For the last quarter decade, NOFX have been cranking out classic punk rock records and influencing an entire generation of bands weaned on their sound, from Blink-182 to Fall Out Boy. And perhaps the only thing the band likes writing about more than booze, drugs or politics are their friends, families and made-up characters who often appear in their songs. Sure, getting a NOFX song written about you may not be on quite the same level as, say, being the Alison that inspired Elvis Costello or the Mandy who inspired Manilow, but it’s an honor all the same. And besides, do you thinkn Lori Meyers listens to Manilow anyway? Here now, a look at some the classic characters the band has created:

NOFX – “Cokie the Clown”
From the band’s latest EP comes this tribute to Fat Mike’s face-painted, joke-playing clown. When Cokie isn’t busy juggling he can be found shooting powder into people’s faces via the the flower on his jacket’s lapel, which isn’t filled with flour, but rather, as the song says, “a special blend of X, coke and K.” Who knows whether the flower was filled with that same concoction when the band made this video, but here’s a look at Cokie in action:

NOFX – “The Brews”
The characters in this song are a gang of Hasidic Jewish punks who like getting drunk on Manishevitz and partying with shiksas. Surprisingly, the track appeared on the band’s 1994 opus “Punk in Drublic,” not the more appropriately-titled “White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean.”

NOFX – “The Moron Brothers”
Whatever you do, don’t invite these a-holes into your house lest you want to end up with piss in your ice trays or other unpleasantries. A sequel of sorts, “The Marxist Brothers,” appears on the band’s 2006 LP “Wolves in Wolves Clothing,” only the titular siblings in that song were into a different kind of anarchy. Or perhaps that’s who the Moron brothers eventually became.

NOFX – “Bob”
One of the band’s most famous creations, Bob “spent 15 years getting loaded, 15 years ’til his liver exploded.” But without booze in his life, Bob needs something else to focus on: punk rock.

“Liza and Louise”
Liza had always been hetero, at least until breaking up with her beau, meeting Louise at bar and ultimately being introduced to “the world of pleasures of the flesh.” Prudes beware however, the lyrics are pretty graphic, though nothing like the sequel “Louise,” which Fat Mike has said has occasionally makes him blush. Oh, and don’t worry — Liza got a sequel too.

NOFX – “Liza”
NOFX – “Louise”

NOFX – “Lori Myers”
Fat Mike paints a vivid portrait of a girl he once knew who ended up a porn star in this two and a half minute blast featuring Kim Shattuck of the Muffs. Shattuck’s sandpaper vocals are perfect for the lyrics she spits, a righteous bit of feminism that justifies her career choice thusly: “I know what degradation feels like, I felt it on the floor at the factory where I worked long before. I took control. Now I answer to me. The 50K I make this year will go anywhere I please.”

NOFX – “She’s Nubs”
A tribute to a favorite Canadian fan who has no arms or legs, though as we learn in the song, “She’s got beautiful eyes, and breasts regular size, but without calves and thighs, she’s nubs.” Here’s a photo of her atop Fat Mike.

NOFX – “Jeff Wears Birkenstocks?”
Jeff Abarta, long-time Epitaph records employee, is the subject of this one, who, along with the famous hippie sandals mentioned in the song, also sports a tie-dyed Rancid shirt in the song. “Is he a jerk?,” Mike asks in the chorus. “No just confused. Jeff don’t wear regular shoes.”

NOFX – “Punk Guy (’Cause He Does Punk Things)”
Not only is he “crazier than GG” and “more P.C. than Ian,” but the protagonist in this NOFX classic embodies every punk stereotype you could imagine (like puking on you) and some you might not (like smoking while huffing gas). True story: Fat Mike used to have a vanity license plate that said PUNK GUY but he eventually got rid of it after his car kept getting keyed.

NOFX – “Monosyllabic Girl”
Okay, so she’s not so talkative, but she’s sure is cute.

NOFX – “Pharmacist’s Daughter”
The only thing NOFX likes more than booze is drugs, which is why it’s not surprising that a song about dating the daughter of a pharmacist so you could easily score drugs appeared on the band’s 2000 album, “Pump Up the Valuum.”

Bonus:

NOFX – “Vincent”
NOFX didn’t write this tribute to Vincent Van Gough — Don McLean did — but their version appears on their odds and ends compilation, “45 or 46 Songs That Weren’t Good Enough for Our Other Records,” which isn’t really true in this song’s case. It’s a keeper.

And please feel free to berate us in the comments for your faves that we didn’t include here.

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