Hopeless Data and Fats Wreck Chords have introduced their partnership, uniting two of punk’s most influential unbiased labels.
The results of a long-standing connection between the 2 labels, Hopeless will purchase the Fats Wreck Chords catalog.
All unrecouped balances for at present signed Fats Wreck Chords artists can be zeroed out, and Hopeless will undertake a no-new-signings coverage for Fats Wreck Chords, making certain all focus and assets keep on its present roster.
On the partnership, Hopeless Data founder Louis Posen has shared:
“The chance to guide the historical past, catalog, and roster of Fats Wreck Chords into the longer term, alongside Mike and Erin, is the dignity and privilege of my 30-year profession. We’re extremely grateful that Mike and Erin have entrusted the Hopeless group to care for his or her 35 years of ardour and exhausting work.
“I vividly recall buying NOFX’s The Longest Line vinyl from Aron’s Data, Hollywood, in 1992. Only a yr later, I discovered myself directing a music video for NOFX, after which directing a video for Lagwagon. I keep in mind sitting at West Seashore Studios with Mike, listening to Propagandhi file Find out how to Clear All the pieces. Now, 30 years later, I’m humbled to hold ahead that unbelievable legacy. I don’t know when it would totally sink in, however we’re deeply dedicated to honoring and persevering with the outstanding historical past of Fats Wreck Chords.”
Fats Wreck Chords co-founder Michael John Burkett (Fats Mike) has additionally added:
“After speaking to so many various labels to companion with over the previous 3 years, Erin and I noticed that Hopeless was the one alternative. We’ve been associates with Louis for over 30 years and he’s somebody who all the time appears to doing issues for the better good. I fully belief his ethics and acumen with the legacy of Fats Wreck Chords.”
To mark their union, the labels are releasing new music from three cornerstone bands.
This contains the primary new album in 5 years from Dangerous Cop Dangerous Cop titled ‘Lighten Up’, the primary in a three-part archival collection from NOFX, and a twentieth anniversary version of Strung Out’s ‘Exile in Oblivion’.
With all three releases accessible to pre-order now, take a hearken to Dangerous Cop Dangerous Cop’s brand-new single ‘All Collectively Now’ beneath:
This yr, Fats Wreck Chords celebrates its thirty fifth anniversary, while final yr marked the thirtieth anniversary of Hopeless Data.
Rock Sound spoke to Louis Posen all in regards to the legacy of the label, and the way he’s managed to maintain such a agency grip on his preliminary imaginative and prescient for Hopeless.
On the expansion of the label, he advised us:
“The start of issues was very very like the way you construct a home. The inspiration is simply nearly as good as what you placed on high of it. Fortunately, our basis is constructed on do-it-yourself but in addition constructed on rules. It’s constructed on concepts and beliefs during which we need to do enterprise as a lot as we need to reside life. Whereas these have considerably advanced, they’ve been extra about revealing what was already inside over time.”