Fastbacks

The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle 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. Their sound mixed a generally punk approach to vocals and sound textures with poppy tunes and strong musicianship.

Discography

• "It's Your Birthday"/"You Can't Be Happy" (single), No Threes, 1981
• "Someone Else's Room" on the Seattle Syndrome compilation, 1981
• Fastbacks Play Five Of Their Favorites (5-track, 12" EP), No Threes, 1982
• Everyday Is Saturday, No Threes, 1984
• Fastbacks....And His Orchestra (album), Pop Llama, 1987, also released on UK Subway, 1987
• "In The Winter"/"It Came To Me In A Dream" (single), UK Subway, 1989
• "Wrong Wrong Wrong"/"In America" (single), UK Subway, 1989
• "Lose" /"King of Hubcaps (single), SPFC 1990
• Very, Very Powerful Motor (album), Pop Llama, 1990
• "In The Summer/You Can't Be Happy/Everything I Don't Need/Queen of Eyes" (EP), No Threes/SPFC, 1990
• Bike-Toy-Clock-Gift, first released as a tape on Bus Stop, 1990; (album), Lucky, 1994
• The Answer Is You ' (2-single set), Sub Pop, 1991
• Live in America (2-single set), Smilin' Ear, 1991
• In America, Live in Seattle 1988 (album), Lost and Found (Germany), 1991
• Never Fails, Never Works (album), Blaster (UK), 1991
• "Run No More/"Really" (single), Who Cares, 1992
• "Now Is the Time"/"Sometimes"/"Was Late" (single), Ded Beet, 1992
• The Question is No (album), Sub Pop, 1992
• "They Don't Care"/"Out of the Charts" (single), PopLlama, 1993
• "Gone to the Moon"/"Go All the Way" (single), Sub Pop (Germany), 1993
• Gone to the Moon (EP), Sub Pop (Germany), 1993
• Zücker (album), Sub Pop, 1993
• Gone to the moon (album), Sub Pop, 1993
• "Wait It Out"/"The Jester" (single), Munster (Spain), 1994
• Answer the Phone Dummy (album), Sub Pop, 1994
• New Mansions in sound (album), Sub Pop, 1996
• Alone in a Furniture Warehouse Scaring You Away Like a Hotel Mattress (album), Munster (Spain), 1996
• Here They Are... Live At the Crocodile... (album), Lance Rock (Canada), 1996
• Win Lose or Both (EP), Pop Llama, 1998
• Day That Didn't Exist, spinArt, 1999
• Truth Corrosion and Sour Bisquits, Book, 2004