No Fun at All (often abbreviated to just NFAA) is a Swedish punk rock band.

History

The band formed in the summer of 1991 in

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. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson (

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), Jimmie Olsson (

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) and Henrik Sunvisson (

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). The name was inspired by a

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' song " No Fun" as covered by the

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, and the name of the band

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. The group released their albums on the Swedish label Burning Heart Records outside the United States. Within the U.S., No Fun at All's albums were released by

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with the exception of Out Of Bounds which was released by

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released a compilation album known as Master Celebrations in the US in 2002, making it their only release directly on Epitaph despite Burning Heart’s close association with them. In 1993, Jimmie Olsson left the band to concentrate on his other band

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. He has contributed on all subsequent albums (except Out of Bounds) providing backup vocals. No Fun at All then recruited three new members: Ingemar Jansson (vocals), Krister Johansson (guitar) and Kjell Ramstedt (drums). In 1999, Sunvisson quit, Danielsson switched from guitar to bass guitar and Stefan Neuman, from

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, took up the vacant guitar slot. On January 11, 2001, No Fun at All broke up, and played their farewell show later in month. Since 2004, the band has reunited for several reunion shows. Preceded by a stream of "Never Ending Stream" in October 2008 and the single "Reckless (I Don't Wanna)" on November 1, 2008, they released ''Low Rider'' that same month through their own label Beat 'Em Down Records. On April 19, 2012 the

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As of May 2013, however, the band became active again and toured Australia in November of that year with

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. They have since toured Australia multiple times, including 2020 (with Pennywise and Strung Out), and October/November 2022 in support of their latest album, "Seventh Wave".

Band members

;Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

*'' No Straight Angles'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *'' State of Flow'' (2000) *''Low Rider'' (2008) *'' Grit'' (2018) *''Seventh Wave'' (2022)

EP's

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'' (1993) EP *''In a Rhyme'' (1994) EP *'' There is a Reason to Believe in Miracles'' (1995) Split EP *'' Stranded'' (1995) EP *''

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'' (1997) EP *'' Live in Tokyo'' (1999) Live EP

Other releases

*''Touchdown'' (1992) Demo *'' Throw It In'' (1997) Compilation (Released only in Australia) *''EP's Going Steady'' (1998) Compilation *''NFAA'' (2000) Promo *'' Master Celebrations'' (2002) Compilation

Singles

*Beachparty *In a Rhyme *Stranded *Master Celebrator *Should Have Known *Second Best *Reckless (I Don't Wanna)

References

External links

No Fun at All Official Website

No Fun at All's MySpace

Epitaph Records

Burning Heart Records

Theologian Records
{{Authority control Epitaph Records artists Swedish punk rock groups Musical groups established in 1991 Burning Heart Records artists 1991 establishments in Sweden