Ribbed
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Ribbed is the third studio album by the American punk rock
band NOFX
. It was released on March 26, 1991 through Epitaph Records
. It was their last album to feature Steve Kidwiller
on guitar, who was replaced by El Hefe. Ribbed is also the last NOFX album produced by Brett Gurewitz
(the guitarist of Bad Religion
and founder of Epitaph), who produced the first two albums Liberal Animation
and S&M Airlines
.
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Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band 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...
. It was released on March 26, 1991 through Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
. It was their last album to feature Steve Kidwiller
Steve Kidwiller
Steve Kidwiler is an American musician who played with punk rock band NOFX on their 1989 release S&M Airlines and their 1991 release Ribbed. Some time later, he joined cowpunk band Speedbuggy USA, . He went on tour with Speedbuggy for many years but decided to leave the band after its 1st European...
on guitar, who was replaced by El Hefe. Ribbed is also the last NOFX album produced by Brett Gurewitz
Brett Gurewitz
Brett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...
(the guitarist of Bad Religion
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1979. Their current line-up consists of Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz , Jay Bentley , Greg Hetson , Brian Baker and Brooks Wackerman . Gurewitz is also the founder of the label Epitaph Records, which has released almost all of the...
and founder of Epitaph), who produced the first two albums Liberal Animation
Liberal Animation
Liberal Animation is the debut album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was originally released in 1988 through Wassail Records. It was re-released through Epitaph Records in 1991. The title is a play on the phrase "animal liberation" and the cover artwork is a reflection of that. The track...
and S&M Airlines
S&M Airlines
S&M Airlines is the second studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 5, 1989 through Epitaph Records. It's also their first release on that label. A music video was made for the title track. According to notes on the official NOFX web site, S&M Airlines was...
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Track listing
All songs by Fat Mike except "Together on the Sand" by Steve KidwillerSteve Kidwiller
Steve Kidwiler is an American musician who played with punk rock band NOFX on their 1989 release S&M Airlines and their 1991 release Ribbed. Some time later, he joined cowpunk band Speedbuggy USA, . He went on tour with Speedbuggy for many years but decided to leave the band after its 1st European...
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- "Green Corn" – 1:44
- "The Moron Brothers" – 2:26
- "Showerdays" – 2:10
- "Food, Sex & Ewe" – 1:47
- "Just the Flu" – 2:03
- "El Lay" – 1:14
- "New Boobs" – 3:27
- "Cheese/Where's My Slice" – 2:16
- "Together on the Sand" – 1:11
- "Nowhere" – 1:34
- "Brain Constipation" – 2:24
- "Gonoherpasyphilaids" – 1:43
- "I Don't Want You Around" – 1:39
- "The Malachi Crunch" – 2:53
Trivia
- According to the liner notes, "Nowhere" was written in July 1989, about two months before the band's previous album S&M AirlinesS&M AirlinesS&M Airlines is the second studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 5, 1989 through Epitaph Records. It's also their first release on that label. A music video was made for the title track. According to notes on the official NOFX web site, S&M Airlines was...
was released. - The song "Green Corn" contains quotations from the 1987 movie BarflyBarfly (film)Barfly is a 1987 American film which is a semi-autobiography of poet/author Charles Bukowski during the time he spent drinking heavily in Los Angeles. The screenplay by Bukowski was commissioned by the French film director Barbet Schroeder – it was published, with illustrations by the author, in...
. - The song "Food, Sex & Ewe" contains a reference to Zaphod BeeblebroxZaphod BeeblebroxZaphod Beeblebrox is a fictional character in the various versions of the humorous science fiction story The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams who based him on his Cambridge contemporary, Johnny Simpson....
, a character from Douglas AdamsDouglas AdamsDouglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
series. - The line "They may not go down in history. But they'll go down on your sister" from the song "The Moron Brothers", is reused by Hank Moody in the show CalifornicationCalifornication (TV series)Californication is an American comedy-drama that premiered on Showtime on August 13, 2007. The show was created by Tom Kapinos. The protagonist, Hank Moody , is a troubled novelist whose move to California, coupled with his writer's block, complicates his relationships with his longtime girlfriend...
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Personnel
- Fat Mike - vocals, bass
- Eric MelvinEric MelvinEric Scott Melvin is an American musician and the rhythm guitarist in the California punk band NOFX. He has been in the band from its beginnings in the early 1980s to the present day. Eric has been known for his dreadlocks that vary in color each time NOFX performs...
- guitar - Steve KidwillerSteve KidwillerSteve Kidwiler is an American musician who played with punk rock band NOFX on their 1989 release S&M Airlines and their 1991 release Ribbed. Some time later, he joined cowpunk band Speedbuggy USA, . He went on tour with Speedbuggy for many years but decided to leave the band after its 1st European...
- guitar, vocals on "Together On The Sand" - Erik SandinErik SandinErik Sandin , is an American musician and the drummer of the popular California punk band, NOFX. He was a founding member of the band when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, but moved to Santa Barbara two years later, leaving the band.In just one year without Sandin, the band had...
- drums
- Jay BentleyJay BentleyJay Dee Bentley is the bassist and co-founding member of the punk rock group Bad Religion. He has played with the band through its whole existence with a small break between 1983 and 1985.-Bad Religion:...
- backing vocals - Mark CurryMark Curry (rock musician)Mark Curry is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter.He formed his first band, Crystal Sphere, with "White Boy Larry" and Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta, who would later join NOFX. The band was formed in the 1980s while Curry attended Sacramento City College...
- backing vocals - Brett GurewitzBrett GurewitzBrett W. Gurewitz , nicknamed Mr. Brett, is the guitarist and a songwriter of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and sister-labels ANTI-, Burning Heart Records, Fat Possum Records, and Hellcat Records...
- producer