Nofx / Rancid / The Offspring
 

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I'd like to hear thoughts about these bands in the punk scene. I just recently saw all of these bands in the same show, and it was a great time. I am a fan of all of these artists, but I'd like to hear commentary about these bands.

Personally. ...i think these three bands almost killed punk

meh / no / absolutely not.

the end. byebye.

I enjoy all these bands (Rancid the most), but you won't find any love from the lame "real" punks. Sellouts like me just enjoy the music.

Well not the biggest fan of melodic hardcore, these bands seem to be back in vogue so...I've seen 2 of these bands, Rancid back in 93 and No FX sometime in the 2000's, so I don't know if its a fair comparison, but Rancid was better live, in terms of recordings....

1. Rancid: I appreciate how they incorporated ska music into their sound. I still think Time Bomb is a killer track. Tim Armstrong is an excellent producer as well, which can be seen with his side project The Transplants. Finally, I can relate to Rancid more, as they are a working class street band, as opposed to the Offspring, who originated out of middle class suburbia.

2. The Offspring: When it comes to melodic hardcore know one did it better than the Offspring, (though I'm partial to Pennywise myself) there is a reason they sold millions of records. I can't really declare my holier than thou punk rock hared for this band, as I was into them before they became popular, around the time the Ignition album came out.

3. No FX: I really could never get into them. Personally I hate the whiny pop punk vocals that Fat Mike helped make so popular throughout the 90's. it sounds like a little kid singing.

Anyways these bands wouldn't exist if it wasn't for pioneering bands like the Dead Kennedys, The Exploited, GBH & Black Flag ect. I suggest you check them out.

I love Rancid but Common Rider is way better. And Operation Ivy...

Of all of those, I like the Offspring the best. NoFX is mostly bad and have a handful of good songs.

NOFX
Back in the late 90s I had a couple roommates who were really into them. I thought they were ok, but never went out of my way to listen to them.

Rancid
"Time Bomb" is ok. Nothing else I ever heard from them was even remotely appealing.

The Offspring
They had a couple ok songs I guess but overall weren't very interesting. It never occurred to me that anyone considered them punk until I started hearing people refer to them that way.

I like a few Rancid songs. I liked two songs the Offspring had on their original EP that Ron the original drummer gave me in high school. I used to enjoy them at keg parties in High School, but the transition to stadiums was lost on me. I have never enjoyed anything NOFX has done.

I love everything from The Offspring, most from NOFX, and a lot from Rancid.

The whole trupunx or not trupunx fight is always interesting to observe with popular bands like them.

NOFX

Great band, even today. Might even be one of the hardest working bands in the punk scene. They've put out so many albums and they tour almost constantly. They've never lost their edge and kept to their values, they've remained on small or indie labels (Fat Mike's Fat Wreck Chords) and haven't tried to be anyone but themselves.

Rancid

A great band, they picked up punk and really embraced it and promoted it. The one thing that plays on my mind with Rancid is that punk isn't a fashion sense or a way to dress but they dress like cliche punks and I've always thought some of the albums sounded like Ramones with two guitars and a bit more shouting.

The Offspring

One of the worst offenders of selling out in my mind, their early stuff is really honest, great and catchy. But then they didn't just sell the music out they sold themselves off as well. They took a great band that came from a local scene and turned it into some radio friendly punk band. Saying that however, Conspiricy Of One is amaze balls.

Like / meh / were alright

idk why nofx gets such a bad rep, they're a little childish but they're a good band. 'the decline' song is 18 minutes of pop punk goodness, that's 18 non stop minutes of catchy and diverse pop punk hooks, that sh*t ain't easy to pull off




Rancid apart from having a great bassist doesn't impress me much.

Offspring used to be good but ever since Americana they've changed for the worst. As Lee mentioned above, they sold out in a very apparent way and ruined what little credibility they had.