Fat announces first compilation in eight years

Posted by aubin on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 7:05 PM (EDT)

Fat Wreck Chords has announced plans to release their first new compilation since 2002's Fat Music Volume VI: Uncontrollable Fatulence. It's due out November 23, 2010 and will feature new and previously released music from Old Man Markley, The Flatliners, Swingin' Utters, Mad Caddies, Banner Pilot, Pour Habit, Dead To Me, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls, Tony Sly, None More Black, Chixdiggit!, Against Me!, NOFX, Smoke Or Fire, Strung Out, Lawrence Arms, American Steel, Good Riddance, No Use For A Name, The Real McKenzies and Dillinger Four.

Incidentally, Survival of the Fattest was this writer's favourite compilation ever.

Update: We were missing the first song. Sorry about that.

Old Man Markley - "For Better, For Worse"
The Flatliners - "The Calming Collection"
Swingin Utters - "Brand New Lungs"
Mad Caddies - "Why Must I Wait"
Banner Pilot - "Greenwood"
Pour Habit - "Heads of State"
Dead To Me - "X"
Teenage Bottlerocket - "Skate or Die"
Cobra Skulls - "Hot Sand"
Tony Sly - "Via Munich"
None More Black - "Sinatra After Dark"
Chixdiggit! - "Miso Ramen"
Against Me! - "Holy Shit"
NOFX - "Fermented and Flailing"
Smoke Or Fire - "Integrity"
Strung Out - "The Fever and the Sound"
Lawrence Arms - "Demons"
American Steel - "Tear the Place Apart"
Good Riddance - "Lame Duck Arsenal"
No Use For A Name - "Dream Police"
The Real McKenzies - "Scots Wha' Ha'e (Live)"
Dillinger Four - "A Jingle for the Product"

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drugmoney (September 30, 2010)

these comps are what got me into punk. i can't remember that well, but i believe the first one i had was survival of the fattest. i could be wrong it's been so long. the track list is pretty good too

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rhynomcgrath (September 30, 2010)

yep, i remember when a good comp=good label. this had better be $3.00 for a cd.

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

Same here, I miss comps.

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kylewagoner (October 1, 2010)

Right here with ya. It was like The Offspring - Green Day - NOFX - Fat Wreck comps - everything else.

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rhynomcgrath (October 1, 2010)

1. fat
2.hopeless
3.epitaph
4.asian man
5.fueled by ramen
6.give em the boot
7.everything else

(this is pre 1999 mind you)

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Dante3000 (rich) (September 30, 2010)

http://itthing.com/wp-content/uploads/pygmy-marmoset1.jpg

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boobthemusicindustry (September 30, 2010)

I want one

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ericaisawesome (September 30, 2010)

Awesome! I hope this helps get kids into some good music like they did with me.

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regreteverything (September 30, 2010)

Ordering Fat Music For Fat People out of the back of either Thrasher or Transworld Skateboarding was what got me into punk in the first place. So stoked for this.

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IllaZilla (September 30, 2010)

Excellent. I love the Fat Music series & most of these bands. Worth noting, though, that it's not really their first new comp in 8 years. They just transitioned from doing label comps to doing benefit ones: Liberation, Protect, and the 2 Rock Against Bush volumes. And of course there was Wrecktrospective this year. In between they've still done label-centric digital samplers like the Floyd series and From the Dreidel to the Grave.

P.S. Punknews fix your track numbering coding. It always seems to reset after 9.

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the_ken_chin_imposter (September 30, 2010)

They have been releasing comps, but just not charging money for them or they've been releasing them digitally. They should probably keep up this trend and not charge money for comps again, the idea of comps is kind of dead.

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Seanith (September 30, 2010)

Yeah i was going to say. They just haven't been retail comps. I've got some for free when i ordered from them like "the exFloyded" and shit like that.

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misfit4me (October 1, 2010)

Not only that, but he's talking about a few Summer, Christmas, and Hanukkah compilations they released online. Those had some pretty good tracks. Got into Dead to Me because of one of them.

