NOFX: Backstage Passport
Fat Mike (bass, lead vocals), El Hefe (lead guitar, trumpet, backing vocals), Eric Melvin (rhythm guitar, accordion, the mel-yell) and Smelly (drums) from NOFX. NOFX are an American punk band formed in California in 1983. Today, they are probably the biggest and most popular independent punk band in the world best known for their D.I.Y. approach to music (minimal staff and crew, self-management, promotion and show booking, staying off the major record labels, mainstream magazines, MTV and commercial radio stations). The artwork was inspired by their reality TV documentary series "NOFX: Backstage Passport" which was a lot of fun! I wanted to capture a kind of "trading card" look to it.
"It's not that I don't care, I just don't care very much - 'cause I'm either on the spectrum or just plain out of touch... I made a choice to accept what people think of me: I'll be your whipping boy or a friendly effigy."
"After 30 years I'm still the new guy, sometimes guitaring feel like work"
"Mascara hides the sleepless nights,
Years of abuse, the downs and highs
... stand me up, plug me in - like a robot I play all the songs with a grin... I'm Eric Melvin"
"I swear to god, we're the most dysfunctional organization there is!"
"The first step of alcoholics anonymous is to admit that my life has become un-managable and I'm like "I'll manage the sh*t out of this whole retarded rock show!!"
"We'll go to the venue and make the show work, but you have to keep the band and all the other fools out of our way."
"You should really do half a line because if you don't I WILL, because OH MY GOD I was made out of RUBBER and I was ten million miles high! It was SO good!"
"By the way, it's not a Rockson bass anymore!"