History Music / Fastbacks

[=McKagan's=] departure to Music/GunsNRoses left them without a permanent drummer for a time, but Fastbacks graduated from local favorites to national cult heroes thanks to the early-nineties {{Grunge}} explosion and the 1992 Creator/SubPop-released singles compilation, ''The Question Is No''. With '''Mike Mussberger''' now the semi-permanent drummer and the endorsement of grunge heroes PearlJam, Fastbacks released their biggest album, ''New Mansions In Sound'' in 1996.

* TheCameo: [[PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] does guest vocals on "[[Music/TheWhoSellOut Girl's Eyes]]"...[[EpicFail and botches them]]. A bootleg recording also includes him and Mike [=McCreary=] joining the band for songs during the '96 tour.

* TheCameo: [[PearlJam Eddie Vedder]] does guest vocals on "Girl's Eyes"...[[EpicFail and botches them]]. A bootleg recording also includes him and Mike [=McCreary=] joining the band for songs during the '96 tour.

[=McKagan's=] departure to [[Music/GunsNRoses bigger things in Los Angeles]] left them without a permanent drummer for a time, but Fastbacks graduated from local favorites to national cult heroes thanks to the early-nineties {{Grunge}} explosion and the 1992 Subterranean Pop-released singles compilation, ''The Question Is No''. With '''Mike Mussberger''' now the semi-permanent drummer and the endorsement of grunge heroes PearlJam, Fastbacks released their biggest album, ''New Mansions In Sound'' in 1996.

-->-Robert Christgau

* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Zücker'' oddly had its title dropped in a music video, but not on the album proper. ''The Day That Doesn't Exist'' has a more standard example on the title track.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Breakup Theme"

* AsleepInClass: The premise behind the "[[http://vimeo.com/10935704 Going To The Moon]]", with the band's performance as a dream sequence.

* FandomRivalry: Seattle's PunkRock and HardRock fans did not get along well, causing the band plenty of early trouble for their choice in cover songs, a phenomenon band members made mention of even in late-career interviews.

* ''Bike, Toy, Clock, Gift'' (1989)

Known as "the least ambitious band in rock" for maintaining their day jobs in the face of success, '''Fastbacks''' were a PopPunk group active from 1979 through 2001. Drawing influence from [[TheSixties 60's]] GirlGroup pop and [[TheSeventies 70's]] HardRock, lead guitarist '''Kurt Bloch''', rhythm guitarist/vocalist '''Lulu Gargiulo''', and [bassist '''Kim Warnick''' took to the UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} circuit with poor early results. Provincialism reigned in the local rock scene, which spelled trouble for a punk band without a set drummer playing Music/{{ACDC}} covers. The addition of teenage multi-instrumentalist Duff [=McKagan=] on drums stabilized the lineup for a time. Fastbacks developed their following and became a draw in the local clubs, despite their reliance on a drummer too young to stay on the premises.

Known as "the least ambitious band in rock" for maintaining their day jobs in the face of success, '''Fastbacks''' were a PopPunk group active from 1979 through 2001. Drawing influence from [[TheSixties 60's]] GirlGroup pop and [[TheSeventies 70's]] HardRock, lead guitarist '''Kurt Bloch''', rhythm guitarist '''Lulu Gargiulo''', and [[LeadBassist bassist/vocalist]] '''Kim Warnick''' took to the UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} circuit with poor early results. Provincialism reigned in the local rock scene, which spelled trouble for a punk band without a set drummer playing Music/{{ACDC}} covers. The addition of teenage multi-instrumentalist Duff [=McKagan=] on drums stabilized the lineup for a time. Fastbacks developed their following and became a draw in the local clubs, despite their reliance on a drummer too young to stay on the premises.

* LeadBassist: Gargiulo also handles lead vocals, making her a type B.

In 2002, Warnick retired ("[[WordOfGod As much as those songs mean to me, I've just grown tired of having to be a singer in a rock band,]]") effectively breaking up Fastbacks. An odds and ends collection, ''Truth, Corrosion, and Sour Biscuits'' followed in 2004, and a one-off 2011 reunion show spawned (for now) one last single - a seventies rock cover, Music/CheapTrick's "Come On, Come On", [[BookEnds this time going over somewhat better with the crowd.]]

* RevolvingDoorBand: estimates range between twelve and twenty different drummers over the band's run. [=McKagan=], [[Music/TheDecemberists John Moen]], [[Music/{{Mudhoney}} Dan Peters]], and [[Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica Jason Finn]] are the most famous members of the carousel.

[[caption-width-right:340:The answer is no. The question is "Who's the drummer?"]]

* UpdatedRerelease: The later CD version of ''...And His Orchestra'' includes the first two EPs as bonus tracks.

* LeadBassist: Gargiulo also handles lead vocals (type A).

->''"Ace junk guitarist Kurt Bloch is the orchestra leader, off-key heroine Lulu Garguilo his girl singer, and they care so much that if the mixes were cleaner they'd strike fear in the heart of the sainted Music/JoanJett."''

Known as "the least ambitious band in rock" for maintaining their day jobs in the face of success, '''Fastbacks''' were a PopPunk group active from 1979 through 2001. Drawing influence from [[TheSixties 60's]] GirlGroup pop and [[TheSeventies 70's]] HardRock, lead guitarist '''Kurt Bloch''', rhythm guitarist '''Lulu Gargiulo''', and [[LeadBassist bassist/vocalist]] '''Kim Warnick''' took to the UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} circuit with poor early results. Provincialism reigned in the local rock scene, which spelled trouble for a punk band with no drummer playing Music/{{ACDC}} covers. The addition of teenage multi-instrumentalist Duff [=McKagan=] on drums stabilized the lineup for a time. Fastbacks became a draw in the local clubs, despite their reliance on a drummer too young to stay on the premises.

* ''Truth, Corrosion, And Sour Biscuits'' - rarities collection (2004)

* ''[[LiveAlbum In America!]]''

->''"Ace junk guitarist Kurt Bloch is the orchestra leader, off-key heroine Lulu Garguilo his girl singer, and they care so much that if the mixes were cleaner they'd strike fear in the heart of the sainted Joan Jett."''