Fuck the Kids
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Fuck the Kids is a 7" EP
by NOFX
. All the tracks were recorded in one day over the course of about four hours. Fat Mike had written all the songs, but none of the other band members knew them. Mike would teach the band the song, they would record it, keeping the first take where the band actually managed to make it through the whole song, and then move on. Mike refers to it as "sloppiness in pure form. You can't fake that kind of sloppiness."
The EP was included on the second disc of the later 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records
, but with one track omitted ("Stupid Canadians") in order to preserve the berivity of the original 7" release.
The first 500 copies were pressed on clear-green vinyl, all others appeared on black vinyl. It has sold a total of 35,000 copies.
The seven inch artwork is the same as Propagandhi
's seven inch "How to Clean a Couple o' Things
" (which had been built on top of the artwork for "The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!
") but includes the NOFX logo and a puppet.
Side B
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by NOFX
NOFX
NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
. All the tracks were recorded in one day over the course of about four hours. Fat Mike had written all the songs, but none of the other band members knew them. Mike would teach the band the song, they would record it, keeping the first take where the band actually managed to make it through the whole song, and then move on. Mike refers to it as "sloppiness in pure form. You can't fake that kind of sloppiness."
The EP was included on the second disc of the later 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records
45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records
45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records is a double album released in 2002 by NOFX. There are actually 47 songs on the CD version, and all the songs could easily fit onto one CD....
, but with one track omitted ("Stupid Canadians") in order to preserve the berivity of the original 7" release.
The first 500 copies were pressed on clear-green vinyl, all others appeared on black vinyl. It has sold a total of 35,000 copies.
The seven inch artwork is the same as Propagandhi
Propagandhi
Propagandhi is a Canadian punk band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. The band is currently located in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
's seven inch "How to Clean a Couple o' Things
How to Clean a Couple o' Things
How to Clean a Couple o' Things is a 7" EP released by Propagandhi alongside their debut album, How to Clean Everything. The artwork consisted of photos and text stuck over the NOFX release The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!...
" (which had been built on top of the artwork for "The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!
The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This!
The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This is an EP by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was originally released in 1987 through Wassail Records with hand-written labels and was re-released on January 1, 1990 through Fat Wreck Chords...
") but includes the NOFX logo and a puppet.
Track listing
Side A- "Fuck the Kids"
- "Fuck the Kids II"
- "I'm Telling Tim"
- "Reagan Sucks"
- "Posuer"
- "My Name's Bud"
- "Two on Glue"
Side B
- "Please Stop Fucking My Mom"
- "Murder the Government"
- "Stranger Than Fishin"
- "Stupid Canadians"
- "Eric Melvin vs. PCP"
- "Always Hate Hippies"