NOFX‘s long farewell finally came to an end on Sunday night (10/6) when the 41-year-old skate punk band played what they say is their final show at Berth 46 in San Pedro. It was part of a three-night run at the venue that included different setlists each night, including the first-ever performance of an eponymous song that Fat Mike told the crowd was the second song they ever wrote together back in 1984, on night one. And at the very final show on Sunday, NOFX went out with a bang and had multiple surprises in store.
To help them say goodbye, multiple fellow punk veterans who have been by the band’s side for decades showed up to join them on stage. Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley of Bad Religion, who inspired NOFX to incorporate more melody into their music, which led to NOFX becoming one of the early flagship bands of Gurewitz’s Epitaph Records, joined them on stage during their encore for a rendition of Bad Religion’s 1982 classic “We’re Only Gonna Die.” Fellow Epitaph vets Rancid were represented when NOFX played their reggae-fied cover of Rancid’s “Radio” from their 2002 split on BYO Records, and Rancid’s own Tim Armstrong came out to sing with them. They also ended the show with their 18-minute song “The Decline” and they brought tons of veteran punks on stage, including Pennywise’s Fletcher Dragge, The Offspring’s Dexter Holland, Circle Jerks/Bad Religion’s Greg Hetson, JR from Less Than Jake, the Foo Fighters/No Use For A Name’s Chris Shiflett, members of Rise Against, and many more, and Fletcher smashed multiple guitars.
NOFX also wrote a new song just to play at this show that Fat Mike said they’re never recording called “We Did It Our Way,” and they played part of Green Day’s “Basket Case” before going into their own “The Longest Line.” They brought out former Mighty Mighty Bosstones member Nate Albert to join them on “180 Degrees,” they covered Minor Threat’s “Straight Edge,” and much more took place throughout the 33-song set. Check out the full setlist and videos from the show below.
You can stream NOFX’s entire final show at Veeps.
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Green Day – Basket Case ~ NOFX / The Longest Line pic.twitter.com/H0NJTFN8KP
NOFX’s Final Show Setlist (via)
60%
Murder the Government
Bob
Falling in Love
Quart in Session (Lyrics partially changed to “Franco Un-American”)
Kids of the K-Hole
Leave It Alone
180 Degrees (with Nate Albert)
Six Years on Dope
Radio (Rancid cover) (with Tim Armstrong)
Shut Up Already
NOFX
Six Pack Girls
Green Corn
Straight Edge (Minor Threat cover)
The Cause
Perfect Government (Mark Curry cover)
Idiots Are Taking Over
Mattersville
The Longest Line (Preceded by a snippet of Green Day’s ‘Basket Case’, lyrics also partially changed to ‘Basket Case’)
She’s Gone
I Don’t Like Me Anymore
What’s the Matter With Parents Today?
You’re Bleeding
Reeko (Fat Mike (bass) and Eric Melvin (guitar) swapped instruments)
The Separation of Church and Skate
Encore:
Intro
Linoleum
Bottles to the Ground
We’re Only Gonna Die (Bad Religion cover) (with Brett Gurewitz) (and Jay Bentley)
Stickin’ in My Eye
We Did It Our Way (new song; live debut)
The Decline (with Chris Shiflett, Fletcher Dragge, John Feldmann, Mike Herrera, Greg Hetson, Dexter Holland, Sam King, Lee Murphy, Charlie Paulson, Joe Raposo, Jaret Reddick, Peter “JR” Wasilewski, Rise Against and more)
Check out more pics from NOFX’s recent NYC run, by Mathieu Bredeau:
