Fat Wreck Chords, the record label started by NOFX frontman/bassist “Fat Mike” Burkett is celebrating its 30th anniversary. That’s three decades of defining the sound of West Coast punk and fighting the power. Fat Wreck has amassed a catalog of recordings by fledgling upstarts, stone cold icons and a couple of crucial compilations, as well. We were too busy to bake Mike a cake (or some really special brownies). Instead, we asked him to tell us his picks for the 30 most important records in the Fat Wreck discography.

We’re smart enough not to suggest any parameters to Fat Mike. He set all the ground rules for this particular exercise. For instance, he insisted none…