I love Fat Mike. I love NOFX as well.. Yes, they are sub par musicians, but they are aware of it. That is their charm for me... they arent trying to be pretentious musically... read Fat Mike's reviews of his own albums on the Fat Wreck webpage... even he admits himself they are shitty most of the time.
Their charm to me is in how they just accept it, and manage to keep going and never stop.
They are like to Punk Rock what Bill Clinton was to politics, pretty much comes out and announces they are full of crap, but you will love them cause they do it so well.
They are like the B-Movie version of punk... terrible in many ways, but a lovingly crafted kind of terrible that is not that bad if you just turn your brain off and enjoy it for what it is... intentionally awful, but delivered with passion... much like watching an Ed Wood movie.
So yeah, you think they suck.... they do too... and that is their charm.
Plus, their live shows are a ton of fun.
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