LP Record review:
NOFX - The Decline

NOFX - The Decline

Band: NOFX Title: The Decline Rating: Release Date: 23 November, 1999 Media: LP Record Tracks:

Customer Reviews Life changing. The. Greatest. Song. Ever. Its the most amazing, meaningful, touching song ever. There isnt a better song than this. I love NOFX. I love them for this song and their genious. Beautiful song. A New Level of Punk Rock But this EP/song is the most incredible thing I have ever heard. A lot of punk songs that I like are fun and stupid, others are straight-out screamfests. Even at 18 minutes, it never gets boring, and, I get new meaning from the song every time I listen to the song. This is the only song ever that has ever made my skin tingle. It is hands-down amazing. More than I ever would have expected from NOFX It's easily my favorite musical style, and it's frustrated me that nobody has ever tried to write any sort of progressive song using simple, direct 3 chord harmony (The best kind, after all ^_^) NOFX are in the enviable position of playing to an audience who probably has never listened to Jethro Tull or Genesis, so the concept of an 18 minute song that doesn't . It's about time someone wrote an epic speed-punk song. . . is likely to rock their worlds. But The Decline is more than just a stunt. . . it's got about 3 or 4 totally amazing songs inside of it, all melded together into one kickass movement. The band put so much effort and energy into this album that it grabs you by the head and shakes, giving you just enough "breather passages" not to deaden the impact of the whole piece. There's a climactic moment about 4-5 minutes in that knocked me off my feet. Complaints? Well, the recurring trombone line doesn't seem to fit. It's like the band said "Hey, a trombone! That's neat! Throw it in!" And as for the lyrics, there are some patches that are just brilliant ("Where are all the stupid people from? And how'd they get to be so dumb?"), and a lot that sound too much like some high school student railing against the evils of the government like he just found his first philosophy textbook. But random yelling at the establishment is kind of to be expected in this style of music (otherwise, the more thuggish fans wouldn't approve, and we can't have that can we?). Musically, this is darn near perfect, and I don't blame them for putting it out as an EP. Nothing else could really follow a song this cool. . You can see a complete list of all NOFX discography, or go back to the NOFX tabs