Former Motorhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and ex-UFO's bassist Pete Way decided to put together a band that would play a very hard, straight-ahead kind of rock. The outcome couldn't have been better. The pair stroke gold in finding a young, totally unknown Irish vocalist named David King and also with steady drummer Jerry Shirley, formerly of Humble Pie, to complete the bill.
The sound is a heavy, raw Led Zeppelin brand of rock, very much so due to King's highly reminiscent vocals to that of Robert Plant, but also because of the ferocity of the guitar riffs, thunderous bass and flaming drums. This eponymous album does not credit bass maestro Pete Way because at the time of its release he had jumped to Ozzy's train instead (much for Eddie's disdain)... although that stint with the Ozz lasted almost nothing. Nevertheless, on a radio interview back in 1983, I listened to "Fast" Eddie himself say that Way, in fact, had recorded those awesome bass lines.
I still can't understand why this album never got the huge recognition it deserved, but Fastway's debut (and follow-up) are an absolute MUST for any hard rock music lover, or any rock fan altogehter. Buy this classic now!