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Fastbacks

Mostly of the first-wave punk rings who not merely survived to the finish of the hundred years but did thus with their first sound and concentrate intact, Fastbacks were formed in Seattle, WA, by 3 high school close friends, Kurt Bloch, Kim Warnick, and Lulu Gargiulo. Bloch and Warnick started …

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The Accused

Fusing hardcore punk and rock right into a furiously thrashing cross, Seattle’s the Accused invariably explained to their design as “splattercore,” a mention of their main lyrical inspirations — horror motion pictures and comic-book violence. It had been a long way off from the politics leanings of vocalist/bandleader Blaine Cook’s …

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