Punk rock veterans NOFX are no strangers to controversy. Through the years, the band has used their music to touch on topics ranging from drug use to BDSM, and their live shows are known to be peppered with between-the-songs banter that often veers into the crude. But in 2018, the band appeared to face a reckoning for their signature offensive behavior after their off-the-cuff jokes about the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that left 59 people dead and 530 injured, per Louder.

“I guess you only get shot in Vegas if you’re in a country band,” guitarist Eric Melvin joked.

“At least they were country fans and not punk rock fans,” Fat Mike responded.

A backlash and apology followed, but it appeared the damage was done. In an Instagram post about the incident, Fat Mike revealed that all of NOFX’s shows in the United States were banned due to their remarks.

“NOFX has effectively been banned in our own country. This is not our choice, but it is our reality,” he wrote.

Still, while the band was kicked from their own Punk In Drublic festival and lost their Stone Brewing Co. sponsorship, the ban doesn’t appear to have held up — Concert Archives reveals that they went on to play shows in America the following year.

NOFX has landed themselves in hot water before

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