Editing Fastbacks (section)

{{short description|Pop punk band from Seattle}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = Fastbacks
| image               = Fastbacks 2011 - 01B.jpg
| caption             = The Fastbacks at a 2011 reunion gig. Left to right: Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, Mike Musburger (rear), Lulu Gargiulo
| image_size          = 300
| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 
| origin              = [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], United States
| genre               = [[Pop punk]]
| years_active        = {{flatlist|
* 1979–2002
* 2011
* 2018
}}
| label               = [[Sub Pop Records|Sub Pop]], [[PopLlama Records|PopLlama]]
| associated_acts     = [[Visqueen (band)|Visqueen]], [[Guns N' Roses]], Calligraphers
| website             = 
| current_members     = 
| past_members        = 
* [[Kurt Bloch]]
* Lulu Gargiulo
* [[Kim Warnick]]
* [[Duff McKagan]]
* Mike Musburger
* [[Richard Stuverud]]
* Nate Johnson
* [[Rusty Willoughby]]
}}

'''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 [[Pop music|pop]]py tunes and strong musicianship.<ref name=FB-avclub-1999>{{cite news |last1=Thompson|first1=Stephen|title=Fastbacks|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/fastbacks-13627|access-date=23 February 2017|work=AV Club|date=3 November 1999}}</ref>

Although these three band members have remained fairly constant, they have gone 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."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/fastbacks/bio.jhtml |title=The Fastbacks bio |author=Deming, Mark |year=2004 |publisher=[[MTV]] |work=Mtv.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041022015417/http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/fastbacks/bio.jhtml |archive-date=October 22, 2004 |access-date=3 August 2014 }}</ref> For much of the band's heyday, [[The Posies|Mike Musburger]] 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 (band)|War Babies]], [[Fifth Angel]] and his collaborations with [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Jeff Ament]], including [[Three Fish]], Tres Mts. and [[RNDM]]), Nate Johnson and [[Rusty Willoughby]] (both of whom also played in both [[Flop (band)|Flop]] and [[Pure Joy]]), [[John Moen]] (of the [[Dharma Bums (band)|Dharma Bums]], later of [[Steven Malkmus]]'s Jicks and [[The Decemberists]]), [[Jason Finn (musician)|Jason Finn]] (of the [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|Presidents of the United States of America]]), [[Dan Peters]] of [[Mudhoney (band)|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 [[PopLlama Records]], who bring a similar mix of strong musicianship and punk attitude to even poppier material.

Contributing to the band's 2001 breakup was Kim Warnick's move to the band [[Visqueen (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.<ref name=KW-thesestreets-2017>{{cite web |url=https://thesestreets.org/kim-warnick/|title=These Streets: Kim Warnick
|work=These Streets|access-date=1 February 2017|author=uncredited|date=14 January 2013
}}</ref>

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 [[The Posies|Mike Musburger]] on drums, their first official show together since their 2001 breakup.<ref name=FB-WestSeattleBlog-2011>{{cite web|url=http://westseattleblog.com/2011/05/1st-west-seattle-summer-fest-music-announcement-fastbacks-reunion/|title=First West Seattle Summer Fest music news: Fastbacks reunion|work=West Seattle Blog|access-date=1 February 2017|author=uncredited}}</ref>

They later reunited in September 2018 for a benefit concert, in aid of fellow Seattle musician Andrew McKeag.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rose|first=Andy And Cat|date=2018-09-16|title=There's Something Hard in There: The Fastbacks, The Meices and more: Banding together for a friend in Seattle / Cat Rose photos|url=https://theressomethinghardinthere.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-fastbacks-meices-and-more-banding_16.html|access-date=2021-06-04|website=There's Something Hard in There}}</ref>

Following a series of archival releases, the Fastbacks released the new single "A Quiet Night" in February, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fastbacks.bandcamp.com/album/a-quiet-night | title=A Quiet Night, by Fastbacks }}</ref>