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.
Contents
- The Vandals
- American Steel
- The Real McKenzies
- MxPx
- Strike Anywhere
- Randy
- NOFX
- Swingin Utters
- Strung Out
- Enemy You
- The Lawrence Arms
- One Man Army
- References
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.
The Vandals
American Steel
All tracks written by Scott Healy, Rory Henderson, Ryan Massey, and John Peck.
The Real McKenzies
MxPx
All tracks written by Mike Herrera.
Strike Anywhere
All tracks written by Thomas Barnett, Eric Kane, Garth Petrie, Matt Sherwood, and Matt Smith.
Randy
All tracks written by Johan Brändström, Fredrik Granberg, Stefan Granberg, and Johan Gustafsson.
NOFX
Swingin' Utters
All tracks written by Darius Koski.
Strung Out
All tracks written by Chris Aiken, Jordan Burns, Jason Cruz, Jake Kiley, and Rob Ramos.
Enemy You
All tracks written by David Jones.
The Lawrence Arms
All tracks written by Brendan Kelly, Neil Hennessy, and Chris McCaughan.
One Man Army
All tracks written by One Man Army.