# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fat-mike
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:40:42.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fat-mike"
name: "Fat Mike"
slug: "fat-mike"
description: "Michael John Burkett, known professionally as Fat Mike, is an American musician and producer. He was the bassist and lead vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX and the cofounder and bassist of the punk rock supergroup cover band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Burkett started out with his first band False Alarm in 1982. He and NOFX rhythm guitarist Eric Melvin were the only band members who remained constant in the band's lineup throughout its existence. Burkett was the owner and founder of Fat Wreck Chords."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023_Rock_im_Park_-_NOFX_-_Fat_Mike_-_by_2eight_-_ZSC3828.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.04
  momentum:             7.436344494079346
  historical:           18.72430933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/FatMike_of_NOFX"
    handle:    "FatMike_of_NOFX"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224455/"
    handle:    "nm1224455"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فات ميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فت مایک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Фат Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "فت مایک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ファット・マイク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%BB_%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "팻 마이크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Burkett"
    title: "Mike Burkett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%8D%D1%82_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Фэт Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Mike"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4ed62eb-2728-45f0-9290-9684547bf1ef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546237"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/928813"
    title: "Fat Mike"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump