Fat Wreck Chords is Slashing Prices

PunkNews.org is reporting that Fat Wreck Chords has announced that it is cutting the price of all of their CDs to under $10 in the USA.

Here is what label head honcho and NOFX frontman Fat Mike had to say –

This is not a sale. This is how much this CD costs, and not only that, but EVERY CD on Fat Wreck Chords will now be under $10 and most will be under $8. No, we are not crazy. We just think that having a very low CD price is a fair way for scene supporting music fans to support their favorite independent bands and labels. Sound crazy? I think it sounds reasonable. We make less profit, but bands hopefully will sell more CDs to more people, which is why we started doing this in the first place.

I think this is a great thing that Fat is doing and I hope other label follow suit. It also helps that two of my favorite bands, Swingin’ Utters and Dead To Me, are on the Fat roster, so now I shall be paying less to get their CDs.