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The Rocket, 8/25/99

Break Like the Wind
By Steve Turner

Seattle's legendary anarchists the Fartz proved to still be punker-than-you when guitarist Paul Solger failed to show up for the band's first show in 15 years, held July 30 at Pain in the Grass. After announcing Paul's phone number and e-mail address, Blaine and Steve Fart opted to play a couple songs sans guitar to keep the crowd of old, angry punks from tearing the place apart. Once they got going they couldn't stop, so they played an encore to "let the humiliation continue," as Blaine put it. As for Paul? Turns out he had chicken pox and didn't want to infect anyone. The big question now is, which members will show up for their Breakroom gig on August 13?