Punk Gods Thrash Newfoundland

Feeling the wind tuck my hair behind my ears as I feel the rockey road below my feet. Long hair, baggy jeans and a ripped up t-shirt summed up my teen years. Skateboarding was a passion. From when we escaped the bars of school to when it was just too dark to see your wheels anymore me and my friends were the hardcore skaters of Bonavista. Me, Dwayne, Mike, Sam, Tim, Chad, Mitchell, just to name a few would tear up the post office until they would kick us off the property. Then we would skate off just down the road to the Salvation army only to be kicked off their property just moments later. The constant search for new skate spots forced us to raise money and build our own skate park. We were successful and built our own ramps and skated our own skate park. Those days brings back great memories to me. Most of all amazing memories of 90s punk rock. Bands like Pennywise, Melloncollin, Good To Go,Rancid, Ramones, Misfits, they all helped us get that height of energy that you need to pull off that certain trick. Looking back now I can't believe how much energy we had to be skating all day long and now I know how I kept so skinny all that time. Out of all those great punk bands I must say one of my all time favorite has to be Nofx. Their short songs that gotten right to the point with heavy chords and fast strings with a English influenced accent to top it off they had it all and we wore our Nofx mix tape out in our boombox. With our extra long extension cord hooked up to the local light and power building we were all set with loud music and sick skateboarding, as long as Nofx was blaring out of the speakers we were happy to be alive and well doing what we loved most. This summer Nofx will be playing a show at Club One in St. John's Newfoundland. They show is going to be hardcore and sweaty where they will be playing their classic hits and also throwing in a list of covers from their new album soon to be coming out. If you ever grew up in the 90s and loved garage punk music Nofx had to be on your list. I advise everyone to clear your laundry list for the day of this concert and prepare for a great show. Get ready for mosh pits galore and dont mind the eardrums bursting, its just punk music at its finest. I've added one of my favorite Nofx songs BOB. A song about a hardcore punk whose tough lifestyle has caught up to him after getting older. He realizes the realities of life where a hard lifestyle of drugs and alcohol catches up to you after a while.  If you never heard of them before then listen to this and get taken back in time when punk was fast and in your face.