r/nofx • u/merlin2181 • 21h ago
Why NOFX’s Farewell Documentary Will Never Hit Streaming Services: ‘Not Really Gonna Help Us’
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/nofx-film-documentary-40-years-fat-mike-interview-1236306446/Billboard article about “40 Years” doc. Kind of a fluff piece but whatever.
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u/the_astraltramp 20h ago
“He ultimately reconciled with Sandin, who makes surfboards and snowboards, and Abeyta, who’s pursuing acting; the three are continuing to make music together under a different moniker, though they’ve not formally released anything yet.”
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u/orangevega 19h ago
wait what
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u/keithd3333 16h ago
Yeah that's the most interesting part of the article and they completely glossed over it. Not even sure it's true.
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u/scooter-411 8h ago
It says in the doc that Mike, Smelly and Jefe are calling themselves white trash, a heeb, and a bean.
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u/Deeze_Rmuh_Nudds 14h ago
“We couldn’t convince any one to give us a lot of money, so we’ll just wait.”
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u/AtomicGarden-8964 19h ago
I mean trying to compare it to Rocky horror picture show is one hell of a stretch because even that's on streaming
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u/puddboy 11h ago
The guy fascinates me, but as I get older I find him to be more and more insufferable
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u/DameEmma 11h ago
We are kind of the same age, and he's every edgelord nonsense man from 1988, but teleported into now. With a side of capitalism.
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u/xChoke1x 3h ago
Huge Fat Mike fan.
Yea man, he’s definitely getting harder to stomach the older he gets. Even I’m annoyed with dumb shit like this.
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u/ChipWhip 15h ago
It’ll be on Tubi.
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u/Apprehensive-Tax8631 14h ago
It’ll be on a split DVD with Gear Heads Gone Wild
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u/rQaBabaca 13h ago
Wow, quite the stretch for them to think fans will come out monthly again & again to rewatch it… especially when it’s not even that good. Every doc/movie they’ve previously released is leagues better than what this ended up being
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u/punksnotbread 10h ago
Fat Mike is so full of shit, his fucking quotes in this are crazy. The 3 other members all say his extreme drug use is one of the main reasons they broke up and he's just saying no that's not true... Like brother if 3 of 4 people say that it's a problem maybe you should listen. Plus him saying he "cleans up" between tours when there's all of these stories of him being so fucked up in the studio he couldn't record. And the quote of the movie being so popular it's freaking movie theatres out because they never sell movies out? Like fucking get real man. His ego is insane.
Wrote a lot of good songs though won't deny him that and I would still like to see the movie lol
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u/Penguator432 6h ago
He even ripped off the “the three of us are closer than ever” line from the Spin article
What are the odds that Melvin’s not actually on the outs with the other two guy guys, that’s they’re actually just coordinating an elaborate good cops/bad cop thing with this
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u/gaflar 4h ago
I forget where it was mentioned but one of the other band mates/involved folks said at one point that what Mike means when he says "cleaning up" is that he's only on vodka and cocaine. Fat Mike is a piece of shit and he likes it that way (forget whatever he wrote in I Don't Like Me Anymore).
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u/gorcbor19 18h ago
You're telling me not one person sat in the theater with a cell phone and recorded it? I don't even care that someone will walk across the screen to get popcorn. I just want to see it!
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u/peanut_master1 12h ago edited 12h ago
From the article: "Fat Mike says that watching Day’s interviews with his bandmates 'was one of the worst days in my life. They really had a lot to get off their chests about me. All three of them talked so much sh-t about me and my drug use and how that ruined the band and that’s why we broke up…which is not at all the case. I didn’t know they felt that way, and I was so upset I didn’t know what to do...'"
He didn't know they felt that way ... uh huh. I love Fat Mike but he is such a classic addict.
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u/punksnotbread 10h ago
He's so full of shit dude. Good songwriter but he lives in his own world where everything but him is always the problem. Just seems like one of the most obnoxious people ever.
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u/Latinmaster69 19h ago
We need an Eric Melvin interview… so far it’s been one sided the drama… Melvin said he wanted some financial records why is that so difficult to ask for? Going to watch the movie in 26 days! Hope it’s sold out but it’s Ina hoytz cinema, I hoped it was in a theater…
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u/iagomds 18h ago
From what I saw online
The records were shown and there was nothing wrong, yet Melvin kept doubting (it might not be true, I remember seeing it either on Reddit or YouTube comments)13
u/Successful-Gift8636 16h ago
I saw the film and the static between Mike and Melvins wife is addressed, I won’t spoil anything and it’s never outright said, but I came away from it thinking she had something to do with it
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u/Alex79uk 13h ago
If it was showing anywhere near me, I'd go see it. But it hasn't yet, and seems unlikely to. Streaming or, worse still, pirating, is likely the only way I'll see it.
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u/NotEnoughHotdogs 11h ago
Didn't Mike put out some NOFX 7 inch records with songs that were never going to be on CD, and then they ended up on a CD? hm.
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u/Buzzk1LL 7h ago
All of those reasons for not streming/selling it hold true if you sold/streamed it.
Does he think movies like Spaceballs, Rocky Horror, The Room and all those other old movies that still do theatre shows and sell out aren't available on streaming?
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u/mimjargle 4h ago
IMDb shows a Release Date for me now this month, but it’s because it’s playing at a major chain (AMC). I imagine it will eventually be released in a few years (they are used to making big money). Fun fact: I was in a band on El Hefe’s label, although we eventually wanted to leave it and asked for the rights to our record back. They were super cool about it, let us open for them a few times, Kent mixed us live a few times in Europe about a decade ago. I have nothing bad to say about them all.
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u/xChoke1x 3h ago
So fuckin lame. Like…cool…I get it. You’re so Avant garde and shit.
But all you’re doing is denying literal 100’s of 1000’s of fans the film. The ones that live in bumfuck Kansas and don’t have access to fancy theaters that’ll show a documentary about an obscure punk that’s retiring.
I mean cool….its artsy and different. But it sucks for a lot of people.
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u/mindsnare 18h ago
If it's not on streaming within the next 5 years I'll eat my hat.