NoMeansNo Thing

BIG songs this week, spanning three albums and many NMN moods.  Every week gets harder and harder (that's what she said).  This week is It's Catching Up vs. Dark Ages and Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue vs. The Fall!  Get your axes sharpened, as at least 50% of you will come away pissed.  

Well, we did it again!  We managed to corner one of the Wrights and demand they speak to us and answer our increasingly inane questions.  There is a lot to dig into in this interview, with John giving some great insight into his amazing new project Dead Bob, news on the upcoming tour, and some tantalizing bits about upcoming projects.  Grab a fork and dig in folks!!!!

We are joined by amazing artist and bonafide NMN fanatic Chet Zar!  The songs this week whip ass, the discussion is spirited and, if I don't say so myself, excellent.  Sidling up to the bar is Mama's Little Boy vs. Body Bag and Give Me the Push vs. A Little to High.    Damn it.  Freakin' hurts more and more as these gems come before us and bare their necks.  But as I remind Chet at a key moment, n...

What a bunch of songs!  None of them deserve the boot, but two the boot must receive:  I Can't Stop Talking vs. The Tower and Metronome vs. The Graveyard Shift.  Man, this was a fun episode, and we love talking about these songs, but jebus it really hurts to say goodbye to some of these!  Will the best song survive?  Well, they are all great songs, so by definition, yes?  I dunno.  Sometimes I wri...

Grab them weenies and 'mellows, impale them on a sharp stick and slowly roast them over a blazing fire kids!  This week is...this week...the songs...well...hmmm.  Look, The Terrible Machine(tm) decided to let a bunch of scrappy little fuckers have at it.  Don't get us wrong, there are good songs here, but none you might expect to see in Round 2 or certainly to make it to Round 3 (with one notable...

A true and proper episode this time gents and germs and ladies and lice and all in-between and outside.  This week it's Paradise vs. Lost, and Ya Little Creep vs. Joyful Reunion.  Some scrappy little toughs take up their knives against some bonafide Kaiju, trying to pull some real David and Goliath shit.  Will these upstart more obscure scrappy little fucks take out their towering challengers with...

Hey nerds.  This is NOT a 'real' episode.  We normally would have just stayed dark this week while Michele is off gallivanting about having a 'life' or some shit, but instead, after podcast listener Emelie all but BEGGED Jordon to do an episode proselytizing about his favorite book of all time (soon to be yours) Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, he couldn't resist the call, and sat in front of th...

Ep 52 – Back on Track!  We’re back, babeeee!  Back in the saddle and ready to sling our bullshit once again.  This week we tackle I Need You vs. Manic Depression and Faceless May vs. Forward to Death.  Yet again the Terrible Machine pulls a fast one on us and pits two Rob Epics against two rip roaring bursts of joy.  What will win out? Will there be fights?  Will there be blood?  

We are joined by the excellent Andy Sandall this week, contributor to the upcoming “From Obscurity to Oblivion” book by Jason Lamb, and knower of many much NMN lore and history.  And, to the delight of many I’m sure, Andy excoriates those of us deserving of such on the pod for our lack of Oh No Bruno! Love. Look folks there was a lot of drinking in this episode.  A lot.  Too much.  Too much is not...

Peace be upon ye, Nomeansnerds. Recent events have made it complicated for us to brew you some new derring-do. But quail not, true believers! Hero of the show and Very Special Boy, Sean MacTiernan, had too much to say to be condensed into a tidy email, so instead decided to bestow upon us a scant sample of his decades of thinking about, and subsequently blithering about, our favourite band. Sean i...

This week we are joined by esteemed Jason Lamb, of the upcoming NMN Book "From Obscurity to Oblivion!"  It's good to be back in the saddle, sorry this one was late.  We cut you off a juicy slice.  Being as this is round 2, no vote is easy, this week is no exception.  It's Oh No Bruno!! vs. Tired of Waiting, and Brother Rat/What Slayde Says vs. Dead Bob.  At this point at least half of you will be...

There is absolutely nothing interesting or unusual about this episode.  At all.  Best to just move along.  No need to get excited or hyped or anything like that because, in fact, there is nothing to get excited about.  So, just, you know skip this one or whatever.  Don't listen right away, don't drop what you're doing and immediately binge this 2:45 minute episode.  Because, as I've said, and I ca...

