NOFX's mainstream success coincided with increased interest in punk rock during the s; unlike many of their contemporaries, however, they had never been signed to a major label. NOFX released fifteen studio albums, sixteen extended plays [ 2 ] and a number of 7" singles over a career spanning more than four decades.
The band rose to popularity with their fifth studio album Punk in Drublic , which is their only release to receive a gold certification by the RIAA. The group has sold over eight million records worldwide, [ 4 ] making them one of the most successful independent bands ever. NOFX's first recording was a demo [ 8 ] from , entitled Thalidomide Child , produced by Germs drummer Don Bolles , which did not sell many copies, [ citation needed ] and Fat Mike once claimed that no copies existed.
The band's line-up underwent numerous changes prior to Dave Allen was in the band for about four months, until he died in a car accident. Dave Casillas joined the band on second guitar in and was featured on the extended play The P.
The album's cover was a redesigned version of the cover from the NOFX extended play. Although the title and some of the album's lyrics mocked vegetarianism and animal rights, Fat Mike says that he became a vegetarian after writing the Liberal Animation album. Casillas left the band shortly after the recording of Liberal Animation and was replaced by Steve Kidwiler.
Shortly after the album was released, Steve Kidwiler left the band, and Aaron Abeyta a. Also in , NOFX's former label Mystic Records released Maximum Rocknroll , which compiles early singles and demo songs and is a reissue of their long-out-of-print compilation tape E Is for Everything. Despite being referred to as an "official" release, Fat Mike has been quoted as saying that he did not know that the album existed until he saw a copy of it "in a store.
