ryanr's Journal: Fat Wreck Chords

I don't think I realized until tonight how many semi-obscure bands I like are on Fat Wreck Chords. I'm a fan of the Ska & Punk. I've mentioned before that I'm also a sucker for the cover tunes. All of that is collected neatly in one label. Plus one of my favorite bands, Dance Hall Crashers, is there as well. (Side note: I've got tickets to see DHC in November. Woo!)

These guys know how to do it, too. Check out their MP3 page. Near as I can tell, they've simply taken a track from each album and posted it. They seem to get it.

I recommend the following:
http://www.fatwreckchords.com/empee/50125.mp3
http://www.fatwreckchords.com/empee/50112.mp3

(No, I'm not going to tell you what they are. Track them down on the MP3 page, or just download them and listen.)

Strange, a handful of the tracks seem to be silence. Also, almost none of them seem to have any ID tags. How could you make those availabe, and not put in ID tags so people can remember what artist it is?

Update:
Strange, the "silence" tracks only have that problem in Windows Media Player. They seem to work fine in iTunes. First time I've encountered an MP3 that WMP wouldn't play.

Fat Mike Does Good.

[mekkab]

Glad to hear fat mike is keepin' it on the rizzy.

I'm so-so on DHC- some songs I like (skinhead bbq and fight night (which is oh-so fun to play on guitar)) some I don't.

Anyway- a big "Pick it up, pick it up!" to a fellow skanker.

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[blinder]

Fat Mike is cool... but he's also kind of an ass at the same time. Ever go to a Nofx show? He's either incredibly funny and charming or... like the last time i saw them... just a jackass.

Of course, the best nofx lp was "mrr"

What i ***really*** like is the fact they signed sick of it all. One of my favorite bands ever... to see a sick of it all s how is to know what a hardcore show can be.

Yeah i know lou and pete are older now... and well, watching the dvd of the furnace fest... they are slower... but the

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[mekkab]

but I did get into oi... what does that have to do with ska?

TONS. Oi bands always played on big all-sunday ska shows at the Wetlands. Heck, even the Pietasters did a cover of "Drinking and Driving is so much fun." Inspector 7 was a local oi-ish ska-ish skinhead band (I guess you could call them cross over?!). I was never down with them skins, though. When I shaved my head, it was because I was a Rudebwoy, not a skin!

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[curtisk]

at the Wetlands

Ahhh, that was a cool place, I heard the VW from the lobby is in the rock and roll hall of fame or something, getting downstairs to piss was fun in all the blacklight glow painted hallways =)

Inspector 7 was a local oi-ish ska-ish skinhead band

Where are you from? I went to high school with Lord Skoochie, and knew some of the others from good ol' City Gardens and Brunswick (Hub City)....just curious...

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[ryanr]

Haven't been to a NoFX show yet. Actually, I don't get out to shows much anymore. I did most of my concert-going as a teen, at 80's-metal shows.

\m/

I usually only end up seeing one or two shows a year anymore.

Man... I never liked ska... just too boring for me...

What?!???? But, how could..... (sputter!) :)

I'm not believing that. OK, how much to commision you to write me a Ska song?

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[ryanr]

I can't believe you don't like DHC better than that. (Skinhead BBQ is way down my list...) Have you listened to ALL their stuff? HAVE YOU??? :)

I can't recall "Fight Night", actually... I'll go look it up. I believe I have all the DHC stuff, maybe minus one or two studio tracks from import albums.

Re:Fat Mike Does Good.

[mekkab]

No, I don't have all their stuff; I had a tape copy of 1 cd (perhaps the first?! who knows). Then that one came out with "Enough is Enough" on it, and ehhhhhh, it was allright (which means I played that track once on my college radio show and never listened to the cd again).

Thats pretty much it.