On The Wreck Chord

Apr 05 2024 1
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On The Wreck Chord is an unofficial fan podcast about the Fat Wreck Chords catalog and punk music in general. Join hosts Alex and Ben as they go album-by-album, side-by-side, in (mostly) chronological order through the Fat catalog, holding in-depth discussions about the major releases and their context within the world of punk music. Fat Wreck Chords is the seminal and iconic skate punk label founded by Fat Mike of NOFX and has been the home to Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Strung Out, Against Me! and many, many more.

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S03 E12: Consumed - “Breakfast at Papa’s” / Swingin Utters - “Sounds Wrong” / The Ataris - “Look Forward to Failure”

Apr 05 2024 73 mins  
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

S03 E11: Swingin’ Utters - “Five Lessons Learned”

Mar 29 2024 73 mins  
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 po

S03 E10: Snuff - “Tweet Tweet My Lovely”

Mar 22 2024 66 mins  
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.

S03 E09: Strung Out - “Twisted By Design”

Mar 15 2024 106 mins  
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

S03 E08: Tilt - “Collect Em All”

Mar 08 2024 70 mins  
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.

S03 E07: Good Riddance - “Ballads from the Revolution”

Mar 01 2024 67 mins  
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. RI

S03 E06: 88 Fingers Louie - “The Teacher Gets It” / Snuff - “Schminkie Minkie Pinkie” / Goober Patrol - “Eight of Spades”

Feb 23 2024 60 mins  
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

S03 E05: Bracket - “Novelty Forever”

Feb 16 2024 79 mins  
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 assas

S03 E04: Lagwagon - “Double Plaidinum”

Feb 09 2024 116 mins  
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.

S03 E03: No Use For A Name - “Making Friends”

Feb 02 2024 64 mins  
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 ta