On The Wreck Chord (Benjamin Brennan and Alex Newman)

Albums Discussed:  Face to Face - Don’t Turn Away;  Samiam - Billy;  Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts;  Also Ben quizzes Alex on reissued albums.;  https://fatwreck.com/products/dont-turn-away

Albums discussed:

Bracket - Novelty Forever

Teen Idols - S/T

Knapsack - This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now

https://fatwreck.com/products/novelty-forever

Alex is invisible and Ben is popping in and out of reality.  We’re talking Novelty Forever.  Ben tells us about a traumatic coffee accident that resulted in an ER visit.  We discuss Oppenheimer’s attempt at assassinating his professor.  Camel Cash!

Albums Discussed:

Tilt - Collect Em All

Fifteen - Lucky

Dance Hall Crashers - Honey I’m Homely

https://fatwreck.com/products/collect-em-all

The lyrical content of this album makes for some interesting discussions.  Action movies, Oscar bait movies, and partial birth abortions OH MY.

Albums Discussed:  Good Riddance - For God and Country; Ignite - Call on My Brothers; Civ - Set Your Goals;  A.F.I. - Answer That and Stay Fashionable;  Lots of house keeping and we’re gonna go weekly from here on out.;  https://fatwreck.com/products/for-god-and-country

Albums discussed:

Lagwagon - Double Plaidinum

Bouncing Souls - S/T

Green Day - Nimrod

https://fatwreck.com/products/double-plaidinum

We are joined by Justin to talk Lagwagon again.  We discuss whether the album title is a KISS reference or not. 

We start comparing the Fat Music and Punk O Rama comps.  The basements and boneheads campaign from Bonus Fat Volume 2 continues.  We also talk about our favorites from 2023.  Stay tuned for part 2!

Albums Discussed:

Strung Out - Twisted By Design

Bigwig - Stay Asleep

Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion

https://fatwreck.com/products/twisted-by-design

We all love this record.  We talk about our ultimate devotions.  We also read a buzzfeed listicle about torture.  

LTD Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHQ7e2XlfXc

We are back for season 3, and first up is Hi-Standard's "Angry Fist".  We talk about our records as fighters on the break.

Albums Discussed:  Screw 32 - Under the Influence of Bad People;  AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes;  The Nerve Agents - The Nerve Agents;  https://fatwreck.com/products/under-the-influence-of-bad-people;  Ponderosa Pondo-Combo We Want Value!  A value packed episode where we talk about three records we all love.  We play a new game called “Who’s on Fat?”.  We also play a game called “Famous Bad People”.  http://geocities.com/stubblemusiczine/screw32.html;  https://revhq.com/blogs/speak-up/eric-ozenne-unit-pride-redemption-87-the-nerve-agents;  https://infiniteconversation.com/;  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/christmas-cheetah-playing-bass-stone-coaster--515099276139413624/;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmjz9uFFW6k

Albums Discussed:

Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely

Husker Du - Zen Arcade

Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams

https://fatwreck.com/products/tweet-tweet-my-lovely

Snuff:  a ticking timebomb.  Humor, ability, and nine different tempos.  What a deadly combination.  Ben makes a god damn fool out of himself reading tweets he thinks are funny.  “I love this 70 minute record.” 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2188242/

https://ew.com/article/2005/07/22/professional-wrestling-bob-mould/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8zVO5Ug0zA

Albums Discussed:

Swingin’ Utters - Five Lessons Learned

Armchair Martian - S/T

Samiam - You Are Freaking Me Out

https://fatwreck.com/collections/swingin-utters/products/five-lessons-learned

This record has a lot of personnel.  We are shockingly positive about this record.  Are macbook cords caviar for cats?  Should you trust that car from your gearhead friend?  What are the potential consequences of befriending that mature student in your art class?

