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Fastball - The Way

Fastball - The Way (04:24)

original video official homepage www.fastballtheband.com

Fastball - Out Of My Head

Fastball - Out Of My Head (02:28)

original video

Fastball "The Way"

Fastball "The Way" (04:31)

[Apr-1998]

ViewDo: How To Throw a 4-seam Fastball

ViewDo: How To Throw a 4-seam Fastball (01:05)

Know on the Go! - To Download this and other useful ViewDos to your portable viewer for free visit www.viewdo.com The ol' number 1. Send a scorcher down the pipe and tack up another "K.

Fastball - Out of my head (Alternate version)

Fastball - Out of my head (Alternate version) (02:40)

This is the alternative version from 1999. Same song and artist, different video. Fastball rocks!!! myspace.com/fastballtheband This low bitrate clip is intended solely for comment and criticism, under the fair use...

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Fastball Reviews

London King's Cross Water Rats

London King's Cross Water Rats

Twang in a manner more reminiscent of The Shadows than Morricone...

  • Sep 9, 1998

All The Pain Money Can Buy

You can't choose where you come from. Fastball are from Austin, Texas, home of such mythical rock nutters as 13th Floor Elevators' Roky Erickson and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers....

  • Sep 1, 1998

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Fastball Biography

Fastball is an American rock band that formed in Austin, Texas in the 1990s. The band originally called themselves "Magneto U.S.A." but changed their name after signing with Hollywood Records.

In 1998, their album All The Pain Money Can Buy reached platinum sales within six months of its release, and stayed on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart for a year. In addition, the group has been nominated for two Grammy Awards - Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "The Way", and Best Long Form Music Video for their promotional video "They Wanted The Highway". they also received five The Austin Chronicle awards: 1998's Album of the Year, Best Video, Best Single/EP, Band of the Year, and 1995's Best Pop Band.

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Fastball's Best Songs

  • 1. The Way
  • 2. Out of My Head
  • 3. Fire Escape
  • 4. Better Than It Was
  • 5. You're an Ocean
  • 6. Sooner or Later
  • 7. Warm Fuzzy Feeling
  • 8. Slow Drag
  • 9. G.O.D. (Good Old Days)
  • 10. Busy Bodies
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Fastball Discography

Fastball albums.

  • All the Pain Money Can Buy - 10/03/1998 (Hollywood Records/US)
  • Make Your Mamma Proud - 02/04/1996 (Hollywood Records/US)

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