7" of the Month Club

Infobox Album |
Name = 7" of the Month Club
Type = EP
Longtype = series
Artist = NOFX


Released = February 2005 - March 2006
Recorded = 2004-2006
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 55:26
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!)"
(2004)
This album = "7" of the Month Club"
(2005-2006)
Next album = "Never Trust a Hippy"
(2006)The 7" of the Month Club is a series of twelve 7" records released by punk band NOFX over the course of about one year. Each record was planned for release at the beginning of its specified month, but it quickly fell behind schedule, with records being released shortly after the specified month. The record expected for December was released in early February due to the holiday closing of Fat Wreck Chords, and the twelfth "January" record was released in early March.

The records included several running games: for one, a 24-part joke appears in one-part sections on each side of each record. Also, the backs of the record sleeves form a 12-piece puzzle that reveals an artistic rendering of the members of the band.

Track listing

*February 2005
**"Insulted By Germans (Again)" – 2:38
**"Fan Mail" (The Dickies cover) – 2:52
*March 2005
**"Arming the Proletariat With Potato Guns" – 2:29
**"I Am Going to Hell For This One" – 3:46
*April 2005
**"There's No Fun in Fundamentalism" – 1:49
**"Fungus" – 0:22
**"I'm a Huge Fan of Bad Religion" – 0:50
*May 2005
**"Jamaica's Alright if You Like Homophobes" (Fear homage) – 4:23
**"No Way" (The Adolescents cover) – 1:52
*June 2005
**"Getting High on the Down Low" – 1:15
**"You're Wrong" – 2:09
*July 2005
**"Leaving Jesusland" – 2:52
**"Benny Got Blowed Up" – 1:04
*August 2005
**"Teenage Punching Bag" – 2:04
**"One Way Ticket to Fuckneckville" – 2:54
*September 2005
**"Your Hubcaps Cost More Than My Car" – 2:28
**"What Now Herb?" – 1:28
**"California Über Alice" – 0:42
*October 2005
**"All My Friends in New York" – 2:10
**"I, Melvin" – 2:27
*November 2005
**"You Will Lose Faith" – 3:09
**"Last Night Was Really Fun?" – 1:55
*February 2006
**"Cool and Unusual Punishment" – 2:20
**"Civil Defense" (The F.U.'s cover) – 1:01
*March 2006
**"Golden Boys" (Vagina Dentata cover) – 2:45
**"The Man I Killed" – 1:58

Puzzle

The back covers of the album sleeves combine to form a puzzle depicting an artistic representation of the band:Artwork by Tony Guaraldi-Brown

Joke

The following 24-part joke was gradually released, each of the following lines on the matrix of each side of each record.

*#01-a A punk, a rabbi, and a republican walk into a bar...
*#01-b They seat themselves as far away from one another as possible...
*#02-a The bartender asks the punk for his order, "One shot of whiskey"
*#02-b The bartender smiles and says. "One shot of whiskey coming right up"
*#03-a As the bartender walks back to the bar, the rabbi begins to chant a prayer...
*#03-b The punk rolls his eyes and mutters under his breath. "Shut up old man"...
*#04-a The bartender says "You can't speak to my customers that way"...
*#04-b The punk downs his whiskey and says, "Sorry but the rabbi's a fuckin' douche bag"...
*#05-a The republican says to the bartender, "Get that asshole outta here!"...
*#05-b The punk hears this and says, "I may be an asshole but at least I'm not a douche bag"...
*#06-a The bartender turns to the republican and tells him "You're the asshole"...
*#06-b Then the bartender and the punk beat the shit out of the republican.
*#07-a Then they kick the republican out of the bar...
*#07-b The Rabbi then asks, why did you kick that man out of the bar?
*#08-a The punk replies "cuz he's a republican you fuckin' douche bag!"
*#08-b The bartender slams a bottle to the bar and says...
*#09-a "I told you that you must respect my customers."
*#09-b The punk replies, "I do respect your customers."
*#10-a "...I'm just saying the rabbi was a douchebag"
*#10-b "Ok you're out of here" says the bartender as he kicks the punk.
*#11-a The bartender apologizes to the rabbi and says...
*#11-b "Let me get you a drink on the house. What'll you have?"
*#12-a "The rabbi replies 'well, I'll have a vinegar and water'"
*#12-b "(Blank)"

External links

* [http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/7inchclub/ Official 7" of the Month Club website]
* [http://www.nofxwiki.net/w/7%22_Of_The_Month_Club Nofxwiki - 7" of the Month Club]
* [http://matt.wheresthebeef.co.uk/gallery/index.php?path=NOFX%20Vinyl%2F7%20Inch%20Of%20The%20Month%20Club NOFX Vinyl] - photographs of all the records