Pump Up the Valuum

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Pump Up the Valuum
Studio album by NOFX
Released	June 13, 2000
Recorded	1999 - 2000 Motor Studios, San Francisco, USA
Genre	Punk rock
Length	31:33
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Ryan Greene, Fat Mike
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NOFX chronology
So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes (1997) Pump Up the Valuum (2000) 45 Or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records (2002)

Pump Up The Valuum is the eighth full-length album by NOFX. It was released on June 13, 2000. It is their last studio album to be released on Epitaph Records. The title is a play on words, and is purposely misspelled to avoid a lawsuit, similar to the one The Melvins faced for their album, Lysol, in that it referenced a trademarked brand-name – in this case Valium. This is explained in the 45 Or 46 Songs... album booklet. The song "And Now For Something Completely Similar" is a parody of the famous saying "And Now For Something Completely Different" from Monty Python skits. As a pun, the intro sounds very similar to Linoleum from the band's 1994 album Punk in Drublic, right down to El Hefe warming up his voice^[1] before the song begins, while the solo bass part echoes Shadows of Defeat from Good Riddance.

The song "Dinosaurs Will Die" features a part of the intro skit from The F.U.'s song "Civil Defense" off the album 'Kill For Christ'. Surprisingly, the words which are spoken during this intro ("This is not a test of the emergency broadcast system") also appear in the Bad Religion song "Los Angeles Is Burning", on their 2004 album "The Empire Strikes First". These words also appear in the Pennywise song "This is only a test"off of the album "From the ashes."

All of the vinyl copies of this record were colored blue.^[2]

According to Fat Mike, "...the title track 'Pump Up the Valuum' got cut from the album. That's weird. We gave it to Epitaph for Punk O Rama 5."^[3] Three other songs were mentioned in the Pump Up the Valuum booklet as songs that didn't make it to this record, but that will be in upcoming ones:

1. Medio-core (later in The War on Errorism, 2003)
2. Insulted By Germans (later in 7" of the Month #1, 2005, and Wolves In Wolves' Clothing, 2006)
3. One Way Ticket to Fuckneckville (later in Aggropop Now 2003, and 7" of the Month #7, 2005)

"Pods and Gods" was another outtake from this album that was released later.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Fat Mike. 

Personnel

• Fat Mike (vocals, bass)
• Eric Melvin (guitar, accordion)
• El Hefe (guitar)
• Erik Sandin (drums)

• Spike Slawson (additional vocals)
• Bill Hansson (accordion)

• Recorded at Motor Studios, San Francisco, USA
• Produced by Ryan Greene and Fat Mike
• Recorded and mixed by Ryan Greene
• Additional engineering by Adam Krammer
• Mastered by Joe at Oceanview

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

References

1. ^ NOFX - Official Website Q&A
2. ^ Pump Up The Valuum - NOFX Wiki
3. ^ Epitaph Records: NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum

External links

• NOFX official website
• Epitaph Records
• Fat Wreck Chords