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General Info
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Genre: New Wave / Pop Punk / Powerpop
Location Salford, Gtr Manchester, Northwest, UK
Profile Views: 122363
Last Login: 1/5/2012
Member Since 1/29/2006
Website www.thefastcars.com
Record Label Detour UK; Ozit UK; 1977 Japan; Rave up Italy:
Type of Label Indie
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"WELL ... YOU STARTED IT!" ...... it's now available for download on iTunes .... and so is "Coming ready or not" .... .... .... THE DAY WE BOMBED OUR SCHOOL.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... I LOVE YOU...YES I DO!!.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... THE KIDS JUST WANNA DANCE LIVE IN JAPAN 2008.. ..KIDS JUST WANNA DANCE...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... I WONT BE COMING HOME - LIVE IN ITALY 2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... "The kids just wanna dance" is listed at No.19 in the 100 MOST COLLECTABLE punk singles ever in May 2006 edition of Record Collector (UK) .... ..Well ... you started it! ..... well we might have done, but these four musicians from Swinton, Manchester have come up with the goods again! Originally formed back in 1978 these kids saw what was happening around them with the likes of The Buzzcocks, Slaughter and the dogs, The Drones, Joy Division and wanted some of it! .. Then releasing their highly aclaimed anthem "The kids just wanna dance" back in 1979 they have gone from strength to strength. They are more popular now then they ever were, just take a look on the internet and at the ever popular myspace pages. They can be heard and seen on the majority of these pages from the USA & Canada, Japan, and throughout Europe. Kids that weren't even born cite them as an influence! .. This new album features classic tracks from the 70's that were lost in time and now re-recorded but with the same old passion alongside new tracks that will become anthems in their own rights! .. After the success of their first album "Coming ... ready or not!", you know what you are in for !!!!! .. Detour Records .... ....ANYONE WISHING TO BOOK THE BAND, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL ...."WAY OF THE WORLD - 2008.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... "WHY" LIVE AT KING GEORGE'S HALL BLACKBURN, 2005.. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...."WE WERE GONNA BE SO BIG IN JAPAN, AND THEN WE'D CONQUER THE WORLD".. ..(Everyday I make another mistake).. A line from the last song FAST CARS wrote back in November 1980, just before they split up, which was only weeks after the triumphant gig supporting The Jam at the Apollo Theatre in Manchester. ..The irony is, 21 years later, the song from which the line was taken "Everyday I make another mistake" (the lyrics about the frustrations and pitfalls of the music business that led the band to split up), was released in Japan, as the band's follow up to their 1st single "The Kids Just Wanna Dance" which was released back in 1979. There was a huge demand for the single which sold out the 1000 copies made in weeks. ..Completely oblivious to it all, FAST CARS had been hailed as "The Kings of Powerpop" and "The Best British Powerpop Band" in Japan for years and on July 20th 2001, they headed out there to play two dates at Tokyo's prestigious Studio Jam Club. ..The original single has been changing hands amongst record collectors all over the world for up to £250 a time, which led to the band signing to specialist record label, DETOUR RECORDS, who released the single "Everyday I make another mistake" and a 16 track album .."Coming ... ready or not !" in August 2001... ..Immediately before the band went to Japan they played a one-off gig at "The Band on the Wall Club" in Manchester on Friday, 13th July 2001. The last time they played there was in 1979, supported by Mick Hucknell's Frantic Elevators. (Mick is Simply Red) ..It has been said they were probably one of the most underrated bands around from the Manchester scene in the late Seventies, they rehearsed at T J Davidson's alongside ..The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, Slaughter and the Dogs.. et al, played with most of the above, and also the likes of ..XTC, The Rezillos, Dillinger, The Chords and The Jam... ..Fast Cars recorded with Martin (Zero) Hannet at Strawberry Studios at the same time Joy Division were recording Unknown Pleasures (they used their downtime during the night!). They had their single played on daytime Radio One, appeared on Tony Wilson's ..Granada T.V. programme "What's On" (see video below).. played key venues up and down the Country including the legendary Marquee Club on Wardour Street, London. ..They were very nearly signed by The Jam's A & R man at Polydor, Dennis Munday, they recorded demos at Phonogram's London Studio but it never quite happened ........21 years later and FAST CARS went back in the studios to re-mix some of their old tunes and along with some of the original demo's an album that celebrates the history of one of Manchester's best kept secrets, ..FAST CARS are COMING ... READY OR NOT !.. was released. .... Original footage of Jimmy Anderton at Deeply Vale 1979 .. ..Who loves Jimmy Anderton...