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the_ken_chin_imposter (September 30, 2010)

Man, really stretching with the Against Me! Jam. It came out over 5 years ago...

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xherojuanax (September 30, 2010)

I thought the same thing, but maybe they're releasing those SFAFC demos and that's one of them.

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gotsmuch (October 1, 2010)

but a "fat music" comp hasn't been released since AM has been on fat, and they're such an important band to fat's roster. i think they're just catching up.

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skankbook (September 30, 2010)

I would be way more stoked if there were more than 3 songs on here I didn't already own.

Uncontrollable Fatulence didn't leave my Mercury Topaz's tape player my junior year of high school.

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teaessare (September 30, 2010)

When is new NMB coming out?

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TheMike (September 30, 2010)

October 26th.

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4th_Wayvor (October 1, 2010)

on fat?? cuz having them on the comp makes me think it might.

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wentz_equals_death (September 30, 2010)

ha they're putting "X" by DTM on here

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alpod4 (September 30, 2010)

i dont see old man markley on here

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you_are_a_loser (September 30, 2010)

I noticed that too.

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SkolarX (September 30, 2010)

first track listed

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chadreligion (September 30, 2010)

About time, but the thing that was always so great about these comps was the abundance of UNRELEASED tracks that were exclusive to those particular comps. That said, I won't be picking this up.
Love Live The FAT comps.

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Irish_Punk_Is_Gimmickry (September 30, 2010)

survival WAS great. new songs from cobra skulls and smokeorfire will be nice...............

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Cheesetits (September 30, 2010)

I would buy this if I was still in high school.

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

If NUFAN is actually covering Cheap Trick, I will 110% for sure be buying this.... as thought I wasn't going to at first.

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dX927 (September 30, 2010)

it's from the Black Box EP that was supposed to come out 5 years but was shelved.

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

Well I guess I am buying then.

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dX927 (October 1, 2010)

I'd like to add that there's a 9% chance (arbitrary percentage) that it's not a cover. Just stating that it's been gathering dust for a while. Everything else from that EP had been or eventually was released.

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d_boons_ghost (September 30, 2010)

I think I still have the first Fat Music somewhere. Purchased in 7th grade. Now that I think about it, I've been pretty loyal to that label for a LONG time.

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Palzer_Boo (September 30, 2010)

Same here. I still love most of what they put put. I got a FatWreck tattoo earlier this year...

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c-prime (September 30, 2010)

What?! No Lagwagon?! This is most disappointing.

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Rudy87 (September 30, 2010)

I said the same thing!

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bill_stickers (September 30, 2010)

Chixdiggit!? Really??

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jimmynorville (September 30, 2010)

yes

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

I hope this isn't a problem for you.

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bill_stickers (October 1, 2010)

I didn't realise they were still active, although they always were a staple of the fat comps so I guess its just a little throwback to the old ones eh?

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

But... this needs a Me First and the Gimme Gimmes song that's out of print.

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Theboyfromplanetpluto (September 30, 2010)

1997 is on the phone,its telling you all to come back.

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Tonto (September 30, 2010)

I thought 1997 broke up. What's going on here?

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pricey123 (September 30, 2010)

I saw them live with the Mad Caddies and liked what I heard. But then I went to their myspace and didn't like it as much. Still a solid band though

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

Well played.

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charliedecker (September 30, 2010)

My Survival of the Fattest cd i bought in 1994 is currently in the cd player in my car. best comp ever.

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

This.

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jimmynorville (September 30, 2010)

This is all shit that has been released and a few songs from bands that are about to have albums out and I assume the songs on here will be on those albums.

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rob_rob (September 30, 2010)

I bought uncontrollable fatulence in grade fucking 10. Shit. I wish honest don's would put out a comp again.

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greg0rb (September 30, 2010)

I think you're gonna be waitin' awhile on that one...

