:Coaster (album)

The band went on Canadian and East Coast US tours in October 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/28795/tours-nofx-east-coast|title=NOFX (East Coast)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 7, 2008|access-date=June 15, 2022}} with support from Dillinger Four, the Flatliners, and Break on Through.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/29789/nofx-dillinger-four-the-flatliners-canada|title=NOFX / Dillinger Four / The Flatliners (Canada)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=June 18, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/30491/stardecay-signs-break-on-through-plans-new-ep-dates-with-nofx|title=Star.Decay signs Break On Through, plans new EP, dates with NOFX|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=September 18, 2008|access-date=June 19, 2022}} Following this, writing and recording sessions for Coaster took place in November 2008.[http://www.punknews.org/article/31354 "Bill Stevenson working on new NOFX record."] Punknews.org. November 21, 2008. The band worked with Bill Stevenson, who produced Wolves in Wolves' Clothing (2006) and Self Entitled (2012).

In January and February 2009, the band embarked on a West Coast US tour with main support from Smoke or Fire and various other acts opening each date.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/31062/tours-nofx-southwest-usa-uk|title=NOFX (Southwest USA, UK)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=October 30, 2008|access-date=June 19, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/31398/tours-nofx-smoke-or-fire|title=NOFX / Smoke or Fire|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=November 25, 2008|access-date=June 20, 2022}} On February 24, 2009, Coaster was announced for release in two months' time.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_6087|title=NOFX announce next album, Coaster|work=Alternative Press|date=February 24, 2009|accessdate=August 4, 2017}} On March 3, the album's track listing and artwork were revealed.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_6163|title=NOFX reveal tracklisting for Coaster|work=Alternative Press|date=March 3, 2009|accessdate=August 4, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/32557/nofx-release-track-listing-for-upcoming-album-|title=NOFX release track listing for upcoming album|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 3, 2009|access-date=October 3, 2022}} On March 28, "The Quitter" was released for free download, while "Creeping Out Sara" was posted online on April 15, 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_6388|title=NOFX's "The Quitter" MP3 posted|work=Alternative Press|date=March 28, 2009|accessdate=August 7, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33119/media-nofx-creeping-out-sara|title=NOFX: 'Creeping Out Sara'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 15, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2022}} They did a MySpace Transmissions session where they performed "The Quitter" and "My Orphan Year".{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33170/nofx-perform-tracks-interviews-for-myspaces-transmissions|title=NOFX perform tracks/interviews for MySpace's 'Transmissions'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 20, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2022}} Following this, the band performed at the Punk Spring festival in Japan and Groezrock in Belgium soon after.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/32566/groezrock-confirms-final-lineup|title=Groezrock confirms final lineup|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 4, 2009|access-date=October 3, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/31327/bad-religion-nofx-rise-against-misery-signals-to-headline-japans-punk-spring-2009|title=Bad Religion, NOFX, Rise Against, Misery Signals to headline Japan's Punk Spring 2009|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=November 19, 2008|access-date=June 20, 2022}} Coaster was made available for streaming through their Myspace on April 23,{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_6617|title=NOFX Streaming Coaster On Myspace|work=Alternative Press|date=April 23, 2009|accessdate=August 9, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33231/media-nofx-coaster|title=NOFX : 'Coaster'|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 23, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2022}} before being released on April 28 through Fat Wreck Chords. The album was the first new Fat Wreck Chords release priced under $10 in the US under the label's new promise that all CDs from the label would cost under $10, with many priced less than $8.[http://www.punknews.org/article/33306 "Fat Wreck Chords cuts CD prices to under $10 in the US."] Punknews.org. April 29, 2009. Regarding the label's new pricing model, NOFX lead singer and Fat Wreck Chords owner Fat Mike stated the following:

{{cquote|This is not a sale. This is how much this CD costs.... We make less profit, but bands hopefully will sell more CDs to more people, which is why we started doing this in the first place.}}

Some of those who preordered the album through the Fat Wreck Chords website also received a limited edition, hand-numbered CD with two bonus tracks. The album was simultaneously released on vinyl under the title Frisbee with alternative artwork. As with the CD release, vinyl preorders came with a bonus 7-inch single with the same two bonus tracks. The vinyl release also came with a free MP3 download of the album. The vinyl release features an alternative intro to the opening track "We Called it America". The song "Creeping Out Sara" is about meeting Sara Quin of the indie band Tegan and Sara. The vinyl edition of the album has an alternate version called 'Creeping Out Tegan' which has alternate lyrics and is about a meeting with Sara's identical twin sister and bandmate Tegan Quin. The vinyl release also features an alternate trumpet solo and organ intro on the track 'Best God in Show.'

