Fat Wreck Chords

Fat Wreck Chords
Founded	1990
Founder	Michael Burkett
Genre	Punk rock
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	San Francisco, California
Official website	http://www.fatwreck.com/

Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock, which was started by Fat Mike (lead singer and bassist of the punk rock band NOFX) and his wife Erin, in 1990. They have released material for bands such as his own, NOFX, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (for which Fat Mike is also the bassist), Propagandhi, Rise Against, Lagwagon, Strung Out, No Use for a Name, Less Than Jake, Against Me!, Anti-Flag, and more. One somewhat unique and defining characteristic of Fat Wreck Chords is that they only sign one-record deals with bands. This allows the bands working with Fat Wreck Chords to have a choice as to when and if they want to put a record out on the label.^[1] In some cases, bands have released albums on Fat Wreck Chords but also on other labels. Many bands on this label participated in the campaign Punkvoter, which was started by Fat Mike and attempted to encourage the youth in the U.S. to vote against George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

The label has never been a member of the Recording Industry Association of America as indicated on the frequently-asked questions portion of the label's website:

"Are we a member? Not only no, but FUCK NO! We spent three years having our label’s name (which was misspelled) removed from their members list. A year went by, then our name showed up again on their fucking list! Who are these sonsabitches?! Needless to say, we’re in the process of having our name removed again, but they aren’t being too cooperative."^[2]

Fat Wreck Chords releases are distributed by Sony BMG subsidiary RED Distribution,^[3] an RIAA member.

Contents 1 Imprints 2 Current bands (as of 2007) 3 Former bands 4 Footnotes 5 See also 6 External links

Imprints

The label has had two subsidiaries over the years, Honest Don's and Pink & Black. Honest Don's released records from Diesel Boy, Chixdiggit and Bad Astronaut amongst others, while Pink & Black released albums from girl-fronted bands like Fabulous Disaster and Dance Hall Crashers.

Current bands (as of 2007)

• American Steel
• Avail
• Chixdiggit!
• Citizen Fish
• Dead To Me
• The Descendents
• The Dickies
• Dillinger Four
• The Flatliners
• Lagwagon
• The Lawrence Arms
• Leftover Crack
• The Loved Ones
• Love Equals Death
• Mad Caddies
• Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
• Nerf Herder
• NOFX
• No Use For A Name
• Only Crime
• Propagandhi
• Randy
• The Real McKenzies
• The Sainte Catherines
• Smoke Or Fire
• Strike Anywhere
• Strung Out
• The Subhumans
• Swingin' Utters
• Western Addiction

Former bands

• 88 Fingers Louie
• Against Me!
• Anti-Flag
• The Ataris
• Bad Astronaut
• Bracket
• Consumed
• Diesel Boy
• Epoxies
• Face To Face
• The Fight!
• Frenzal Rhomb
• Goober Patrol
• Irish Car Bomb
• Hi-Standard
• Good Riddance
• Guns N' Wankers
• Less Than Jake
• MxPx
• None More Black
• Rise Against
• Screeching Weasel
• Screw 32
• Sick Of It All
• Snuff
• The Soviettes
• Tilt
• Wizo
• Zero Down

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.nofxwiki.net/w/BBC_Jan-16-2003:_Fat_Mike_on_The_Lock_Up
2. ^ http://www.fatwreck.com/community/faq
3. ^ http://www.redmusic.com/

See also

• List of record labels
• Fat Wreck Chords artists
• Fat Wreck Chords compilations

External links

• Official site