Time To Operate Records: THE NOJONS

Sweet Nojons timeline:

March, 2003: The Nojons are started by Jonny Nojon as a one-man recording project in his dad’s basement outside of Philadelphia.

March, 2004: The Nojons release their first CD “Sophistocution” on the shitty record label, ingeniously titled “Nojon Records.” It immediately “sells” out of its first pressing of 50 copies.

March, 2004: Jonny Nojon is joined by Petey Nojon on guitar, Chrissy Nojon on drums and Knuckles Nojon on bass.

April 24, 2004: This line-up plays its first and only show. They are joined by their friends Bad Cops at the Red Haus in Syracuse, NY while some girl walks around the party all butt-naked.

"Ain't For Me / Bullets" live at The Red Haus, Syracuse. Apr. 2004 (Video by Daphne Yang)

February, 2005: Jonny Nojon records some tracks for BootlegRobot.com’s “28 Days of Rock” feature.

June, 2005: The Nojons release their second CD “Get Stoked”. This time, Jonny’s crappy musicianship is aided on two tracks by the blazing in-studio drum chops of Chrissy Nojon.

October, 2006: After relocating to the New York City area, The Nojons begin to practice under a new line up. This time, Knuckles is replaced by Jimmy Nojon on bass. They play one or two shows in this manner.

"Get Stoked" live at The Westcott Community Center, Syracuse. Apr. 2006 (Video by Steve Sneddon)

January, 2007: Petey Nojon switches to bass as the band becomes a 3-piece and begins recording some tracks at Bangers Studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

April-ish, 2007: The Nojons release a 4-song, self-titled 7-inch on Punks Before Profits/Feral Kid Records. They play a couple more shows here and there.

October, 2007: Just in time for Halloween, The Nojons release a 4-track CD called “Night of The Nojons” on Time To Operate Records. They play another show or something.

"Hipstercide / Living With The Living Dead" live at The Delancey, New York. March, 2007 (Video by Steve Sneddon)

December, 2008: The Nojons release a live album entitled "The Nojons Eat The Crowd Live at The Charleston." Tracks include a few old favorites, some new jams from the 3rd album, some hilarious and charming banter and a REALLY COOL SCREECHING WEASEL COVER.

March, 2009: Getting frustrated with the fold-it-yourself CDR format, Jonny Nojon decides to resort to an even more frustrating medium, the hand-dubbed cassette tape. The Nojons release about 13 or 14 copies of "Unnatural Selections". The 90-minute cassette compiles the first two CDs, Night of the Nojons EP, and a bunch of rare, unreleased demos and crap... TO RAVE REVIEW(S?)!

February, 2010: After two years of fucking around, The Nojons release the hotly anticipated 3rd album "Men Without Coffee" (the working title had been "Recaffeination") in the most frustrating format of them all: download only!

Currently, The Nojons are researching an even more frustrating format. When they have figured out what that is, they plan to use it to release a new 3-song EP entitled "Yuppie Larvae."

REVIEWS

S/T 7"
From Razorcake
So super fun. I liked it right from the start. Just the pop punk I was looking to listen to this morning. Lyrics are lighthearted and silly without being juvenile sounding. The song titled “....California 1983” is about buying a used time machine and going to ........California in 1983 to go skateboarding. How rad is that? I’m so impressed with this band right now. I’ve been listening to crappy stuff, trying to justify why they are crappy, and now I realized that I should have just been listening to this band. Go buy a copy of this 7”. It is bound to put you in a good mood; nothing depressing about it. Good to dance and sing a long to as well. Gosh, I’m so f’in into this record, I feel like I bathing in it. And I don’t even know what that means. - Corinne

S/T 7"
From Maximum Rocknroll
The opening track is a totally fun, funny and catchy spoof/homage to SoCal '80s punk. A definite hit. The rest of the record continues with influences from many eras of pop-punk-- DESCENDENTS, RAMONES-core, NOFX, and maybe even the JACK PALANCE BAND. I would complain that this band tries too hard to be clever and funny, but they actually pulled it off well enough in "California 1983" for me to forgive them. Recommended! - Paul Curran

Unnatural Selections Cassette
From Razorcake
Apparently, this tape is limited to something like ten copies, which is a shame, because this tape rules. However, I’m pretty sure it’s a collection of old records, so, either way, you should track it down. Poppy punk that I don’t know if I’d label straight-up pop punk (though there’s a few songs like “My Philly Girl”), that reminds me of the Dead Milkmen and Scared Of Chaka at times. They also manage to accomplish the feat of having a ton of songs that don’t sound exactly alike, yet are still similar enough that it doesn’t make me bored after a while. I recommend the heck out of this band. – Joe Evans III

MP3s
Urchins of the Night (Sophistocution, 2004)
California 1983 (Get Stoked, 2005)
Philly Girl (S/T 7", 2007)
Night of Nojon (Night of The Nojons, 2007)
Quit Your Job (Eat The Crowd, 2008)
Anastasia (Men Without Coffee, 2010)

RELEASES