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  1. NOFX by joel8x · · Score: 2, Funny · on Microsoft Officially Shows Longhorn, WinFX

    The company "also unveiled 'WinFX,' which it described as a new application programming model for Windows that is the evolution of its .NET programming framework.

    And in other news, the band NOFX has doubled their sales on the iTunes music store today among Mac enthusiasts.

    Ok, sorry, it was funnier in my head five minutes ago.

  2. Fat Wreck by totallygeek · · Score: 1 · on How Much Does it Cost to Produce a Recording?
    According to Fat Mike of NOFX, startup costs of a release on Fat Wreck Chords costs about $30,000. I read somewhere once that Greg Ginn from Black Flag said that for an SST record release, the startup cost was around $18,000 -- but that was the mid-eighties.

  3. Dinosaurs Will Die by ralphus · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Raising Barriers to Entry into the Music Business
    NOFX, indie punk band says it best:

    Sit back watch it crumble, see the drowning watch the fall
    I feel just terrible about it, that's sarcasm, let it burn
    I'm gonna make at toast when it falls apart
    I'm gonna raise my glass above my heart
    Then someone shouts that's what they get!
    For all the years of hit and run for all the piss broke bands on VH one
    Where did all their money go? Don't we all know?
    Parasitic music industry as it destroys itself
    We'll show them how it's supposed to be

    Music written from devotion not ambition, not for fame
    Zero people are exploited there are no tricks up our sleeve
    Were gonna fight against the mass appeal
    Were gonna kill the seven record deal
    Make records that have more then one good song
    The dinosaurs will slowly die and I do believe no one will cry
    I'm just fucking glad I'm gonna be there to watch the fall
    Prehistoric music industry three feet in la brea tar
    Extinction never felt so good

    If you think anyone will feel badly you are sadly mistaken
    The time has come for evolution, fuck collusion, kill the big five
    What ever happened to the handshake?
    whatever happened to deals no one would break?
    whatever happened to integrity?
    It's still there, it always was for playing music just because
    A million reasons why all dinosaurs must (will) die !!!!

  4. Punk Music by totallygeek · · Score: 2 · on Homogenized Music
    It is interesting that now some independent labels for punk bands are selling 100,000 copies per disc. Look at labels like Fat Wreck Chords, Dischord, Alternative Tentacles and Epitaph. Bands like NOFX and Right Turn Clyde are really selling tons of "albums". Sometimes corporate backing isn't needed, heck NOFX loathes it to the point were they sued MTV for playing a cut of one of their releases in South America.

  5. Re:Why hasn't... by mickeyreznor · · Score: 1 · on Felten Will Present SDMI Research At USENIX
    try here.

    the label is run by the singer of NoFX, pretty much the only band whose built a pretty large fanbase despite outright refusing any major label/mtv/radio support. He's said his philosophy is that he only puts out "what he thinks is good, not if it'll sell or not." as opposed to the major label mentality of "your music is shit, but we'll put it out anyway because it'll sell." Of course, if you're not into punk music, you're going to have to look elsewhere. I'm sure there are enough people in most of the genres that could form independant labels like that.

  6. Re:RIGHT ON CREATIVE! by mcwop · · Score: 1 · on Creative Boycotts CeBit Over MP3s
    It is nice to see someone actually take a stand. It is rare for people to do so. It is like a pro athlete sticking with the team and rejecting a bigger contract.

    There are lots of kick butt bands on indy labels!

    "Sit back watch it crumble, see the drowning watch the fall
    I feel just terrible about it , thats sarcasm let it burn...
    for all the years of hit and run for all the piss broke bands on VH1
    where did all their money go don't we all know...
    Music written from devotion not ambition, not for fame..."
    Song: Dinosaurs Will Die
    Album: Pump Up the Valuum
    Artist: NOFX

  7. Re:Independant Record Companies by Fogie · · Score: 1 · on Non-RIAA Record Companies?

    NOFX releases most of their full-lengths through Epitaph, but they aren't contractually obligated (7 record deal, etc etc) to them. A few other bands on the Fat label may have some releases through Epitaph, but Fat is an autonomous company run by Fat Mike himself. :)

    p.s. I did link to Fat's site on my original post... yours seems to be broken. ;)

    Hasta Lasagna!