Before NOFX became the fathers of humorous but hard-edged punk rock, they were just four pretty obnoxious Californians with a penchant for fast music and dirty jokes.
Ribbed isn't exactly the group's breakthrough into content filled rock, but their typically hard-edged punk has enough dirty humor that anyone with their mind in the gutter should at least get few smirks over the course of the record.
Besides the sophomoric gross out of "The Moron Brothers" and the double-entendre ridden "Together on the Sand," none of these songs have even made it into the later live shows of the band, and the reason is pretty obvious.
Among tracks about not showering and fake boobs, the group runs through their typical gamut of punk styles, but there is nothing as immediately catchy or edgy as their later work and more often than not the songs are far from memorable high speed rants about nothing.
NOFX completeists may feel a need to place this record in their collections, but the odds are, in light of the band's much more impressive later work, that it will rarely merit listening and, when it does, will probably be more for reminiscing than for actual enjoyment.
NOFX are a great punk rock band, but Ribbed is a rocky start that falls way to short way too often.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green CornFat Mike | NOFX | Play | 01:44 | 3 MB | 13 MB |
| 2 | The Moron Brothers | NOFX | Play | 02:26 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Showerdays | NOFX | Play | 02:10 | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | Food, Sex & Ewe | NOFX | Play | 01:47 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 5 | Just the Flu | NOFX | Play | 02:03 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 6 | El Lay | NOFX | Play | 01:14 | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| 7 | New Boobs | NOFX | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 8 | Together on the SandIzzy Drew Lynn | NOFX | Play | 01:12 | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| 9 | NowhereFat Mike | NOFX | Play | 01:34 | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| 10 | Brain Constipation | NOFX | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 11 | I Don't Want You Around | NOFX | Play | 01:39 | 3 MB | 11 MB |
| 12 | The Malachi Crunch | NOFX | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 13 | Cheese _ Where's My Slice | Nofx | Play | 02:16 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 14 | Gonoherpasyphlaids | Nofx | Play | 01:43 | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| 28 mins | 65 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 204 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joy Aoki | Art Direction, Design |
| 2 | Mike Argotode | Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Jay Bentley | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Kim Bockus | Photography |
| 5 | Donnell Cameron | Egg Shaker, Maracas |
| 6 | Gina Chan | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Ed Colver | Photography |
| 8 | Mark Curry | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Fat Mike | Composer, Guitar (Bass), Vocals |
| 10 | Brett Gurewitz | Producer |
| 11 | Legendary Starbolt | Bongos, Guiro |
| 12 | Izzy Drew Lynn | Composer |
| 13 | Eric Melvin | Guitar, Vocals (Background) |
| 14 | Mr. Christian | Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | NOFX | Primary Artist |
| 16 | Starbolt | Bongos, Guiro |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |