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1) Fastway was a hard rock band formed by guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke formerly of Motörhead, and bassist Pete Way formerly of UFO. In 1983 both players had been disgruntled with their own bands and decided to work together in a new outfit. They recruited drummer Jerry Shirley formerly of Humble Pie, and vocalist Dave King and took their name from a combination of the founder-members’ names. However, Way then discovered that he could not escape from his contract with Chrysalis Records and also received a tempting offer to play for Ozzy Osbourne, and abandoned the project, forcing Clarke to steer it alone. Bringing in session bassist Mick Feat, the band then recorded debut album FASTWAY.
A critical and moderate commercial success, with successful touring to promote it (with Alfie Angus on bass), the band then recruited Charlie McCracken as “permanent” bassist and released ALL FIRED UP in the following year. Shirley and McCracken subsequently left and there was a hiatus. In 1986 Clarke then reformed the band, retaining King and recruiting with Shane Carroll (2nd guitar), Paul Reid (bass) and Alan Connor (drums) and this lineup released WAITING FOR THE ROAR. In 1987 they collaborated with the movie TRICK OR TREAT and released a soundtrack from it. Unfortunately both film and soundtrack were poorly received. Nonetheless the band persevered, supporting Ozzy Osbourne in 1988.
1) Fastway was a hard rock band formed by guitarist “Fast” Eddie Clarke formerly of Motörhead, and bassist Pete Way formerly of UFO. In 1983 both players had been disgruntled with their own bands and decided to work together in a new outfit. They recruited drummer Jerry Shirley formerly of Humble Pie, and vocalist Dave King and took their name from a combination of the founder-members’ names. However, Way then discovered that he could not escape from his contract with Chrysalis Records and also received a tempting offer to play for Ozzy Osbourne, and abandoned the project, forcing Clarke to steer it alone. Bringing in session bassist Mick Feat, the band then recorded debut album FASTWAY.
A critical and moderate commercial success, with successful touring to promote it (with Alfie Angus on bass), the band then recruited Charlie McCracken as “permanent” bassist and released ALL FIRED UP in the following year. Shirley and McCracken subsequently left and there was a hiatus. In 1986 Clarke then reformed the band, retaining King and recruiting with Shane Carroll (2nd guitar), Paul Reid (bass) and Alan Connor (drums) and this lineup released WAITING FOR THE ROAR. In 1987 they collaborated with the movie TRICK OR TREAT and released a soundtrack from it. Unfortunately both film and soundtrack were poorly received. Nonetheless the band persevered, supporting Ozzy Osbourne in 1988.
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Glamaster wrote:
eurobeat = shit. There exist only one Fastway for me. [666]
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Piske81 wrote:
Eat Dog Eat is a really good album, didn't expext!
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sentient85 wrote:
Eat Dog Eat is a rock gem! Welcome back, Eddie!
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HardRockHideout wrote:
Trick or Treat!
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AORocker wrote:
Dead Or Alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RogerBrazil wrote:
eurobeat = shit. There exist only one Fastway for me. [+1]
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TwilightKingdom wrote:
Eurobeat? That's annoying...
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skinnyneckhex wrote:
no.
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Tuberkulloosi wrote:
Trick or Treat was fucking nice movie!
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Jacob_Grimm wrote:
I like that PahaLukki's comment is offset largely by the fact that for the heavy metal band being unheard of, they've got three paragraphs in the bio compared to the lone line for the Eurobeat singer. If the latter's fans are that passionate, certainly they can take the time out of their busy schedule of hating on the metal band to add more info on the artist they do care about.
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VinceJrNeilSixx wrote:
and now your life it subsides...
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koalabearable wrote:
shut up with your stupid rock n roll "salutes", they're fucking annoying.
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Coffinwood_Mill wrote:
Fuck your Eurobeat bullshit. Sammi Curr > eurowankery.
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Majamil wrote:
rock = shit. There exist only one Fastway for me. [12] For all those about EUROBEAT, I SALUTE YOU!
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ilovekimdeal wrote:
Armação Ilimitada
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motleyfucking wrote:
Yeah ^_^
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di__sixx wrote:
Trick Or Treat!
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xSMRTx wrote:
eurobeat = shit. There exist only one Fastway for me. [5] For all those about ROCK, I SALUTE YOU!
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Pennyroya1Tea wrote:
eurobeat = shit. There exist only one Fastway for me. [4]
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motleyfucking wrote:
Аее Конфеты или смерть ;D
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Perce_N_John, Nuge75, LakeOfFools and 3 other people added Fastway to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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Seederman tagged Fastway with glam metal, hair metal, 80's and 2 other tags. Sunday morning
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Humanserver837, rayzor1969, hamji56565 and 8 other people added Fastway to their libraries. last week
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Manowar1 connected Fastway to the group Old school metal. last month
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VanHalenFreakZ tagged Fastway with hard rock and rock. December 2011
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BLACKIEALICE and jorgepantoja72 added Fastway to their libraries. December 2011
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Jd_Jd_Jd tagged Fastway with heavy metal and hard rock. December 2011
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elderberry9, SteelHeartHard, BiaVenom and 1 other person added Fastway to their libraries. December 2011
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Glamaster tagged Fastway with sleaze, not dance, melodic rock and 24 other tags. December 2011
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