Eric Scott Melvin (born July 9, 1966) is an American musician and founding member of the punk rock band NOFX. Throughout the band's existence, he and Fat Mike were the only band members who stayed since the beginning.[1][2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eric Scott Melvin |
| Also known as | Melvin |
| Born | July 9, 1966 |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
| Labels | Fat Wreck Chords, Epitaph, Mystic |
| Website | nofx |
Melvin sings backup vocals on most NOFX songs and wrote the guitar riffs for NOFX songs such as the intro for "Leave It Alone".[3][4] His vocal style is iconically called the "Mel Yell".
He is also a founding member of Punk Rock Karaoke with Steve Soto and Greg Hetson, though he rarely performs with them. Melvin is an irregular touring member of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes playing bass when Fat Mike was not available.
Melvin also has his own solo punk rock/EDM project, going under the name Melvinator.
Personal life
editMelvin is of Ukrainian and Jewish descent and grew up in Hollywood.[5][6]
According to the band's autobiography, Melvin was engaged to the singer of a band that also played the Warped Tour in the late 1990s. While Melvin changed both the name of his former fiancee as well as her band for the book, it is heavily implied by all the other details - 1998's Warped Tour, her band being a ska band, bright red hair - to be Monique Powell of Save Ferris.
In 2016 Melvin married Australian-born artist Sarah Melvin. They have identical twin daughters together: Ivy Laine Melvin and Phaedra Rose Melvin, born 21 minutes apart. Melvin also has two boys, Eli Melvin and Caspian Melvin, and lives with his wife Sarah and all four children in the Encinitas area of Southern California.[7] In 2017, he sold his home in San Francisco with some who viewed the home stating "This can't be a punk rocker's house. It's really tasteful."[8]
Melvin was raised Jewish, but also relates to Buddhism & Taoism. He also practices meditation and yoga.[9]
Albums with NOFX
edit- 1985 Maximum Rocknroll
- 1988 Liberal Animation
- 1989 S&M Airlines
- 1991 Ribbed
- 1992 The Longest Line
- 1992 White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
- 1994 Punk in Drublic
- 1995 I Heard They Suck Live!!
- 1996 Heavy Petting Zoo
- 1997 So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
- 1999 The Decline
- 2000 Pump Up the Valuum
- 2002 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough To Go On Our Other Records
- 2003 The War on Errorism
- 2006 Never Trust a Hippy
- 2006 Wolves in Wolves' Clothing
- 2007 They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!
- 2009 Coaster
- 2009 Cokie the Clown
- 2012 Self Entitled
- 2013 Stoke Extinguisher
- 2014 Backstage Passport Soundtrack
- 2016 First Ditch Effort
- 2018 Ribbed: Live in a Dive
- 2021 Single Album
- 2022 Double Album
References
edit- ^ "Musician Eric Melvin of NOFX lists San Francisco home for $3.6 million". Los Angeles Times. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "13 Things We Learned from the New NOFX Autobiography". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Eric Melvin | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "NOFX Press Information". Fatwreck.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories by NOFX; Alulis, Jeff: Good (2016) | GlassFrogBooks". Abebooks.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Griffiths, Dave (19 March 2018). "NOFX Interview | HEAVY Magazine". Heavymag.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Robertson, Michelle (February 2, 2017). "A punk rocker's Edwardian in Noe Valley hits the market". SFGATE. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "NOFX Guitarist Eric Melvin On Fatherhood, Blink-182 & Soundwave Festival's AJ Maddah". Musicfeeds.com.au. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2021.