Kim Warnick

Kim Warnick, 2011

Kim Warnick (born April 7, 1959[1][2]) is an American rock musician (bassist and vocalist), a former member of Seattle-based bands The Fastbacks (1979–1998)[3][4] and Visqueen (1998–2004).[4] Described by KIRO-FM in 2016 as a "legendary musician and vocalist,"[5] she is the former wife of Ken Stringfellow of The Posies.[4] Officially she retired in 2004, and suffered some serious health issues in the following years,[4][6] but recovered and has participated in Fastbacks reunion shows, the first of which was in 2011, headlining the West Seattle Summer Fest.[3][7][8] She has also collaborated since 2010 with Evan Dando (former frontman of The Lemonheads) in a band originally called The Calligraphers but later renamed Cali Giraffes.[9][10]

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.[11]

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  1. ↑ Kim Warnick on IMDb. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  2. ↑ Fastbacks on SubPop Records. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  3. 1 2 Art Zone Shuffle: The Fastbacks perform 'No Information', Seattle Channel, August 30, 2013. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ First West Seattle Summer Fest music news: Fastbacks reunion, May 13, 2011, West Seattle Blog. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  8. ↑ Grant Brissey, West Seattle Summer Fest, The Stranger (Seattle), May 23, 2011. Accessed online 2017-03-31.
  9. ↑ Imaginary Amie, Imaginary Spotlight: The Calligraphers / The Cali Giraffes, Three Imaginary Girls, November 10, 2010. Accessed online 2017-04-01.
  10. ↑ Cali Giraffes discography, Discogs. Accessed online 2017-04-01.
  11. ↑ "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.
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