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..FAST CARS TV APPEARANCE "WHAT'S ON" 1979.. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. And it's not finished yet!!! ......... they have carried on playing and had two singles released in Japan in 2002 on 1977 Records, .."Here we are today".. and .."Turn on the radio" ..the former written in 1980 the latter 2001. ..Released on 9th May, 2005 was a live CD taken from the tape recorded on the PA desk at the ..Deeply Vale Music Festival in Lancashire.., August 1979. This features the raw teenage Fast Cars not heard in over 25 years. The recording has nothing added and nothing taken away. It has been released on Ozit Records UK, the festivals also became the subject of a TV documentary broadcast in November 2004 . ..Another Fast Cars demo from 1979 was found in a box containing the original version of "I won't be coming home" - (Just another day), and 2 unreleased songs, this attracted interest from Rave Up Records in Italy and in September 2006 they released 500 copies on vinyl, and the band went to play at the "Road to ruins" festival in Rome, on the 19th of November that year. ..On 8th October 2007 they released another album entitled .. "WELL ... YOU STARTED IT!!".... featuring some old songs and some written now including the single .."Best Friend".. written in 2002, Penthouse Monkeys, The England Song, Instant Popstars, to name a few, the band intend to play on for a few more years yet. They have just completed a tour of Japan (check out 'My Pics',link top left) and more new songs being written all the time ... well you started it !!! .... ............Create your own visitor map!.... .... ...... .... -
Members
(Steve Murray - Vocals), (Stuart Murray - Bass), (Craig Hilton - Guitar), (Tony Dyson - Drums). -
Influences
The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Slade, The Clash, The Jam -
Sounds Like
We have been compared to: The Undertones, The Buzzcocks, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Gen X, have a listen and make your own mind up ... maybe we sound like FAST CARS !!! ....SOME OF OUR MYSPACE FRIENDS.. ..TARA ROCKI (USA) ...... ..FUMI (JAPAN) ...... ..DAVID NOLAN (UK)...... ..Haydn Ridings (Two Tone Pinks) Mike Sweeney (Salford Jets Rock Radio DJ) Stuart Murray (Fast Cars)" ...... ..KIDKNAP (GERMANY) ...... ..STEVE E NIX (CUTE LEPERS) (USA).. ...... ..MATT (ITALY) ...... ..MARCX (ITALY) ...... ..ALEX OGG (UK) ...... ..MITSU (JAPAN) ...... .. STANCE PUNKS (JAPAN) ......
Videos
Fast Cars at The Wurlitzer Ballroom Madrid Spain
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11 Songs | Jun 16, 2008
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17 Songs | Apr 14, 2008
Comments
- 13 BATS1 year ago
great concert in madrid!!keep rockin
- LOS PAJARRACOS1 year ago
hola, hey friends great party, we hope to see you in the future, greetings for the city of the sun and the cold beer
- Rumania1 year ago
Amazing show in madrid! Come back!!
Cheers - The Vice Five1 year ago
PARTY!!
- South Croyden1 year ago
Fast Cars Have a Blessed weekend!!!!!!!!!
- Discos Regresivos1 year ago
Looking forward to see u live in Madrid!!!!
Enjoy the summer!!! - THE STIFFS1 year ago
Oi,Oi Fast Bros.,
Great to meet, hear and play with you guys again at the weekend. The Stiffleys enjoyed every minute of it. Hope y'all got home safe and sound and look forward to doing it again in...er...hopefully less than another five years ???
All the best,
Philthy McStiffley
And a Shang-A-Fookin'-Lang to you too! - Naz Nomad & the Nightma…1 year ago
HELLO
- the Sidewalks1 year ago
Thanks for the add gentlemen
- Elephant Band1 year ago
hi, we are looking for a copy of
The Fast Cars - Every day I make another mistake
can you help us?
thanks
Bio:
..THIS PAGE IS 100% OFFICIAL AND IS UPDATED BY STUART MURRAY ORIGINAL & ONLY BASSIST OF FAST CARS
"WELL ... YOU STARTED IT!" ...... it's now available for download on iTunes .... and so is "Coming ready or not"
THE DAY WE BOMBED OUR SCHOOL
I LOVE YOU...YES I DO!!
THE KIDS JUST WANNA DANCE LIVE IN JAPAN 2008
KIDS JUST WANNA DANCE
I WONT BE COMING HOME - LIVE IN ITALY 2006
.. ..
"The kids just wanna dance" is listed at No.19 in the 100 MOST COLLECTABLE punk singles ever in May 2006 edition of Record Collector (UK)
Well ... you started it! ... well we might have done, but these four musicians from Swinton, Manchester have come up with the goods again! Originally formed back in 1978 these kids saw what was happening around them with the likes of The Buzzcocks, Slaughter and the dogs, The Drones, Joy Division and wanted some of it!
Then releasing their highly aclaimed anthem "The kids just wanna dance" back in 1979 they have gone from strength to strength. They are more popular now then they ever were, just take a look on the internet and at the ever popular myspace pages. They can be heard and seen on the majority of these pages from the USA & Canada, Japan, and throughout Europe. Kids that weren't even born cite them as an influence!
