Fat Mike Chooses the 30 Most Important Fat Wreck Chords Records Of All Time

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Fat Wreck Chords turns the dirty 30 in 2020 and to celebrate-Fat Wreck owner, Fat Mike, provided his picks of the thirty most important Fat Wreck records of the first thirty years exclusively to APTV. Did your favorite Lagwagon album make the cut? Was your favorite Gimmie Gimmies record also Fat Mike's? Find out in the official ranking of the thirty most important Fat Wreck Chords records of the first 30 years.
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[@altpress]

Which Fat Wreck Chords record is YOUR favorite? Tell us! And don’t forget to subscribe to APTV and turn on all notifications so you never miss a video!

[@neilyringworm]

Growing up-hi Standard

[@frankgarcia958]

Teenage Bottlerocket - Freak Out!

[@KasCalwein]

A completely impulsive, non-ranked list that comes to mind is: Lagwagon - Trashed Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits Strung Out - Exile in Oblivion Pour Habit's second album whose title I forgot but it's great Bad Cop Bad Cop - Warriors Frenzal Rhomb - Smoko at the Pet Food Factory NUFAN - Making Friends Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix

[@angelmembrane909]

Growing Up - Hi-STANDARD

[@Hahahan4n]

I just love Gimmes' Take A Break. The best punk cover band.

[@MrVisde]

Propagandhi "How to Clean Everything" has got to be the most influential album on Fat Wreck. The songwriting, the mixing, the art direction of the album...all iconic.

[@keithvargas6583]

He straight up says it in “A Fat Wreck”. God, that record is start to finish AMAZING.

[@SBb374]

​@SlotGrinder Fat Mike said in another recent video that How to Clean Everything is his favorite punk album of all time. Quarantine is either ruining what's left of his mind, or bringing it back from the brink. I don't know which.

[@a.ndy.nonymous]

glad you agree with my same statement.

[@docteurmarc1]

Who actually made the album artwork ? What's the story behind it ? Thanks

[@MrVisde]

@@docteurmarc1 I don't know the story behind it, but John Yates is credited with the album art. He's designed many iconic album covers: Lifetime, Jawbreaker, and Alkaline Trio to name a few.

[@brettbarreras48]

Strung out is the unsung hero of fat wreck chords in my opinion. American Paradox, Exile in Oblivion, and Suburban Teenage Wasteland are such amazing albums front to back. Wish they got the recognition they deserve.

[@Edawg4214]

Twisted by design! But yes

[@trashmanzero7827]

To this day, everything they put out is excellent. Agents.. was probably the only one I don't go back and listen to, but even still had some good songs

[@AA-bh3bz]

i really disagree. i feel like technically obviously they are very good and very well versed in all the metal/punk stuff but i feel like they were a band that were never able to put it all together.. their albums are patchy is probably best way to describe.. like a bunch of demos..they never quite put together an album that was just polished and well thought out front to back. twisted by design is probably the best but then they kinda fell off went all over the place from there

[@NevrSpeakAgain]

Picking up Surivival of the Fattest comp on a whim, little did I know how my life was about to changed forever thanks to hearing SO for the first time. These dudes and Prop I can thank many times over for saving my life. Exile in Oblivion for me, despite something with that production grinding my gears. That record is Jason's best songwriting (which is saying a LOT), not a single mediocre track and my favourite song of all time (never speak again). Now we got Arpril fast approaching 🤘🤘(if anyone's seeing this 3 years later). Strung out, fuck yeah!

[@brady8493]

Best thing about short music for short people is if the song sucks it only lasts 30 seconds.

[@cmoose74]

The bad thing was that if it kicked ass, it only did so for 30 seconds... (It takes me longer to type out Hearts Frozen Solid, Thawed Once More by the Spring of Rage, Despair, and Hopelessness than the song lasts, and I want more every time).

[@PowercellZeke]

I don't care how it's done, Tony's demos and other unreleased tracks NEED to be released. Having Yotam sing those demos and having Rory, Dave, and Matt record the music would be incredibly amazing

[@Jones-eq4bs]

YES YES YES!!!!!! 1000% agree

[@Still-Sitting]

“Don’t Turn Away” bridged the straightedge and punk scene. Very important record for us early 90s kids

[@vadermasktruth]

That's how I first heard of them, via the straightedge scene.

