Russ’ Record RainbowWhen NOFX’s Coaster came out, I was blogging about guitar and music. I emailed and requested an interview with El Hefe and didn’t expect much. Not a lot of people granted interviews, especially by email volleys, but I had some success here and there so I figured I would try.
And he said yes.
We bounced emails back and forth and I got a pretty decent interview out of it for an amateur blogger operating out of his bedroom in a desperate attempt to distract himself from dissatisfaction with work and a growing clinical depression.
But the reason I didn’t expect a reply wasn’t because I was bad at blogging or small. I’m not awful at writing and consistently ranked in the top 5-10 guitar blogs in a time when blogs were pretty big.
No. It was because NOFX didn’t do a lot of press. They hadn’t done a lot of press since making that decision a while after Green Day’s Dookie was released so I was blown away when anyone responded - let alone said yes and endured my multiple emails asking questions.
El Hefe was nice enough to talk to a young guitar player running a blog out of his bedroom.
I don’t think you can get much more punk than that - than supporting and nurturing someone’s aspirations when you can. I was beyond grateful and will constantly talk up NOFX for this reason.
Sure, they wrote great songs and you could absolutely see why even with short songs they were able to fill up two records with their strongest material, but more than that - to me - I love them because they’re the real deal. They are the best kinds of punks and I’ll always love them.
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And he said yes.
We bounced emails back and forth and I got a pretty decent interview out of it for an amateur blogger operating out of his bedroom in a desperate attempt to distract himself from dissatisfaction with work and a growing clinical depression.
But the reason I didn’t expect a reply wasn’t because I was bad at blogging or small. I’m not awful at writing and consistently ranked in the top 5-10 guitar blogs in a time when blogs were pretty big.
No. It was because NOFX didn’t do a lot of press. They hadn’t done a lot of press since making that decision a while after Green Day’s Dookie was released so I was blown away when anyone responded - let alone said yes and endured my multiple emails asking questions.
El Hefe was nice enough to talk to a young guitar player running a blog out of his bedroom.
I don’t think you can get much more punk than that - than supporting and nurturing someone’s aspirations when you can. I was beyond grateful and will constantly talk up NOFX for this reason.
Sure, they wrote great songs and you could absolutely see why even with short songs they were able to fill up two records with their strongest material, but more than that - to me - I love them because they’re the real deal. They are the best kinds of punks and I’ll always love them.
#vinylrecords #vinylcollection #recordcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyl #recordoftheday #recordcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #nofx #elhefe #punk #punkrock #punkrecord #punkrecordcollection
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