Albums Discussed:  Screeching Weasel - Bark Like a Dog;  Descendents - Everything Sucks;  The Queers - Don’t Back Down;  https://fatwreck.com/products/bark-like-a-dog;  Ben Weasel, he’s an asshole.  Ben Weasel, he’s a jerk.  That’s it.

Albums discussed: Lagwagon - Duh;  Farside - Rochambeau;  NOFX - White Trash…;  https://fatwreck.com/collections/vinyl/products/duh

Albums Discussed:  Snuff - Snuff Said;  Snuff - Flibbiddydibbiddydob; Dillinger Four - This Shit Is Genius;  https://fatwreck.com/products/snuff-said;  https://fatwreck.com/collections/snuff/products/flibbidydibbidydob;  First episode this season that is under an hour.  Snuff-o-palooza!  What’s your favorite jingle?  Online these records are only on Youtube so we pretty openly admit to never buying them.  Get off our backs we dropped plenty of money on Fat Wreck releases when we were young.  https://www.discogs.com/label/33238-Workers-Playtime

Albums discussed:  Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues;  Deadguy - Fixation on a Coworker;  Pulley - Esteem Driven Engine;  https://fatwreck.com/products/suburban-teenage-wasteland-blues-reissue;  Another all time classic Fat Wreck Chords release.  Would you rather hear Bob Dylan cover Spazz, or Spazz cover Bob Dylan?  We’re not happy about the remixed and remastered version of the album.  Would this album be better if they were a ska band?

Albums Discussed:  NOFX - I Heard They Suck Live;  We mix things up a bit this time and talk about silly things. Toys!  Punishment (for all my sins)!  Ben provides some hot takes about live entertainment.  Josh is back again!  A quiz!  https://www.brooklynvegan.com/napalm-deaths-new-scum-demon-action-figure-up-for-pre-order/;  https://www.reddit.com/r/nofx/comments/15yosg/nofx_cdvinylcassette_song_variations/;  https://fatwreck.com/products/i-heard-they-suck-live

Albums Discussed:  Swinging Utters - A Juvenile Product of the Working Class;  Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash;  US Bombs - Garibaldi Guard!;  https://fatwreck.com/products/a-juvenile-product-of-the-working-class;  Were the Utters originally supposed to be a New Jack Swing band?  Ben screws up a Dirty Work joke.  More Dropkick Murphys hate.  “Spicy McHaggis can eat a meat pie!”  We also didn’t do our homework so Alex has a new edition of Maximum Obscurity.  Most of this record is about alcohol.

Albums Discussed:  Lagwagon - Hoss;  Gameface - Three To Get Ready;  The Muffs - Blonder and Blonder;  Season Finale!  We’re joined by our friend Justin to talk about Hoss!  We gush a lot!  This one is way too long, we’ll try harder next season.  Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was a psyop.  https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/its-been-six-years-since-lagwagon-one-of-the-90s-biggest-punk/;  https://fatwreck.com/products/hoss

Albums Discussed:

Good Riddance - Ballads from the Revolution

Kid Dynamite - Kid Dynamite

Kill Your Idols - This Is Just the Beginning

https://fatwreck.com/products/ballads-from-the-revolution

One of us sings this episode.  Alex is at risk of drowning in historic floods.  Josh is a pants guy now.  We read some fan feedback.  There’s discussion of a potential patreon feature.  RIP Main Entrance.  

In this episode we continue our head to head battle to the death between the Fat Music and Punk-O-Rama compilation series.  This episode focuses on volumes 3 and 4 of each.  We also get the exciting conclusion to the current mini campaign of Basements and Boneheads.  And we look back on season 3 and talk about our favorite records from the season.

Albums Discussed:  No Use For A Name -  Leche Con Carne;  Lifetime - Hello, Bastards;  Avail - Dixie;  https://fatwreck.com/products/leche-con-carne;  This episode is probably not kosher.

