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Something unusual happened during the making of Get Dead’s video for “Glitch.” Actually, it feels like everything surrounding the making of the song and the video was unfortunate. None of that was going to stop Alternative Press from premiering it, though. “Glitch” is the latest single from the band’s new album, Dancing With The Curse, […]

Fat Wreck Chords has established itself as a bona fide institution of punk rock. Co-founder Mike Burkett, better known as Fat Mike, has been stamping his seal of approval on your favorite records since 1990. Having the Fat Wreck logo printed on the back of an album supersedes any traces of record label vanity. Instead, […]

Ska may be one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Many of its superfans have lived and died by the genre from the second they heard their first guitar upstroke, whereas some casual fans dug into it as a flavor of the week for a short amount of time and parted ways […]

Are you dreaming about leaving your hometown? Sure you are. Because pop-punk kids have felt self-isolated long before the pandemic. All the shows are canceled, and there’s nothing else to do, so there’s no better time to order in an unhealthy amount of pizza, reminisce about Warped Tour and dust off that Fender or Gibson […]

Fat Wreck Chords, the record label started by NOFX frontman/bassist “Fat Mike” Burkett is celebrating its 30th anniversary. That’s three decades of defining the sound of West Coast punk and fighting the power. Fat Wreck has amassed a catalog of recordings by fledgling upstarts, stone cold icons and a couple of crucial compilations, as well. […]

Fishbone keyboardist, trombonist and songwriter Chris Dowd is describing a creative miracle: hollandaise sauce. “You’re taking an egg and some olive oil. Two components that wouldn’t mix together,” he explains, “but you whisk it together a certain way, and that causes it to bond.” Dowd, who studied at the culinary school Le Cordon Bleu earlier […]

We had no clue that NOFX mouthpiece/Fat Wreck Chords founder Fat Mike was fast buds with British troubadour Frank Turner. What we do know is that now everyone can get in on this mutual admiration society. West Coast Vs. Wessex is a split album featuring NOFX and Turner’s band covering each other’s songs. And the […]

We’re all stuck inside at the mercy of microbes. Except for Fat Mike, frontman for punk lifers NOFX and co-owner of Fat Wreck Chords. Last week, Mike brought some new NOFX tracks into the world. The first was a video for a new song, “I Love You More Than I Hate Me,” which featured all […]

Los Angeles-based buzzsaw pop-punks the Bombpops are ready to own you, your devices and 2020. Today, AltPress is premiering the video for “Double Arrows Down,” the next track from their second album, Death In Venice Beach. Is it cool? Overwhelmingly. Is it real life? Or is it just fantasy? That’s for them to know and […]

2020 is rapidly approaching, which means this decade is coming to a close. Because we are coming closer to our generation’s roaring (or RAWRing) ’20s, let’s not get sad and instead take a look at some essential punk bands to watch in 2020.  Maybe punk isn’t exactly what Jay Gatsby was listening to, but we […]

If you’re anything like us, you’re subscribed to an overflowing handful of streaming services and you love movies about music. Sure, you might not use them all very frequently, but canceling a service creates the risk of missing out on the next great Netflix original or an old favorite hitting Hulu. One reason to keep […]

When it comes to the average American’s knowledge of Europe, it’s best described as being at the level of a Lonely Planet guidebook—mostly the first two chapters on “Essentials” and “How Not To Be Killed There.” One would have thought that technology, in the form of music streaming services and international music discovery apps such […]

Fat Mike now has a line of panties and dresses for men, and people are apparently all for it. The NOFX frontman’s brand just launched and is already pretty successful. Read more: There’s one last band Dave Grohl wants to drum for Fat Mike’s love for wearing dresses is pretty well-documented in the band’s shows, videos, photos, and […]

[Photo by: Joe Leonard] Veteran punk band NOFX and their often outspoken frontman, Fat Mike, are drawing criticism for a tasteless joke they made onstage Sunday about the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Watch video of the incident below. As reported by TMZ, Fat Mike compared victims of the Vegas shooting to punk […]

Welcome to Camp Punk In Drublic! NOFX's Fat Mike has announced the one-of-a-kind festival destination that will feature performances from NOFX, Rancid, Pennywise, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and more. Read more: Adidas actually made beer and puke-proof shoes It's set to be a weekend of craft beer tastings, campfire stories from punk legends and […]

[Photos by: Joe Leonard, Wikimedia Commons] It turns out that punk-rock veterans NOFX just happened to write a song about Stephen Hawking last month. And now, following the acclaimed physicist's death last week, the new tune stands as an unintentional tribute to Hawking. Hear the band's “There's No 'Too Soon' If Time Is Relative” below. […]

Check out new tour dates from the Maine, Ratboys and Wild Pink—plus, hear a new song from Culture Abuse and WAVVES. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Underoath push back at fans upset over swearing in new song 1. The Maine announce U.K. tour dates.   U.K! We are excited […]