No Fun at All (often abbreviated to just NFAA) is a Swedish

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band.

History

The band formed in the summer of 1991 in

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. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson (

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), Jimmie Olsson (

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) and Henrik Sunvisson (

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). The name was inspired by a

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version of

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' song " No Fun" as covered by the

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, and the name of the band

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. The group released their albums on the Swedish label

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outside the United States. Within the U.S., No Fun at All's albums were released by

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with the exception of Out Of Bounds which was released by

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released a compilation album known as Master Celebrations in the US in 2002, making it their only release directly on Epitaph despite Burning Heart’s close association with them. In 1993, Jimmie Olsson left the band to concentrate on his other band

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. He has contributed on all subsequent albums (except Out of Bounds) providing backup vocals. No Fun at All then recruited three new members: Ingemar Jansson (vocals), Krister Johansson (guitar) and Kjell Ramstedt (drums). In 1999, Sunvisson quit, Danielsson switched from guitar to bass guitar and Stefan Neuman, from

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, took up the vacant guitar slot. On January 11, 2001, No Fun at All broke up, and played their farewell show later in month. Since 2004, the band has reunited for several reunion shows. Preceded by a stream of "Never Ending Stream" in October 2008 and the single "Reckless (I Don't Wanna)" on November 1, 2008, they released ''Low Rider'' that same month through their own label Beat 'Em Down Records. On April 19, 2012 the

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Festival announced that No Fun At All canceled their show at the festival due to their disbandmen

As of May 2013, however, the band became active again and toured Australia in November of that year with

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, Off with Their Heads and

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. They have since toured Australia multiple times, including 2020 (with Pennywise and Strung Out), and October/November 2022 in support of their latest album, "Seventh Wave".

Band members

;Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

*''

No Straight Angles ''No Straight Angles'' is the first full-length album by punk rock band No Fun at All, released in 1994. Track listing #Believers #Wow and I Say Wow #Strong and Smart #Growing Old, Growing Cold #I Can't Believe It's True #It Won't ...

'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *''

The Big Knockover ''The Big Knockover'' is the Swedish punk group No Fun at All's third album, released on 13 July 1997. All music by Mikael Danielsson except track 1, which was co-written by Jimmie Olsson. All lyrics by Ingemar Jansson. Published by Misty Musi ...

'' (1997) *''

State of Flow ''State Of Flow'' is the Swedish punk group No Fun at All's fourth album, released on 25 April 2000. Music by Mikael Danielsson, Krister Johansson, Kjell Ramstedt and Stefan Neuman. Lyrics by Ingemar Jansson. Track listing # "Celestial Q&A" ...

'' (2000) *''Low Rider'' (2008) *''

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'' (2018) *''Seventh Wave'' (2022)

EP's

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'' (1993) EP *''In a Rhyme'' (1994) EP *''

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'' (1995) Split EP *'' Stranded'' (1995) EP *'' And Now for Something Completely Different'' (1997) EP *'' Live in Tokyo'' (1999) Live EP

Other releases

*''Touchdown'' (1992) Demo *'' Throw It In'' (1997) Compilation (Released only in Australia) *''EP's Going Steady'' (1998) Compilation *''NFAA'' (2000) Promo *'' Master Celebrations'' (2002) Compilation

Singles

*Beachparty *In a Rhyme *Stranded *Master Celebrator *Should Have Known *Second Best *Reckless (I Don't Wanna)

References

External links

No Fun at All Official Website

No Fun at All's MySpace

Epitaph Records

Burning Heart Records

Theologian Records
{{Authority control Epitaph Records artists Swedish punk rock groups Musical groups established in 1991 Burning Heart Records artists 1991 establishments in Sweden Musical groups from Västmanland County Skinnskatteberg Municipality