Rusty Willoughby (born June 30, 1966THE FASTBACKS - Fly to the Rainbow (1989-1993 pt. 3), Sub Pop. Accessed online 2009-10-06.) is an American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Vashon, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. , he has been vocalist, songwriter and guitarist or bass guitarist for several Seattle based bands: Pure Joy (1984–1989, 1997–2004),Rusty Willoughby, KEXP-FM live performance October 5, 2002. Accessed online 2009-10-05. Flop (1990–1995), Llama (2005–2008),Up & Coming, The Stranger, July 2, 2008. . Retrieved 5 October 2009. and Cobirds Unite (2010–).(Home page), rustywilloughby.com. Retrieved 22 February 2011. He also briefly played drums for the Fastbacks.Fastbacks, Music Might. Accessed online 2009-10-05.Fastbacks, Trouser Press, 2007. Accessed online 2009-10-05. He also played with Kurt Bloch of the Fastbacks, Jonathan Poneman (co-founder of the record label Sub PopAbout Us, Sub Pop. Accessed online 2009-10-06.), and Scott Sutherland (of Seattle bands Model Rockets and Chemistry Set) in a Cheap Trick cover band called Sick Man of Europe, and appeared in the film Hype!,.
Accessed online 2009-10-05. a documentary directed about the popularity of grunge rock.
Musical style In a 1999 review of Willoughby's self-titled solo album, Don Yates of KEXP-FM described his "Beatlesque songcraft" as "bring[ing] to mind the starker side of Elliott Smith."Don Yates, Rusty Willoughby: Rusty Willoughby, KEXP-FM, June 15, 1999, accessed online 2009-10-05.
Discography
Solo albums Rusty Willoughby self-released, 1999) Filament Dust (self-released, 2009) Cobirds Unite (self-released, 2010) Adult Soft Record (self-release, 2012) Anti (self-released, 2013)
Solo singles "Here Come the Weakened" / "And the World Moves On" (Sub Pop, 1999, 7-inch vinyl)
Flop albums Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer! (Frontier Records - 1992) Whenever You're Ready (Sony 550 - 1993) World of Today (Frontier Records - 1995)
Flop EPs and Singles The Losing End (Lucky Records - 1990) Drugs (Dashboard Hula Girl Records - 1990) Anne (1993) We Are You (Munster Records - 1993) Regrets (Sony 550 - 1993) The Great Valediction (Sony 550 - 1993) Act 1 Scene 1 (Super Electro - 1995) Place I Love (1995)
Pure Joy albums and EPs Pure Joy (Dwindle Music, 1986, EP) Carnivore (PopLlama, 1989) Sore Throte, Ded Goat (No Threes, 1989 or 1990, EP) Unsung (Flydaddy, recorded 1987, released 1994) Getz the Worm (Flydaddy, 1997) Gelatin and Bright (Book Records, 2003)
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External links
rustywilloughby.com, official web site Willoughby's blog Live performance, KEXP-FM, October 5, 2002 Mike Baehr, Better Late: Unlovable party, Fantagraphics Books: page includes video of Willoughby performing at the Fantagraphics store February 7, 2009.