I have two young kids. Whenever I hear this song, I get so fucking mad on their behalf.
Australian punk band can be added to the list.
Absolute nicest bunch of legends
Nope, I draw the line at Australia. There’s too many Declines and the Decline down under is gonna have to go
Or the activist graffiti artist group
Whenever I hear this song I think am actually going to spend nearly 20 minutes listening to the whole thing and I always do
Sadly its relevance never fades. We’re all collectively living in the decline.
I just listened to Chris Demakes a podcast (guy from less than Jake) yesterday with Fat Mike doing a 2 hour deep dive on the decline … I love the song even more now
Such an incredible podcast. I love how he picks apart really miniscule details in a song. He really does his homework before interviewing artists.
here grab my favourite acoustic cover of it
Lmao holy shit I share a jam space with Jesse so seeing his Bandcamp posted is pretty damn surreal!
I also, somehow, didn't know he did a cover of The Decline, so my mind is being blown a few ways this morning!
Wow, that is so awesome! Love Jesse's music especially Cambridge covers like Anymore and 10,000 shares just blows my mind!
Agreed, plus he's just the sweetest dude.
That warms my heart to hear it coming from someone who knows him personally. I had a little talk over email and feel the same way. Hope to see his performance live someday.
Have you heard the version with Baz’ orchestra? Big feelings
Check out Failed States by Propagandhi.
And Adventures in Zoochosis from Victory Lap. Talk about a hard one to listen to as a father
Also the eponymous EP by American Fail. It's led by Bobby Darling of Gatsby's American Dream and Yuri Riley from MxPx plays drums on it. Each song is basically just a minute long act in the course of one big song like The Decline and it covers topics like gun violence, religion, the patriarchy. Always gets me amped.
And multiple times that week
Anytime my friends and I were at a party that was playing pop music all night, I'd negotiate with the host to let us listen to just one punk song... the Decline. A deal's a deal.
Just watched NOFX close with this Sunday night! 😝
Same! I got to see it from side stage too.
Do they only play it on Sunday for the last tour?
Was listening to this yesterday. It's still the best thing NOFX has ever put out by a wide margin.
Whenever I see “The Decline”, before I click, I always wonder is it the NoFX song? The documentaries? Or, as a curveball, is it …Lost’s surf film?
No matter what I guess, I’m always wrong