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Fastlane

Background information
Origin Guildford, England
Genre(s) rock, pop, metal,
Years active 1997–present
Label(s) Pyropit Records, Punktastic Recordings

Fastlane is a rock band that emerged from the Surrey rock scene in 1997. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music

Contents

History

Formed in 1997, Fastlane was made of 4 school friends with common musical interests. With Benji Phillips, Ian Maynard, Matty O’Grady and Adam Biffen all playing a minimum of 3 instruments each, finding a line up that worked proved a problem at first, but by 1998 the lines-up consisted of both Ian and Ben singing and playing guitar, Biffen playing bass, and Matty on drums. Their first demo ‘Lets Get Amongst It’ was cut, and the band started playing local shows. The band was put on hiatus when three members started university from 1999 to 2002.

In 2002, the band reformed with a slightly different line up: Benji singing, Matty and Biffen playing Guitar, Tom Marsden playing Bass, and Dan Ranson playing drums. During the summer of 2002, Fastlane self-released their debut EP ‘She Loves the Rock’ and was picked up by 20 Deck Records, where they were soon on the road touring and playing to audiences across the country. Another line-up change and an original member return, Ian Maynard picked up the bass as Tom left the band. Fastlane grew as they gained over 20,000 downloads on the former website MP3.com in under 12 months. MP3com is a Web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists songs services community and technologies 2003 found Fastlane making the final line-up change, when Gary Tough joined as the drummer. In reviews, Fastlane's genre has been listed as rock, pop punk, emo, screamo, pop, and metal. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

In March of 2004, Fastlane entered the studio to record their first full-length album titled ‘New Start’ with the producer Iain Wetherell (Vanilla Pod, Raging Speedhorn, My Awesome Compilation) at Premier Studios in Corby. New Start is the debut release from Fastlane, which was released in March 2005 by Suckapunch Records in the UK and October 2005 by Pyropit Raging Speedhorn was a British metal band founded in Corby, Northamptonshire, although now the band is spread far and wide as far as Cardiff They played shows in multiple cities in England promoting their upcoming release, and in the latter part of 2004, the album was finished. [7] ‘New Start’ included the songs, ‘Eyes Closed’, ‘Elevator’, ‘A New Start’, ‘Million Times’ and the single ‘Dreaming’. New Start is the debut release from Fastlane, which was released in March 2005 by Suckapunch Records in the UK and October 2005 by Pyropit The album was released on Sucka Punch Records in the UK in 2005,[8] and Pyropit Records in Japan later that year. [9] It was distributed in HMV, Tower Records, Virgin Megastores, Tesco, and Amazon. His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label Tower Records was a Retail music chain based in Sacramento California, USA Virgin Megastores is an international chain of Record shops founded by Sir Richard Branson on London 's Oxford Street in January or February Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington.

In 2005, Fastlane commenced their headline national tour even adding dates in Scotland and Wales. [10] In addition to their headline tour, they supported other UK tours including New Found Glory, Silverstein, Gratitude, Avenged Sevenfold, Zebrahead, The Academy Is, Aiden, 4Ft Fingers, Spunge, and My Awesome Compilation. New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida Silverstein (pronounced Silver- steen) is a 5-piece Post hardcore band from Burlington Ontario. Gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness is a positive Emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. Zebrahead is an Orange County California -based punk / rap band which was formed in La Habra, California. The Academy Is is a band based in Hoffman Estates Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Aiden is an American Post-hardcore band from Seattle Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. See also Sponge (disambiguation for the animal the tool and other uses

