While we have you, watch the video for “120 Bucks” here.
The song is the lead-off track from the album and is a one-minute ripper of fast, aggressive yet melodic hardcore. From the first note until the galloping outro, each band member is going all out.
“No, you haven’t convinced me yet” implores the singer to a target of impassioned disappointment. A former friend, family member, or flame? Providing that we’ve all felt a similar betrayal, here’s 60 vital seconds of fevered hardcore to scream along with!
Originally released in 1998, every idea, riff, and rhythm on the record feels as fresh as ever. Songs like “Said and Done” and “Places Trades” are bursting with pure exuberance and energy. In a time when bands were getting darker and gloomier, Fastbreak was a breath of fresh air, bringing a more inviting energy to the genre.
Fastbreak’s ideas were extremely ahead of their time, predicting the future fusion of hardcore and pop-punk that would go on to take over the world. Their influence can be heard in countless bands that followed, blending the raw energy of hardcore with the immediacy of a positive attitude and approach. It’s a painfully underrated record, but thankfully, listeners now have a chance to realize just what was going on.
Fastbreak’s Fast Cars, Fast Women features Patrick Rorick on vocals, Steven Pica and Neal St. Clair on guitar, Don Raymond on bass, and Luke Garro on drums. The album was produced by Dean Baltulonis and mastered at Metropolis Studios.
The release includes bonus tracks from Ten Yard Fight split 7″ and Salad Days Demos. The expanded deluxe gatefold packaging displays dozens of never-seen photographs, as well as retrospective Essays from Rama Mayo of Big Wheel Recreation and Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records
It was remastered by Jamal Ruhe (Guided By Voices, Death, Misfits).
As diehard scenesters know, members of Fastbreak went on to perform in In My Eyes, Piebald, and Right Brigade.
FAST CARS, FAST WOMAN TRACK LISTING:
“120 Bucks”
“At Times”
“Places Trades”
“Said And Done”
“Learn To Forget”
“Should Have Known”
“No Problem Solved”
“Fast Cars, Fast Women”
“Where It Lies”
“Photo Finish”
“Hate Your Way”
“Could Not Try” (Demo)
“Thanks For Trying” (Demo)
“I Should Have Known”
“For the Next Fall”
“All The Things”
FASTBREAK WERE:
Neal St. Clair — Guitar
Luke Garro — Drums
Don Raymond — Bass
Steven Pica — Guitar
Patrick Rorick — Vocals