From Punknews...
More drama from the Screeching Weasel camp, as frontman Ben Weasel is apparently involved in a "beef" with Fat Wreck Chords boss/NOFX frontman Fat Mike.
The recent back-and-forth seemingly began with a tweet from Mike, saying "Ben Weasel emailed me an apology. Weird. Do I write back? What do I say?" Ben proceeded to try to get Mike to appear on his Weasel Radio podcast, asking his fans to bombard Mike with requests for an interview, and posting a short letter to his Facebook, where he explains a bit more of the past year and their issues:
"Hey gang, Fat Mike from Fat Wreck Chords and NOFX has a beef with me that I don't understand. It started just about a year ago but I thought it died out when he kicked us off the label (in an interview!) for supposedly making fun of him in a song. But now he's back at it. I always thought Fat Mike was a straight shooter and I liked working with Fat Wreck Chords. I certainly never had any problem with Mike. Before things took an ugly turn, I even pitched him an idea for a low-budget doc about an improv My Dinner With Andre-style conversation between us, and he agreed to participate in it. It bothers me that he thinks I made fun of him in a song, since I didn't. He's said a lot about that and other problems he apparently has with me in interviews and on Twitter, but he's never taken the opportunities I've offered to discuss it with me. I'm chagrined, bemused, and other words from the thesaurus. I figure Mike seems like an interesting guy, so let's get him on Weasel Radio and hash this whole thing out like grown ups. But thus far he's ignored my requests. So do me a favor and help me out by hitting him up on Twitter at @FatMike_of_NOFX and ask him to join us on Weasel Radio to discuss his problems with me. We'll sort out this whole mess yet!"
Mike eventually replied, again via Twitter, simply saying "Ben Weasel, I have nothing more to say to you or about you. I am certainly not going to debate you. So stop bugging me, please." Ben then dedicated the latest episode of Weasel Radio to discussing the dispute from his point of view with co-host Owen Murphy, reading the email exchanges between Mike and himself on-air, and airing his grievances with the handling of the whole business.
What is real hilarious is the back and forth from Ben Weasel as he cops mountains of abuse and praise on his facebook page which you can read over here.
You can listen to Ben Weasel's podcast about the whole affair below or if not working click here.
New Weasel Radio: The FAT MIKE episode!(1:00) How punk rock has become 4th grade.
(3:00) Ben explains Fat Mike kerfuffle
(5:00) Discussion of song that may have offended Fat Mike.
(6:30) Ben reads e-mail he sent to Fat Mike.
(8:30) Fat Mike replies via e-mail.
(10:00) Ben discovers Fat Mike is tweeting about him, hilarity ensues.
(12:30) The offending song and lyrics.
(15:30) El Hefe from NOFX joins in, shows sense of humor.
(19:30) The most ridiculous part of this story is...
(21:20) Song, Carnival of Schadenfreude.
(23:30) The dumbest idea in the history of everything.
(25:00) The Avril Lavigne challenge.
(26:30) Damnit, the internets DOES NOT CARE about this Ben Weasel! LOLZ!
(30:30) The most important point of all.
(31:30) Erection - Screeching Weasel
(33:30) Please Play This Song on the Radio - NOFX
