Punk In Drublic

Punk in Drublic
Punk in Drublic
Studio album by NOFX
Released	July 19, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Skate punk; hardcore punk; melodic hardcore;
Length	39:55
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Ryan Greene, Fat Mike
NOFX chronology
Singles from Punk In Drublic
	"Don't Call Me White"; Released: May 11, 1994; "Leave It Alone"; Released: 1995;

It was released on July 19, 1994, through Epitaph Records. The title is a spoonerism of "Drunk in Public".

Punk in Drublic is NOFX's most successful album to date, peaking at number 12 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. The album has received positive reviews and is now considered a classic punk album by fans and critics alike. Six years after its release, it became the band's only gold record for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. Worldwide, the record has sold over 1 million copies.

Reception and legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Punk Planet	Favorable
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Village Voice	A−

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 4.5 stars and states: "The quartet didn't change their approach at all — at their core, they remain a heavy, speed-addled, hook-conscious post-hardcore punk group — but their songwriting has improved, as has their attack."

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Guitar World	United States	Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994	2014	*
Kerrang!	United States	The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time	2014	4
Kerrang!	United Kingdom	51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever	2015	6

* denotes an unordered list

The album was a big influence on Blink-182's Cheshire Cat (1995), Unwritten Law's Oz Factor (1996), Lagwagon's Let's Talk About Feelings (1998), Sum 41's All Killer No Filler (2001) and Anti-Flag's The General Strike (2012).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fat Mike, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Linoleum"		2:10
2.	"Leave It Alone"	Fat Mike, Eric Melvin	2:04
3.	"Dig"		2:16
4.	"The Cause"		1:37
5.	"Don't Call Me White"		2:33
6.	"My Heart Is Yearning"		2:23
7.	"Perfect Government"	Mark Curry	2:06
8.	"The Brews"		2:40
9.	"The Quass"		1:18
10.	"Dying Degree"		1:50
11.	"Fleas"		1:48
12.	"Lori Meyers"		2:21
13.	"Jeff Wears Birkenstocks"		1:26
14.	"Punk Guy"		1:08
15.	"Happy Guy"		1:58
16.	"Reeko"		3:05
17.	"Scavenger Type"		7:12
Total length:			39:55

Personnel

NOFX

Fat Mike - vocals, bass
Eric Melvin - guitar
El Hefe - guitar
Herb Reath Stinks - drums

Additional personnel

Mark Curry - additional vocals in "Perfect Government"
Kim Shattuck - additional vocals in "Lori Meyers"
Chris Dowd - trombone in "Dig"
Kenny Lyon - additional guitars
Mr. Rojers - steel drums in "My Heart Is Yearning"
New Jew Revue - gang vocals in "The Brews"
Ryan Greene; Fat Mike - producers
Ryan Greene - mixing, engineer
Steve Kravac - assistant engineer

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Album notes

The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks" was written about Jeff Abarta an Epitaph Records employee. In 2017, the Birkenstock company produced a short-form documentary about how the song came together that includes new interviews on the subject with Jeff and Fat Mike. Jeff later founded a band called Punk Is Dead that performs punk rock covers of Grateful Dead songs, and currently plays bass in Total Massacre as "Jeff Massacre."
"Linoleum" is referenced in the Pilot episode of One Tree Hill, when protagonist Lucas Scott notices a NOFX sticker on one of Peyton Sawyer's folders, he sings the line "that's me inside your head."
Track 17 contains a hidden track starting at 5:29, after three minutes of silence; guitarist El Hefe performs impressions of cartoon characters, such as Yosemite Sam and Popeye.
The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks?" is included in the EA Sports video game NCAA Football 06.
The song "Linoleum" was released as DLC for the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
The song "Linoleum" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Grind Session.
"Linoleum" is also covered by hardcore-punk band Shai Hulud, post-third wave ska band Streetlight Manifesto on their 2010 album 99 Songs of Revolution, Bad Astronaut, August Burns Red and Frank Turner
The song "Lori Meyers" was covered by Aiden as a hidden track on their album Knives.
The song "Dying Degree" was covered by Evergreen Terrace on their cover album Writer's Block.
The song "Leave It Alone" references another song, "Bringing In the Sheaves", written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw. It is a popular American gospel song strongly associated with Protestant Christians. Despite this fact, both credited songwriters, Fat Mike and Eric Melvin are Jewish.
The song "Leave It Alone" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Watch Dogs 2.

References

Citations

Sources

Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound (191). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.
Sayce, Rob (September 2014). Bird, Ryan (ed.). "Hall of Fame: Punk in Drublic". Rock Sound (191). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

NOFX official website
Epitaph Records
Fat Wreck Chords
Punk in Drublic at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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