MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      No Use For A Name Fat Wreck Chords often is accused of having a house sound, critics claiming that every Fat act sounds like one or the other of the imprint’s most influential bands. It’s just not true. But two bands inevitably have emerged as the role models for the label’s roster: NOFX, whose leader, Fat Mike, started the company in the first place, and California punk legends No Use For A Name. Prior to signing with Fat in 1993, No Use For A Name developed its melodic but muscular sound in Sunnydale, CA. Forming in 1987, the original line-up comprised singer/guitarist Tony Sly, drummer Rory Koff, guitarist Chris Dodge, and bassist Steve Papoutsis. Instant credibility accompanied the group’s first recorded work, as the song “Turn It Around” appeared on a double seven-inch issued by the highly influential punk rock mag, Maximum Rock N Roll. A full-length debut, Incognito, appeared in 1990 on New Red Archives, followed by 1991’s Don’t Miss the Train. The band’s alt-friendly sound ultimately would become synonymous with Fat Wreck Chords when the band inked the deal to release its 1993 disc, The Daily Grind. By the mid-‘90s, a shift in personnel left Sly and Koff as the only original members in the band. 1997’s Making Friends seemed to herald a more stable line-up with the addition of guitarist Chris Shiflett and bassist Matt Riddle, but shortly after finishing 1999’s More Betterness!, Shiflett departed to accept the vacant guitar chair in Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters. Picking up ex-Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Dave Nassie, No Use For A Name remain one of the most active and influential bands on today’s punk rock scene.     No Use For A Name Life Size Mirror MP3 Punk Meaty but melodic, No Use For A Name combine the best of alt-rock and punk for a solid thrasher with a catchy chorus!
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