Editing Fastbacks

{{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>

==Discography==
===Albums===
* 1987: ''...And His Orchestra'' ([[PopLlama Records|PopLlama]])
* 1990: ''[[Very, Very Powerful Motor]]'' (PopLlama)
* 1991: ''Never Fails, Never Works'' (Blaster!) - UK compilation of EPs
* 1992: ''The Question is No'' ([[Sub Pop]]) - compilation
* 1993: ''[[Zücker]]'' (Sub Pop)
* 1994: ''[[Answer the Phone, Dummy]]'' (Sub Pop)
* 1996: ''New Mansions in Sound'' (Sub Pop)
* 1999: ''The Day that didn't Exist'' ([[spinART Records|spinART]])
* 2024: ''For WHAT Reason!'' (No Threes)

===Compilations===
* 2016: ''Now is the Time'' (No Threes) compilation
* 2018: ''If You Want To Slow Down, Step On The Gas'' ([[Bandcamp]]) - compilation recorded between 1985 and 1990
* 2020: ''Zucker 2020'' ([[Bandcamp]]) - expanded and remixed version of 1993 album

===Singles===
* 1981: "It's Your Birthday" / "You Can't Be Happy" (No Threes)
* 1989: "Wrong Wrong Wrong" / "In America" - (Subway) - UK
* 1989: "In The Winter" / "It Came To Me In A Dream" (Subway) - UK
* 1990: "Lose" (Steve Priest Fan Club) - split with [[Gas Huffer]]
* 1991: ''The Answer Is You'' ("My Letters"/"Whatever Happened to ?"/"Impatience"/"Above the Sunrise") (Sub Pop) 2-single set
* 1992: "Run No More" / "Really" (Who Cares?)
* 1992: "Now Is the Time" / "Sometimes" / "Was Late" (Ded Beet)
* 1993: "They Don't Care" / "Out of the Charts" - (PopLlama)
* 1993: "Gone to the Moon" - "Go All the Way" (Sub Pop)
* 1994: "Wait It Out" / "The Jester" (Munster)
* 1995: ''Rat Race / I Live In A Car / Telephone Numbers'' (Gearhead Records) - Split with The [[Meices]] 
* 1996: ''Just Say'' (Sub Pop)
* 1996: ''All In Order'' / ''Answer The Phone, Dummy'' / ''Allison'' (Birdtime Bird Co.)
* 1996: ''And After All'' / ''Marionette'' (Birdtime Bird Co.)
* 2011: ''Come On Come On'' / ''I Can't Hide'' (Super Fan)
* 2023: ''A Quiet Night'' / ''Outer Space'' (No Threes)

===EPs===
* 1982: ''Fastbacks Play Five of Their Favorites'' (No Threes)
* 1983: ''Orangeman hath no home here'' (No Threes)
* 1984: ''Everyday Is Saturday'' (No Threes)
* 1989: "In The Summer/You Can't Be Happy/Everything I Don't Need/Queen of Eyes" (No Threes/SPFC)
* 1993: ''Gone To The Moon'' (Sub Pop)
* 1996: ''Alone In A Furniture Warehouse Scaring You Away Like A Hotel Mattress'' (Munster) - Spain
* 1998: ''Win Lose or Both'' (PopLlama)

===Contributed tracks to===
* 1981: ''[[Seattle Syndrome Volume One]]'' (Engram) track 6, "Someone Else's Room"
* 1986: ''Let's Sea'' ([[K Records]]) track A-4, "Don't Eat That, It's Poison"
* 1986: ''Monkey Business: Green Monkey Records 1986 Compilation'' (Green Monkey) track 8, "Time Passes"
* 1988: ''[[Sub Pop 200]]'' (Sub Pop) track 10, "Swallow My Pride" ([[Green River (band)|Green River]] cover)
* 1991: ''Another Damned Seattle Compilation'' ([[Dashboard Hula Girl Records|Dashboard Hula Girl]]) track 18, "Hit or Miss" ([[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] cover)
* 1992:  on ''[[International Pop Underground Convention (album)|International Pop Underground Convention]]'' ([[K Records]]) track 19, "Impatience" (live) 
* 1992: ''International Pop Underground Convention''' ([[K Records]]) track 19, "Impatience"
* 1992: ''Hodge Podge & Barrage from Japan'' (1 + 2 Records) track 9, "Trouble Sleeping"
* 1992: ''Estrus Gearbox'' ([[Estrus Records|Estrus]]) track 2, "Hot Rods To Heaven"
* 1992: ''20 More Explosive Fantastic Rockin' Mega Smash Hit Explosions!'' (Pravda) track 2-6 "Rocket Man"
* 1993: ''...And The Fun Just Never Ends'' (Lost And Found) track 8, "You Can't Be Happy"; track 8, "Love You More" - Germany
* 1993: ''Say Hello To The Far East'' ([[Sony Records]]) track 1, "Go All The Way"
* 1994: ''13 Soda Punx'' (Munster / Top Drawer) track 5, "	I'm Cold"
* 1994: ''"Whole Wide World" - The Subway Organisation Label 1986-1990'' (Midi Inc.) track 14, "In The Winter"
* 1994: ''The World of [[The Zombies]]'' (PopLlama) track 6, "Hung Up On A Dream"; track 9, "[[Just Out of Reach (song)|Just Out Of Reach]]"
* 1995: ''20 Supersonic Mega Explosive Hits'' (Runt) track 19, "Rocket Man" - Italy
* 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 Records|Epic]]) track 1-3, "Time & Matter"
* 1996: ''Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (Sub Pop) track 1, "K Street" (Live); track 22, "Just Say"
* 1996: ''Paydirt'' (Sub Pop) track 7, "I Can't Win"; track 17, "No Information"
* 1997: ''Dictators Forever Forever Dictators Vol. II'' (Roto) track 16, "Exposed"  - Spain
* 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"

===Live===
* 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#Lucky Records - Seattle|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

===Video===
* 2004: ''Hype! The Sound of a Musical Explosion'' DVD (Republic)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Stephen Tow, ''The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge'' (2011), Sasquatch Books (Seattle), especially p.&nbsp;209–218, "Addendum: The Legendary Fastbacks". {{ISBN|1570617430}}.

==External links==
{{commons category|The Fastbacks}}
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=fastbacks on the ''Trouser Press'' site]
* {{AllMusic | id= 
fastbacks-mn0000174582 | label= Fastbacks}}
* {{discogs artist|
283348-Fastbacks |Fastbacks}}

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