Faster Faster
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Formation

The final line-up for Faster Faster was formed in July 2007, the five musicians teamed up to consist of the band that would soon become the official Faster Faster. Kyle (vocals), Randall (vocals/guitar), Ryan (guitar), Steuart (drums), and Joey (bass) were all previously members of other local bands in and around Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick, Georgia
Brunswick is the major urban and economic center in southeastern Georgia in the United States. The municipality is located on a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 30 miles north of Florida and 70 miles south of South Carolina. Brunswick is bordered on the east by the Atlantic...

 that were predominantly hard core groups but found a softer sound they felt was more fitting after leaving their grungy
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 tunes behind. The band’s popularity skyrocketed after hundreds of listeners logged on to their Myspace profiles and gave each song a listen.

"Pillow Talk" & "Hopes & Dreams"

Producing a glimpse of their potential hit songs, Pillow talk 101 was released on a south Georgia label called Still Movement Records after several months of brainstorming and recording. Shortly thereafter, they paired up w/ Matt Vigliotti and Eccentric Energy Entertainment to manage the band and help with touring. Now after two years of playing live shows and critiquing their work, Faster Faster, with bigger dreams of success than ever, released their freshman, full-length, album Hopes and Dreams in August 2008 on Oort Records, a sub-label of Lobster Records.

After the release of their debut full-length CD, Faster Faster launched a nationwide tour, traveling outside the east coast to cities such as New York City, New York, Tallahassee, FL, and Chicago, Illinois. The band has seen the beginning of their dreams come true, touring with other up and coming bands from along the East Coast and opening for bands of notoriety in their genre such as Mayday Parade, School Boy Humor, and Farewell. They were also featured on AMP Magazine's 21 Young Guns of 2009 Compilation CD.

Unfinished second studio album

As of late 2008 Faster Faster began working on their second studio album. Around Christmas time they released a new song "You're Killing Me Smalls". Three demos have surfaced since, via the website Absolute Punk and the band's myspace and purevolume pages. These demos are entitled "170 as Usual" "The Weekend" and "Word of Advice You're A Joke". At recent shows they have unleashed 3 or more other new songs including one named after a scene from the movie Step Brothers
Step Brothers (film)
Step Brothers is a 2008 American slapstick buddy-comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, and stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, who originally teamed up in Talladega Nights . The screenplay was written by Ferrell and McKay, from a story written by Ferrell,...

"The Catalina Wine Mixer".

Break-Up

In September 2009 rumors began to spread of Faster Faster's demise. None of the reasons that the fans supplied have been confirmed. On September 22, 2009 they released a statement via myspace that they were officially through with the band.

Current Projects

Soon after the fall out of Faster Faster, Randall took control of the bands myspace in order to launch his then solo project "I Am Me" releasing songs such as "The City", "Two Years", "Dog", and "The Way She Sees Me". Soon after the release of this project Randall put up a blog stating that Faster Faster's old drummer, Steuart Wainright, had been added to the lineup of I Am Me. A photoshoot had been done for the duo and some of the picture's were uploaded to Steuart's facebook profile. Since then, the blog and pictures have been deleted.

In April 2010 At a show in Brunswick, Georgia after Randall played a set as I Am Me, Kyle made a guest appearance to finish the set with a cover of MGMT's "Electric Feel". After the song was finished a group consisting of Randall, Kyle, Trevor, and old members of local Brunswick band Dora Maar took the stage. Kyle stated "I'm not sure if there's a name for this yet, but we have a couple songs that we're going to play for you". However, the venue (Skate Bonez Skate Shop), stated in comments to promote their shows that the band is titled "CHOKESLAM!"

On March 10, 2011, Dowling announced a new project called Solid Gold Thunder via Facebook involving almost all members of Faster Faster.

Discography

Year Title Label Release Type
2006 Pillow Talk 101
Pillow Talk 101
Hopes & Dreams is the first EP by Georgia based rock band Faster Faster, sold at local shows and digitally in the US on April 21st, 2006.-According to Download Punk:# "Thanks to Cuba Gooding Jr." - 4:22# "Girl Named Gasoline" - 3:45...

EP
2008 Hopes & Dreams
Hopes & Dreams
Hopes & Dreams is the debut studio album by Georgia based rock band Faster Faster, released to stores and digitially in the US on August 12th, 2008...

Oort Records Album
2009 21 Young Guns Salute AMP Magazine Compilation
No Release Second Album Album

Other releases

  • From My TV Screen To Your Bedroom (Demo) - Hopes & Dreams Demo
  • Set The Stage - Hopes & Dreams b-side
  • These Are The Days (Remix) - Hopes & Dreams b-side
  • You're Killing Me Smalls - assorted b-side
  • 170 As Usual(Demo) - New Album Demo
  • The Weekend (Demo) - New Album Demo
  • Word of Advice, You're A Joke (Demo) - New Album Demo

External links

  • Faster Faster at MySpace
    MySpace
    Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....

  • Faster Faster at Purevolume
    PureVolume
    PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...

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