Fat Mike

Fat Mike (real name Michael Burkett) is the vocalist and bass player of the popular punk rock band NOFX, as well as bass player for Me First & the Gimme Gimmes. Before starting NOFX in 1983 with Erik Sandin and Eric Melvin he used to play in False Alarm.

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The name Fat Mike is a misnomer, as he isn't very obese. This confusion arose when the until-then quite thin Mike went away to college (he graduated from San Francisco State University), and returned having gained a few pounds. The nickname stuck, even working its way into the name of his label, the cleverly named Fat Wreck Chords (http://www.fatwreck.com), one of the largest punk-affiliated record labels in the United States, mainly run by Fat Mike and his wife Erin.

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Fat Mike was the main organizer of the Rock Against Bush (Vol. 1 (2004) & Vol. 2 (2004)) and Punk Voter (founded in 2003) (http://www.punkvoter.com) projects. Each project was created to increase voting among fans of punk music to vote George W. Bush out of office, and to make issues close to the punk community known to politicians.

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Punk rock: Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Damned, The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, and The Clash. The term is also used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with thos...

NOFX: NOFX is a punk band from California, sometimes referred to in the underground music press as "the funniest band in rock and roll." They were formed in 1983 by high school-aged "Fat Mike" (real name Mike Burkett), Erik Sandin and Eric Melvin in Los Angeles. While the band insists there is no meanin...

Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock cover band that formed in 1995. Drawn together by a mutual love of '60s and '70s music, the Gimme Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. They have covered songs from such artists as Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, and John Denver....

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