Just last month, the well-traveled Guns N' Roses bassist and financial guru Duff McKagan told us about his days in the late '70s Seattle punk scene playing in bands like the Fastbacks. Now the band, ...

Seattle cult punk/power-pop legends the Fastbacks have announced their first album in 25 years. It’s titled For WHAT Reason! and will be out August 28 via No Threes. If you’re unfamiliar, Kurt Bloch, ...

The Fastbacks may well be the last, best unsigned band in America. Nineteen years after its formation, the Seattle-based quartet that no less a sage than Greil Marcus has called “the best punk rock ...

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The history of the Seattle band Fastbacks borders on the inexplicable: The group has been together for nearly 20 years, cranking out amazingly energetic pop-punk music—penned by gifted ...

Kurt Bloch, left, with The Fastbacks. Duff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Each Monday he writes about the music circulating through his space.When writing last weeks article about ...