Having played with Chemikal Underground’s Holy Mountain, Japanese noise band Tacobonds, Sub Pop’s Metz and legendary Canadian punk rock band NoMeansNo they’ve also made appearances at Go North and Wickerman and many a headline show, the band have steadily gained fans amongst their peers, local and national press alike. This year the band will play the BBC Introducing Stage at T in the Park and support Torche on their UK tour in August as well as appear at ArcTanGent Festival, Wickerman and Belladrum.
In 2013, Fat Goth have appeared in Kerrang! (featuring both in an Introducing feature and being immortalized in comic form in K!’s legendary Pandora strip), The Skinny and one of Scotland’s biggest newspapers the Daily Record. BBC Radio 1 Scotland’s Vic Galloway has also championed the band along with BBC Radio 1’s Ally McCrae who presents Introducing. The boys were also nominated for Best Alternative Rock Act at this year’s Scottish Alternative Music Awards.
Stud was released via Hefty Dafty Records on 28th January 2013.
"the audio equivalent of a bloody massive T-Bone steak covered in BBQ Sauce." Ally McCrae - BBC Radio 1
"You'll be none the wiser by the end of it all, but much richer for stumbling into Fat Goth's odd little universe." KKKK album review - Kerrang
"Thrilling...gonzo metal." The Guardian
"Killer riffs have seen them become one of Scotland's hottest bands." Q Magazine
"...stinging punk and overdriven pop-rock, all served with a side order of abrasive volume. Yep, bigger and better things await Fat Goth." KKKK live review - Kerrang
"STUD is profoundly uneasy listening at its best, and weirdo freaks everywhere should love it." 8/10 - Rocksound
"Stud is a heavy as fuck album which goes some way to injecting a bit of danger back into UK rock music." 4/5 - Artrocker
"With this as their latest calling card, Fat Goth should have no problem becoming an in-demand ticket." 4/5 - The Skinny
"as an introduction to the pun-happy, riff-heavy world of Fat Goth, Stud is an invitingly vigorous place to start." 7/10 - Drowned In Sound
"Stud is an exciting, pummelling slab of top-notch beef." Rock-A-Rolla
"it’s heartening to unearth some true underdog oddballs from a dark corner of Britain. Fat Goth, we salute you." BBC Album Reviews
"...the most exciting thing to come out of Dundee in many a year." Terrorizer
"Excellent album of thunderstruck-hardcore, hollering-pop and countrified-rock‘n’roll." 4/5 - The List
"This is visceral, intelligent, misanthropic, no-holds-barred rock music." Vic Galloway, BBC Radio Scotland Album Of The Week
