Teoman's Band of the Month - NOFX

I'll make it simple this month and go with NOFX. You can't ignore them if you like punk rock, they're pioneers of their style, to be juxtaposed with recent punk rock veterans like The Offspring or Bad Religion. I just love them.

NOFX are:

Fat Mike (Vocals, Bass)
El Hefe (Guitar, Trumpet)
Eric Melvin (Guitar)
Smelly (Guitar)

I never had the privilege to see them live, but I know I won't hesitate to go see them if they ever come by a town I'm in. That's the thing with living in two countries, if they come to Toronto and Paris, I could always see them twice, just like what I'll do with Finntroll!
But NOFX I would do anything for them. They're the luckiest independent band alive, since they the only band to have achieved such a success independently, and turned down major record labels such as MTV. They used to be inspired by bands such as Bad Religion or the Misfits, but now they do most of the influencing, and it's a good thing! Musically and methodically talented, skills, experience, truth, these values have stayed the same for more than 20 years in the band now, as this will be shown in an upcoming DVD of the band; "20 Years of Fucking Up" coming up some time this year or next year!
A new live album is planned to come out since they recorded some shows in San Francisco earlier this year... sounds juicy.
What is awesome about this band is that they go to countries where they are not advertised at all, they just did shows in Bali, Jakarta, Burma, they had two shows in Taipei (the second one they added it randomly since they seemed to have free time)... Turkey one day? Guys? Please?
They are an inspiration to me; if you look at all the places they get to play and visit, it must be so awesome getting to eat lots of food, meet fans from around the world, and get to see tonnes of cities!
Anyway it's obvious this band cares for its fans and knows how to do concerts. They brag a lot about it, but oh well, it's their quality! Too bad there aren't enough bands like these guys.
The little anecdote that most of the fans know; Smelly the drummer doesn't drink at all anymore ever since he went to rehab in the 90s.
Another classic everybody knows: at the 1998 warped tour they threw 5000 bucks in 1 dollar bills into the audience, because they claimed that the sound of Bad Religion's concert sucked, and NOFX wasn't going to play, Mike thought the kids got ripped off so they threw their part of the bargain in the audience, for the better!