Fat Mike (of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords fame) has announced his new label imprint “Bottles To The Ground”. The label, while still under the Fat Wreck Chord umbrella, will be an off shoot for bands who wouldn’t traditionally fit under Fat Wreck.
The first three announced signings include Codefendants, British punk duo The Meffs, and NOFX’s Eric Melvin’s EDM project Melvinator.
Fat Mike explains the origins of Bottles to the Ground:
“When NOFX first played Amsterdam in 1988, we were invited to the closing night of one of the most infamous squats in the city. Not just a squat, this was a punk bar that instructed everyone to smash all glasses and bottles on the street after we emptied them. Apparently there would be no repercussions from the city because no one owned it. So, we drank all night along with hundreds of punks and every fucking bottle got smashed. To me, it looked like how punk rock music should feel. Bottles to the Ground is the beauty of disaster.”
“Erin and I both decided that NOFX deserved to be co-owners for all their years of loyalty and support for Fat Wreck Chords. Of course, their percentage isn’t as big as mine, but hey…” – Fat Mike
