Fastbacks are a Seattle, Washington, punk rock 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 but have reunited multiple times. Their sound mixes a generally punk rock approach to vocals and sound textures with poppy tunes and strong musicianship.[1]
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The Fastbacks at a 2011 reunion gig. Left to right: Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, Mike Musburger (rear), Lulu Gargiulo
Contributing to the band's 2001 breakup was Kim Warnick's move to the band Visqueen in 2001 through 2004. In summer 2010 Kim Warnick started a new band with Mikey Davis (Alien Crime Syndicate, Tommy Stinson) called Cali Giraffes.[3]
The Fastbacks reunited for a one-off live performance 8 July 2011 at the West Seattle Summer Music Festival, featuring the core trio of Bloch, Warnick, and Garguilo, along with Mike Musburger on drums, their first official show together since their 2001 breakup.[4]
They later reunited in September 2018 for a benefit concert, in aid of fellow Seattle musician Andrew McKeag.[5]
Following a series of archival releases, the Fastbacks released the new single "A Quiet Night" in February, 2023.[6]
1995: Oh Canaduh! (A Collection of Canadian Punk Rock Covers) (Lance Rock) track 8, "Won't Have To Worry"
1995: Screaming Life (Sub Pop) track 9, "What's It Like" - included with the book Screaming Life: A Chronicle of the Seattle Music Scene (HarperCollins)
1996: Bite Back / Live at the Crocodile Cafe's (PopLlama) track 5, "Always Tomorrow"
1996: Home Alive - The Art of Self Defense (Epic) track 1-3, "Time & Matter"
2001: Give the People What We Want : The Songs Of The Kinks (Sub Pop / Burn Burn Burn / Right Now) track 12, "Waterloo Sunset"
2004: Truth Corrosion and Sour Bisquits (Book Records)
2013: What Have We Wrought? A Mike Atta Benefit Compilation (Burger / Gasatanka / Munster) track 1-6, "Fast Enough"
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1988: Bike • Toy • Clock • Gift - self-released as a tape in 1988, re-released on No Threes Records in 1989, CD released in 1994 on Lucky Records
1991: In America (Smilin' Ear) (2×7")
1996: Here They Are... Live At the Crocodile... (Lance Rock) - Canada
2021: Mural Amphitheater, Seattle, WA August 25, 1986 (Bandcamp) - archival live recording
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2004: Hype! The Sound of a Musical Explosion DVD (Republic)
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^Thompson, Stephen (3 November 1999). "Fastbacks". AV Club. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^Deming, Mark (2004). "The Fastbacks bio". Mtv.com. MTV. Archived from the original on October 22, 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
^uncredited (14 January 2013). "These Streets: Kim Warnick". These Streets. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^uncredited. "First West Seattle Summer Fest music news: Fastbacks reunion". West Seattle Blog. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
^Rose, Andy And Cat (2018-09-16). "There's Something Hard in There: The Fastbacks, The Meices and more: Banding together for a friend in Seattle / Cat Rose photos". There's Something Hard in There. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
Stephen Tow, The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge (2011), Sasquatch Books (Seattle), especially p. 209–218, "Addendum: The Legendary Fastbacks". ISBN 1570617430.
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