''Fat Music Volume 3: Physical Fatness'' is the third

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released by the

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, in 1997.

Booklet

The cover and booklet for the compilation was designed and illustrated by artist

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in the style of a newspaper, with the liner notes for the band and song information written out as

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. The inside fold of the booklet contains the "

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" with 17 strips drawn, one for each band on the compilation, most in the style of a syndicated comic series. The following comics are represented: * NOFX:

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(titled as "NOFXnuts") * Good Riddance: ''Unknown'' * Snuff:

Andy Capp ''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels. The st ...

* Strung Out: ''Unknown'' * Goober Patrol:

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* Hi Standard:

Beetle Bailey ''Beetle Bailey'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker, published since September 4, 1950. It is set on a fictional United States Army post. In the years just before Walker's death in 2018 (at age 94), it was among the old ...

* Screeching Weasel: ''Unknown'' (titled as "Screech goes the Weasel") * Lagwagon:

Family Circus ''The Family Circus'' (originally ''The Family Circle'', also ''Family-Go-Round'') is a print syndication, syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Bil Keane and, since Bil's death in 2011, is zombie strip, currently written, inked, and rend ...

(titled as "Family Lagwagon") * Bracket:

Cathy ''Cathy'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Cathy Guisewite from 1976 until 2010. The comic follows Cathy, a woman who struggles through the "four basic guilt groups" of life—food, love, family, and work. The strip gently pokes ...

* Swingin Utters: ''Unknown'' * No Use for a Name: ''Unknown; appears to be the

Coneheads The Coneheads are a fictional family of extraterrestrials with bald conical heads, created for a series of recurring sketches on ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL). They first appeared on the January 15, 1977 episode hosted by Ralph Nader (episode 3 ...

'' * The Dickies:

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(titled as "The Dickies of Od") * Screw 32:

The Fusco Brothers ''The Fusco Brothers'' is an American gag-a-day comic strip created by J. C. Duffy which features the four Fusco bachelors — Rölf, Lance, Al, and Lars — along with Lance's girlfriend, Gloria, and Axel, the Fuscos' wolverine The wolver ...

(titled as "Screw 32 Bros.") * Propaghandi:

Dilbert ''Dilbert'' is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989. It is known for its satirical office humor about a white-collar, micromanaged office with engineer Dilbert as the title characte ...

* Tilt: B.C. * 88 Fingers Louie: ''Unknown'' * Me First & the Gimme Gimmes: ''Unknown''

Track listing

References

Fat Music compilations 1997 compilation albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub

Booklet

Track listing

See also

References