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Asbury Park has nothing on Meerhout! Fat Wreck Chords is heading to Groezrock 2015 in Meerhout, Belgium! One week from today (May 1st & 2nd) we’ll be setting up our Fat Wreck Chords record store in Europe for the very first time! To celebrate this we’ve made an exclusive Greetings From Groezrock 10" comp, pressed on a variety of eye-popping color configurations and featuring 12 bands, many of whom are performing at Groezrock this year. Come find us in the festivalmarket each day. We’ll also have some limited edition vinyl usually only available in San Francisco, plus exclusive shirts and...
Swingin’ Utters have long been a staple of the San Francisco Bay Area punk scene, a band that’s been around even longer than Fat, and a band we’ve loved since the first time we heard The Streets of San Francisco. And with them since day one has been drummer Greg McEntee. A genuinely good, personable, humble guy, good friend, and ultimate supporter of San Francisco punk rock. But after a quarter century dedicated to the Utters and their music, Greg has decided to part ways with the band. Greg founded Swingin’ Utters along with former bassist Kevin Wickersham and vocalist...
Konnichiwa! 2015 is going to be a gargantuan year for Fat Wreck Chords as we’re celebrating our 25 year anniversary! Trust us, we’ve been busy trying to plan a proper celebration and we have a TON in the works but today is the day that we can reveal that we’ll celebrate part of it on November 23rd in Tokyo, JAPAN! Anchoring the show will be NOFX and LAGWAGON performing at Makuhari Messe with a slew of other bands that must remain unnamed at the moment. Don’t be a stranger to our site, we’ll be announcing a bunch of killer news...
We can officially announce that there is Peace in Our Time, and that time is today! The brand new Good Riddance full-length Peace In Our Time is out now! Listen to them shred from start to finish over at Substream Magazine who are streaming the album in its entirety. Then read a killer review or two or three, and order your copy today! Check out their upcoming tour dates which include Groezrock, Bay Area and Canadian shows, with more to be announced soon!
The new Good Riddance record doesn’t come out until next week, but we just couldn’t wait to share Peace in Our Time with you, considering how amped we are on it! Americans, Australians and Kiwis: go to Pandora now! Europe, we have you covered compliments of Visions Magazine. And we didn’t forget our neighbors to the north: Canadians, Exclaim has your premiere. Californians, Good Riddance launch their series of record release shows this week with label mates Bad Cop/Bad Cop!
