Kim Warnick (born April 7, 1959. Accessed online 2017-03-31.Fastbacks on SubPop Records. Accessed online 2017-03-31.) is an American rock musician (bassist and vocalist), a former member of Seattle-based bands The Fastbacks (1979–2002) and Visqueen (1998–2004).Paul Cashmere, , undercover.fm News, December 28, 2007. Accessed online 2017-03-31. Gives date 1980 rather than 1979 for founding of Fastbacks. Described by KIRO-FM in 2016 as a "legendary musician and vocalist,"Air-Raid Podcast #310 – Kim Warnick, KIRO-FM, September 5, 2016. Accessed online 2017-03-31. she is the former wife of Ken Stringfellow of The Posies. Officially she retired in 2004, and suffered some serious health issues in the following years,The Fastbacks Kim Warnick Learns The Compassion Of Indie Music, Innocent Words, March 1, 2008. Accessed online 2017-03-31. but recovered and has participated in Fastbacks reunion shows, the first of which was in 2011, headlining the West Seattle Summer Fest.Art Zone Shuffle: The Fastbacks perform 'No Information', Seattle Channel, August 30, 2013. Accessed online 2017-03-31.First West Seattle Summer Fest music news: Fastbacks reunion, May 13, 2011, West Seattle Blog. Accessed online 2017-03-31.Grant Brissey, West Seattle Summer Fest, The Stranger (Seattle), May 23, 2011. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
With the Fastbacks, Warnick opened for Seattle shows by acts such as Joan Jett and The Ramones, toured Japan with Seaweed and the Supersuckers, and supported Pearl Jam on a tour that went as far as Istanbul."Fast Enough: Kim Warnick and Lulu Gargiulo", p. 140-143 in Maria Raha, Cinderella's Big Score: Women of the Punk and Indie Underground, Seal Press (December 31, 2004). .
The reunited Fastbacks performed at SPF 30 on August 8, 2018, an outdoor concert celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Sub Pop Records, Warnick's prior employer and the band's label.
References
External links The Fastbacks official Facebook page.