[@ThePubliusValerius]

True. My buddy brought that album over one afternoon, and we must've listened to it 30 times in a row.

[@Capsulecorp1]

I miss Tony Sly. An No Use For A Name. I'm glad he did all that acoustic stuff before he died.

[@amiebrown7926]

I still torture my son and his friends with that album.

[@courtneyf7909]

Daily Grind and Leche con Carne were insanely good! Definitely where it began for me.

[@IamY00t]

Survival of the Fattest has a special place in my heart as "the first"

[@IndigoDrum101]

Me too!

[@MrVisde]

​@@IndigoDrum101 That one and FAT music for FAT people spent a lot of time in my Discman.

[@IndigoDrum101]

@@MrVisde Mine too! But originally I had to copy them to cassette first! The first 3 FAT comps are amazing.

[@BrazenScull]

I credit that album alone with getting me into both punk and Fat. That album means a whole fucking lot to me.

[@ragsjo9751]

YES!!!

[@KhalOisha78]

So glad to see Fat Mike consider "So long and thanks for all the shoes" their best album... I heartily agree, there's not a single weak song in that album. A true classic.

[@mikemorgan371]

That record changed everything for NOFX. It’s when they really figured out how they wanted to sound I think.

[@christinajohnson6716]

My fav by far. Changd my life

[@dobbsydadude]

Definitely my fav NOFX album :)

[@AndreNoise77]

The best one, for sure.

[@melwam2111]

My favorite as well

[@ricklannis6244]

What fat wreck chords did back in the 90s(and much into the early 2000s) was insane for an independent label. They had so much talent and it mostly went unnoticed. I always felt very fortunate to stumble on the "fat music for fat people" comp by chance as a kid, the guy who sold it to me ripped me off but it was worth it! And having that music as the soundtrack to your skating and snowboarding sessions, it was perfect!

[@Atraa]

I had the exact same demo cd... from somewhere... and it introduced me to all these bands too. I ended up spending far too much on fat cds, lol

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

yeah, those and punk-o-rama

[@tomace194]

Today's empire tomorrow's ashes is to me the best album on fat. Maybe my favorite album ever. They took it to a whole new level on that one.

[@caffeinatedinsanity2324]

Oh yeah and I'd love to put Potemkin City limits but unfortunately, except for me thinking it's not known enough, it kinda symbolises tensions between the band and Mike.

[@grahamNC83]

Apparently fat started having an issue with them around that time. Funny enough, I think that was when propagandhi started getting really good

[@sarahbrewer9483]

@Dan Evertt 100 percent agreed. After the bass player left, they kind of strayed way too far into hardcore and kind of lost the sound that I liked. To each their own, though.

[@RyanLaquer]

​@Dan Evertt You crazy bruv, they've done nothing but improve since. Supporting Caste is better than Victory Lap though, it's an unbeatable record.

[@RyanLaquer]

​@Dan Evertt That's a super weird response, a tad childish. Of course I like those records they're probably my favorite band if I have one, but as musicians they've improved dramatically over the years in their output.

[@manwiththedogs7]

This was so rad! You AP guys must doing thing like this with punk rock more often. Also there is a lot of good new punk bands out there. By the way, thanks!

[@provy011]

I'm glad there was a commercial every 3 minutes.

[@trainspotter360]

Short Music for Short People is so unique and most of the 101 songs were great.

[@ILVeNoFx]

chixdiggit did a good one

[@fotsiborgaming1037]

They all were pretty good but yea, unique!

[@wxmachinegun]

Grabbed it at Wal-Mart for $8 when I was in middle school. Saw it had NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, thought, "this looks cool, don't know these other bands but whatever, I like short songs." Put me onto so many good bands: Aerobitch, Poison Idea,AFI, Adrenalin O.D., list goes on. I'd replay the ones I really liked over and over and just obsess over that CD. Come to think of it, there were a lot of classic hardcore bands on there that, as far as I know, never put anything out on Fat.

[@losingstreak1138]

This is such a great video! A lot of these albums are some of my favorite albums ever!

