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From day one, NOFX has been all about having a good time, regardless to whose expense it came. In the liner notes of 1996’s Heavy Petting Zoo. NOFX blasted the music industry circle including major labels, print media, radio, and especially MTV. This time, NOFX bring their despise of major labels into the songwriting with "Dinosaurs Will Die". Lyrics like "Parasitic music industry" and "Music created from devotion / not ambition / not for fame / zero people are exploited / there are no tricks up our sleeves" refers to the death of the 5 remaining majors, and being glad they are independent.NOFX are in incredibly intelligent band. The way Fat Mike and crew have set themselves up is unique in this business. They don’t need to cater to anyone, and their ethics are simple: if it’s not fun, don’t do it; and if it is fun, do it again! To NOFX, music is for one group of people: the fans. Here’s how they got to where they are…they toured their asses off for the first ten years of their career. Constantly on the road, eventually they got pretty good at playing their instruments…which meant that people might actually want to come see them play. Then, they put out killer records, year after year. On paper, that seems like a relatively easy thing to do. But if you take a look at their former Epitaph brethren Bad Religion, it is obvious that this is not such an easy task (although BR did pretty damn well for awhile there!).
John-Andrew Campbell......!
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