The Official NOFX Thread

BastardofYoung · 07-15-2011, 03:49 PM

Putting your song in a video game is not selling out. It is promotion.

Besides, pretty sure any money seen from that just goes back into the label to help out other bands.

Buzzov*en · 07-15-2011, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Putting your song in a video game is not selling out. It is promotion.

Besides, pretty sure any money seen from that just goes back into the label to help out other bands.

Really? So the same could be said about signing to a major label.

Guitar Hero and EA Sports are pretty mainstream.

FRED HALE SR. · 07-15-2011, 04:48 PM

One band I could never get into. I'm talking from the beginning also. My skater friends dug NOFX in high school and they have a huge following in So-Cal for obvious reasons. They have managed to hang around and keep their fanbase which isn't always so easy in the genre. Honestly i never considered them very punk they sound too poppy for my taste.

BastardofYoung · 07-15-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzzov*en

Really? So the same could be said about signing to a major label.

Guitar Hero and EA Sports are pretty mainstream.

Well, I think there is a difference between signing to a major for promotion and singing to a major for money. For example, Bad Religion.. could be argued that they sold out because they signed to a major even through they own Epitaph, or at least Brett does.. However at the same time, can be argued they did it to help their own label. They signed to a major about 2 years before the big boom.. 1994-1995 is when they put out "Smash", "Punk in Drublic" and "...And Out Come the Wolves".. which made them a brand name. When Bad Religion signed to Atlanta, they were still struggling as a label.. so it got their music out to a wider audience and also gave them money to keep Epitaph going not knowing they would have a huge success on their hands with those 3 albums to come, which was the turning point for the label.

Before they were a small time label with a few staff members, I think Bad Religion signed to help the label, not to become rock stars.

Depends entirely on the reason for signing.

BobLobLaw · 07-23-2011, 04:02 PM

NOFX is incredible. Fat Mike is astounding.

And last time I checked, selling out is when you completely change your image and sound for the gratification of a larger, commercial fanbase.

NOFX is clearly the opposite.

Alfred · 07-24-2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

Putting your song in a video game is not selling out. It is promotion.

Besides, pretty sure any money seen from that just goes back into the label to help out other bands.

If I was in a punk band I'd put my song in a video game, no questions asked. Music in video games (especially skateboarding video games) is always awesome. If that's selling out, then so be it.

BastardofYoung · 07-24-2011, 11:54 PM

I would not care. I mean what, if up to people with this attitude, how will bands make money? do they think you can just release an album without an sort of promotion or hype and it will go plantinum overnight? come on now...

I know some may not want to admit it, but being a musician is a job. Serious musicians need money to make their art. It is not selling out to put your song in a video game.. that just spawns from self important punks who think anybody who sells more than 10 copies of an album has become mainstream sell outs. Kids who do not understand how the world really works ya know.

If up to the kids who think like that, every band would be playing in little clubs for 50 people making a couple hundred bucks a night. In the real world you need money to live, unless you plan to just be a weekend rocker and work an upscale job... you can not afford the lifestyle of just playing for a handful of people all the time for peanuts.. if you can make some extra money on the side putting a song in a video game i say go for it if it helps put food on the table.

Howard the Duck · 07-25-2011, 01:05 AM

i only have Punk in Drublic

not a fan at all

BastardofYoung · 07-25-2011, 01:06 AM

everybody has Punk in Drublic, lol.

TouchMeImDick · 01-19-2012, 09:13 AM

Theme from a NoFX album is an awesome song.

07-15-2011, 03:49 PM	#121 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	Putting your song in a video game is not selling out. It is promotion. Besides, pretty sure any money seen from that just goes back into the label to help out other bands. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

07-23-2011, 04:02 PM	#125 (permalink)
BobLobLaw Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: In a place. With a bed. Posts: 107	NOFX is incredible. Fat Mike is astounding. And last time I checked, selling out is when you completely change your image and sound for the gratification of a larger, commercial fanbase. NOFX is clearly the opposite. __________________ "I just want to be perfect."

07-24-2011, 11:54 PM	#127 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	I would not care. I mean what, if up to people with this attitude, how will bands make money? do they think you can just release an album without an sort of promotion or hype and it will go plantinum overnight? come on now... I know some may not want to admit it, but being a musician is a job. Serious musicians need money to make their art. It is not selling out to put your song in a video game.. that just spawns from self important punks who think anybody who sells more than 10 copies of an album has become mainstream sell outs. Kids who do not understand how the world really works ya know. If up to the kids who think like that, every band would be playing in little clubs for 50 people making a couple hundred bucks a night. In the real world you need money to live, unless you plan to just be a weekend rocker and work an upscale job... you can not afford the lifestyle of just playing for a handful of people all the time for peanuts.. if you can make some extra money on the side putting a song in a video game i say go for it if it helps put food on the table. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

07-25-2011, 01:06 AM	#129 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	everybody has Punk in Drublic, lol. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

01-19-2012, 09:13 AM	#130 (permalink)
TouchMeImDick Groupie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 17	Theme from a NoFX album is an awesome song. __________________ I'm always flattered... when my hot dogs getting battered.

07-15-2011, 04:48 PM	#123 (permalink)
FRED HALE SR. Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 3,752	One band I could never get into. I'm talking from the beginning also. My skater friends dug NOFX in high school and they have a huge following in So-Cal for obvious reasons. They have managed to hang around and keep their fanbase which isn't always so easy in the genre. Honestly i never considered them very punk they sound too poppy for my taste.