[@marysullivan2884]

Cokie You’re Welcome is one of the most emotionally heavy albums Ive ever listened to - it’s absolutely brilliant. Watching you perform it as Cokie is really hard and the audience doesn’t know what to feel so it just makes the experience not only genius but wicked sad. Thanks for ripping yourself open and bearing it all for us!

[@denverjohnson4051]

Borders and boundries is on of my all time favorites. And probably one of the most listened to.

[@mr124co]

Without a doubt! Borders and Boundaries is incredible

[@Sacco26]

Mike is a legend in punk rock. He won’t want to hear that but he is. This video is a really great insight into some of the things he’s done for the scene and the records he’s put out. Cheers Fatty/AP

[@marcuswhitlow548]

I'm pretty sure Mike loves to hear as much ego-stroking as people are willing to give him. He's not the most humble dude around...

[@PunkRockLifer]

Yes!!! Hi-Standard are amazing!! I’ve loved them since finding that record in a small record store back then. I’d love to see them play one day but I highly doubt that will happen now ☹️

[@garyleija]

not to flex but I was fortunate enough to see Fat 25 year anniversary show in Tokyo and Hi-Standard were not only the most supported but the better sounding band that day. They are tight live.

[@SamShudders]

I drum along with their discography more than any other band. I love that band, and it’s the most fun to drum to.

[@brandxdesignconstruction9236]

Glad to see Five Lessons Learned by Swingin Utters in there, I thought that was a real masterwork, the way the whole album hung together in a cohesive way was a rare and great thing.

[@christianbanisrael3143]

1. BAD COP BAD COP - WARRIORS (2017) 2. DILLINGER FOUR 3. AGAINST ME! - AS THE ETERNAL COWBOY (2003) 4. GOOD RIDDANCE - A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO MODERNE REBELLION (1996) 5. FACE TO FACE - DONT TURN AWAY (1992) 6. LAGWAGON - LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELINGS (1998) 7. NO USE FOR A NAME - THE FEEL GOOD RECORD OF THE YEAR (2008) 8. HI-STANDARD - GROWING UP (1996) 9. STRUNG OUT - TWISTED BY DESIGN (1998) 10. ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES - LOVE THEIR COUNTRY (2006) 11. PROPAGANDHI - HOW TO CLEAN EVERYTHING (1993) 12. SNUFF - DEMMAMUSSABEBONK (1996) SURVIVAL OF THE FATTEST - COMPILATION (1996) 13. SHORT MUSIC FOR SHORT PEOPLE - COMPILATION (1999) 14. ROCK AGAINST BUSH VOL. 1&2 - COMPILATION (2004) 15. THE SONGS OF TONY SLY: A TRIBUTE - COMPILATION (2013) 16. ANTI-FLAG - THE TERROR STATE (2003) 17. SWINGIN' UTTERS - FIVE LESSONS LEARNED (1998) 18. NOFX - THE WAR ON ERRORISM (2003) 19. MAD CADDIES - DUCK AND COVER (1998) 20. COKIE THE CLOWN - YOU'RE WELCOME (2019) 21. FRENZAL RHOMB - WE LIVED LIKE KINGS..., (2016) 22. GET DEAD - DANCING WITH THE CURSE (2020) 23. THE REAL MCKENZIES - OOT & ABOOT (2003) 24. SICK OF IT ALL - CALL TO ARMS (1999) 25. TILT - 'TIL IT KILLS (1995) 26. DESCENDENTS - COOL TO BE YOU (2004) 27. LESS THAN JAKE - BORDERS & BOUNDARIES (2000) 28. RISE AGAINST - THE UNRAVELING (2001) 29. CLOSET FIENDS - CLOSET FIENDS (2016)

[@caseyhefner1966]

Thank you, just came back to do this. You saved me the time.

[@kevybost]

my man

[@bnflo1208]

Yeah thanks, no LOC or Dead to Me hmmmm

[@alpha_tango]

haaaaaaaaa GREAT comment... I was about to do the same =D

[@jessybwoy8677]

Dude, how come you have ''Let's talk about feelings'' on the 6th place but did not mention Trashed or Duh! anywhere ??? really ?! i'm very disapointed :) Those 2 albums are 100 times better. Let's talk about feeling is the beginning of Lag Wagon decline. Trashed is a damn masterpiece, literally nothing comes close to it, except Propagandhi - ''Less talk, more rock ''............. Not even on your list !

