Rusty Willoughby Explained

Rusty Willoughby
Landscape:	yes
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Name:	Rusty Willoughby
Birth Place:	Staten Island, NYC
Birth Date:	30 June 1966
Origin:	Vashon Island, Washington, United States
Instrument:	Guitar, Drums, Singing
Genre:	Rock
Associated Acts:	Flop (band), Pure Joy, Cobirds Unite, Llama
Website:	http://rustywilloughby.com

Rusty Willoughby (born June 30, 1966^[1]) is an American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Vashon, Washington, a suburb of Seattle., 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), Llama (2005–2008),^[3] and Cobirds Unite (2010–).^[4] He also briefly played drums for the Fastbacks.^{[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, and appeared in the film Hype!,^[8] a documentary directed about the popularity of grunge rock.

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

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 and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer! (Frontier Records - 1992)
• Whenever You're Ready (Sony 550 - 1993)
• World of Today (Frontier Records - 1995)

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)

External links

• rustywilloughby.com, official web site
• Willoughby's blog
• Live performance, KEXP-FM, October 5, 2002
• Mike Baehr, Better Late: Unlovable party, Fantagraphics Books: page includes video of Willoughby performing at the Fantagraphics store February 7, 2009.

Notes and References

1. http://ogami.subpop.com/bands/fastbacks/new_website/part3.htm THE FASTBACKS - Fly to the Rainbow (1989-1993 pt. 3)
2. http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rID=12179 Rusty Willoughby
3. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=612025&ms Up & Coming
4. http://www.rustywilloughby.com/ (Home page)
5. http://www.musicmight.com/artist/usa/fastbacks Fastbacks
6. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=fastbacks Fastbacks
7. http://www.subpop.com/about About Us
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   Accessed online 2009-10-05.

9. Don Yates, Rusty Willoughby: Rusty Willoughby, KEXP-FM, June 15, 1999, accessed online 2009-10-05.