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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.

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Miles Zuniga has found one particular thread to reviews for the new Fastball CD, "Little White Lies," disturbing and perhaps even disappointing.

April 17th, 2009 11:05am EDT Post a comment It has been five long years since we last heard from Fastball , and not since 2004's widely overlooked ' Keep Your Wig On ' has the band released an album.

In 1998, Fastball hit it big with the single "The Way," off the album All the Pain Money Can Buy , and since released three more albums.

MANITOWOC - Dog obedience training sponsored by the Manitowoc County 4-H Dog Committee will begin with orientation at 7 p.m. April 27 in the Exhibition building at the Manitowoc County Expo grounds, 5201 Vista Road.

Formed in 1994 in Austin, TX, Fastball combine a fondness for melodic, Beatles-inspired pop with the alternative aesthetic of late-'90s mainstream rock.

Grammy-nominated rock group Fastball has been booked to headline the 31st annual Metro Jam on June 20 at Washington Park in downtown Manitowoc, event organizers announced Monday.

If you were anywhere near a radio in the late 1990s, you're likely to remember the power-pop group Fastball's ubiquitous hit single "The Way." On the strength of that song's catchy sound, the Austin-based group's sophomore album, "All the Pain Money Can Buy," went multiplatinum and scored two Grammy nominations.

Although it's tempting to lump the Austin, Texas trio Fastball in with all the bands that sound similar to the Wallflowers, they're an exception.

Feature stories offering insight on the business side of songwriting. Q&A with Recording Engineer Joe Barresi 'Cut it now, fix it later' might be okay for some practitioners, but not Joe Barresi.

Concertgoers at the HUB-Robeson Center got a lot of bang for their buck when two impressive rock bands played a free show Thursday night.

Miles Zuniga with Fastball sits down with James Chippendale at Alo in Dallas. In 1998 the band Fastball couldn't be stopped, with their hit song " The Way " album "All The Pain Money Can Buy," the band was ...

Spoon frontman Britt Daniel is in Los Angeles at the moment cutting demos with Jon Brion, a film composer and friend of Fiona Apple and Of Montreal, Jon Spong's Texas Monthly reports.

Two rock bands that scored hits in the late '90s -- Fastball and Nine Days -- will play a free concert at the HUB-Robeson Center Feb.