Fastball News

Sunday night at the House of Blues was kind of a primer on rock 'n' roll near-misses, as the double bill of Fastball and headliner Sugar Ray took the stage for several hundred fans.

Fastball to make a winning pitch in Stamford By KEITH LORIA Hour correspondent It was 15 years ago that native Texans Joey Shuffield and Miles Zuniga teamed up with Tony Scalzo to form a new band that focused on guitar-friendly alternative rock, and it didn't seem like long before Fastball was on the rock n'roll radar.

By KEITH LORIAHour correspondentIt was 15 years ago that native Texans Joey Shuffield and Miles Zuniga teamed up with Tony Scalzo to form a new band that focused on guitar-friendly alternative rock, and it didn't seem like long before Fastball was on the rock n'roll radar.

Fastball singer/guitarist Miles Zuniga has found one particular thread to reviews for his band's new CD, "Little White Lies," disturbing and perhaps even disappointing.

The '90s pop/rock band Fastball pairs with the piano pop and acoustic soul of Eric Hutchinson and Canadian rockers The Sam Roberts Band to deliver the high notes for Newburyport's eighth annual Riverfront Music Festival next month.

Performers from throughout the Lakeshore and as far away as Nova Scotia, Texas and New York City will descend upon Washington Park in downtown Manitowoc on June 19-20 for the 31st annual Metro Jam.

This should bring us up to speed on this Texas power-pop trio, originally called Magneto USA way back in 1994.

It's been more than a decade since Fastball's hit single, "The Way," defined the summer of 1998.

"I wish people would stop calling us a one hit wonder," jokes Miles Zuniga. "We're a two hit wonder!" he says.