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| Fat Wreck Chords Official Website: http://www.fatwreck.com/ About:
Started in 1990 by "Fat" Mike, bassist of NOFX to put out a seven inch by his band, it slowly grew to become one of the larger and best known labels in punk rock. Though it began by releasing mostly Californian bands, it quickly grew to encompass bands from all over the world, notably, Canada's Propagandhi and Japan's Hi-Standard. Today, it has an impressive roster, including the Descendents, Against Me! and of course, Fat Mike's own NOFX who returned to the label after nearly a decade on Epitaph.
Artists with releases on this label:
NOFX, Bracket, Mad Caddies, Lagwagon, Less Than Jake, Strung Out, Frenzal Rhomb, Consumed, Hi-Standard, No Use For A Name, Snuff, Zero Down, Anti-Flag, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, Rise Against, Sick of it All, Good Riddance, Nerf Herder, MxPx, Avail, Face to Face, Tilt, Screw 32, Swingin' Utters, The Lawrence Arms, Armchair Martian, Propagandhi, Limp, Dillinger Four, Wizo, Subhumans, The Fight, None More Black, Against Me!, Screeching Weasel, Descendents, Only Crime, Smoke Or Fire, Chixdiggit!, Epoxies, The Soviettes, The Real McKenzies, Western Addiction, Randy, The Loved Ones, Love Equals Death, The Sainte Catherines, Dead to Me, Strike Anywhere, Bad Astronaut, The Flatliners, American Steel, Star Fucking Hipsters, Bullet Treatment, Paint It Black, Banner Pilot, Teenage Bottlerocket Recent ReviewsRecent NewsWin stuff from Dead to Me To go with the release of African Elephants on November 10, 2009, we've got a whole bunch of Dead To Me prizes to give away to four lucky winners.…Dead To Me: "African Elephants" Dead To Me is streaming their new album, African Elephants. Check it out on their MySpace page.…Milo Aukerman (The Descendents) interviewed on sports talk station Milo Aukerman of Descendents was recently interviewed on Boston sports talk station 98.5 The Sports Hub. Aukerman is still living in Delaware and working with plant genetics, still has kids, still fully supports ALL, and hints at the end of the interview that's touring with The Descendents in the future…The Lawrence Arms: "Recovering the Opposable Thumb (Live)" The Lawrence Arms have posted some footage from their October 24th, 2009 anniversary performance in Chicago, IL. The event took place earlier this week, and the trio filmed the entire performance for a DVD, of which this recording will likely be a…Jason Cruz (Strung Out) For 20 years Simi Valley’s Strung Out have been creating their unique brand of fast, technical, and rebellious punk rock. Their most recent release, Agents of the Underground, which came out September 29th on Fat Wreck Chords, serves as a testament to Strung Out’s staying power. Sean Jain sat down with singer Jason Cruz…The Lawrence Arms: "Demons" SPIN is hosting the bonus track from The Lawrence Arms' freshly released 7", Buttsweat and Tears for stream and/or download. Bassist/vocalist Brendan Kelly commented on the move via his blog: "We figured that…Fat to release "Wrecktrospective" box set to celebrate 20th year Fat Wreck Chords has announced their plans to release a 3xCD boxset titled Wrecktrospective. Originally announced several years ago, but finally getting released, the first cd will contain classic tracks from Fat Wreck Chords back catalog, while disc 2 will contain demo and unreleased tracks, and disc 3 will be the original 2001 Fat Club 7-inches on 1 cd. All told, the set will feature 88 songs from…The Lawrence Arms to film 10th Anniversary show The Lawrence Arms will be filming their imminent 10th anniversary show. According to co-vocalist Brendan Kelly had this to say as the date approaches: We’re doing hand screened limited edition posters (hand numbered, only 200 made), we’re filming the whole thing, we’re doing radical new shirts and hoodies (and we’re reprising the very first suicide king shirt we ever did and haven’t done since [the white on black]) [and] we’re playing a gigantic set. The sold-out hometown show takes place October 24th at the Metro in…Preview Lawrence Arms' new 7-inch Amazon has posted 30-second clips of all five tracks from The Lawrence Arms highly anticipated new 7-inch, Buttsweat and Tears, including the digital-only track, "Demons." Those songs can be streamed here. If you're more interested in hearing an entire song, the band debuted a track on BBC's Radio 1 Punk Show with Mike Davies. The song "Spit Shining Shit" can be streamed as part…Dave Hause (The Loved Ones) Punknews' Darren McLeod caught up with Dave Hause of the Loved Ones before the Vancouver stop of their tour with Murder By Death, Frank Turner, and The Gaslight Anthem. They chatted about Dave's upcoming solo album, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the new Pearl Jam album and the difference between Dave Hause and Dave House. Darren also tried… |
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