User:Roger3b/Faster Mustache

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[edit] Intro

First conceived in the spring of 2001 by Chris Van Heldt and Andrew "Mango" Persichettie, Faster Mustache (FM) was an experimental doom rock duo from Atlanta. The band's rare, but dazzling live performances expressed a unique psychodelic-sad-pop sensibility with heavy-driving repetition and layered visual projections.

FM disbanded in 2002 after a studio fire that took the life of producer Akuma Mitsu and destroyed all evidence of an ongoing recording project. The band's guitarist, Van Heldt, left the city in 2004 amongst a cloud of accusations involving human trafficking and the brutal stabbing of a cyclist. The Faster Mustache name has since been borrowed from a popular piece of rolled graffiti by the now famed 'Faster Mustache' Bicycle Crew.

Founded in 2004 by Kurt Rampton, with the first t-shirts made in March 2005, Faster Mustache is an independent organization made up of a diverse group of Atlanta residents with one thing in common: riding bicycles. Fixed or free, geared or single, cruiser, chopper, racer, clunker, we ride 'em. Our interests are as diverse as our riders but we are all dedicated to promoting safer riding conditions in Atlanta and being ambassadors for Atlanta's broad bicycle community. Faster Mustache events cover areas of interests including psychogeography, political/social activism, design, urban transit, urban planning and construction, food and drink, music and movies, art and culture, mountain biking, and quesadillas.

[edit] Events

Critical Mass Atlanta
Faster Beach Trip 2005
FM24 - First annual 24 hour urban relay
Mustache Hotel Party @ The FM Lofts
Fuck Mother Nature - Hurrican Katrina Benefit party
FM 1 Year birthday party: 03.04.06
FM.24.06 - Second annual 24 hour urban relay.