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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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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)

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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)

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

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.

Lagwagon has never released a bad album

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ☹️

Thank you for this. This is amazing.

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!

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!!!

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.

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

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.

Twisted by Design has got to be my favorite.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

RIP Tony Sly and Jim Cherry

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).

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

This was great!

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

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 !

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.

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

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!!!!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Thank you for this list

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

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.

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

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

Loved no use for a name. I saw them back up bad religion in Melbourne Australia they were brilliant. God I miss the 90s.🍻🍻👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

Guns N Wankers, anyone????

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

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

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......

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

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

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

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

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

BANNER PILOT HEART BEATS PACIFIC!!!

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

Survival was what got me into punk. My brother in law gave me a copy and I was hooked for life.

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

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

This was awesome

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.

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.

We love you, Mike. Please, take care.

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

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

Next : The 30 Most important Punk records all of time by Fat Mike

My Personal Top 5 on FAT: Twisted By Design Leche Con Carne Let's Talk About Feelings The Decline Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit

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

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

The Closet Fiends story is the most interesting stuff in this video.

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!

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

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.

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

Sad to see how tore up he is over Tony.

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

So glad he mentioned the unraveling

Snuff were the best band on that label and the most under appreciated band in that whole genre

Twisted By Design is, in many ways, a more impressive album (definitely more popular, too) but Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues is the one closest to my heart. I remember listening to that on a hand-me-down pirated cassette tape when I was 14 and being obsessed with the song "Solitaire". Great video, listening to Closet Fiends right now... visceral

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!

killer list. very strong picks.

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.