[@chadjazeera9960]

Fat was a huge part of my upbringing. Seen most of these bands from '92 to up to now. Moved to S.F. for my 20s largely because of my love for Fat and Bay Area bands. So many fun times... Thank you Mike!!!

[@Mappy8899]

Glad you recommended that Closet Fiends album ...listened to it today, heavy and powerful songs

[@nothing-2-live-4]

that was nice of him to shout out Less Than Jake. I bought their See The Light album from Fat Wreck and always saw that LP as having the essence of the Fat Wreck sound throughout it.

[@volumefreak1372]

My Top 10: 1) Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues (1996) 2) Bracket - E Is For Everything (1996) 3) Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely (1998) 4) Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix (1999) 5) Screeching Weasel - Bark Like A Dog (1996) 6) Me First - Have A Ball (1997) 7) Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings (1998) 8) Riverdales - Storm The Streets (1997) 9) No Use For A Name - More Betterness (1999) 10) Face To Face - Don't Turn Away (1992)

[@Jensaiti99]

Bracket's an interesting choice

[@toddpacker4683]

Novelty forever from bracket is amazing

[@SammyWarmHands]

I want to hear that No Use + Yotam + Fat Mike record!!! RIP Tony Sly

[@marissamillan4032]

AP keep doing videos like this, 2000-2007 my favorite magazine I know times change and music does too but this shit right here is a fire vid, you can see how emotional he talks about tonys demo and wants to record it

[@altpress]

We're thrilled you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching! What's your favorite Fat Wreck record? We were bummed that Night Birds 'Mutiny At Muscle Beach' was left out-but who could argue with Fat Mike? All 30 of these albums are amazing.

[@andrewgrignon826]

Great video Mike! So glad you signed my all time favorite band, The Suicide Machines, to your label. Hopefully when tours get back going, there will be a Nofx/ The Suicide Machines tour.. maybe bring Lagwagon with y'all too up to the Motor City.

[@toddpacker4683]

That would be sick as hell

[@TheGorillafoot]

So many memories just hearing about these. Lagwagon - Hoss and No Use for a Name - Leche con Carne. Listened to them so many times when i was a teenager. What an awesome time for music and to be a punk kid.

[@wayfarer13]

I’d love to hear the nufan demos recorded. The feel good record was so good, their best, and made me very excited for what was next.

[@JustinLesamiz]

Seriously. They had been in a sappy slump for a while and that record was a rebirth for them. It was their Process of Belief or whatever. Too bad it was the last one.

[@tofuxtim]

Great video, fun to watch👌 lovely label, got a lot of releases from! 💚

[@guillaumeloyer7636]

This video is awesome! Very interesting to listen to Mike talk. Bring back memories

[@julienlacrosse7898]

I was actually stoked to see him put Feel Good Record of the Year as the NUFAN record...that record is so fucking good and he’s right; Tony Sly was an incredible songwriter. Also it was nice to hear him confirm that Bad Cop Bad Cop really is as dope as I thought they were

[@ThreeToesofFury]

During a crazy random series of events I managed to see Hi Standard open for Green Day in Japan in 1995 at the Harumi Futo Center. They CRUSHED it. (almost literally...the crowd was in these weird farm like holding pens on the open floor and alot of us banded together to try and prevent the crowd from crushing people against the rail system). Awesome list from an amazing label. LOTs of new albums for me to purchase!!!!

[@Tech215Studios]

ThreeToesofFury man that must of been awesome!!!! I saw Green Day for the first time in 95 back when they were in there prime!!! I miss old Green Day. And angry fist and the road were great records by Hi Standard. Love them both!!!

[@patsgarage8593]

I loved this walk down memory lane!! Crazy how many legendary bands were signed to one label

[@asianal]

Thank you for this. This is amazing.

[@gerardjerry4637]

Thanks AP for no censorship and Fat Mike for his honesty and well thought out picks and the reasons why . I was surprised that some picks were my Favs too like HI-STANDARD / FRENZAL RHOMB / D4. Also the great comps ! (they were a great way to listen a lot of good bnads) I agree with Mike Mad Caddies are way underated especially as of late !

