Regaining Unconsciousness by NOFX

Regaining Unconsciousness, a 2003 EP from NOFX on Fat Wreck Chords, was the warm-up act for The War on Errorism, and true to form, the band pulled a fast one with the title: the song "Regaining Unconsciousness" is on the album, not here. That's the one whose lyrics echo Martin Niemöller's "First they came ...", the poem about the rise of Nazism.

What you do get is a sneak preview. Every track except two turned up on The War on Errorism, among them "Franco Un-American", with Fat Mike's sneer riding the bass, Eric Melvin and El Hefe cranking the guitars and Erik Sandin going flat out behind the kit. The extras are "Hardcore '84" and "Commercial", a mock advert for the forthcoming album, which is about as NOFX as a bonus track gets. It's the Los Angeles lifers, a band that never signed to a major label, doing what they always did: fast, snotty and funny.

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