Bandcamp of the Day: Fastbacks
Unless you’ve been to a 9/11 Memorials in Tompkins Square Park lately, live rock shows are probably still a little ways off for you. That’s why today’s Bandcamp of the Day is a live set from one of the more endearing acts to grace the Pacific Northwest, Fastbacks. Flashback to 1979, when founding members Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo and Kim Warnick met while attending highschool in Seattle. The three precocious teens bonded over their shared love of rock and roll, particularly The Ramones and Queen, and as so often happened during the late ’70s, admiration for rock stars turned into curiosity, and curiosity eventually welled up into bold ambition, and a band was born. Fastbacks was mostly a regional phenomenon for the better part of a decade, managing to open for ...