[@marcuswhitlow548]

Mad Caddies are one of the most consistent bands still going and Dillinger Four is a lot of fun. Of course Mike didn't mention it since it wasn't released by FAT, but Midwestern Songs of the Americas is, in my opinion, one of the best records of the late-90's in general.

[@3bandEQ]

Would love to hear a collaborative recording of Tony’s demos.

[@norespectgiven2u]

Man this brought back memories. This is basically all my teens right here. Straight classics. That time was something in that world you just had to be around for. Can't explain the feel.

[@cosmicmudra1151]

Tilt's Til' It Kills is one of my absolute favorite albums. I'm still in love with that band to this day.

[@shawnrekiel7186]

It's an amazing record. So grateful I managed to catch them live once after they reunited to record and tour for Viewers Like You.

[@keithvargas6583]

Guns N Wankers, anyone????

[@ArnieJames666]

Still listen to that record all the time, it's amazing.

[@SuperSupersonic77]

absolutely!

[@sergiootaegui]

theirs was always one of my favorite songs on "Fat Music for Fat People"

[@RiccardoAlbertini]

@@ArnieJames666 ...right? You know they recently reformed and were about to start touring but... Covid!

[@thestranger8716]

Lagwagon has never released a bad album

[@borek92]

Trashed is bad by definition and by cover :D

[@thestranger8716]

@@borek92 How dare you!!!!!!

[@jamesmurray9602]

only other band other than the Beatles to have a classic trilogy.....

[@mdkotler]

Trashed, not Thrashed, is a classic album. I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon is pretty awful, but I wonder how much Jesse leaving after was already affecting it.

[@borek92]

SonicDefiance Sorry,that was my auto correct typing,I know it's Trashed,and it was of course a joke. It, Hoss and Double Plaidinum are my favorites from these guys.

[@evilwarnings2419]

This video is gold. Never seen him talking in a semi serious way. Good list, many albums that I have never listened to.

[@symptomsofdecay]

Awesome that he included Against Me! and Good Riddance. Two of my favourite groups.

[@CircusRhapsody]

I'm really not sure if every album here is on the list but he discusses these. Great list isn't it? I agree with Mike's 'So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes' is the best NOFX album =) maybe the best on Fat. 00:50 Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Warriors 02:09 Dillinger Four 02:53 Against Me - As The Eternal Cowboy 03:44 Good Riddance - A Comprehensive Guide To Modern Rebellion 05:14 Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings (Hoss) 04:22 Face to Face - Don't turn away 05:58 No Use For A Name - Feel Good Record Of The Year (Leche Con Carne) 08:11 Hi-Standart - Growing Up 10:00 Strung Out - Twisted By Design 10:30 Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Love Their Country 12:05 Propaghandi - How To Clean Everything 13:30 Snuff - Demmamussabebkonk 14:35 Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Have A Ball 14:53 Survival Of The Fattest 15:37 Short Music For Short People 16:49 Rock Against Bush Vol. I & II 18:07 The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute 19:17 Anti-Flag - Terror State 19:30 Swingin' Utters - Five Lessons Learned 19:53 NOFX - The War On Errorism 21:17 NOFX - So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes 22:35 Mad Caddies - Duck and Cover 24:17 Cokie The Clown - Self Titled 26:25 Frenzal Rhomb - We Lived Like Kings 27:22 Get Dead - Dancing With The Curse 28:16 The Real McKenzies - Oot & Aboot 30:16 Sick Of It All - Call To Amrs 31:10 Tilt - 'Til It Kills 31:50 Descendents - Cool To Be You 32:34 Less Than Jake - Borders & Bounderies 33:27 Rise Against - The Unraveling 34:57 Closet Fiends - Self Titled

[@dillonmcconnell8331]

Twisted by Design has got to be my favorite.

[@TigerSham]

Dillon Mcconnell yessssssss!!! Saw them open for Face to Face back in 2011 and they blew my socks off!

[@thewillformerlyknownasartist]

watching Mike talk about Tony Sly breaks my heart. Two of punk rock’s best songwriters and best friends, I can see the love and the pain attached to it.

