Rusty Willoughby

Rusty Willoughby (born June 30, 1966[1]) is an active American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Vashon, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. As of 2011, he has been vocalist, songwriter and guitarist or bass guitarist for several Seattle based bands: Pure Joy (1984–1989, 1997–2004),[2] Flop (1990–1995),[2] Llama (2005–2008),[3] and Cobirds Unite (2010–).[4] He also briefly played drums for the Fastbacks.[1][5][6] He also played with Kurt Bloch of the Fastbacks, Jonathan Poneman (co-founder of the record label Sub Pop[7]), and Scott Sutherland (of Seattle bands Model Rockets and Chemistry Set) in a Cheap Trick cover band called Sick Man of Europe,[1] and appeared in the film Hype!,[8] a documentary directed about the popularity of grunge rock.

Rusty Willoughby
Willoughby (right) backed by Scott Sutherland of the Model Rockets (2009)
Background information
Birth nameRusty Willoughby
Born (1966-06-30) 30 June 1966
Staten Island, NYC
OriginVashon Island, Washington, United States
GenresRock
InstrumentsGuitar, Drums, Singing
Associated actsFlop (band), Pure Joy, Cobirds Unite, Llama
Websitehttp://rustywilloughby.com


Musical style

In a 1999 review of Willoughby's self-titled solo album, Don Yates of KEXP-FM described his "Beatlesque songcraft" as "bring[ing] to mind the starker side of Elliott Smith."[9]

Discography
See also: Flop (band) § Discography

Solo albums
  • Rusty Willoughby self-released, 1999)
  • Filament Dust (self-released, 2009)
  • Cobirds Unite (self-released, 2010)
  • Adult Soft Record (self-release, 2012)
  • Anti (self-released, 2013)

Solo singles
  • "Here Come the Weakened" / "And the World Moves On" (Sub Pop, 1999, 7-inch vinyl)

Flop albums

Flop EPs and Singles
  • The Losing End (Lucky Records - 1990)
  • Drugs (Dashboard Hula Girl Records - 1990)
  • Anne (1993)
  • We Are You (Munster Records - 1993)
  • Regrets (Sony 550 - 1993)
  • The Great Valediction (Sony 550 - 1993)
  • Act 1 Scene 1 (Super Electro - 1995)
  • Place I Love (1995)

Pure Joy albums and EPs
  • Pure Joy (Dwindle Music, 1986, EP)
  • Carnivore (PopLlama, 1989)
  • Sore Throte, Ded Goat (No Threes, 1989 or 1990, EP)
  • Unsung (Flydaddy, recorded 1987, released 1994)
  • Getz the Worm (Flydaddy, 1997)
  • Gelatin and Bright (Book Records, 2003)

Notes
  1. THE FASTBACKS - Fly to the Rainbow (1989-1993 pt. 3), Sub Pop. Accessed online 2009-10-06.
  2. Rusty Willoughby, KEXP-FM live performance October 5, 2002. Accessed online 2009-10-05.
  3. Up & Coming, The Stranger, July 2, 2008. . Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  4. (Home page), rustywilloughby.com. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. Fastbacks, Music Might. Accessed online 2009-10-05.
  6. Fastbacks, Trouser Press, 2007. Accessed online 2009-10-05.
  7. About Us, Sub Pop. Accessed online 2009-10-06.
  8. Rusty Willoughby at IMDb. Accessed online 2009-10-05.
  9. Don Yates, Rusty Willoughby: Rusty Willoughby, KEXP-FM, June 15, 1999, accessed online 2009-10-05.
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