2006 began with another headline tour for Fastlane and in addition supporting tours of bands such as Aiden, Hidden in Plain View, Funeral for a Friend, and Fightstar. Aiden is an American Post-hardcore band from Seattle Washington that formed in the spring of 2003. Hidden in Plain View was a five-piece Pop punk / Post-hardcore band from northern New Jersey. Funeral for a Friend (commonly abbreviated to FFAF) is a Welsh Post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic Fightstar are a four-piece Post-hardcore band from London, England. During the summer, Fastlane returned to the studio to record their second full-length album ‘Overdrive’ with producer John Mitchell (Funeral for a Friend, Enter Shikari) at Outhouse Studios in Reading. John Mitchell may refer to Politics John N Mitchell (1913-1988 U Funeral for a Friend (commonly abbreviated to FFAF) is a Welsh Post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic Enter Shikari (ɛntɜr ʃɪkɑriː is a British band formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire where all four members are from The album was released by Pyropit Records in Japan during October 2006, and was followed with an international tour when Fastlane flew to Tokyo promoted it. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. [11] Pyropit Records, an indie record company in Japan joined forces with Kick Rock Music to create a tour for Fastlane and three American bands; The Swellers, The Space Pimps, and Better Luck Next Time. The Swellers are an American Punk rock band from Fenton Michigan. [12] They sold out venues such as The Club Quattro and ACB in Tokyo with a capacity of 500+ people, and conducted in-stores at Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo. Tower Records was a Retail music chain based in Sacramento California, USA is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008 it had an estimated Population of 208371 and a density of 13540 persons [13]

Since MP3. com closed, Fastlane have uploaded music on both Purevolume, where they have over 26,000 plays,[14] and Myspace.com where they have over 130,000 plays. PureVolume is a Website owned and operated by Virb Inc (formerly Unborn Media Inc MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and [15] ‘Overdrive’ will be released on Punktastic Recordings in the UK on 07 May 2007,[16] and is available for purchase on iTunes. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc

Members

Current lineup

Former members

Discography

New Start
(2005)
Suckapunch Records
New Start
(2005)
Pyropit Records
Overdrive
(2006)
Pyropit Records
Overdrive
(2007)
Punktastic Recordings

Trivia

Venues

National Venues Played

International Venues

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=225896 access date: 11. The London Astoria is a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road in London, England. The Camden Underworld is a music venue in Camden Town, London, England. THE GARAGE is a Non-profit Youth center and all-ages Music venue in Burnsville Minnesota, a southern suburb of Minneapolis. Rock City is a club in the East Midlands inside the heart of the city of Nottingham, England in the United Kingdom that focuses on live music Newcastle University is a leading research intensive University located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. The University of Plymouth is the largest University in the southwest of England, with over 30000 students and is the fifth largest UK university based on student Clwb Ifor Bach (Little Ivor's club is a Cardiff Nightclub, Music venue, Welsh-language Club and Community centre. 05. 2007
  2. ^ http://www.rockfreaks.net/index.php?page=albumreviews&id=604 access date: 11. 05. 2007
  3. ^ http://www.roomthirteen.com/cgi-bin/cd_view.cgi?CDID=5443 access date: 11. 05. 2007
  4. ^ http://noizemakesenemies.blogspot.com/2007/04/fastlane-overdrive-album-review.html access date: 11. 05. 2007
  5. ^ http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.php?id=5002 access date: 11. 05. 2007
  6. ^ http://www.europunk.net/reviews.php?id=1296 access date: 11. 05. 2007
  7. ^ Savage, Paul (March 2005). "Focus. Fastlane". Big Chesse Magazine: Issue 61
  8. ^ Johnston, Emma (April 2005). "Rated Albums: Fastlane". Kerrang: Issue 1053
  9. ^ a b Japanese Magazine (August 2005). "Fastlane". Crossbeat: Issue 50
  10. ^ Arbroath Herald (15th April, 2005). "Multi-instrument and multi-talented Fastlane. "
  11. ^ a b c Japanese Magazine (December 2006). "Fastlane". Crossbeat: Issue 100
  12. ^ a b c Japanese Magazine (October/November 2006). "Fastlane". GrindHouse: Issue 38
  13. ^ a b c d e http://www.pyropitrecords.com/band_fastlane.html access date:30. 01. 2007
  14. ^ http://www.purevolume.com/fastlane access date: 30. 01. 2007
  15. ^ http://www.myspace.com/fastlane access date: 30. 01. 2007
  16. ^ http://www.punktasticrecordings.com/viewartist.php?id=Fastlane access date: 30. 01. 2007
  17. ^ a b Lawrence, Alister (April 2005). "Introducing. . . Fastlane". Kerrang: Issue 1050
  18. ^ Japanese Magazine (August 2005). "UK: Fastlane". Rockin' On: Issue 100
  19. ^ Japanese Magazine (August/September 2005). "Fastlane". GrindHouse: Volume 31
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