Fat Mike
Michael John Burkett (born January 31, 1967), also known as Fat Mike is an American musician, producer, lead vocalist and bassist for the punk rock band NOFX, as well as bassist for the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes and temporary bassist of Against Me!. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts.
Musical career
While attending Beverly Hills High School, Mike began his musical career with the band False Alarm. After the band split up in 1983, he met Eric Melvin and Erik Sandin and formed the original line-up of NOFX. He has also appeared as a guest-vocalist on a number of other bands' tracks including "Peter Brady" on Screeching Weasel's 1993 album, "Anthem for a New Tomorrow." Other appearances include "Beware" by Randy, "Mr. Coffee" and "Lazy" by Lagwagon, and can be heard heckling and requesting "Free Bird" at the end of the Lunachicks song, "Missed It," off their 1996 album, "Pretty Ugly," which he also produced. He also appears as a guest vocalist on the Dropkick Murphys single "Going Out In Style". Mike is the owner and founder of Fat Wreck Chords, one of the biggest independent labels in North America.
'Fat Mike' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Division 19 (2014)
Actors: Marc Cleary (actor), Elijah Daniel (actor), Didrik Davis (actor), Jimmy Doom (actor), Jamie Draven (actor), Giancarlo Evola (actor), Bailey Ferrer (actor), Marcus Goddard (actor), Toby Hemingway (actor), Quintin Hicks (actor), Tim Jo (actor), Scott Konkel (actor), Neal Kumar (actor), Ian Line (actor), Wade Baker (actor),
Plot: In the future, jails are turned into online portals allowing the public to view what prisoners eat, wear and watch. The jail complex is rolled out to a whole New Town, where the public votes on who to release. So successful is Panopticon TV, they are now launching an interactive version, where the public gets to do more than watch.
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller,Taglines: The geeks will inherit the earth
Trackdown (2010)
Actors: Haqi Ali (actor), David J. Bremner (actor), Neil Chamberlain (actor), Ian M. Court (actor), Darren Freebury-Jones (actor), David Fynn (actor), Alan James (actor), Tudley James (actor), Peter Michael McGowan (actor), Jared Morgan (actor), Said Mossini (actor), Anastasios Paschalidis (actor), Simon Riordan (actor), Wayne Russell (actor), Tim Stoodley (actor),
Plot: Two brothers are separated as Danny Stone is kidnapped, dragged off by three men from his home in South Wales. For Vince Stone it's a race against time to find out who has him and why. Vince gets closer to finding his brother but gets into some intense situations on the way, with each scene getting more violent and menacing as time goes on.
Keywords: kidnapping, neo-noir, walesGenres: Action, Thriller,
Mike, Fat Filmography
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2013, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: composer
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2008, role: producer
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2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - NOFX
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself - NOFX
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2005, role: actor , character name: Sheriff
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2004, role: actor , character name: Himself - Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies
Fat Mike
ALBUMS
- Rubber Bordello: Soundtrack released: 2012