Albums discussed:  Good Riddance - A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion;  Redemption 87 - Redemption 87;  Ensign - The Direction of Things to Come;  https://fatwreck.com/products/a-comprehensive-guide-to-moderne-rebellion;  Rebellious cats!  Personal politics!  We talk about our own acts of Moderne Rebellion.  Pushead Top 100 trivia.  I think it’s neat!

Albums Discussed:  Bracket - E Is For Everything; The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good; Superchunk - Here’s Where The Strings Come In;  https://fatwreck.com/products/e-is-for-everything-on-fat; A real change of pace.  We get sidetracked admiring the Caroline Records roster.  We’re all just guests in someone else’s talk show.   B is for Bondage Volume 1.  We chuckle way too much.  We research Frankie Muniz beefs. Listen to Dumptruck - “For The Country”.

Albums Discussed:

88 Fingers Louie - The Teacher Gets It

Snuff - Schminkie Minkie Pinkie

Goober Patrol - Eight of Spades

Avail - Over The James

https://fatwreck.com/products/the-teacher-gets-it

https://fatwreck.com/products/schminkie-minkie-pinkie

https://fatwreck.com/products/eight-of-spades

An EP potpourri!  We discuss the finer points of sleeping on the couch.  This episode also features some comics talk.  The return of Before They Got Fat!

Albums Discussed:  Me First & The Gimme Gimme’s - Have A Ball;  Movies Watched:  SLC Punk;  https://fatwreck.com/products/have-a-ball;  Season Finale!  We’re joined by our friend Justin to talk about Me First and the Gimme Gimmes “Have a Ball”!  It’s great he’s here because Alex and Ben don’t really like this record.  When will we see a Punk Goes Drill comp?  We speculate on Joey Cape’s whistling prowess.  We make light of John Denver’s death.  We discuss the Mama Mia Cinematic Universe as well as the Tucciverse.  Speaking of cinema we watched SLC Punk and discuss its merits.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw

Records discussed:

No Use For a Name - Making Friends

Silent Majority - Life of a Spectator

Shelter - Beyond Planet Earth

https://fatwreck.com/products/making-friends

Season 3 features more records we do not like than ever before.  Making Friends is one of them.  This is an album titled Making Friends but all of the subjects in the song lyrics sound like terrible friends.  We talk about imaginary friends and entire imaginary worlds on the break.  

Albums Discussed:  Tilt - Til it Kills;  Green Day - Insomniac;  Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves;  Discount - Ataxia’s Alright Tonight;  This is one of the episodes we’re most proud of.  Josh comes back!  Meth is the Godzilla of Amphetamines. Hulk Hogan to Metallica?  Apologies for the length, but not the girth.;  https://lollipopmagazine.com/1998/09/tilt-collect-em-all-interview/; https://fatwreck.com/products/x27-til-it-kills

Albums discussed:

Snuff - Melons and Potatoes

Lifetime - Jersey’s Best Dancers

Rancid - Life Won’t Wait

https://fatwreck.com/products/potatoes-and-melons-wholesale-prices-straight-from-the-lock-up

Snuff is bringing you some sweet sweet ska on this one.  This is basically a cover album.

Albums discussed:  Snuff - Demmamussabebonk;  Wizo - Uuaarrgh!;  Leatherface - Mush;  https://fatwreck.com/collections/snuff/products/demmamussabebonk; https://fatwreck.com/collections/wizo/products/uuaarrgh;  We’re back!  Season 2 kicks off with an international flavor.  It’s not a very good flavor since all the bands are from England and Germany.  https://www.punkrock.de/

Albums Discussed:

Consumed - Breakfast at Papa’s

Swingin Utters - Sounds Wrong

The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure

Dillinger Four - Midwestern Songs of the Americas

https://fatwreck.com/products/breakfast-at-pappas

https://fatwreck.com/products/the-sounds-wrong-e-p

https://fatwreck.com/products/look-forward-to-failure

Season Finale!  It’s an EP episode!  There’s a lot of talk about Cincinnati’s culinary contributions.  We talk about some light divination.  We try to count lips rings in the cover art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CdsYK-iiA&ab_channel=BarRescue

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pav8vn/dillinger-four-midwestern-songs-of-the-americas-the-shape-of-punk

Happy Flag Day!!!  We beta test a new Table Top RPG called Basements and Boneheads.  Think D&D mixed with something like Mother or Undertale.  There’s a detour to talk about John Cena’s view on “mistakes”.  We talk about our favorite records from 2022 and share it with you halfway through 2023.

