Needles & Grooves AotM /// Vol. 48 - June 2023 /// Tony Sly - 12 Song Program

I received a great PIF from @scotthilk this past PIFsgiving, No Use For A Name’s Hard Rock Bottom. He’s said that NUFAN is one of his favorite bands.

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1, 2, 9: Cheers takes place at a bar where several characters may hit rock bottom. It’s also a place “where everybody knows your name,” so it “Feels Like Home,” which is the first track on this record. Long stretch, so it’s probably actually that the band was formed in the 1980s (1986 to be exact) but didn’t release this album until 2002, so it fits hints #2 and technically #9

3. Rocks (Hard Rock Bottom)
4,5, 10: “Twelve Man”: the band disbanded in 2012 after Tony Sly’s death

6: American Flag: Can be seen easily in the album cover (above)

7. Yerba Buena/San Francisco: band is from Sunnyvale, CA, a city in the SF Bay area

8. “Around the World”: one of the album’s best tracks is “International You Day”

11. See the PIF thread:
scotthilk said:
No Use For A Name are one of my favorite bands. Know of them? Find an album (or several) you want! Counts as one PIF either way.

Unfamiliar? Grab one to listen to. I ranked them by my favs (of what is available).

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No Use For A Name - Hard Rock Bottom

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No Use For A Name - The Feel Good Record Of The Year

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No Use For A Name - Keep Them Confused

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No Use For A Name - The Daily Grind

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RIP Tony Sly.
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12-13: This is where I’m not sure, definitely an album that would fit Tony Hawk, but I don’t believe that they were on it. Not sure about Superman either

15: NUFAN has been part of the Warped Tour four times, including 2002 (the year of this album’s release)
 
Wes C. Attle said:
I received a great PIF from @scotthilk this past PIFsgiving, No Use For A Name’s Hard Rock Bottom. He’s said that NUFAN is one of his favorite bands.

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1, 2, 9: Cheers takes place at a bar where several characters may hit rock bottom. It’s also a place “where everybody knows your name,” so it “Feels Like Home,” which is the first track on this record. Long stretch, so it’s probably actually that the band was formed in the 1980s (1986 to be exact) but didn’t release this album until 2002, so it fits hints #2 and technically #9

3. Rocks (Hard Rock Bottom)
4,5, 10: “Twelve Man”: the band disbanded in 2012 after Tony Sly’s death

6: American Flag: Can be seen easily in the album cover (above)

7. Yerba Buena/San Francisco: band is from Sunnyvale, CA, a city in the SF Bay area

8. “Around the World”: one of the album’s best tracks is “International You Day”

11. See the PIF thread:


12-13: This is where I’m not sure, definitely an album that would fit Tony Hawk, but I don’t believe that they were on it. Not sure about Superman either

15: NUFAN has been part of the Warped Tour four times, including 2002 (the year of this album’s release)
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Is this an official guess?
 
Wes C. Attle said:
I received a great PIF from @scotthilk this past PIFsgiving, No Use For A Name’s Hard Rock Bottom. He’s said that NUFAN is one of his favorite bands.

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1, 2, 9: Cheers takes place at a bar where several characters may hit rock bottom. It’s also a place “where everybody knows your name,” so it “Feels Like Home,” which is the first track on this record. Long stretch, so it’s probably actually that the band was formed in the 1980s (1986 to be exact) but didn’t release this album until 2002, so it fits hints #2 and technically #9

3. Rocks (Hard Rock Bottom)
4,5, 10: “Twelve Man”: the band disbanded in 2012 after Tony Sly’s death

6: American Flag: Can be seen easily in the album cover (above)

7. Yerba Buena/San Francisco: band is from Sunnyvale, CA, a city in the SF Bay area

8. “Around the World”: one of the album’s best tracks is “International You Day”

11. See the PIF thread:


12-13: This is where I’m not sure, definitely an album that would fit Tony Hawk, but I don’t believe that they were on it. Not sure about Superman either

15: NUFAN has been part of the Warped Tour four times, including 2002 (the year of this album’s release)
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I was thinking maybe NUFAN too but ran out of time to look yesterday and haven't had a chance today
 
Wes C. Attle said:
I received a great PIF from @scotthilk this past PIFsgiving, No Use For A Name’s Hard Rock Bottom. He’s said that NUFAN is one of his favorite bands.

View attachment 173833

1, 2, 9: Cheers takes place at a bar where several characters may hit rock bottom. It’s also a place “where everybody knows your name,” so it “Feels Like Home,” which is the first track on this record. Long stretch, so it’s probably actually that the band was formed in the 1980s (1986 to be exact) but didn’t release this album until 2002, so it fits hints #2 and technically #9

3. Rocks (Hard Rock Bottom)
4,5, 10: “Twelve Man”: the band disbanded in 2012 after Tony Sly’s death

6: American Flag: Can be seen easily in the album cover (above)

7. Yerba Buena/San Francisco: band is from Sunnyvale, CA, a city in the SF Bay area

8. “Around the World”: one of the album’s best tracks is “International You Day”

11. See the PIF thread:


12-13: This is where I’m not sure, definitely an album that would fit Tony Hawk, but I don’t believe that they were on it. Not sure about Superman either

15: NUFAN has been part of the Warped Tour four times, including 2002 (the year of this album’s release)
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but how could you have No Use For A Name in a bar where everyone knows your name?
 
NUFAN's a really good guess. Thinking the Tony Hawk stuff may be more genre related? Don't recall them being on any of the soundtracks, but a lot of other artists from Fat Wreck Chords were, including NOFX. Tony Sly (RIP) opened for them and Teenage Bottlerocket back in 2010. I was fortunate enough to see one of those shows, and this is a great segway into my favorite part:

Tony was getting heckled by some dickheads right up front, one in particular. After a song, he addressed the biggest a-hole directly: "Your little friends are gonna think it's real funny when you get your ass kicked at the punk show by the dude with the acoustic guitar and flannel shirt!" Nothing topped that moment for me at the show.
 
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