Nofx : Forty Years of Problematic Punk Provocations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pearson, David.

Contributor:

Morello, Stefano.

Bernhard, Ellen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punk rock music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Punk rock music.

Punk rock music--United States--History and criticism.

Punk rock music--Political aspects--United States.

NOFX (Musical group).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2025.

Summary:

"This collection of scholarly essays analyzes how NOFX's aesthetics of punk provocation and discomfort provokes the band's listeners to confront contradictions and conflicts in society concerning politics, identity, authenticity, and decorum. NOFX's aesthetics of provocation and discomfort force us to think about the positive value and problems caused by a longstanding attitude within punk, namely the disposition towards shocking and offending mainstream society. Their music challenges notions of punk as simplistic, stripped-down rock requiring little musical skill, as the band has incorporated virtuosic guitar and bass playing, an array of chords and harmonic approaches, borrowings from various musical styles, and song structures of considerable complexity, broadening punk's expressive possibilities in the process"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : So long, and thanks for all the provocations / Ellen Bernhard, Stefano Morello, and David Pearson

Part 1: Punk humor and satire. They've actually gotten smarter : NOFX, rhetorical snottiness, and punk continuities / David Ensminger ; Music speaks louder than words (or maybe about the same) : humor and meaning through NOFX's subversion of expectations / Jose M. Garza, Jr. ; Beer and joking in Las Vegas : punk humor and punk hypocrisy / Paul Fields

Part 2: Politics and futurities. From no future to nope, future : NOFX's contradictory approaches to punk rock in perpetuity / Ellen Bernhard ; Leave it to Fat Mike : PunkVoter as infrastructure of dissent / Stefano Morello ; The error state : Becoming radical while punk gets liberal / Joseph Boisvere

Part 3: Identity and representation. It's complicated : NOFX, white masculinity, and the ambivalences of punk / Justus Grebe ; Don't call me "bro" and don't call me cis : Fat Mike's queer(ed) punk performativity / John Ike Sewell ; Radically queer community in home street home / Michael Simmons

Part 4: Being and sounding punk. "Kicking in heads at the punk rock show" : how NOFX performs punk authenticity / Robbie Segars ; Because I'm punk! How NOFX navigated its social evaluations and those of punk rock / Lorenz Graf-Vlachy and Timothy Pollock ; Sybaritic sounds, NOFX, and the harmonic-timbral line / Lance Morrison ; The sounds of soul doubt in the music of NOFX and the aesthetics of Gen X romanticism / David Pearson.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9798765128626

9798765128633

OCLC:

1515460912