Codefendants, the punk trio consisting of Sam King (Get Dead), Julio “Ceschi” Ramos, and NOFX mastermind and producer Fat Mike, have released ‘Lonely Life’, the second single off of their upcoming new album ‘Lifers’. The trio teamed up with Sublime’s Jakob Nowell, who stars in the high energy music video, following a story line that depicts the alienation that many feel in modern society.
“‘Lonely Life’ is my favorite song on the album because it was one of the most beautiful collaborations between all members. This song is a fucken roller coaster ride with no seat belt or safety bars!” – Fat Mike
“I know Fat Mike but I hadn’t met the other Codefendants guys yet. I went in watching my back. I came out knowing who had it.” – Jakob Nowell
Codefendants recently teamed up with hip hop legend The D.O.C. on the track ‘Rivals’, out now. The D.O.C. is known for his frequent collaborations and songwriting for N.W.A, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, with credits on Dre’s first album ‘The Chronic’. ‘Rivals’ marks the second collaboration between Codefendants and The D.O.C., following their 2023 single ‘Fast Ones’ off of the debut album ‘This is Crimewave’.
Codefendants are a genre-smashing punk collective blending alternative, hip hop and rock to create a sound they call Crimewave. Formed by Fat Mike (NOFX), Julio ‘Ceschi’ Ramos and Sam King (Get Dead), the band fuses raw punk aggression with sharp lyricism, dark humor, and street-level honesty. The Codefendants—three dangerous bastards with criminal records and musical ambitions—landed like a Molotov cocktail through the window of an industry built on lip-syncers and safe bets.
Meet your suspects: Sam King, a punk-rock lifer with ink-stained fists and scars from a thousand wrong turns, and Julio “Ceschi” Ramos, a poet, ex-con, and underground hip-hop ghost who once sold weed to pay rent in a world that charged interest on dreams. Both born of Bay Area chaos, they met in the hallowed, graffitied walls of 924 Gilman St.—a punk rock church with no pews and plenty of sinners.
Both had extensive rap sheets—felonies, court dates, and enough bad decisions to fill a Netflix docuseries. Fat Mike, by comparison, once spent 24 hours in Disneyland jail for causing a scene—hardly hardened, but criminal enough for punk rock credentials. It was a match made in legal hell, but the chemistry was undeniable.
In 2023 the trio recorded their first album, ‘This Is Crime Wave’, at Baz The Frenchman’s studio in Echo Park. The first single was ‘Fast Ones’, a bullet of a song featuring The D.O.C., Death Row royalty back from the crypt, lending his voice to the chaos for the first time in two decades. Codefendants took the chaos on the road, from the punk-soaked shores of Punk Rock Holiday and Bay Fest in Europe to the sunbaked concrete of Rhymefest in Los Angeles, where they shared the stage with legends like Xzibit, Dilated Peoples, and DJ Quik, to supporting NOFX on their recent farewell tour.
2026 will be a monstrous year for the punk trio as they gear up to release their sophomore studio album, ‘Lifers’, on April 3rd and continue to tour around the world.
Upcoming tour dates:
March 5th – The Venice West – Venice, CA
March 15th – L’Anti Bar & Spectacles – Quebec, Canada
March 16th – Supply & Demand Brewery – London, Ontario
March 17th – The Biltmore Theatre – Oshawa, Ontario
March 18th – Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, Canada
March 19th – Dominion Tavern – Ottawa, Canada
March 20th – Bovine Sex Club – Toronto, Canada
April 11th – Funhouse – Seattle, WA
April 12th – The Shakedown – Bellingham, WA
April 18th – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO *with Sublime
May 9th – Sublime Me Gusta Festival – Fort Worth, TX
June 19th – Camp Punksylvania – Gilbert, PA
June 27th – Sublime Me Gusta Festival – Portland, OR
July 18th – Sublime Me Gusta Festival – Salt Lake City, UT
November 15th-19th – Sublime Cruise – Sailing From Miami, FL