Fat Mezz is a rock band out of South Jersey who, after getting their start in 2020, began playing shows in the Philadelphia area and down the Jersey shore, primarily in  Wildwood, NJ. After several years of consistently playing cover shows full time, in mid 2023, they released their first original tracks, a two song EP titled “Fat Mezz Loves Cooter”. Cooter, who’s illustration is featured on the cover, being the bands beloved basset hound.

The band consists of Billy Thoden and Kurt Foster both playing lead and rhythm Guitar, Dom Levy on Bass, & Corey Chodes on Drums. All four are talented vocalists, constantly trading off lead, background, and harmonic vocals. The four grew up across south Jersey, all of them playing shows and picking up early on-stage experience as teenagers. Meeting each other and playing on and off through the years they eventually joined forces. After playing under several different names they settled on Fat Mezz. The Bands name is a tribute to Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, a Jazz Clarinetist and saxophonist, as well as an outspoken civil rights advocate, and infamously, one of the most well know marijuana dealers in the NYC jazz community.

Fat Mezz’s sound is rooted in a mix of Blues, Rock, Jam, Psychedelia & Soul. Their original music aims to reflect on their influences, bands of the past and present who’ve been cemented as pioneers and superstars as well as those who’ve been who undeservingly forgotten. The bands goal is to blend vintage sounds with new and deliver them to fans of all ages.