Kurt Bloch, left, with The Fastbacks. Duff McKagan’s column runs every Thursday on Reverb. Each Monday he writes about the music circulating through his space.When writing last weeks article about Slats and his untimely death, I started to reminisce a bit about the first wave of punk rock in Seattle. One man, Kurt Bloch, seemed to have a vision early on then, and started his own little record label that put out about 5 singles. Yes, before there was a ‘Sub Pop’ records, there was Kurt’s No Threes record label. Here are some choice cuts that you all can find out there in digital form somehow these days.The Accident, “Kill The Bee Gees”: Bellingham’s The Accident were very reminiscent of the day’s Vancouver sound, bands like DOA, The Modernettes, and The Subhumans. I loved this single when I got it at 14 years of age or so.Silly Killers, Knife Manual: These guys were the bomb live. ‘Knife Manual’ is great for sure, but try to find all four songs from this 7″ EP if you can.The Fastbacks, “Someone Else’s Room”: Great pop from the best.
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