Kim Warnick

Warnick performing onstage
Warnick playing bass guitar in 2011

Kim Warnick (born April 7, 1959) is an American rock musician (bassist and vocalist), a former member of Seattle-based bands The Fastbacks (1979–2002) and Visqueen (1998–2004). Described by KIRO-FM in 2016 as a "legendary musician and vocalist," 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, but recovered and has participated in Fastbacks reunion shows, the first of which was in 2011, headlining the West Seattle Summer Fest.

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.

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

  1. ↑ Kim Warnick at IMDb. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  2. ↑ Fastbacks on SubPop Records. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Kathleen (2002-02-14). "Set Me Free: Kim Warnick Says Goodbye to the Fastbacks". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  4. 1 2 3 Paul Cashmere, Seattle Musicians Rally For Kim Warnick, undercover.fm News, December 28, 2007. Accessed online 2017-03-31. Gives date 1980 rather than 1979 for founding of Fastbacks.
  5. ↑ Air-Raid Podcast #310 – Kim Warnick, KIRO-FM, September 5, 2016. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  6. ↑ The Fastbacks Kim Warnick Learns The Compassion Of Indie Music, Innocent Words, March 1, 2008. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  7. ↑ Art Zone Shuffle: The Fastbacks perform 'No Information', Seattle Channel, August 30, 2013. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  8. ↑ First West Seattle Summer Fest music news: Fastbacks reunion, May 13, 2011, West Seattle Blog. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  9. ↑ Grant Brissey, West Seattle Summer Fest[dead link], The Stranger (Seattle), May 23, 2011. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  10. ↑ "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). ISBN 1580051162.
  11. ↑ Sommerfeld, Seth (2018-08-13). "The 10 Best Moments from SPF30". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2020-08-02.