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Jump over to Alternative Press to watch a brand new lyric video from Good Riddance for their politically charged and ultra-catchy “Running on Fumes.” A deep cut from the brand new Peace In Our Time album, its lyrics recall themes of classic GR tunes like “Last Believer” and “There’s No ‘I’ in Team.” For insight into these and the rest of the lyrics on Peace in Our Time, read vocalist Russ Rankin’s track-by-track descriptions. Don’t miss them on tour; they’ll be performing this Saturday at Groezrock and then returning home for a stint of shows including San Francisco and their...
Fat Wreck Chords is 25!!! A quarter of a century?? We can hardly believe it ourselves! Who would have thought that something that started all those years ago in Mike and Erin’s kitchen would still be around today! We’ve been through weddings and divorces, births and deaths, rehabs and reintoxications, and we are still pumping out some of the most influential punk rock around. After 25 years, we think we’ve earned the right to throw a proper party and celebrate the fact that we are old! So, starting on August 6th a bunch of our bands will be playing together...
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...
