Bob
by NOFX

Album: White Trash, Two Heebs and A Bean (1992)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was inspired by Bob Lush, one of the many colorful characters that entered the NOFX universe in the late '80s and early '90s when they were scraping to get by. According to lead singer Fat Mike, Bob was a junkie whose girlfriend fed their habit by turning tricks. She threw him over a weight bench one day, damaging his liver, which is detailed in the first verse, where Bob faces a crisis because he can't drink. The rest of the song is fictionalized - Bob didn't shave his head and start fights at shows. He later died of an overdose.
  • "Bob" became a NOFX fan favorite, played at most of their live shows. It's from their fourth album, White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean, which got a boost from the loud, fast sounds of Nirvana's Nevermind album, which was taking off around this time. A few years later, the punk uprising peaked as Green Day became one of the biggest bands in the land. NOFX earned a lot more fans but remained independent.
  • The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who also did Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." MTV didn't play it, and NOFX held a grudge. In 1994 when punk was popular, the group made a video for their song "Leave It Alone" and wouldn't let MTV have it.

Comments: 6

  • D from Kern County UsaWooow I knew it was a song about a real person I was just if it was inspired by Bob one of the AA founders.
  • Jjuice from MelbourneFat Mike and Melvin are the heebs, Sandin is White trash and Hefe is the bean
  • Vinny from Arkport, Nyat least one of you actually knows something about NOFX
  • Anaïs from Paris, United Statesfor ed and graham
    white trash is for erik, two kikes is for mike and eric melvin and spic is for el hefe.
    this title wasn't used cuz mike and eric's folks and family disliked it and pressured them not to use it.
  • Ed from Chodania, Flactually the original title was s'posed to be White trash two kykes and a spick (el hefe is the only mexican, fat mike is the white trash, and the two eric/eriks are jewish)
  • Graham from Okotoks, Alberta, CanadaThe original title for this album was "White Trash, two spicks and a kyke" It wasn't used because of the obvious derogatory racial slander
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