''The Longest Line'' is a
12" EP by the
punk rock band
NOFX
NOFX () is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Vocalist/bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every ...
, released in 1992. This was the first release on Fat Wreck Chords and the cover art was done by
Dan Sites
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. The first 200 copies of this record were printed on dark-blue vinyl, some on grey vinyl, and all others on black vinyl. It was repressed in 2007 with 1,082 copies on "Peruvian" white vinyl. This coloured version sold out within a day.
The band denied all suggestions that the title referred to
cocaine
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.
The
pop punk
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band
Blink
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(later Blink-182) covered "The Longest Line" on their demo tape ''
Flyswatter''.
All five songs were later released on ''
The Longest EP''.
Track listing
# "The Death of John Smith" – 3:51
# "The Longest Line" – 2:04
# "Stranded" – 2:09
# "Remnants" – 2:58
# "Kill All the White Man" – 2:48
Personnel
*
El Hefe – Guitar, Trumpet and Vocals on "Kill All The White Man" and "The Death of John Smith"
*
Eric Melvin – Guitar
*
Fat Mike
Michael John Burkett (born January 16, 1967), known professionally as Fat Mike, is an American musician and producer. He is the bassist and lead vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX and the bassist for the punk rock supergroup cover band Me F ...
– Bass, Lead Vocals
*
Erik Sandin – Drums
References
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NOFX EPs
1992 EPs
Fat Wreck Chords EPs