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About Me

Fastball was formed in 1994 by native Texans Joey Shuffield and Miles Zuniga along with So-Cal transplant Tony Scalzo. Originally called Magneto USA, they were signed in 1995 to Hollywood Records and soon changed their name to Fastball. They released their first full length album,"Make Your Mama Proud" in 1996 and toured extensively throughout the US with little notice. After a year and a half they recorded a second album entitled, "All The Pain Money Can Buy". Before it's release in Spring 1998, US radio had latched on to a catchy little ditty called "The Way" and it was clear that Fastball had a hit on their hands. Songs like "Sooner or Later", "Fire Escape" and "Out Of My Head" followed and the band toured around the world. At home, copies of All The Pain Money Can Buy reached the platinum, 1 million sales mark by the end of the year. Another album, "The Harsh Light Of Day" was released in 2000 and the band continued to tour at home and abroad. A fourth CD on Rykodisc, "Keep Your Wig On" was released in 2004. Since then, Fastball has continued to play live throughout the world. The guys have also done quite a bit of side work, writing and recording with other artists like Bruce Robison, Al Anderson, Bowling For Soup and many more. New material from Fastball is in the writing and recording stage and a fifth studio release is expected for 2007.

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Member Since: 2/28/2006
Band Website: fastballtheband.com
Band Members: Tony Scalzo- Bass, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals/ Miles Zuniga- Guitar, Lead Vocals/ Joey Shuffield- Drums, Percussion
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Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Moderately Priced Winos Podcast 6 is up!

Moderately Priced Winos Episode 6Hello my friend, hello. Yes we’re back for another fun filled episode of the Moderately Priced Winos Podcast.This week our guest is Chuck Cannon, Nashville songw...
Posted by Fastball on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:40:00 PST

Moderately Priced Winos Podcast 5 is up!

Yeah, I know. Long time no see. Well we finally got around to doing another podcast. Our guest is Mike Mills from R.E.M. The wine is 2005 Burgundy. We were hanging out in room 443 of the supposedly ha...
Posted by Fastball on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:18:00 PST

I’m selling one of my guitars

I'm selling my Airstream guitar. It truly is one of a kind. If you're interested go here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item =260193768427&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=016MILES...
Posted by Fastball on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:27:00 PST

MOderately Priced Winos Podcast 4 is up!

Go to www.fastballtheband.com/fastblog of subscribe to it on I-tunes. Our guest was Courtney Taylor Taylor from the Dandy Warhols. Cheers, MILES
Posted by Fastball on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:19:00 PST

Moderately Priced Winos Podcast number three

The third edition of the MPWinos podcast is up. We drank a lovely dolcetto 2001 Siri D Jermu. Grab a drink and have a listen. Cheers, MILESTo hear the podcast go to www.fastballtheband.com/fastblog or...
Posted by Fastball on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:14:00 PST

The real skinny on Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Chateauneuf- du-Pape is from the southernmost region of the Rhone wine appelations and just a fifteen minute drive from Avignon. More wine is made here than in all of the northern Rhone. Chateauneuf- ...
Posted by Fastball on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:46:00 PST

We will serve no podcast before its time

Better Late than never. The second edition of the Moderately Priced Winos Podcast is done.Thanks again to David Brown for being so cool and saving the day.About the wine: It was actually a 2004 Patric...
Posted by Fastball on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:20:00 PST

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Podcast

My computer blew up. Sort of. What happened was the hard drive started making noises like it was going to that big Apple store in the sky. I panicked and took my computer over to some local place to g...
Posted by Fastball on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:27:00 PST

Radiohead’s new album

Do you have Radiohead's new album, "In Rainbows" yet? What are you waiting for? You can download it at their website and pay whatever you feel for it. If you do have it, how much did you pay for it? W...
Posted by Fastball on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:41:00 PST

Podcast Podcast Podcast

Hello friends. Humor us. Enable us. Go to http://www.fastballtheband.com/fastblog/to hear our very first podcast. Cheers, MILES
Posted by Fastball on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:40:00 PST