To promote the album's release, the band went on a tour of Europe with the Flatliners; Snuff appeared on three of the shows.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33012/tours-nofx-the-flatliners-snuff-europe|title=NOFX / The Flatliners / Snuff (Europe)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 8, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2022}} Between June and August 2009, the band performed on the Warped Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/32844/tours-warped-tour-2009|title=Warped Tour 2009|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 26, 2009|accessdate=May 22, 2018}} In September and October, they went on a tour of Australia with Bad Religion and Pour Habit.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/33121/tours-bad-religion-nofx-australia|title=Bad Religion / NOFX (Australia)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=April 15, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/34322/pour-habit-added-to-nofx-bad-religion-tour-of-australia|title=Pour Habit added to NOFX/Bad Religion tour of Australia|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=July 9, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2022}} A few songs not included on the album that were written and recorded during the Coaster sessions were released on the Cokie the Clown EP in November. They closed out the year touring Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama in December 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/35603/tours-nofx-mexico-panama-costa-rica|title=NOFX (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2022}} After a performance at the Musink Music Festival, the band went on a South American tour in February and March 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36374/tours-nofx-south-america|title=NOFX (South America)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=December 16, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36594/nofx-damned-buzzcocks-face-to-face-playing-musink|title=NOFX, Damned, Buzzcocks, Face to Face playing Musink|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=January 8, 2010|access-date=October 16, 2022}} In April and May 2010, the band went on a US tour with Teenage Bottlerocket and No Use for a Name frontman Tony Sly, and performed at the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/37049/byo-records-announces-12th-annual-punk-rock-bowling-tournament|title=BYO Records announces 12th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=October 16, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36631/tours-nofx-teenage-bottlerocket-tony-sly-us-and-canada|title=NOFX / Teenage Bottlerocket / Tony Sly (U.S. and Canada)|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Yancey, Bryne|date=January 12, 2010|access-date=October 16, 2022}} Following this, they appeared at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/37698/guns-n-roses-blink-182-arcade-fire-to-headline-reading-and-leeds-festival|title=Guns N' Roses, Blink-182, Arcade Fire to headline Reading & Leeds Festival|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Yancey, Bryne|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=October 17, 2022}} In April 2011, the band appeared at Groezrock.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/41002/groezrock-adds-civ-snapcase-the-black-pacific-dear-landlord-hatebreed-senses-fail|title=Groezrock adds Civ, Snapcase, The Black Pacific, Dear Landlord, Hatebreed, Senses Fail|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=December 20, 2010|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}

The covers of both Coaster and Frisbee are in a style reminiscent of graphic design from the 1970s. The lyric booklet included with Coaster also includes photos of the band members from that time period.

The cover art of Coaster shows a compact disc being used as an alcoholic drink coaster with the disc art side facing down (data side facing up). The rear cover shows various older NOFX albums also being used as coasters with the disc art facing up. The disc art itself declares "Absorbing Alcohol Since 1983" (the year the band formed).

The alternate Frisbee artwork depicts guitarist Eric Melvin catching a vinyl record as he would a frisbee. The rear cover shows a dog in mid air preparing to catch the vinyl frisbee record.

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Fat Mike

| total_length = 32:48

| title1 = We Called It America

| note1 = Opens with an Alec Baldwin (CD) or Jack Lemmon (Vinyl) quote from the film Glengarry Glen Ross

| length1 = 2:07

| title2 = The Quitter

| length2 = 1:52

| title3 = First Call

| length3 = 2:33

| title4 = My Orphan Year

| length4 = 2:59

| title5 = Blasphemy (The Victimless Crime)

| length5 = 2:54

| title6 = Creeping Out Sara

| note6 = Appears as "Creeping Out Tegan" on Frisbee

| length6 = 2:45

| title7 = Eddie, Bruce and Paul

| length7 = 3:53

| title8 = Best God in Show

| length8 = 3:29

| title9 = Suits and Ladders

| note9 = vocals F. Mike & E. Melvin

| length9 = 2:25

| title10 = The Agony of Victory

| note10 = Side note in album booklet reads "Note: This is not a NOFX song. This is a song that we covered from a yet to be released soundtrack album. Stay tuned for more details..." In 2015, it was revealed to be a song from the musical Home Street Home, written by Fat Mike, Jeff Marx, and Goddess Soma.http://homestreethomeonstage.com/info/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

| length10 = 2:07

| title11 = I Am an Alcoholic

| length11 = 2:36

| title12 = One Million Coasters

| length12 = 3:08

|title13 = kid toucher 3000

|length13 = 25:36

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Bonus CD or 7" tracks (pre-order bonus with Coaster or Frisbee respectively)

| total_length = 4:59

| title1 = I've Become a Cliché

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = The Quitter

| note2 = Demo

| length2 = 1:46

}}

• Fat Mike – vocals, bass, keyboard (tracks 5 and 6)
• Eric Melvin – guitar, vocals
• El Hefe – guitar, vocals, trombone (track 8)
• Erik Sandin – drums

• Aaron Novik – bass clarinet (track 12)
• Jason Freese – keyboard (track 8)
• Karina Denike, Spike Slawson – backing vocals on "lots of things"

• Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore, Fat Mike – producers
• Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore, Jamie McMann – engineers
• Andrew Berlin, Felipe Patino – additional engineers

• Ryan Harlin – graphic design
• Lisa Eriksson – additional layout

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5P264OjYRPqORzKJJ9OJUODWrfc8T0Xk Coaster] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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