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Fastbacks "Waste of Time"

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The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. Formed in 1979 by songwriter/guitarist Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960), and friends Lulu Gargiulo (guitar and vocals, born October 12, 1960) and Kim Warnick (bass and...

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The Fastbacks - It's Your Birthday

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SUB POP 200 - THE FASTBACKS - SWALLOW MY PRIDE

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PLAYING: THE FASTBACKS - SWALLOW MY PRIDE (RARE) Sub Pop 200 is a compilation released in the early days of the Seattle grunge scene (December 1988). It features songs (many of them first releases and otherwise...

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Fastbacks Biography

thumb|right|The Fastbacks (1995). Left to right: Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, Lulu Gargiulo, unidentified drummer. The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. Formed in 1979 by songwriter/guitarist Kurt Bloch (born August 28, 1960), and friends Lulu Gargiulo (guitar and vocals, born October 12, 1960) and Kim Warnick (bass and vocals, born April 7, 1959), they disbanded in 2001. Their sound mixed a generally punk rock approach to vocals and sound textures with poppy tunes and strong musicianship.

Although these three band members remained constant, they went through numerous drummers, including Duff McKagan, later of Guns N' Roses. MTV's web page on the Fastbacks says that estimates at the number of Fastbacks drummers "range from 12 to 20." For most of the band's last decade, Mike Musberger filled this role, but other Fastbacks drummers before him (or when he took occasional breaks) included Bloch himself, Richard Stuverud (perhaps best known from War Babies, Fifth Angel and now, Three Fish, side project of Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament), Nate Johnson and Rusty Willoughby (both of whom also played in both Flop and Pure Joy), John Moen (of the Dharma Bums, later of Steven Malkmus's Jicks and The Decemberists), Jason Finn (of the Presidents of the United States of America), Dan Peters of Mudhoney, and Tad Hutchison of the Young Fresh Fellows. Several of these people also served at times as drummers in The Squirrels, a similarly long-lived band, and the Fastbacks' sometime label-mates on Pop Llama Records, who bring a similar mix of strong musicianship and punk attitude to even poppier material.

Contributing to the band's breakup was Kim Warnick's move to the band Visqueen.

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Fastbacks's Best Songs

  • 1. Swallow My Pride
  • 2. Gone to the Moon
  • 3. Just Say
  • 4. Believe Me Never
  • 5. Ball Of Fire
  • 6. Hung on a Bad Peg
  • 7. Under the Old Lightbulb
  • 8. Do The Right Thing
  • 9. My Letters
  • 10. On the couch
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Fastbacks Discography

Fastbacks albums.

  • Zucker - (Sub Pop Records/DE)
  • ... and His Orchestra - 31/07/1989 (Subway Organization/GB)
  • ...And His Orchestra - 07/1989 (Subway Organization/GB)

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