“I was like, ‘Man, I can be this upset, or I can try to be optimistic. You always have to try, you know? So I was like, ‘What if we made a hopeful record?’”

There’s something inherently futile about creating “best of” albums, which feels more futile the longer a band has been together.

Nearly 40 years in, what else is there to say about NOFX?

“We wanted to just be able to cut through the noise and have some kind of impact. And to try to let people know that what they're doing is okay, and people are behind them.”

“We’re really in deep shit now.”

“It's difficult to describe quite how it feels to hear back a song that you wrote played by NOFX, one of your favorite bands, in a style that is unmistakably theirs.”

In a time of chronic rage, happiness is revolutionary.

There’s DIY, then there’s DnD.

“I was just like, ‘Man, I don’t relate to any of the stuff that came before in my life.’ Do I want to keep doing music? Do I want to keep doing it in this context?”

“I want people to feel this dark, uneasy feeling.”

“Collectively we figured we’ve danced around pop music our entire career so far. But we were like, ‘Let’s just do a full-on fucking pop tune. Why not?”

Press release for the 2020 Punk Rock Bowling Festival…which didn’t happen.

Two decades, eight studio albums, and roughly a million shows after their previous live album, face to face recaptures their ferocious live performances.

“There seemed to be a certain mood running through the tracks, and I decided to stay there for the rest of the LP, to investigate the mood fully.”

“We have this thing where we’re listening to a song that we’ve created, and there’s a certain chord that hits, or a certain melody, or some lyrics, and it just gives you this reaction, almost like a physical reaction.”

“Just because you can’t see tangible change right in front of your face doesn’t mean that it’s not happening.”

“I emailed both of them and told them to start a band together. I know you live in two different parts of the world, but I think you would make a great two-piece band. Let me produce the record, and we’ll see how it goes. You don’t have to tour. Just spend a week in the studio with me.”

“We have always thought it was hard for us to fit in, wherever we were.”

Press release announcing the lineup for the 2019 punk rock & craft beer music festival.

“I never lost that magical feeling that you get from music.”