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Russ’ Record Rainbow
When NOFX’s Coaster came out, I was blogging about guitar and music. I emailed and requested an interview with El Hefe and didn’t expect much. Not a lot of people granted interviews, especially by email volleys, but I had some success here and there so I figured I would try.

And he said yes.

We bounced emails back and forth and I got a pretty decent interview out of it for an amateur blogger operating out of his bedroom in a desperate attempt to distract himself from dissatisfaction with work and a growing clinical depression.

But the reason I didn’t expect a reply wasn’t because I was bad at blogging or small. I’m not awful at writing and consistently ranked in the top 5-10 guitar blogs in a time when blogs were pretty big.

No. It was because NOFX didn’t do a lot of press. They hadn’t done a lot of press since making that decision a while after Green Day’s Dookie was released so I was blown away when anyone responded - let alone said yes and endured my multiple emails asking questions.

El Hefe was nice enough to talk to a young guitar player running a blog out of his bedroom.

I don’t think you can get much more punk than that - than supporting and nurturing someone’s aspirations when you can. I was beyond grateful and will constantly talk up NOFX for this reason.

Sure, they wrote great songs and you could absolutely see why even with short songs they were able to fill up two records with their strongest material, but more than that - to me - I love them because they’re the real deal. They are the best kinds of punks and I’ll always love them.

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Russ’ Record Rainbow
When I started collecting records, I was solidly thinking that I was only going to collect gold. I would vet the albums online and then buy the truly good stuff.

There were exceptions. A couple bands get a pass for albums that don’t hit so hard (with me) in the name of collection completion.

Namely, Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Tiger Army, and Tool. All of these bands have had albums that just didn’t connect with me but I love the band to such a high level that I still want their stuff on my shelf.

This is one of those albums.

Again, this is just my opinion. If you like this album (or any album I don’t particularly enjoy), I’m not going to say anything. Like what you like.

I even keep my mouth shut when people say they like Mike Patton and his various bands/projects and he’s probably my least favorite musician/creator I have ever come across in my entire LIFE.

Enjoy what you enjoy.

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The Vinyl Ape 🦧

R.E.M.
Green
2013 Europe Reissue
25th Anniversary Edition

R.E.M.’s first album for Warner Bros.; hugely successful due to the presence of “Stand” and “Orange Crush”, and full of capital R rock songs in major keys.

THIS is the key record in their discography, as it is the exact point where everything changed. The IRS years were over, and after hearing this, you knew exactly where things were heading.
Still a very good record.

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