This new album features classic tracks from the 70's that were lost in time and now re-recorded but with the same old passion alongside new tracks that will become anthems in their own rights!
After the success of their first album "Coming ... ready or not!", you know what you are in for !!!!!
Detour Records
ANYONE WISHING TO BOOK THE BAND, PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL
"WAY OF THE WORLD - 2008
"WHY" LIVE AT KING GEORGE'S HALL BLACKBURN, 2005
..
"WE WERE GONNA BE SO BIG IN JAPAN, AND THEN WE'D CONQUER THE WORLD"
(Everyday I make another mistake)
A line from the last song FAST CARS wrote back in November 1980, just before they split up, which was only weeks after the triumphant gig supporting The Jam at the Apollo Theatre in Manchester.
The irony is, 21 years later, the song from which the line was taken "Everyday I make another mistake" (the lyrics about the frustrations and pitfalls of the music business that led the band to split up), was released in Japan, as the band's follow up to their 1st single "The Kids Just Wanna Dance" which was released back in 1979. There was a huge demand for the single which sold out the 1000 copies made in weeks.
Completely oblivious to it all, FAST CARS had been hailed as "The Kings of Powerpop" and "The Best British Powerpop Band" in Japan for years and on July 20th 2001, they headed out there to play two dates at Tokyo's prestigious Studio Jam Club.
The original single has been changing hands amongst record collectors all over the world for up to £250 a time, which led to the band signing to specialist record label, DETOUR RECORDS, who released the single "Everyday I make another mistake" and a 16 track album "Coming ... ready or not !" in August 2001.
Immediately before the band went to Japan they played a one-off gig at "The Band on the Wall Club" in Manchester on Friday, 13th July 2001. The last time they played there was in 1979, supported by Mick Hucknell's Frantic Elevators. (Mick is Simply Red)
It has been said they were probably one of the most underrated bands around from the Manchester scene in the late Seventies, they rehearsed at T J Davidson's alongside The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, Slaughter and the Dogs et al, played with most of the above, and also the likes of XTC, The Rezillos, Dillinger, The Chords and The Jam.
Fast Cars recorded with Martin (Zero) Hannet at Strawberry Studios at the same time Joy Division were recording Unknown Pleasures (they used their downtime during the night!). They had their single played on daytime Radio One, appeared on Tony Wilson's Granada T.V. programme "What's On" (see video below) played key venues up and down the Country including the legendary Marquee Club on Wardour Street, London.
They were very nearly signed by The Jam's A & R man at Polydor, Dennis Munday, they recorded demos at Phonogram's London Studio but it never quite happened ......
21 years later and FAST CARS went back in the studios to re-mix some of their old tunes and along with some of the original demo's an album that celebrates the history of one of Manchester's best kept secrets,
FAST CARS are COMING ... READY OR NOT ! was released.
Original footage of Jimmy Anderton at Deeply Vale 1979
Who loves Jimmy Anderton
FAST CARS TV APPEARANCE "WHAT'S ON" 1979
..
And it's not finished yet!!! ......... they have carried on playing and had two singles released in Japan in 2002 on 1977 Records, "Here we are today" and "Turn on the radio" the former written in 1980 the latter 2001.
Released on 9th May, 2005 was a live CD taken from the tape recorded on the PA desk at the Deeply Vale Music Festival in Lancashire, August 1979. This features the raw teenage Fast Cars not heard in over 25 years. The recording has nothing added and nothing taken away. It has been released on Ozit Records UK, the festivals also became the subject of a TV documentary broadcast in November 2004 .
Another Fast Cars demo from 1979 was found in a box containing the original version of "I won't be coming home" - (Just another day), and 2 unreleased songs, this attracted interest from Rave Up Records in Italy and in September 2006 they released 500 copies on vinyl, and the band went to play at the "Road to ruins" festival in Rome, on the 19th of November that year.
On 8th October 2007 they released another album entitled "WELL ... YOU STARTED IT!!".. featuring some old songs and some written now including the single "Best Friend" written in 2002, Penthouse Monkeys, The England Song, Instant Popstars, to name a few, the band intend to play on for a few more years yet. They have just completed a tour of Japan (check out 'My Pics',link top left) and more new songs being written all the time ... well you started it !!!

Create your own visitor map!
Member Since:
January 29, 2006Members:
(Steve Murray - Vocals), (Stuart Murray - Bass), (Craig Hilton - Guitar), (Tony Dyson - Drums).Influences:
The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Slade, The Clash, The JamSounds Like:
We have been compared to: The Undertones, The Buzzcocks, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Gen X, have a listen and make your own mind up ... maybe we sound like FAST CARS !!!SOME OF OUR MYSPACE FRIENDS
Haydn Ridings (Two Tone Pinks) Mike Sweeney (Salford Jets Rock Radio DJ) Stuart Murray (Fast Cars)"
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