Albums Discussed:  NOFX - The Longest Line; 88 Fingers Louie - Go Away!; 88 Fingers Louie - Wanted; Guns N Wankers - For Dancing and Listening; Sick of it All - Scratch the Surface; https://fatwreck.com/products/the-longest-line; https://fatwreck.com/collections/88-fingers-louie/products/go-away; https://fatwreck.com/collections/88-fingers-louie/products/wanted; https://fatwreck.com/collections/guns-n-wankers/products/for-dancing-and-listening;  Another EP episode!  Lots of records to discuss.  We have a guest too!  And we introduce a new segment called “Before They Got Fat”.

Records discussed:  Propagandhi - Less Talk More Rock;  Anti-Flag - Die For Your Government;  Inquisition - Revolution I Think It’s Called Inspiration;  https://fatwreck.com/products/less-talk-more-rock;  Ben’s audio sounds kinda shitty on this one.  Sorry.  We get real intellectual and talk about the Manufacturing of Consent.  We love this record.

New Year’s in July!!!  Lots of records are talked about, both new and old.  None of them from Fat.  We talk about songs that have the same title and Maximum Obscurity makes a comeback.  Alex and Ben share hot takes about celebrities and death.  Josh tells us why we’re wrong.  He also admits to drunkenly harassing Brett Gurewitz.  Let’s hope Trevor Keith doesn’t hear this.  Sophistry vs Solipsism, potato potato.  Ben Cornette makes his debut with a tennis racket to Face to Face. ;   (Fear on SNL mini-doc)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AumYnYlG9fg;  (Fear on SNL)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frud5RFtTi0

Records discussed:  No Use for a Name - The Daily Grind;  Rancid - Radio Radio Radio;  Grey Area - Fanbelt Algebra;  Doughboys - Whatever;  Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops;  The Distillers - The Distillers;   https://fatwreck.com/collections/vinyl/products/the-daily-grind;   https://fatwreck.com/collections/vinyl/products/radio-radio-radio;  It’s an EP episode so we change the formula a bit.

Albums discussed:  Hi-Standard - Growing Up;  Husking Bee - Grip;  Millencolin - For Monkeys;  No Fat page for this album exists.  Sort of seems to be out of print.  A positive and fun record.  Lots of fighting spirit!  Love is like ice cream.  Musical Geography Bee.  Also a surprising amount of Pinocchio talk. RIP Akira Tsuneoka!  https://www.toysfactory.co.jp/;  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy%27s_Factory; https://www.pizzaofdeath.com/news/

Albums discussed:  Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything;  Born Against - Battle Hymns for the Race War;  Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don’t Know How To Party;  Sepultura - Chaos A.D.; https://fatwreck.com/collections/best-sellers/products/how-to-clean-everything-20th-anniversary-edition;  https://exclaim.ca/music/article/propagandhi-nazi_baiting_hardcore_raging

Joined by our friend Josh Fekete.  We all agree this is one of our favorites.

Albums Discussed:  Goober Patrol - Vacation;  Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition;  Less Than Jake - Losing Streak;  https://fatwreck.com/products/vacation; No mercy: this is a dumb band name.  But this album is shockingly good.  https://rateyourmusic.com/label/thems_good_records/

Happy International Asteroid Day!  We have fanmail for once.  Ben commits Harry Caray in shame.