Fat Club

The Fat Club is a series of twelve 7-inch singles released monthly by Fat Wreck Chords from March 2001 to February 2002. 1,300 of each single were pressed; They were not available for sale individually, but were distributed by postal service to those who purchased a subscription to the series.^[1]

The series featured bands who had not previously been associated with the label: Of the 12 bands who participated, only three—NOFX, Swingin' Utters, and Strung Out—were already part of the Fat Wreck Chords roster. Three of the participating bands had other one-off releases with Fat following their participation in the Fat Club: MxPx's The Renaissance EP (2001), Randy's Randy the Band (2005), and Strike Anywhere's Dead FM (2006). Three of the bands—The Lawrence Arms, The Real McKenzies, and American Steel—became long-term additions to Fat Wreck Chords' roster, releasing multiple albums through the label in the years following. Only The Vandals, Enemy You, and One Man Army have had no further releases through Fat Wreck Chords.

Though the singles were limited, several of the bands re-released their tracks on compilation albums in the years following, including NOFX's 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records (2002), Strike Anywhere's To Live in Discontent (2005), The Lawrence Arms' Cocktails & Dreams (2005), Swingin' Utters' Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit (2008), and Strung Out's Prototypes and Painkillers (2009). All of the tracks from the series were re-released as part of the Fat Wreck Chords twentieth anniversary compilation Wrecktrospective in 2009.^[2]

Summary of releases

Catalog	Band	Release date
FAT205	The Vandals	April 2001^[3]
FAT202	American Steel	April 2001^[4]
FAT201	The Real McKenzies	May 2001^[5]
FAT208	MxPx	June 2001^[6]
FAT203	Strike Anywhere	July 2001^[7]
FAT204	Randy	August 2001^[8]
FAT209	NOFX	September 2001^[9]
FAT207	Swingin' Utters	October 2001^[10]
FAT210	Strung Out	November 2001^[11]
FAT206	Enemy You	December 2001^[12]
FAT211	The Lawrence Arms	January 2002^[13]
FAT212	One Man Army	February 2002 ^[14]

Track listings and personnel

The Vandals

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Underground"	Dave Quackenbush	3:39

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Why Are You Alive?"	Warren Fitzgerald	2:34
Total length:			6:13

Joe Escalante – bass guitar, backing vocals
Warren Fitzgerald – guitar, backing vocals
Josh Freese – drums
Dave Quackenbush – lead vocals

American Steel

All tracks are written by Scott Healy, Rory Henderson, Ryan Massey, and John Peck

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Middle of the Night"	4:00

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Religion Everyday"	3:17
Total length:		7:17

Scott Healy – drums
Rory Henderson – lead vocals, guitar
Ryan Massey – guitar, backing vocals
John Peck – bass guitar, backing vocals

The Real McKenzies

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Round"	Mark Boland, Gwomper, Paul McKenzie, Kurt Robertson, Sean Sellers, and Gord Taylor	2:39

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Loch Lomond"	traditional	3:20
Total length:			5:59

Mark Boland – guitar, backing vocals
Gwomper – bass guitar
Paul McKenzie – lead vocals
Kurt Robertson – guitar, backing vocals
Sean Sellers – drums
Gord Taylor – Great Highland Bagpipe

MxPx

All tracks are written by Mike Herrera

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Road Less Traveled"	3:01

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Hold the Key"	2:49
Total length:		5:50

Mike Herrera – lead vocals, bass guitar
Yuri Ruley – drums
Tom Wisniewski – guitar
Stephen Egerton – backing vocals on "You Hold the Key"
Jerry Finn – producer, recording engineer, mix engineer

Strike Anywhere

All tracks are written by Thomas Barnett, Eric Kane, Garth Petrie, Matt Sherwood, and Matt Smith

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Antidote"	3:45

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Asleep"	2:33
Total length:		6:18

Thomas Barnett – lead vocals
Eric Kane – drums
Garth Petrie – bass guitar
Matt Sherwood - guitar, backing vocals
Matt Smith – guitar, backing vocals

Randy

All tracks are written by Johan Brändström, Fredrik Granberg, Stefan Granberg, and Johan Gustafsson

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Stepping Out"	3:07

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Unite"	2:26
2.	"Freedom Song"	3:15
Total length:		8:48

Johan Brändström – guitar, backing vocals
Fredrik Granberg – drums
Stefan Granberg – lead vocals, guitar
Johan Gustafsson – bass guitar, backing vocals

NOFX

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Zyclone B Bath House"	Fat Mike	1:40

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spaghetti Motel"	Fat Mike, Bill Bartell	1:58
Total length:			3:38

