary California punk band NOFX’s El Hefe) founded the Los Angeles-based […]

[Photo credit: Ben Garcia] NOFX's Michael Burkett, aka Fat Mike, has always been honest and vocal about his experiences. As he enters rehab to detox, he has shared updates via Instagram. “Detox: day 1, sleep, shit, sleep shit, sleep, shit, sleep, nap, shit, taco night, shit, sleep,” his post reads. Read more: “No one was allowed […]

[Photo courtesy Ben Garcia] NOFX have been through a lot during their long history as a band. Like, really: a lot. Their new book, The Hepatitis Bathtub And Other Stories, details it all and does so in true, painfully honest NOFX fashion. Each chapter is straight from the mouth of one member as they go […]

According to a report from TMZ, Fat Mike and his fiancé Soma Snakeoil officially tied the knot on New Year’s Eve during a secret wedding in Las Vegas. The guest list reportedly totaled eight people, including Matt Skiba from Blink 182 and Alkaline Trio, and the dress code entailed copious amounts of black and leather. […]

Unwritten Law have officially joined NOFX guitarist El Hefe’s record label, Cyber Tracks. The band will release their long-awaited acoustic album through the company in 2016. Watch: Unwritten Law angrily trash venue after set cut short “I’m very excited to release this new album with Unwritten Law,” shares El Hefe. “I’ve always respected Scotty as […]

According to a new interview with NOFX guitarist El Hefe, the punk band of legend is currently working on new material. Read more: NOFX’s Fat Mike calls out fan based on their appearance, offers them $100 to leave show While speaking to the Punk Site, El Hefe confirmed that the band has new songs, and they're […]

During a recent show on the Fat Wrecked For 25 Years Tour, NOFX frontman Fat Mike called out an attendee for their physical appearance and offered them $100 to leave the venue, (via ConsequenceOfSound). “You have no business being here,” the singer candidly claimed from the stage. “I will pay you $100 to leave this […]

NOFX are teaming up with AP to bring you an unreleased song, the gritty pop-punk jam “SF Clits.” The track is taken from Fat Music Vol. 8: Going Nowhere Fat, which was released today via Fat Wreck Chords, continuing the labels awesome comp series. (Purchase it here.) Check out the song below, and let us […]

Every year, thousands of punks across America beg Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman to ignore today's popular alternative scene and bring the festival back to its punk rock roots. Some of the most requested Warped Tour bands of the past several years include the legendary punk rock bands that put the tour on the map […]

NOFX, Lagwagon, the Flatliners, Swingin' Utters, Masked Intruder, Toy Guitar and Bad Cop Bad Cop have all be announced for the Fat Wreck Chords 25-year anniversary tour. More bands will be revealed shortly. In the meantime, check out a list of dates and an announcement video from Fat Mike below. Read more: “Nobody thinks Fat Mike can write […]

When he wasn’t up to his antics in veteran punk outfit NOFX, Fat Mike spent the past five years working on Home Street Home, a fully staged theatrical production. The musical follows a young runaway who escapes an abusive household and finds a new family among the misunderstood influences of deviant street culture. And, yes, […]

Last month, NOFX‘s Fat Mike announce that a new punk-rock musical concept album, titled Home Street Home, will be released on February 10, 2015 through Fat Wreck Chords, in advance of a theatrical production. The first track from the impending effort has been made available for streaming online, which you can do so below. Fat Mike kicked the crap out of […]

NOFX‘s Fat Mike has teamed up with Jeff Marx and Soma Snakeoil to announce that a new punk-rock musical concept album, titled Home Street Home, will be released on February 10, 2015 through Fat Wreck Chords in advance of a theatrical production. The record will feature performances by Fat Mike and NOFX, and sees the play’s characters inhabited by a wide […]

Last week, Fat Mike made headlines after kicking the sh*t out of a fan onstage at a NOFX show in Sydney, Australia. Shortly after the incident, Fat Mike made up with the fan (Alex Medak) on Twitter, promising to buy him a beer. On Friday night, Fat Mike did his best to make it up […]