Episode 41 - Erin Kelly-Burkett (Fat Wreck Chords' Boss)

This week on Turned Out A Punk, Damian is joined by Fat Wreck Chords’ boss Erin Kelly-Burkett. Listen in as Erin talks getting into punk and forming a DIY punk label empire in the wake.
Also touched on:
-No punk in this small town
-Jean from Amsterdam moves to town and hated by everyone but you
-Bad Religion
-Seeing 7 Seconds
-The Faction
-Running away from home to live in a squat
-The radness of Kevin Seconds
-No one will buy
-Anticipating the Dischord
-Older sister as Punk/Parent Peace negotiator
-Moving to SF to go to school
-Bumming a ride with Fat Mike
-Mistaken identity with Scotty from Verbal Abuse: Fat Mike look-a-like
-The Fat Wreck Rejection Letter controversy
-The forming of Fat Wreck Chords
-Meeting Lagwagon for the first time
-Putting out other band on the label set up to put out NoFX records
-Mike being an A&R
-The “Fat Sound”
-Shit gets real with the release of Leche Con Carne
-Contracts
-Trying to keep the family vibe in a label
-Survival Of The Fattest Volume 2: a genius label strategy from the label with no strategy
-Short Music For Short People
-Chris Dodge from Spazz: label manager of Fat
-Making sure Fat is part of the San Francisco Punk community
-Trying to get distributors on board with The Decline
-Snuff: give the drummer some!
-Sick Of it All
-Swingin’ Utters
-Pears: first Fat band to be signed sight-unseen

This week on Turned Out A Punk, Damian is joined by Fat Wreck Chords’ boss Erin Kelly-Burkett. Listen in as Erin talks getting into punk and forming a DIY punk label empire in the wake.
Also touched on:
-No punk in this small town
-Jean from Amsterdam moves to town and hated by everyone but you
-Bad Religion
-Seeing 7 Seconds
-The Faction
-Running away from home to live in a squat
-The radness of Kevin Seconds
-No one will buy
-Anticipating the Dischord
-Older sister as Punk/Parent Peace negotiator
-Moving to SF to go to school
-Bumming a ride with Fat Mike
-Mistaken identity with Scotty from Verbal Abuse: Fat Mike look-a-like
-The Fat Wreck Rejection Letter controversy
-The forming of Fat Wreck Chords
-Meeting Lagwagon for the first time
-Putting out other band on the label set up to put out NoFX records
-Mike being an A&R
-The “Fat Sound”
-Shit gets real with the release of Leche Con Carne
-Contracts
-Trying to keep the family vibe in a label
-Survival Of The Fattest Volume 2: a genius label strategy from the label with no strategy
-Short Music For Short People
-Chris Dodge from Spazz: label manager of Fat
-Making sure Fat is part of the San Francisco Punk community
-Trying to get distributors on board with The Decline
-Snuff: give the drummer some!
-Sick Of it All
-Swingin’ Utters
-Pears: first Fat band to be signed sight-unseen