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Infobox musical artist | name = Mike Burkett| image = Fatmikecapetownsouthafrica.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Michael John Burkett| alias = Fat Mike Cokie the Clown | birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|1|31|2| death_date = | origin = Los Angeles , California | instrument = Bass guitar|Bass , Lead vocals|vocals , Keyboard instrument|keyboards , guitar | genre = Punk rock | occupation = | years_active = 1983& ndash;present | label = Epitaph Records|Epitaph , Fat Wreck Chords | associated_acts = NOFX Me First and the Gimme Gimmes False Alarm (band)|False Alarm Cokie the Clown | website = URL| http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/| current_members = | past_members = | notable_instruments = Danelectro DC Danelectro Hodad Fender Deluxe Precision G& L Michael John Burkett (born January 31, 1967 in Newton, Massachusetts ), better known as Fat Mike is an United States|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 .
Musical career
The moniker "Fat Mike" was given to Mike by friends after he returned from college and it was evident that he had gained a little weight.cite web|url= http://www.nofx.org/oldint/flipside97.html |title=Flipside 1997 July/August |publisher=Nofx.org |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04 While attending Fairfax 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.
Mike is the owner and founder of Fat Wreck Chords , one of the biggest independent labels in North America. He was also the founder of the Rock Against Bush tour. The purpose was to encourage young Americans to vote George W. Bush out of office in 2004.
Mike recently recorded the " Cokie the Clown " EP with NOFX, playing Cokie on both the cover of the EP and the music video for the title-track, "Cokie the Clown". In the video, Mike dresses as Cokie and puts white powder into his squirting flower, representing cocaine . Cokie then walks around Chicago squirting powder in pedestrians' faces, as chronicled in the song itself. The video was shot during the punk music festival, Riot Fest , in October 2009.
Mike appeared in the 2010 music documentary " Sounds Like A Revolution " and also features as an interviewee in the " The Other F Word ," an analysis of punk rock fatherhood. He also appears as a guest vocalist on the Dropkick Murphys single " Going Out In Style ".
Personal life
Burkett lives in San Francisco , California . He and his wife Erin divorced in 2010 after 18 years of marriage. They have a daughter named Darla.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=B_wdaX-rXlI& feature=player_embedded |title=?Spontan intervju med NOFX?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-04
He is of Jewish heritage, but does not practice Judaism .Citation needed|date=August 2011 At Emo's , a popular nightclub in Austin, Texas|Austin during the 2010 South by Southwest festival, Fat Mike has made appearances as Cokie the Clown, but one of his most memorable was the SXSW fest.cite web|url= http://www.theinertia.com/music-art/nofx-fat-mike-banned-in-austin/ |title=Banned in Austin: NOFX’s Fat Mike Shocks SXSW |publisher=TheInertia.com |date=2010-09-13 |accessdate=2011-07-04 He recounted several graphic and disturbing stories about his life, and played several songs both previously released and unreleased. He also tricked several members of the audience into drinking tequila, before showing them a video of himself filling a partially full bottle of tequila to the top with urine to shocked reactions. The stunt was later revealed as a joke on NOFX's website, which showed Fat Mike switching out the urine bottle for an untainted one before making audience members drink it. Mike has since been banned from Emo's. Fat Mike has been credited with creating the phrase "Nawesome", which means not awesome.cite web|url= http://www.fatwreckwiki.com/w/Nawesome |title=Nawesome |publisher=FatWreckWiki |date=2011-03-14 |accessdate=2011-07-04
He is a drug-user. He has never used codeine or heroin, however, according to https://twitter.com/#!/FatMike_of_NOFX/status/78180917956448256 this tweet regarding http://vicemag.tumblr.com/post/6290719251/fat-mike-clutching-a-plastic-baggie-of-mushrooms this drawing published by Vice by Tao Lin .
Since 2010 Fat Mike has owned a gastropub -style restaurant in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY called Thistle Hill Tavern.cite web|url= http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2010/05/fat_mikes_not-s.php |title=Fat Mike's Not-So-Punk Restaurant Thistle Hill, Now Open in Park Slope& #33; |publisher=VillageVoice.com |date=2010-05-10
Discography
main|NOFX discographymain|Me First and the Gimme Gimmes discography
References
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