Updates

A NIGHT WITH TFKA!

2008-07-22T01:45:00.000-07:00

First on our adventure, TFKA drove to the show, with Jerry Christ hanging out on the dash right next to his vanilla bean air freshener.

The boys arrived at the show and mark was really pumped to be there. He just loves to play! The band loaded their equipment inside.

Kyle was pretty happy as well.

About an hour and a half later we had finished playing, gotten all sweaty, and it was time to load.... WE LOVE TO LOAD!

^ ( loading faces)

For some strange reason Gary Wiessmann was nowhere to be found during loading. His time will come.... After watching all the rest of the bands play TFKA moved the party to the parking lot where the van resided.

HEY LOOK! ITS GARY! Just in time for the party!

Meet Tom, he sells merch from time to time. (Gary thinks he just farted.)

Just when the boys were about to leave... some ladies showed up. Gary was loving it. (No Gary, you cannot have her number.)

The ladies departed shortly there after. Don't worry boys, the ladies may have left but you have each other.

The night was coming to close so TFKA and crew hopped in the van and drove off into the night.

Until next time. Much love!

-tfka

Hey everybody!

2008-06-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

Excellent news, the EP will be releasing on June 30th at Mojoes Rock House in Tinley Park, IL with Go Radio, The Scenic, Lannen Fall and The July Week. Hope to see you there! The EP will be 5 dollars, so come on out and get your own credit card shaped digi card. :)

Artwork

2008-06-03T22:27:00.002-07:00

The artwork for our Debut EP Listen Up! is here. Designed by Double J Check it out!

What do you think? Let us know!

Recording, EP out soon!

2008-05-30T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, we have been playing out for a little bit gathering money to make sure we can put our record out and tour in July. We are going back into the studio starting June 9th, again with Seth from Asteria. The EP should be out right at the end of June and it will be called "Listen Up!". We will probably post the artwork on here really soon for everyone to see. The release is going to be a tad bit different though.

We wont be pressing physical cds it is going to be a purely digital release. We are having special cards made that you can purchase at shows for about 5 dollars which will have an individual code and a url on the back. You go to the url, punch in the code and BAM you have all of our music :) sounds wonderful doesn't it! For those of you who wont be able to attend shows becuase we may not be in your area it will be available on iTunes, and Real Rhapsody in good time. Unfortunately I may take a month or so for it to be available to you but we will make an option in our merch store for you to order a card and we will ship it out to you.

We are working on having a special downoad included with the cd for those of you who purchase them. We will keep you posted on that though. Until next time, talk to you soon!

-TFKA

Austin , Mark , Gary, Kyle

Chris Leaves TFKA

2008-04-21T18:03:00.001-07:00

Chris leaves TFKA

Listen up boys and girls, listen up...

This is a message I've been kinda bummed about writing for awhile but I figured it was time to let everyone know what's up. Even though I'm excited for what's to come, it's still really hard.

I have decided that it is in my best interest and the band's best interest to leave the Fastest Kid Alive, effective immediately. I have no negative feelings toward the band and I love all of these guys but I simply do not have a place in my life for a full-time touring band right now. As many of you know, I am a full-time college student at Purdue University and am finishing up my sophomore year there. If I were to pursue the band it would require me to drop out of school and really abandon everything I have going for me in my life (friends, girlfriend, family, school). I have been given the rare opportunity to go to a very good institution and make something of myself. Only 1% of the entire global population gets the opportunity to go to any sort of college and I just don't think it would be a wise choice to throw something like this away.

Being in a band like this has always been a dream of mine and I am blessed that I got to write some amazing songs with these dudes and play some amazing shows. But after a lot of thinking I have realized that I have the potential to do more with my life than be in a band and play music. If I want to accomplish my real dreams and goals, I need to focus on school. I am currently studying Environmental Engineering here at Purdue and I hope that one day I can make this world a cleaner, better, safer place for everyone to enjoy. Personally, this could be more fulfilling and rewarding than a band could ever be to me. Don't get me wrong, music has always been a true passion in my life and I am never ever, EVER going to stop playing and writing. My whole thing with music though has always been for the love of music, not to get big or go anywhere with it. I want to play music for the true love of it...nothing more and I could really care less if I am recognized or get famous. Music is something that I do to make myself happy and I'm not trying to impress anyone.

With all of that being said, I wish the best of luck to these guys and I truly do hope they get somewhere with this band. I can see this going big places and I was only holding them back. Gary's younger brother Mark will be taking over guitar and singing duties from now on so I want everyone to give him an extremely warm welcome into the TFKA family. I will always love these 4 guys and I hope the very best for them.

I want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has supported this band, and supported me being a part of it for the past few months. I don't know if other bands have the quality of fans that we do, but either way, you have blown my mind! So thanks for that. Keep in mind, The Fastest Kid Alive is NOT slowing down because of this. They will be going into the studio soon, and let me just say first hand...the new songs are going to be LEGIT! I'm SO excited for Gary, Kyle, Austin, and Mark and for the future success of the band.

In the meantime, check out a new project I have been working on called SWEATSHIRT WEATHER! (www.myspace.com/sweatshirtweather) I am extremely excited about this new project and it is giving me a chance to explore some areas of music I have never really been before. Let me know what you all think!

Thanks for everything friends,

Chris

STUDIO!

2008-03-02T14:46:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, we are in the studio recording with Seth from Asteria. We are really excited to have you guys hear what we have been working on for the past few weeks! The song should be up at the latest by Tuesday so be sure to tell all of your friends. We'll have a nice video blog for you guys to look at this week as well so stay tuned for that. Also we have some shows posted right now so if they are in your area we would love to see you guys out there. Our first show is April 4th at Mojoes Rock House in Tinley Park, we would love to see everyone come out and show your support and hang out. Our merch store is up right now at thefastestkidalive.bigcartel.com. Feel free to order a shirt and show all your friends. As for now, ADIOS!

-The Fastest Kid Alive
Gary, Kyle Austin, Chris

Blog .1

2008-01-31T21:02:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody! We started this blog in order to keep everybody updated on what we are doing and our plans. First off, we have been writing and getting things in order so that we can give you guys some excellent music to listen to. We are heading into the studio in February to lay down some tracks at Ampt Studios with Seth Henderson of Asteria. They Should be available for your ears to listen around the beginning of March. We are very excited for you guys to hear what we have been working on and can't wait to start playing some shows to come out and see everyone. As for now stay tuned.

-The Fastest Kid Alive
Chris, Gary, Kyle, Austin