LABEL: Fat Wreck Chords
RELEASE DATE: 05/22/2026
VARIANT: Black Vinyl EP

For many, NOFX spent much of the Nineties as the poster boys for smart-assed skate punk. Released at the tail end of 1999, The Decline fully warped those perceptions as a prog-borne, politicized punk-world masterpiece. Sure, the epic, 18-minute arrangement rips speedy, octave-imbued melodic hardcore alongside Fat Mikes famously sinewy sneer, but the narratives heady back-and-forth has him deep-diving through gun violence, daily struggles and the Greediocracy of American politics. Full of impassioned performances and a hell of a recurring trombone motif, The Decline perhaps presents NOFX at the peak of their powers. The 12-inch EP also features b-side Clams Have Feelings Too.

TRACKLIST

1 The Decline
2 Clams Have Feelings Too