Songfacts®:

• Most NOFX songs are goofy fun, but this one has a serious and somber backstory. After a show in Minneapolis with the band D.O.A., NOFX members Steve Kidwiler and Eric Melvin met a fan backstage and invited him to a party at the house where they were staying. They later learned that the kid showed up at the party and got into an altercation with some skinheads, who beat him to death. The story barely made a ripple in the news cycle, but NOFX wanted to memorialize him in some way, so they did so with this song, which addresses his attackers.
• The title doesn't show up in the lyrics. It comes from a 1976 episode of Happy Days where Fonzie enters a demolition derby. Also competing are the Malachi brothers, whose signature move is the Malachi Crunch, where they hit their victim from both sides. They have Fonzie lined up for the maneuver, but he's able to quickly restart his vehicle and pull forward, leaving the Malachis to crash into each other.
  
  In the context of the song, the Malachi Crunch could represent an underhanded attack on a defenseless opponent.
• This is the last song on Ribbed, the third NOFX album. The band was still way under the radar to anyone outside the California punk rock community, but they were on the rise. On their next album, Steve Kidwiler left and was replaced by El Hefe. This was the last lineup change for the band, which rode the punk wave of the mid-'90s to become a top attraction on the Warped Tour and one of the top independent acts in music.