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thebiglebowski (September 30, 2010)

I know it claims on the Fat website that this is the first comp in 8 years, but what about the Floyd comps? The Christmas sampler? I don't see why those aren't counted.

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

They're perhaps not counting free digital samplers?

Although.... does that Fat Wreck box set from last year not count as a comp either?

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rob_rob (September 30, 2010)

i think they are referring to a comp in the traditional sense, In stores, cheap etc.

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drawing_dead (September 30, 2010)

i miss one man army

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Mammoth (October 1, 2010)

This. Always this. Always and forever this.

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regulartrite (September 30, 2010)

Poor Pour Habit. They're probably bummed that they don't have a profile page here

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Preston (September 30, 2010)

These comps helped shaped my music taste, but I think comps, in general, are outdated if they don't have unreleased songs.

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Preston (September 30, 2010)

Also II and IV were the best.

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MN_DrNick (September 30, 2010)

Agreed. But V was the best.

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

V was the best for the sole reason that it was 20 unreleased (at the time songs).

That introduced me to this awesome band Rise Against that would be one of my favourite bands for the next couple of years.

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pricey123 (September 30, 2010)

YES! i miss compilations. Physical Fatness (the news article style one) was my gateway album.

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jacknife737 (September 30, 2010)

Very cool: i miss checking these kinds of comps out, even though i think i've gotten into far more new bands then i ever could have dreamed with the internet, it has in some ways, taken the romance out of finding new stuff. /luddite

Also, i miss Chixdiggit.

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paulsilence (September 30, 2010)

Agreed. Hell, a few weeks ago, I went to Best Buy for the first time in a long while and noticed that this type of comp was all but completely missing from the various artists section. Sort of depressing really.

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pricey123 (September 30, 2010)

oh yeh, it needs new WIZO!!!

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longshot (September 30, 2010)

Wizo broke up a couple years ago. I know, I know. Bummer.

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TahoeJeff (September 30, 2010)

yeah, but they reunited this year and were playing shows in Germany.

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longshot (September 30, 2010)

Well I'll be damned!

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adam (September 30, 2010)

New Chixdiggit? NEW CHIXDIGGIT!

-adam

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

Sweet.

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quickattack (September 30, 2010)

Stoked. This has a pretty good selection of songs, but does anyone else find it weird that X is on here? I mean its a good song dont get me wrong, but its just more of an intro.

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jimmynorville (September 30, 2010)

I think I remember reading Fat Mike saying it was his favorite song on the new Dead to Me...although I kind of got the feeling that Fat Mike wasn't all that supportive of that album since the CD says all songs fought for by Dead to Me.

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greg0rb (September 30, 2010)

Don't forget Short Music for Short People! Different concept, but an amazing one. I went back and listened to it again this summer and still think it's a blast, esp the songs by Nerf Herder, Blink, Wizo, god I'm forgetting a bunch of great ones...

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hey_sailor (September 30, 2010)

Easily my favorite road trip album. It goes in every time I hit the road with friends. Gimper and Bottle, get ready on the way to Fest...

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longshot (September 30, 2010)

I'm a "Life in the Fat Lane" kinda guy.

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Anarchypants (September 30, 2010)

*Tumble weed blows by*

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hey_sailor (September 30, 2010)

Was just talking the other night with Scotty about how much I missed these things when he drunkenly wanted to listen to Fat Music For Fat People in the car. Survival Of The Fattest was my first but god damn did it flip my world upside down. And yes, Adam, new Chixdiggit! is fucking great news.

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skeetopunk01 (September 30, 2010)

Fuck Yeah. I missed these comps. Bought them all when I was a kid. Glad to see Mike going old school

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Jay3313 (September 30, 2010)

What about the Rock Against Bush comps? They don't count now?

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pittsburgh (October 1, 2010)

i remember seeing nofx in 94 and they gave out the fat music for fat people for free, thats the best one. hands down.

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pittsburgh (October 1, 2010)

i remember seeing nofx in 94 and they gave out the fat music for fat people for free, thats the best one. hands down.