I think we get our legs back underneath us this episode.  It was a fun one to do.  Unfortunately, no guest this week, but that will return next ep (we hope!).  This week sees This Wound Would Never Heal vs. Hunt the She Beast and More ICBMs vs. No Rest for the Wicked.  

Do you hear the angels singing?  That's the start of...Round 2!!!  We're back, hopefully on a regular cadence although we make no promises.  None.  Zero.  We start off with a bang, bringing in friend of the podcast Chuck Wood to join us in making the impossible choices.  This round starts off with Victim's Choice vs. Real Love, and Small Parts vs. Rich Guns.  Which songs will come out on top?  Can...

We sit down with Becky Black of the AMAZING 'Pack (A.D)', to talk about touring with NMN, and dive deep and go wide into a bunch of subjects.  We want to apologize to the listeners, and to Becky, for the bad sounding audio in this episode.  We had to record over Zoom, and...well, it's trash.  But, the interview is still great, so have a listen!  And if you aren't already a fan of the Pack (A.D.),...

We wrap up our bottle episode on The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy, selecting two more winners, and then pitting all of the champions in a death match which will leave only two!!!  Come on, you already know which two songs are going through, don't be coy.  

Don't look up, because the Sky Is Falling, and I Want My Mommy!  We decided to tackle this album before we start Round 2 proper, and in this episode we tackle four of the songs (1/2 the album) and give them our usual fair and objective treatment.  Our randomizer pit The Sky is Falling vs. Chew, and Bad vs. Ride the Flume.  How do you feel about this album?  Your answer to that question may prefigu...

Don't listen to this one first; it spoils ALL THE SUSPENSE of everything before it. But if suspense gives you the jibblies, then by all means fill y' boots, chum. Unless you like the jibblies. In your jorts. Point being: this episode wrecks the results of TWO YEARS' WORTH of our yammering. So don't do it. Start at ep.1, listen to ep. 0 if you absolutely must, and please keep in mind that it wasn't...

This one's a real turkey, folks!  I mean, do your three favorite NoMeansNerds bullshit together for just over an hour?  Yep.  Are we talking about your favorite band, THE BEST band of all time?  Also yep.  Is it as coherent and entertaining as past episodes?  Low bar, but prolly nope.  But, hey, maybe for you 'Muricans it will give you an hour of distraction and reprieve from your relatives and/or...

After two long months slogging through regular ol' life, we finally have a new episode for you.  No, it's not the official start of Round 2, its the first half of our Round 1 round up.  Is it worth your time? I dunno.  We had a great time recording it though.  And, some interesting fault lines are starting to appear regarding opinions on what will make it all the way down the field.  We hope you'l...

WE DID IT.  Season 1 complete!  We made our way through the entire catalog, boring you with our dumb takes on each. And. Every.  Freaking.  Song.  This week, as our gift to you for making it through so many episodes of this podcast, we are brining you a THREE HOUR PODCAST.  Do yourself a favor and break it up into several listening sessions.  Our last roster of competitors, 6 this time is:  New Ag...

In our penultimate episode of Round 1, we tackle four beastly songs from across the spectrum of tone and era.  It's Catching Up vs. Living is Free and Hunt the She Beast vs. Angel or Devil.  Say your prayers and lock your doors, because there is a lot comin' at you this episode.  

Grab a giant steaming black mug of mud and sit through another episode of the search for the best NMN song of all time.  We pit Give Me the Push vs. Too Much Dope and Lullaby vs. No Means No.  Since two of the songs in this roster are very obscure, we decided to put the whole track up for your enjoyment (and because they aren't 8 min epics).  Enjoy!

We've been fairly unanimous as of late with our picks, something maybe some of you have been yelling about into your speakers or a cloud.  But not this week.  Drama and suspense abound as opinions skew wildly different on this strange and interesting slate of choices: All the Little Bourgeoise vs. Forward to Death, and Oh Canaduh vs. Faith!  Place your bets!  Who will win?  Which side will YOU cho...

Strap on your Trident Missiles folks and ride them all the way to punk town.  This week that terrible machine has brought forth a few very very VERY old tunes, both of which happen to be about Nuclear Annihilation!  Fun stuff!  It's I Get Up In The Morning vs. More ICBMs and No Sex vs. Burn.  Duck and cover!!!!!