Todo empezó cuando Fat Mike quiso fundar un grupo punk que tuviese buenas letras y buenas canciones, que grabase discos y saliese a tocar, para esto buscó a su amigo Erik.
Grabaron Liberal Animation en 1988 con Brett de Bad Religion, y fue relanzado en 1991 en la firma de Brett, Epitaph Records. NOFX firmó con Epitaph en 1989, sacando a la luz el LP S&M Airlines. En el mismo año nació, de la mano de Fat Mike, el sello Fat Wreck Chords, que pronunciado correctamente suena como "Fat Records".
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Intro (Let each chord ring out once): F#-B(1)-D-F-F#-B(1)
A [EL HEFE] Through word of mouth B Let it be known D The man who spends his life on a mission A He's legendary
[MIKE] Hey, hey hey, hey hey!
A Travelling B From coast to coast D He's the contemporary A Johnny Appleseed
[SPOKEN] Man, who's talkin' shit about Johnny anyway?
He's down for the cause, holmes.
A He's making sure B His garden grows D He'll plant the seed A In every town he goes A Fertilizing B The countryside D You couldn't stop him with A Insecticide
F#BD Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah) A He water the yard with the yarden hose F#BD And you know he be plantin' the seed (Yeah, yeah, yeah) A Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed
[SPOKEN] Oh, yes. This Johnny character is exactly what we're looking for.
H-He's very street, very gang, very Hispanic. He'll do just fine.
A When digging holes B He be wearin' a glove D He go out to the shed A He grab a shovel and he shove A He plant the seed B Makin' sure it's sowed D He go into the shed A And he start hoein' with the hoe
[MIKE] Ho, ho, ho, ho!
F#BD Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah) A He water the yard with the yarden hose F#BD Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed (Yeah, yeah, yeah) A The contemporary Johnny Appleseed