Rescued From Obscurity: Overwhelming Colorfast

Posted by Lance Davis - April 4, 2018 - Fastbacks, Hüsker Dü, Kurt Bloch, Overwhelming Colorfast

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Bob Reed – lead vocals, lead & rhythm electric guitar (fuzz, phase & slide) Torg Hallin – lead & rhythm electric guitar (fuzz, phase & wah wah) Steve Espaniola – bass, vocals Dan Reed – drums, percussion, vocals If you’re unfamiliar with the name Overwhelming Colorfast, you’re probably not alone. They were short lived, […]

1995 Revisited: Fastbacks, Muffs & Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver

Posted by Lance Davis - November 4, 2011 - Fastbacks, Muffs, Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver

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“I remember everything … I remember everything …” This past Saturday, the Bottom of the Hill club in San Francisco capped off a week of 20th anniversary celebrations with a lineup that could’ve been beamed in from 1995: Fastbacks, Muffs (Facebook group), and Uncle Joe’s Big Ol’ Driver. Don’t misunderstand me, I wasn’t there. I […]

An Epiphany in One Dark Night

Posted by Lance Davis - February 27, 2010 - Dinosaur Jr, Fastbacks, Muffs, Visqueen

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One of the good things about living in Los Angeles is that occasionally a band like Dinosaur Jr. will play a free show. “Wait, free??? Are you sure it’s not the cover band, Dinosaur Jr. Jr.?” This was my first time seeing the Dinos since June 14, 1991 at the Hollywood Palladium … with Nirvana […]