Man, every time this thread gets revived, I worry that one of them has broken a hip.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 14 June 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, the first (and best) time I saw them was in 1990 on the Wrong tour. At that time, Rob looked to me like a ship's captain. Maybe the oldest "punk" musician I'd yet laid eyes on.
Insane that they're still so good 20 years later...
― Nate Carson, Sunday, 14 June 2009 11:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I know, dude looks like a mariner. Doesn't help that he makes Popeye faces.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 14 June 2009 12:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Interviewing these dudes soon! (Anyone got any q's?)
― Simon H., Sunday, 14 June 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I had no idea that Nomeansno supported Metallica, if that is indeed what is being stated a few posts back
― if you're a pizza-loving New Yorker, it was pretty hilarious. (DJ Mencap), Sunday, 14 June 2009 14:42 (fifteen years ago) link
It was just a one-shot deal, some one-day festival thing at the RDS in Dublin a few years back, with a bunch of other punk and metal bands, but for all intents and purposes a Metallica gig (unless my brain is fried and it was some other big-shot metal band headlining, but howandever). I wish I was there to see what reaction NoMeansNo got.
― MacDara, Sunday, 14 June 2009 15:14 (fifteen years ago) link
When I saw them live for the first time a few days ago, they came onstage and all I could think was..."damn, they're old." At which point, John opened the show by bellowing, "we're...ooooooold!" and then launching into a massive new tune called "I'm Old."
bless 'em!
― Simon H., Friday, 3 July 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been toying with the idea of going to see them at Dingwalls in a few weeks - I think I might as well just book a ticket, it's only a tenner.
And they've got Todd supporting them which is always a laugh.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 3 July 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
DO IT
:-)
― StanM, Friday, 3 July 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
This is most momentous news. And I feel nearly as old as NMN these days, so that's ok.
Dingwalls is such a weird venue.
― Doran, Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:35 (fifteen years ago) link
That reminds me, their gigs are only 3 weeks away, I should really get my ticket soon.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 4 July 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
It's been far too long since I've seen them. Must catch them again soon!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 4 July 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
from the scratch records email list::
NOMEANSNO-Mama CD (Wrong/WRONG31) $13.50Finally reissued. UPC:7 18751 95432 8
NOMEANSNO-Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed CD (Wrong/WRONG34)$13.50 Finally reissued. UPC:7 18751 95462 5
NOMEANSNO-Wrong CD (Wrong/WRONG30) $13.50Finally reissued. UPC:7 18751 95422 9
NOMEANSNO-0+2=1 CD (Wrong/WRONG35) $13.50Finally reissued. UPC:7 18751 95472 4
NOMEANSNO-One CD (Wrong/WRONG20) $13.50Finally reissued. UPC:7 18751 95322 2
― drone/a/sore, Saturday, 11 July 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
sweet! but, no Worldhood?
― Simon H., Saturday, 11 July 2009 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Yay! (Wrong has been reissued a couple of years ago already, btw)
― StanM, Saturday, 11 July 2009 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I scored Wrong on vinyl yesterday. Haven't owned it in 15 years. It holds up amazingly well.
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 11 July 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Just got home from the Dublin show. Poor sound and a shitty crowd ruined it for me (why pay 20 quid just to talk all the way through it?) but the band themselves were on top form. In different circumstances, would have enjoyed it a lot more. Shame they didn't play any of my favorites, though.
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Saturday, 25 July 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's another band bubbling under my surface for years - heard the album with Jello Biafra but never went further. I just got the "People's Choice" comp and it's ace from start to finish. The earliest stuff sounds like they were a big influence on Cop Shoots Cop and other bass-focused bands. The way the music backs the chorus of "I Need You now now now now now now now now now" - splendid.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
ok holy shit baby nomeansno video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNr8i2ort0
cant get an exact date but uh 82 or 83 i suppose
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 July 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link
quick summary to entice gbx and other peeps to go to the upcoming show(s)
1989https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPyAii6f-hc&feature=related
1991https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hni9dYzN5n8
1995https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeEdbGf0JU
live 2 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE32Hudh3fM
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 July 2010 06:21 (fourteen years ago) link
they're playing two shows in the bay area this fall AND I CAN'T WAIT.
