What is Fastball?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Fastball | Img = FastballBySteveHopson.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = Fastball live at Waterloo Park in [[Austin, Texas]], August 6, 2006. From left to right: Harmoni Kelley (support musician), Miles Zuniga, Joey Shuffield and Tony Scalzo. | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Austin, Texas]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[rock music|Rock]], [[powerpop]], [[pop rock]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1994–present | Label = [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]], [[Jupiter Records|Jupiter]], [[Rykodisc]], [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]] | Associated_acts = | URL = {{URL|http://www.fastballtheband.com/}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = [[Tony Scalzo]]<br/>[[Joey Shuffield]]<br/>[[Miles Zuniga]] | Past_members = }} '''Fastball''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[band]] from [[Austin, Texas]]. It started in the 1990s with the name '''Magneto U.S.A.''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fastball-mn0000146490|title=Fastball - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website=AllMusic}}</ref> but later changed its name to Fastball. ==Band history== Fastball became popular around Austin, Texas. It released its first [[album]], ''Make Your Mama Proud'', in 1996. However, the band did not became famous until it released its second album, ''All The Pain Money Can Buy'' in 1998. The first [[song]] on this album, ''The Way'', became a hit. This song was about an elderly couple who got lost while [[travel]]ing to a [[family]] reunion and died. However, band member Tony Scalzo, who wrote the song, gave the story a happier ending in the [[lyrics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.songsense.info/songs/2010/8/22/the-wa