Ribbed: Live in a Dive is an album by American punk band NOFX; it is the band's third live album and the eighth installment of their Live in a Dive series. Released on August 3, 2018 by Fat Wreck Chords, the album is a live presentation of their songs from the 1991 studio album Ribbed. The album was recorded in 2012 from their concert at the Mayan Theater in Los Angeles.[3]
Background
On May 4, 2018 it was announced that the series would return and that Ribbed: Live in a Dive would be issued in August of that year.[4][5] It was also announced that a song from the album could be heard on the compilation album Fat Music for Wrecked People: Punk in Drublic 2018, which was released in May 2018. This turned out to be "Just the Flu", which was made available for streaming later that year.[6] In June 2018 the song "Cheese/Where's My Slice" was also put online.[7]
Ribbed: Live in a Dive is the first album in the Live in a Dive series in over 13 years after the release of Live in a Dive by Lagwagon. It is the first album with a different title and also the first album in the series that is a live version of a previously released album. Fat Wreck Chords made it known to release albums in the series again.[8]