NOFX teams up with Codefendants for new song ‘What Are We Doing This For’

Even though they’ve retired as a live band NOFX continues to release new music the band has previously recorded. Apart from the new triple album, the first part which comes ou this December, the band has released another new song ‘What Are We Doing Here’ which sees Codefendants guest on it.

 “Hey y’all, Fat Mike here…. NOFX never finished our last album. Boo! But we did manage to record drums and guitars on several songs and out of those, I finished vocals on four of them. This is one of those songs, also… I liked the lyrics on this song a lot, but it needs two singers to sing them. I tried it with Melvin, but it was kinda poopee. So I asked the singers of my other band The Codefendants to sing this song with me cuz they are experienced at singing songs that have way too many lyrics in them…. Some people call it rapping. I also got a Mexican that I used to be in a band with to play some guitar leads. These leads make my ears happy. Thanks Hefe. In conclusion, there’s not a lot of new NOFX songs. I think there’s five or six left that I need to finish…. but I don’t wanna…. so enjoy this one. It’s all there is for a while…. I’m smiling right now…”

A Message From Codefendants:
Since this NOFX song was recorded so early in the process of making the first Codefendants album, the whole experience felt surreal to me. The track had that classic hardcore / crossover energy—which reminded me of Suicidal Tendencies in the 80s—and there was Fat Mike himself coaching Sam and me through these dense, fast lyrics he’d written about the Trump Q era of disinformation and anti-intellectualism. I believed in the message completely, but what really struck me was how rare and cool the opportunity was. It was one of those life-changing moments in music where I thought: even if nothing ever came from these recordings, just having been there was enough. Now, years later, seeing it finally come out makes it all the more special.” – Julio “Ceschi” Ramos


PLUS:

NOFX ANNOUNCES FIRST INSTALMENT OF 
TRIPLE ALBUM COLLECTION AND REVEALS ARTWORK 

THE THREE PART SERIES, A TO Z,
WILL FEATURE NEW SONG ‘BARCELONA’
& NEVER BEFORE-HEARD TRACKS


OUT EVERYWHERE DECEMBER 5, 2025
 Half Purple Half Red w/ Yellow & Orange Splatter Vinyl
(Limited to 3,500 units worldwide)
PRE-ORDER