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Line 29: }} '''Eric Scott Melvin''' (born July 9, 1966) is an American musician and founding member of the [[punk rock]] band [[NOFX]]. Throughout the band's existence, he and [[Fat Mike]] were the only band members who stayed since the beginning.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-eric-melvin-sf-house-20170210-story.html\|title=Musician Eric Melvin of NOFX lists San Francisco home for $3.6 million\|date=10 February 2017\|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/13_things_we_learned_from_the_new_nofx_autobiography\|title=13 Things We Learned from the New NOFX Autobiography\|website=Exclaim.ca\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> Melvin sings backup vocals on most NOFX songs and wrote the guitar riffs for NOFX songs such as the intro for "[[Leave It Alone (NOFX song)\|Leave It Alone]]".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-melvin-mn0001662704\|title=Eric Melvin \| Credits\|website=[[AllMusic]]\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fatwreck.com/pages/nofx-press-information\|title=NOFX Press Information\|website=Fatwreck.com\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> His vocal style is iconically called the "Mel Yell". He is also a founding member of [[Punk Rock Karaoke]] with [[Steve Soto]] and [[Greg Hetson]], though he rarely performs with them. Melvin is an irregular touring member of [[Me First and the Gimme Gimmes]] playing bass when [[Fat Mike]] was not available. Melvin also has his own solo punk rock/EDM project, going under the name ''Melvinator''. ==Personal life== Melvin is of Ukrainian and Jewish descent and grew up in Hollywood.<ref>[https://smile.amazon.com/NOFX-Hepatitis-Bathtub-Other-Stories/dp/0306824779/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M0BFFVFM89AV&keywords=hepatitis+bathtub&qid=1569345691&s=gateway&sprefix=hepatitis+bath,aps,194&sr=8-1] {{dead link\|date=February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9780306824777/NOFX-Hepatitis-Bathtub-Stories-Alulis-0306824779/plp\|title=NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories by NOFX; Alulis, Jeff: Good (2016) \| GlassFrogBooks\|website=Abebooks.com\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> According to the band's autobiography, Melvin was engaged to the singer of a band that also played the Warped Tour in the late 1990s. While Melvin changed both the name of his former fiancee as well as her band for the book, it is heavily implied by all the other details - 1998's Warped Tour, her band being a ska band, bright red hair - to be Monique Powell of [[Save Ferris]]. In 2016, Melvin married Australian -born artist Sarah Melvin. ~~and they~~They have identical twin daughters together: Ivy Laine Melvin and Phaedra Rose Melvin, born 21 minutes apart. Melvin also has two boys, Eli Melvin &and Caspian Melvin, and lives with his wife Sarah and all 4four children in the [[Encinitas]] area of Southern California.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://heavymag.com.au/nofx-interview/\|title=NOFX Interview \| HEAVY Magazine\|first=Dave\|last=Griffiths\|date=19 March 2018\|website=Heavymag.com.au\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> In 2017, he sold his home in San Francisco with some who viewed the home stating "This can't be a punk rocker's house. It's really tasteful."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Robertson \|first=Michelle \|date=February 2, 2017 \|title=A punk rocker's Edwardian in Noe Valley hits the market \|url=https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/A-punk-rocker-s-family-abode-in-Noe-Valley-hits-10891714.php \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105230754/https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/A-punk-rocker-s-family-abode-in-Noe-Valley-hits-10891714.php \|archive-date=January 5, 2018 \|access-date=May 2, 2024 \|work=SFGATE \|language=en}}</ref> HeMelvin was raised Jewish, but also relates to [[Buddhism]] &and [[Taoism]]. He also practices meditation and yoga.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/nofx-guitarist-eric-melvin-fatherhood-blink-182-soundwave-festivals-aj-maddah/\|title=NOFX Guitarist Eric Melvin On Fatherhood, Blink-182 & Soundwave Festival's AJ Maddah\|date=21 March 2018\|website=Musicfeeds.com.au\|accessdate=6 February 2021}}</ref> ==Albums with NOFX== Line 68 ⟶ 72: 2018 ''[[Ribbed: Live in a Dive]]'' 2021 ''[[Single Album]]'' 2022 ''[[Double Album (NOFX Album)\|Double Album]]'' ==References== Line 73 ⟶ 78: ==External links== {{Commonscat}} [http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com NOFX official website] Line 91 ⟶ 97: [[Category:NOFX members]] [[Category:Punk Rock Karaoke members]] [[Category:American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent]]