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

Fat Wreck Chords (pronounced “Fat Records”) is a San FranciscoCalifornia-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.