El Hefe – lead guitar, backing vocals
Fat Mike – lead vocals, bass guitar
Eric Melvin – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Erik Sandin – drums

Swingin' Utters

All tracks are written by Darius Koski

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Mountain Rain"	1:44

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Outside Life"	2:00
Total length:		3:44

Strung Out

All tracks are written by Chris Aiken, Jordan Burns, Jason Cruz, Jake Kiley, and Rob Ramos

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dig"	2:54

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lost Motel"	3:59
Total length:		6:53

Chris Aiken – bass guitar
Jordan Burns – drums
Jason Cruz – lead vocals
Jake Kiley – guitar
Rob Ramos – guitar

Enemy You

All tracks are written by David Jones

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Promise Breakers"	1:07

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kind Hearts"	2:28
2.	"Emma"	2:38
Total length:		6:13

David Jones – lead vocals, guitar
Chris Matulich – bass guitar
Joe Yamazaki – drums
Ken Yamazaki – guitar

The Lawrence Arms

All tracks are written by Brendan Kelly, Neil Hennessy, and Chris McCaughan

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Porno and Snuff Films"	2:34

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Toast"	2:33
2.	"Overheated"	4:18
Total length:		9:25

Neil Hennessy – drums
Brendan Kelly – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
Chris McCaughan – guitar, lead and backing vocals

One Man Army

All tracks are written by One Man Army

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Victoria"	2:32

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Wants Me Dead"	2:04
Total length:		4:36

References

^ "1st Rule: Dont Talk About Fat Club". Punknews.org. 2000-11-28. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
^ "Fat to Release 'Wrecktrospective' Box Set to Celebrate 20th Year". Punknews.org. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
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[1st_Rule-1] "1st Rule: Dont Talk About Fat Club". Punknews.org. 2000-11-28. Retrieved 2011-10-12.

[Wrecktrospective-2] "Fat to Release 'Wrecktrospective' Box Set to Celebrate 20th Year". Punknews.org. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2011-10-12.

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v t e Fat Wreck Chords
Subsidiaries	Honest Don's Records Pink and Black Records
People	Fat Mike
Fat Music	Fat Music for Fat People (1994) Survival of the Fattest (1996) Physical Fatness (1997) Life in the Fat Lane (1999) Live Fat, Die Young (2001) Uncontrollable Fatulence (2002) Harder, Fatter + Louder! (2010) Going Nowhere Fat (2015) Mild in the Streets: Fat Music Unplugged (2016)
Compilation albums	Short Music for Short People (1999) Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA (2003) Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 (2004) Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 (2004) Rock Against Floyd (2005) Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children (2005) Wrecktrospective (2009) The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute (2013)
Related	Discography Fat Club

v t e The Vandals
Joe Escalante Dave Quackenbush Warren Fitzgerald Josh Freese Steven Ronald Jensen Steve "Human" Pfauter Robbie Allen
Studio albums	When in Rome Do as The Vandals Slippery When Ill Fear of a Punk Planet Live Fast, Diarrhea The Quickening Oi to the World! Hitler Bad, Vandals Good Look What I Almost Stepped In... Internet Dating Superstuds Hollywood Potato Chip
Live albums	Sweatin' to the Oldies Live at the House of Blues
Compilation albums	Peace Thru Vandalism / When in Rome Do as The Vandals BBC Sessions and Other Polished Turds
Remix albums	Shingo Japanese Remix Album
Videos	Sweatin' to the Oldies Live at the House of Blues
EPs	Peace thru Vandalism
Singles	The Vandals / Assorted Jelly Beans "Fat Club" "Fat City Presents...One for the Ages!"
Related articles	Discography The Vandals Play Really Bad Original Country Tunes Kung Fu Records

v t e MxPx
Mike Herrera Yuri Ruley Tom Wisniewski Chris Adkins Andy Husted
Studio albums	Pokinatcha Teenage Politics Life in General Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo The Ever Passing Moment Before Everything & After Panic Secret Weapon On the Cover II Punk Rawk Christmas Plans Within Plans MxPx Find a Way Home
Live albums	At the Show Left Coast Live Southbound to San Antonio
Compilation albums	Let It Happen Ten Years and Running Let's Rock
EPs	17 On the Cover Move to Bremerton Small Town Minds The Broken Bones The Renaissance EP Fat Club 7" The AC/EP Left Coast Punk EP Best Life
Video albums	B-Movie
Singles	"Chick Magnet" "Responsibility"
Related articles	Discography

v t e Strike Anywhere
Thomas Barnett Matt Smith Garth Petrie Eric Kane Mark Miller Matt Sherwood
Studio albums	Change is a Sound Exit English Dead FM Iron Front
EPs	Chorus of One
Compilation albums	To Live in Discontent
Live albums	Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001

