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. 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.
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