[@tetrahedronboxproductions9443]

Excellent list, Mike! However, I am gonna go on record and say that I absolutely loved your Cokie record, and I have listened to it 8 times since release. It is a real and raw work of art and I enjoy the cry, thoroughly. I have no idea if anyone feels the same way......

[@faustivious1854]

LOL OMG !!!!! When Mike is talking about Face to Face. That's me, 4:31, in the front with my hat on backwards wearing a T-top. (that was at Spankey's Cafe, and it got hot as f*ck in that place).

[@leftovervictim519]

Hard to believe Cavalcade by The Flatliners didn’t make it on the list.

[@strungoutboy86]

I was gonna say the same thing. Either that or Destroy to create

[@lucianodutto5415]

Your right.

[@Turbojugend27]

Amazing band, amazing albums, but I don't think they're important

[@brinepacer]

I'm 33 minutes in and I'm like "how has he not mentioned Flats yet?"

[@Tech215Studios]

leftovervictim519 seriously!! They’re so underrated!!!

[@dprice81]

In no particular order: 1. Bad Cop Bad Cop-Warriors 2. Dillinger Four-Civil War 3. Against Me!-As The Eternal Cowboy 4. Good Riddance-Comprehensive Guide To Modern Rebellion 5. Face to Face-Dont Turn Away 6. Lagwagon-Lets Talk About Feelings 7. No Use For A Name- Feel Good Record Of The Year 8. Hi-Standard-Growing Up 9. Strung Out-Twisted By Design 10. Me First And The Gimme Gimmes-Love Our Country 11. Propagandhi-How To Clean Everything 12. Snuff-Dussmussabebonkers 13. Survival Of The Fattest 14. Short Music For Short People 15. Rock Against George Bush 1 16. Rock Against George Bush 2 17. The Songs Of Tony Sly A Tribute 18. Anti-Flag-The Terror State 19. Swingin Utters-5:Lessons Learned 20. Nofx-War On Errorism 21. Mad Caddies-Duck And Cover 22. Cokie The Clown-You're Welcome 23. Frenzal Rhomb-We Live Like Kinga 24. Get Dead-Dancing With The Curse 25. Real Mckenzies-Oot And Aboot 26. Sick Of it All-Call To Arms 27. Tilt-Til It Kills 28. Descendants-Cool To Be You 29. Less Than Jske-Borders And Boundaries 30. Rise Against-The Unraveling 31, Closet Fiends-Closet Fiends

[@danisnotcalm]

I love short music for short people. Cool to hear mike say everyone should listen to it at least once. Listened to it recently and was 16 again

[@nicholasjohnson2499]

Sad to see how tore up he is over Tony.

[@patrickbrownson1]

“Operation Phoenix” is one of the most ferocious Fat Wreck albums period, and slays “A Comprehensive Guide...”!

[@reggielovato9525]

Oh man I love Good Riddance!

[@volumefreak1372]

Yeah and I think Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues is better than Twisted By Design, I guess I'm alone on that.

[@joedent3323]

Q: what is the fastest Fat record?

[@trunkshope6]

"they feel like they have to keep backing him" lol exactly right! dude!

[@julienorris3477]

I love u man. Ur my favorite musician. All those albums are so rad. Loving it all.

[@nixthelatter]

God I love you Mike! Thanks for all your hard work man!

[@ramchickedy9570]

It was weird for me to realise, but I thought exactly the same when I started watching the video. For some reason this man is one of the most important people in my life for the last 25 years or something...

[@ianw5663]

Thank goodness 'The Unraveling' made the cut. What a genuinely fantastic record from start to finish. So goddamn formative to my music taste as a 12-13 year old kid.

[@PunkRockZombie205]

Yaasss! Punk rock is where it's at. Do more stuff like this AP

[@misterspikex]

This was great!

[@hilbertshotel]

I'm so glad Fat Mike picked "Let's Talk About Feelings" by Lagwagon. One of the best and best-produced punk releases of all time, imo.

[@saturdaynightkaraokeblah]

We can't believe Hi-Standard is (still) so underrated outside of Asia. Just saying.

