Fastball was formed in 1994 by native Texans Joey Shuffield and Miles Zuniga along with So-Cal transplant Tony Scalzo. Originally called Magneto USA, they were signed in 1995 to Hollywood Records and soon changed their name to Fastball.
They released their first full length album,"Make Your Mama Proud" in 1996 and toured extensively throughout the US with little notice. After a year and a half they recorded a second album entitled, "All The Pain Money Can Buy". Before it's release in Spring 1998, US radio had latched on to a catchy little ditty called "The Way" and it was clear that Fastball had a hit on their hands.
Songs like "Sooner or Later", "Fire Escape" and "Out Of My Head" followed and the band toured around the world. At home, copies of All The Pain Money Can Buy reached the platinum, 1 million sales mark by the end of the year.
Another album, "The Harsh Light Of Day" was released in 2000 and the band continued to tour at home and abroad. A fourth CD on Rykodisc, "Keep Your Wig On" was released in 2004.
Since then, Fastball has continued to play live throughout the world. The guys have also done quite a bit of side work, writing and recording with other artists like Bruce Robison, Al Anderson, Bowling For Soup and many more. New material from Fastball is in the writing and recording stage and a fifth studio release is expected for 2007.
GREAT SHOW LAST NITE!!! I(MICHELE) WAS HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WARM UP THE CROWD FOR YA! ; ) KEEP ROCKIN' !!! BTW~"OUTTA MY HEAD" IS MY FAVE. COULD YOU TELL? ; )
Please come to Indiana.....please.....I'll drive anywhere in the state to see you. Been a huge fan for a while, you owe me this!!! Indiana doesn't suck!
I'm going to Chicago next month…a week before you're there. I'm trying to work my family over on pushing our vacation back a week so we can see you guys again, because that would be *amazing.*
Hey so at work today, "Fire Escape" came on, and then about 2 horas later, "Morning Star"! The best time spent at work is when Fastball comes on. Absolutely!
Hey Guys, Thanks for adding me. Joey, I hope your doing great! My sister Debbie, Ted B. and Tim F. say "Hi". Hope life is treating you great! I'm going to try and make your Austin shows. Take Care, DD
i heard the audio from your show at threadgills and its amazing. you guys definitely have a few songs that are radio material so far. can't wait to hear the rest! keep up the good work and play in pennsylvania!
Hey! I just made a color bar for LiveJournal, thought I'd show you. :)
The best part about that is that I actually didn't have to change the colors myself. Thanks for being colorful folk (and thanks for putting pictures on MySpace, otherwise this wouldn't exist).