― dad, i wanna be a lothario speedwagon (ytth), Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't believe i've never heard these guys
― arby's, Sunday, 5 September 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Seeing 'em tonight in Oaklandia.
― errant flynn, Saturday, 18 September 2010 04:08 (fourteen years ago) link
interesting show, eh? it really underscores how his bass sound holds the band together - they sounded so thin once he replaced his amp.
― in a panini or crostini (ytth), Saturday, 18 September 2010 09:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i immediately looked up his rig after reading this thread, his bass sound is so cool.
― she's one intense bitch, she rides a unicycle (arby's), Saturday, 18 September 2010 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, why did nobody tell me that these guys are awesome?
One for the "bands you assumed you didn't like from the name" thread, I guess - always imagined they were srs tune-free monochrome hardcore for srs angry dudes
(this does not explain why I didn't get round to checking them out in my srs tune-free monochrome angry phase, though)
― cellular nekomata (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
does anyone have an MP3 of "Old," I can't find that shit anywhere
― odd taran wild'n gang killam all (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 February 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
it's from tour EP 1, which is on itunes. or did you mean a free version?
― and you are a part of everything and everything is like melting (ytth), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
the lyrics are often extremely juvenile, but the tunes are killer.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
the message board on nomeansno website has tons of threads asking about what the lyrics in certain songs are supposed to mean. really?
― and you are a part of everything and everything is like melting (ytth), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
CATSSEXNAZIS
― Slade Venom Secret Police (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
there are definitely two sides to NMN: there are songs informed by the World's Worst Dirty Jokes and songs informed by Heidigger.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 12:11 (thirteen years ago) link
new EP rocks.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 2 February 2011 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ok so i just stumbled across the band Two Pin Din , which is the drummer from Dog Faced Hermans and that other singing guy that isnt one of the wright brothers (1983-1991) in nomeansno and oh man does it scratch that nomeansno itch!
http://www.twopindin.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkSZ3nac0k
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 06:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ha i meant to actually mention their names but got caught up in my sentence, Andy Kerr is former nmn and wilf plum is the dog faced hermans dude
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Thursday, 4 August 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
keep expecting kerr to blurt out "come along ! and bring your juke box money !""he was in a jam / he was in a giant clam !"etc
― iglu ferrignu, Thursday, 4 August 2011 08:39 (thirteen years ago) link
classic.
― errant flynn, Thursday, 4 August 2011 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Two Pin Din are the Pomplamoose of a much better universe.
― (She's a) Sugar-coated Satan Sandwich (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 5 August 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.burningtoken.com/bands/nomeansno/
― how's life, Saturday, 6 October 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
West Coast tour, get on it:
http://www.nomeanswhatever.com/tour.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 January 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
There's a UK tour in May/June too, don't know the details but it looks like they're playing quite a few locations.
― clive mendonca's big soccer (NickB), Monday, 14 January 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
so excited! especially since they had major technical problems at their last two bay area shows, and it affected their set. although all was made right when they started their encore on night 2 with "now."
― eh mec, elle est ou ma caisse? (ytth), Tuesday, 15 January 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
New interview with John Wright
http://thequietus.com/articles/12566-nomeansno-john-wright-interview
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 June 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
I did an e-mailer with Tom a couple of weeks ago, too: http://thumped.com/interviews/we-have-never-entertained-long-term-goals-an-interview-with-nomeansno.html
― wronger than 100 geir posts (MacDara), Monday, 17 June 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
Hey thanks!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 June 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
their show in Bristol a fortnight ago was probably my favourite gig of 2013 this far. just did not let up
― dimension nickröss (DJ Mencap), Monday, 17 June 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
I wish I'd known about that
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 06:34 (eleven years ago) link
Extremely terse message here:
https://www.facebook.com/wrongrecords/posts/10153596446204517
NOMEANSNO HAS SPLIT
Nothing more than this. (Has banana split? Has split release coming soon? Has really split?)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 February 2015 21:38 (nine years ago) link
Ah, the answer was closest to the first. The actual first comment from them is:
...a milkshake at the local diner because sharing is caring.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 February 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
lol
breaking up would be very out-of-character for them
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 February 2015 22:03 (nine years ago) link