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Pump Up the Valuum by NOFX
Pump Up the Valuum is an album by NOFX, released in 2000. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bottles to the Ground”, on 5 lists with a best position of #36.
Pump Up the Valuum, NOFX's eighth album, came out on June 13, 2000, the band's last for Epitaph, and even the title is a wisecrack with a lawyer in mind: they misspelled the pill on purpose to dodge the sort of trademark trouble the Melvins ran into over Lysol. Ryan Greene produced, and the lineup is the best-known one: Fat Mike on bass and lead vocals, Eric Melvin on rhythm guitar, Erik Sandin on drums and El Hefe on lead guitar and trumpet.
The jokes start with the opener, "And Now for Something Completely Similar", which twists the Monty Python catchphrase and pointedly apes the intro of their own "Linoleum", El Hefe's vocal warm-up included, with a bass part borrowed in spirit from Good Riddance for good measure, then owns up to all of it in the lyrics. After that it's skate punk at a sprint, bratty harmonies over a buzzsaw, and "Bottles to the Ground" is the pick of the litter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pump Up the Valuum on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bottles to the Ground | 5 | #36 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.