v t e NOFX
Fat Mike El Hefe Eric Melvin Erik Sandin Scott Sellers Scott Aldahl Dave Allen Dave Casillas Steve Kidwiller
Studio albums	Liberal Animation S&M Airlines Ribbed White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean Punk in Drublic Heavy Petting Zoo So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes Pump Up the Valuum The War on Errorism Wolves in Wolves' Clothing Coaster Self Entitled First Ditch Effort Single Album Double Album
Live albums	I Heard They Suck Live!! They've Actually Gotten Worse Live! Ribbed: Live in a Dive
Compilation albums	Maximum Rocknroll 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us) The Longest EP
EPs	NOFX (1985) So What If We're on Mystic! The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This The Longest Line HOFX Fuck the Kids Timmy the Turtle The Decline Surfer Regaining Unconsciousness 7" of the Month Club Never Trust a Hippy Cokie the Clown NOFX (2011) Stoke Extinguisher Hepatitis Bathtub
Split albums	BYO Split Series Volume III NOFX / The Spits West Coast vs. Wessex
Singles	"Don't Call Me White" "All of Me" "Bottles to the Ground" "Pods and Gods" "The Decline" "13 Stitches" "Stoke Extinguisher"
Related articles	Discography Ten Years of Fuckin' Up Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Fat Wreck Chords (Fat Club) Rock Against Bush
Category:NOFX

v t e Strung Out
Jason Cruz Jake Kiley Rob Ramos Chris Aiken RJ Shankle Brad Morrison Jim Cherry Adam Austin Jordan Burns
Studio albums	Another Day in Paradise Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues Twisted by Design An American Paradox Exile in Oblivion Blackhawks Over Los Angeles Agents of the Underground Transmission.Alpha.Delta Songs of Armor and Devotion
Compilation albums	Prototypes and Painkillers
EPs	The Element of Sonic Defiance
Related articles	Fat Wreck Chords

v t e The Lawrence Arms
Neil Hennessy Brendan Kelly Chris McCaughan
Studio albums	A Guided Tour of Chicago Ghost Stories Apathy and Exhaustion The Greatest Story Ever Told Oh! Calcutta! Metropole
Compilation albums	Cocktails & Dreams We Are the Champions of the World
EPs	Shady View Terrace / The Lawrence Arms Present Day Memories Fat Club Buttsweat and Tears
Associated acts	Slapstick The Broadways Baxter The Falcon Sundowner Colossal
Related articles	Asian Man Records Fat Wreck Chords Epitaph Records

v t e Swingin' Utters
Johnny Bonnel Darius Koski Jack Dalrymple Miles Peck Luke Ray Aric McKenna Kevin Wickersham Greg McEntee Joel Dison Max Huber Spike Slawson
Studio albums	Scared (1992) The Streets of San Francisco (1995) A Juvenile Product of the Working Class (1996) Five Lessons Learned (1998) Swingin' Utters (2000) Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones (2003) Here, Under Protest (2011) Poorly Formed (2013) Fistful of Hollow (2014) Peace and Love (2018)
Compilation albums	More Scared: The House of Faith Years (1996) Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit (2008) Drowning in the Sea, Rising with the Sun (2017)
Live albums	Live in a Dive (2004)
EPs	No Eager Men (1993) The Sounds Wrong E.P. (1995)
Splits	BYO Split Series Volume II (1999)
Singles	"Nothing to Rely On" (1995) "Fat Club" (2001)

v t e The Real McKenzies
Paul McKenzie Matt Hawley Gord Taylor Aspy Luison Troy Zak Jono Jak Dan Garrison Dan Stenning Tony Walker Rob Esch Aaron Chapman Rich Priske Nathan Roberts Alan MacLeod Kurt Robertson Anthony Creery James Brander Jamie Fawkes Brien O'Brien Mike MacDonald Glenn Kruger Bradford Lambert Stuart MacNeil Anthony Kerr Mark Boland Eddie Big Beers Ike Eidness Ken Fleming Sean Sellers Joe Raposo Dave Gregg Karl Alvarez Justin Burdick Brent Johnson Jesse Pinner Mario Nieva
Studio albums	Real McKenzies (1995) Clash of the Tartans (1998) Fat Club (2000) Loch'd and Loaded (2001) Oot & Aboot (2003) 10,000 Shots (2005) Off the Leash (2008) Westwinds (2012) Rats in the Burlap (2015) Two Devils Will Talk (2017) Beer and Loathing (2020)
Live albums	Pissed Tae Th' Gills (2002) Shine Not Burn (2010)