NOFX – Ten Years Of Fucking Up [DVD]

Fat Wreck Chords and NoFX have caught up with the times and technology finally. So they’ve decided to re-release the Ten Years Of F*ckin’ Up by NoFX on DVD (instead of VHS). With footage from 1985 to 1993, you get a nice feel for the first 10 (well 9 actually) years of the band’s creation.

The live footage is interesting to see. You have some footage from their 1987 US tour (in which they got 36$ per show for the eight week tour) where they play for anywhere between 6 and 100-150 people and then some footage of their stops in Germany in 1992 and 1993, playing in front of like 25000. A slight difference in the crowd size. But they still always have the same energy no matter what (except for when they were piss drunk). Other live footage which is cool to see is some from the very first Warped Tour in 1987 in Ashton, Oregon. The tour has really blown up compared to what it was back then.

Mixed in between the live performances you get the chance to see some music videos which the band has created over the years. Stickin’ In My Eye, Shut Up Already, S/M Airlines (which was directed by the same guy who did The Ring) and Bob are some of the videos on there. It’s surprising to see the techniques used in music videos back in the early 90s and late 80s compared to today’s videos. Another added bonus is seeing all the guest stars in the music videos (watch the commentary to find out who is who exactly). Finally, they have also managed to squeeze in a bunch of interviews amongst all this chaos. Tour updates from the ’87 Tour and Germany interviews tend to take up the most room, but there were also a couple odd ones here and there. Hearing stories about fights and slipping on terd pieces is always nice to hear.

The commentary by NoFx is very amusing to see. I don’t know how they can remember all these details from events which happened almost 20 years ago, but they do. Filling in all your questions and making some more, they go through videos and performances insulting each other and farting in one another’s faces. The commentary which I was disappointed in was The Vandals’ Commentary on NoFX’s Commentary. I was expecting it to be quite comical, but I found it to be useless.

For any fan of NoFx, this is a must have. And I know I’m looking forward to NoFX: The First 20 Years.