{"id":58348,"date":"2023-12-01T19:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/nofxs-fat-mike-on-final-tour-clearing-the-air-with-blink-182\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T19:55:26","slug":"nofxs-fat-mike-on-final-tour-clearing-the-air-with-blink-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/nofxs-fat-mike-on-final-tour-clearing-the-air-with-blink-182\/","title":{"rendered":"NOFX’s Fat Mike on Final Tour, Clearing the Air With Blink-182"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After more than 40 years, the end of NOFX is in sight. The long-running punk band announced the last slate of shows of its Final Tour<\/a>, ensuring the group behind songs like \u201cLinoleum\u201d and \u201cBob\u201d will go out on a high note \u2013 even though frontman Fat Mike<\/strong> isn\u2019t at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sober right now,\u201d Fat Mike, 56, tells Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively, explaining that he\u2019s currently not drinking or using drugs. \u201cI do that every six months. I\u2019ll take a few months off. And I love being sober right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the man behind songs like \u201cDrugs Are Good,\u201d \u201cI am an Alcoholic,\u201d and \u201cEverything in Moderation (Especially Moderation),\u201d sobriety would be the one strange bedfellow for the sex-positive and openly queer Fat Mike. However, since the mid-2010s, NOFX\u2019s bassist, vocalist, songwriter and mouthpiece found a healthy balance between sobriety and partying. It\u2019s a balance he\u2019s carrying into 2024 when the band takes its final bow in Denver, New York (tickets on sale now<\/a>), and their hometown of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been sober for over a month. I\u2019m losing weight and I\u2019m bike riding 10-15 miles a day,\u201d he tells Us<\/em>. Fat Mike recently relocated to Las Vegas, the site of The Punk Rock Museum, an extensive collection of historical items and cultural memorabilia that provides visitors with a unique, hands-on experience. When he\u2019s not working on the museum, helping to run the beloved independent music label Fat Wreck Chords<\/a>, or working with Codefendants<\/strong> <\/a>(his new \u201ccrime wave\u201d side-project), Fat Mike says he\u2019s keeping busy by staying away from the \u201csin\u201d of Sin City. He lives 20 minutes from the Strip in a \u201cquiet Mormon neighborhood\u201d and spends his time hiking, biking, golfing, and taking in a Vegas show like The Beatles Love by Cirque Soleil<\/em> (which he says he\u2019s seen eight times).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Travis Barker\u2019s Health Ups and Downs Through the Years<\/a>
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\u201cI\u2019m doing all kinds of stuff that, when you\u2019re hungover or drinking, you don\u2019t want to do. I woke up at seven today and exercised on my trampoline, and then I went for a half-hour walk with my lady,\u201d he tells Us<\/em>. \u201cSo I love sober time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then when I go back to drinking and using, those times are great too,\u201d he adds. \u201cThat\u2019s when you really bond with people. That\u2019s when you make the best bad decisions of your life. You tend not to make bad decisions when you\u2019re sober. If you don\u2019t have things you regret, then what the f\u2014k?\u201d<\/p>\n

Regrets? Fat Mike has had a few after spending four decades on the road with NOFX (Eric Melvin<\/strong>, Aaron \u201cEl Hefe\u201d Abeyta<\/strong>, and Erik \u201cSmelly\u201d Sandin<\/strong>). While speaking with Spin<\/a> in 2022, Fat Mikes said \u201cPunk Rock Clich\u00e9\u201d \u2013 a song from NOFX\u2019s 2022 album, Double Album<\/em> \u2013 was originally meant for Blink-182<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He wrote the song with Matt Skiba<\/strong> when the Alkaline Trio<\/strong> frontman joined Blink-182 in 2015, replacing the outgoing Tom DeLonge<\/strong>. From there, everything seemed good. Travis Barker<\/strong> even spoke with NME<\/a> about how he was excited for \u201cPunk Rock Clich\u00e9\u201d to come out, but the track was never released as a single and was left off the band\u2019s 2016 album, California<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fat Mike stressed to Spin that he wasn\u2019t mad, saying that he was going to ghostwrite the song and be done with it. However, he noted that the timing might have been odd, with Skiba joining as DeLonge was leaving. \u201cI could see how someone saying \u2018Oh, you had to get Fat Mike to write a song for you\u201d would be something they didn\u2019t want to come out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

What might have been a last-minute business decision (representatives for Blink-182 didn\u2019t immediately respond to Us\u2019 request for comment) led to some confusion on Fat Mike\u2019s end, but he tells Us<\/em> that things are all good<\/a> between him and the band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to see them [Blink-182] the other night. They were all so friendly and I\u2019m just happy that we\u2019re all friends,\u201d Fat Mike tells Us<\/em>. \u201cI didn\u2019t start talking about that [song] to put a wedge between our friendship. I just wanted to \u2014 NOFX did that song because that song had to come out. If they didn\u2019t want to put it out, I was going. So I figured I\u2019d tell the story, but there was no ill will. But, it was great to see all those guys. They\u2019re all good dudes.\u201d<\/p>\n