No Use for a Name (often abbreviated NUFAN) was a punk rock band from San Jose, California. They were formed in 1987 by Tony Sly and Rory Koff. The band is highly praised in the skate punk and hardcore scenes, though their sound has evolved considerably through the years, taking on a much lighter and poppier brand of melodic punk.
NUFAN's debut album, Incognito, was released in 1990 through New Red Archives. The band has released a single and one more full-length on this label, until signing up with Fat Mike's label, Fat Wreck Chords, on 1993.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Verse 1: BF# Maybe you don't understand it G#mEbm what keeps them awake at night EC#/F What goes through their little F# minds when you turn off the light? BF#G#m Always having to say sorry tears Ebm are stained on the pillow EC#/F Like the light of the moon they F#G#mF# can't be one They can't exist without EF# the sun Let's think clearly for G#mA a while Can he shine without a-
Chorus 1: B -smile? Why am I alone F#/Bb with no one to be found? E Looks like they know BF# what's best for me B Why doesn't anybody like F#/Bb me I don't understand? A Guess I'll have to crawl G# inside and I don't know C#mF# why I'm sitting by myself F#(hold) BF#G#mEBF#G#mE when the problem isn't mine
Verse 2: BF# Been around the block a few times G#mEbm been beat up by all his friends EC#/F Learing life is like a maze that F#B never seems to end Like an open F#G#m book blank pages left for only EbmE him to write Life is short this C#/FF#G#m chapter takes so long I Can't tell F#E the right from the wrong It's F#G#m so hard for you to place An A expression on his-
Chorus 2: B -face Why am I alone F#/Bb with no one to be found? E Looks like they know BF# what's best for me B Why doesn't anybody like F#/Bb me I don't understand? A Guess I'll have to crawl G# inside and I don't know C#mF# why I'm sitting by myself F#(hold) G#mF#EF# <-- Guitar Solo when the problem isn't mine
Guitar Solo continues: G#m-F#-E-A-
Chorus 3: B Why doesn't anybody like F# me I don't understand E Why my friends and BF# family left me B At six years old he won't F#/Bb be taught a meaning to this mess A He'll just have to take a G#C#m guess and make his own plan F# And we'll never see the child F#(Hold) BF#G#mEBF#G#mEB(hold) that was forced to be a man