[@erickdabandan76]

I’ve never seen them open for a band , be on $5 compilations, or have a big promotion for their records. If it wasn’t for this video, I would have never heard of them. I’m sure most people don’t go out of their way to discover bands like them. They’re amazing though and I’m not even half way done to the album.

[@smoothcremeux44]

Growing up and Making the Road are amazing punk records. Hi-Standard even has some really good newer stuff

[@smoothcremeux44]

Virtuoso Arts What are you talking about?

[@smoothcremeux44]

Virtuoso Arts It’s not video quality bud

[@smoothcremeux44]

Virtuoso Arts I like your style and you’re right this is the perfect video quality for fat mike

[@mdog86]

Holy shit, new album incoming soon! I knew one was coming eventually but to hear Mike say that he's been working on this one for two years is crazy. The Frank Turner split album is really good but I can't fucking wait for another full Nofx album.

[@maurice482390]

very cool to learn about the back stage history of some of these bands

[@superunknown2812]

Face to Face Dont Turn Away is one of the most influential punk albums of the 90s hands down.

[@whiskerbiscuit6674]

The guitar tone at the beginning of Demmasabebonk is perfections. Such a good tone Slatfats definitely best Nofx album

[@justinman114]

2 mins in and I've already discovered a new band. Thx Mike! EDIT: This video has taken me into a KZbin vortex like no other.

[@DJBuglip]

Good on ya for talking everybody into staying together, Mike. It can be hard to work through that shit sometimes.

[@TranzparentMethods]

Tony Sly was one of the best songwriters to ever bless this earth. Toast to Tony Sly!!! I was really late to the party, but the first song I heard from No Use For A Name was "Night of the Living Living". I was listening to a Fat Wreck pandora playlist back in 2012. Yeah, I know, I had NUFAN right in my face for 15 years by that point, but it WAS "The Feel Good Record of the Year" that made me a No Use For A Name AND a Tony Sly fan.

[@JustinLesamiz]

They also hadn't released a particularly good record in a while. It was a huge return to form for them. Moving way from the sappy emo inspired stuff they were mired in for a few albums there was a good idea. They sounded so vital and powerful on Feel Good. It's too bad we didn't get to see how they would evolve from there.

[@FlickFanatics]

Really cool to hear Mike's favorite picks. Lawrence Arms' Oh! Calcutta! would definitely make my top thirty, in addition to a lot of these.

[@isaacjamesbaker]

I have such a distinct memory of being 13, putting a Short Songs for Short People comp in my CD player after getting it at a show, and the player said 99 tracks, and would play the last 3 as one track. Love that album!

[@kcrknp]

Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings and Hoss or Blaze, can't decide NOFX - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes Rise Against - The Unraveling Propagandhi - Less Talk More Rock Perfect albums front to back.

[@gremlin35]

Don't Turn Away is an awesome record. It's shameful that it never gets ranked in any punk or pop punk best lists.

[@superunknown2812]

That album is a great album front too back i just listened too that album the other day been grinding it since the early 90s

[@jamesstaggenborg3537]

That's definitely one of my favorite Fat albums, if not my favorite. $Wingin' Utters A Juvenile Product of The Working Class and Five Lessons Learned are definitely in my top favorite releases by Fat.

[@philliphamilton4782]

Survival of the fatest and physical fatness opened the door to so many other bands for me! Being in Australia it was hard back then to get hold of great punk records! We had some great bands here like the hard-ons,frenzal rhomb,body jar, the meanies,root beer and others but before the internet it was hard to track down great albums

[@oxrjbizzle1984y]

revolutions per minute from rise against might just be my very favorite fat wreck chords album, such a classic! every song is killer!

[@russshuttleworth7264]

Love it mike!! Next time yr in Cleveland if ever, let’s golf!

[@matthewayres1104]

Wonder why he was so short about the Anti Flag record 😂

[@urzishra14]

Fat Mike how many future copies of "Tony Sly's last demos" do I need to buy to get this going?

[@albertgein3082]

Enough to make you as gay as FM

[@frankfinnsweenryan]

The comps and samplers were awesome and and helped introduce to so many bands.

[@mennims]

I really enjoy You're Welcome and I've been listening to it since release

[@handsomeflower4946]

Rerelease Short Music on mp3 Mike!

