Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced “Fat Records”) is a San Francisco, California-based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by NOFX lead singer Michael Burkett (better known as Fat Mike) and his wife at the time, Erin Burkett, in 1990.

Fat Wreck Chords
Bands:
American Steel, Bad Astronaut, Direct Hit!, The Copyrights, The Meffs, Cobra Skulls, The Real McKenzies, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Teen Idols, Dillinger Four
Tags:
Bad Astronaut – “Untethered”
Good Riddance – “No More System To Believe In”
The Copyrights – “New Ghosts”
The Last Gang – “Obscene Daydreams”
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – “¡BLOW IT…AT MADISON’S QUINCEAÑERA!”
MakeWar – “A Paradoxical Theory of Change”
NOFX – “Half Album”
Strung Out – “Dead Rebellion”
Mean Jeans – “BLASTED”
Fat Mike Gets Strung Out



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