They Don't Care
Released: 1992
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Released: 1992
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There's no doubt that the Fastbacks are one of the most overlooked bands ever. Even when their hometown of Seattle was flooded with A&R reps during the early-'90s grunge boom, they never received...
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In America
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Released: N/A
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It (annoyingly) doesn't say so on the packaging, but In America is exactly the same live album as 1989's Bike-Toy-Clock-Gift, renamed, repackaged in a new cover featuring singer-bassist Kim Warnick...
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Fastbacks Play Five of Their Favorites
Released: 1982
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Released: 1982
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Blasting out with all the precocious and worthy energy of the early band, Play Five finds the Fastbacks already well-established in the winning combination of sweet but not sugary vocals from...
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Every Day is Saturday
Released: 1984
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Released: 1984
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Starting with a cool pop-punk version of the Grass Roots' late-'60s AM fizz hit "Midnight Confessions," the Fastbacks amiably do their always fine thing on this fun four-song effort. With Richard...
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Gone to the Moon
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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This is the second single from the Zücker LP -- though this one's on CD, whereas "They Don't Care" was on vinyl. You'll want this for the three non-LP tracks, especially the surprisingly smooth...
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Bike-Toy-Clock-Gift
Released: 1990
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Released: 1990
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Originally released only on cassette by No Threes, a subsidiary of PopLlama Records, in 1989 and subsequently reissued on LP and CD, Bike-Toy-Clock-Gift chronicles a particularly shambolic period...
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...And His Orchestra
Released: 1987
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Released: 1987
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Fastbacks' first album was slapped together from three sessions tracked out over 11 months (one in an actual recording studio, two on TEAC four-tracks in rehearsal studios), and as a result it...
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Very, Very Powerful Motor
Released: 1990
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Released: 1990
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1990 was a difficult time for Fastbacks; after nearly a decade together, the band had failed to gain a significant audience outside the Pacific Northwest, and Lulu Gargiulo opted to take a...
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