[@oneidawolf776]

I've listened to eternal cowboy at least 5000 times. what a special album and band.

[@bodyrot2794]

The “California dreaming” cover by Hi Standard and “Vincent” by NOFX are songs I played so many times from Survival of the Fittest. I still do from time to time still.

[@PunkRockGuitarTabs]

Great video...I'd love to see Jello Biafra do something similar for Alternative Tentacles!

[@DrummingMoose]

5:50 When Derrick left in ‘96, Caper wanted to split because he didn’t want to play with another drummer. Mike convinced them to stay together and get a new drummer.

[@dustyma2]

Yeah, that makes sense, especially after Derrick died and they put out Resolve. Their first 3 are my favorites, I love Lagwagon and everything they've put out, every one of there records is solid in my opinion. 2005 and onward has been a very different Lagwagon, understandably. Even Railer, which sounds a hell of a lot like their early 90's records, somehow still has a similar melancholy to Hang. They've been through a lot and I'm glad they're still working together. Cool fucking band, cool fucking people.

[@erichvallimvicente7043]

I've always said "Feelings" is my favourite Lagwagon's album. Nowadays, it's also my favourite on Fatwreck at all! It's a fucking masterpiece!

[@frequentfalls4282]

Thank you for this list

[@nocontrol628]

This was awesome

[@kevinswift850]

Strung Out.......Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues!!! My fave song, Radio Suicide; Jason Cruz never misses a note, period

[@FredvanSchie]

That was rad. Mike is so much cooler when he’s sober.

[@KingKoopa1]

He was sober?

[@jamesburns2235]

I was thinking about 15 minutes in that he could do with another line...

[@artis1969]

Puppet Stew- Dickies. Punk legends remind everyone that no matter how long it's been, they still bring their A game every time. Maybe one day they'll do a followup.

[@Limbofish]

one of the best "interview"/video of mike i ever saw. love the inside look into his most important albums and the stories behind it...

[@altpress]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it! It was a joy and an honor to produce.

[@billherbert4961]

What an intense ride being part of NOFX and FAT. So many highs but too much loss. I'm just a middle aged guy now in NZ who came up within the limited punk rock scene we had in NM. And I'm struggling with my lost brothers and sisters too. We had good times. But to be at the apex of it all. Fuck. Life of a Repo Man is always intense. I really appreciate how honest Mike is and has always been from what I've seen. And the dresses are really fun.

[@mackenziehunter1755]

Anyone who doesn’t know Frenzal Rhomb should check them out right now. The humour is very Australian and takes a couple listens to get into, but damn it’s good

[@HoweyDamus]

I played bass in frenzal twice.

[@mackenziehunter1755]

Andy Howard For real? That’s pretty dope, met the boys once and they’re some good dudes

[@antonionevone7320]

So nice to see him again so cool and alright with himself, drugs were making him a fucking caricature. Oh and the 7inch of the month songs keep getting better and better...i really feel like we're gonna have an amazing NOFX album out this year

[@KingKoopa1]

Did he stop doing drugs?

[@Ottophil]

King Koopa yes

[@KingKoopa1]

@@Ottophil That's great news... Who says though?

[@tylerforrest2115]

So glad he mentioned the unraveling

[@leifsunde1715]

40 years old and the older I get, the more I appreciate the exclusive genre that was 90's California punk. Was 13 when Face to Face Don't Turn Away showed up in the Canadian prairies..... changed my life. Probably saved it a few times too. Wish more people truly appreciated what it was all about. Real music is exclusive to bands without pay.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

The Dickies "All This and Puppet Stew" glaring omission for me. Screeching Weasel and MXPX also. I think he coulda skipped the NOFX, Me First, and Cokie entries in humility, and just mentioned in the beginning that he was doing that to make room for extra bands,...

[@paddydemps2291]

Then it wouldn’t have been the 30 most important records that HE chose for HIS list. 😂

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

@@paddydemps2291 true. But my comment was the part where fans react to his list, lol.

[@gregpohlmeier]

Some of my favorite fat releases were by none more black, schevchucks vocals always blew me away. Always a huge kid dynamite fan, so these followed up kid dynamites albums quite well for me

[@metalabstraktcora9587]

What a fresh nice memory. I must hear that again!