NOFX is getting a documentary, and it sounds exactly like you’d expect from the most successful independent punk group in history. Fat Mike announced ’40 Years of Fuckin’ Up’ at The Punk Rock Museum’s NOFX Exhibit in January, and the film is currently in post-production. Director James Buddy Day, known for ‘The Secrets We Bury’ and ‘Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein’, is at the helm.
The film follows Fat Mike, Aaron “El Hefe” Abeyta, Eric Melvin, and Erik “Smelly” Sandin across four decades of chaos, survival, and improbable success. The premise is simple: how did a group of self-described untalented teenage punks build an independent empire entirely on their own terms? The answer, apparently, involves ambulances.
“Most people wouldn’t be ok with releasing a film that shows footage of getting whipped in their dungeon, or their drug use for the past 20 years,” Fat Mike says. “I’m not like most people.” The doc promises unreleased NOFX songs, available only to filmgoers. That alone makes it an event.
The team is crashing SXSW with sneak peek screenings March 15th and 16th at Brushy Creek Commons in Austin, TX, complete with surprise Q&As. Tickets are on sale now, and the film heads to curated theaters worldwide starting in April, with full rollout details coming soon.
Produced by Fat Mike and executive produced alongside Abeyta, Sandin, Melvin, Gary Ousdahl, Day, Cisco Adler, and Jon Nadeau for Pyramid Productions, with score by Fat Mike and Matt Nasir.