Mike Burkett
Overview
Michael John Burkett better known as Fat Mike is an American
United States
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 musician, producer, lead vocalist, and bassist for the punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band NOFX
NOFX
NOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...

, as well as bassist for the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes is a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione...

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The moniker "Fat Mike" was given to Mike by friends after he returned from college
College
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 and it was evident that he had gained a little weight. While attending Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. Beverly is part of the Beverly Hills Unified School District and located on on the west side of Beverly Hills, at the...

, Mike began his musical career with the band False Alarm.
Quotations

Kids, if you're gonna be a good Christian, you should go to a good college. But if you go to college, then you probably won't be a Christian any longer 'cause you might learn something about other cultures.

Yeah the last time we were in Dallas was in 1985...so if you were born in '85, I'm your dad.

Grass? In over 34 cities you're the only crazy guys who throw grass!

Warped Tour 2000, Montreal, Quebec

I would say that punk rock has non-terminal cancer. It's got a lot of fucked up growths on it, but it's not gonna die from it.

Fat Mike: I like pasta a lot more than I like rasta. Who wants a plate of rasta?Hefe: How about a bowl of rasta?

NOFX to a Reggae band @ Warped Tour 2002 at the Gorge, WA

Coming up next, Nick Cave and the Bad Band! - Introducing Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bizarre Festival 1996, Köln, Germany

(at Underoath's bible study) Underoath doesn't believe in dinosaurs!

 
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