Fat Club
# 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.

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.

## Summary of releases

| Catalog | Band | Release date |
| - | - | - |
| FAT205 | The Vandals | April 2001 |
| FAT202 | American Steel | April 2001 |
| FAT201 | The Real McKenzies | May 2001 |
| FAT208 | MxPx | June 2001 |
| FAT203 | Strike Anywhere | July 2001 |
| FAT204 | Randy | August 2001 |
| FAT209 | NOFX | September 2001 |
| FAT207 | Swingin' Utters | October 2001 |
| FAT210 | Strung Out | November 2001 |
| FAT206 | Enemy You | December 2001 |
| FAT211 | The Lawrence Arms | January 2002 |
| FAT212 | One Man Army | February 2002 |

## Track listings and personnel

### The Vandals

* 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.

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

### The Real McKenzies

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

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

### NOFX

* 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.

### Strung Out

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

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

