Rusty Willoughby (born June 30, 1966[1]) is an active American musician born in Staten Island and currently living in Vashon, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. As of 2011^[update], 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),[2] Llama (2005–2008),[3] and Cobirds Unite (2010–).[4] He also briefly played drums for the Fastbacks.[1][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,[1] and appeared in the film Hype!,[8] a documentary directed about the popularity of grunge rock.

Rusty Willoughby
Willoughby (right) backed by Scott Sutherland of the Model Rockets (2009)
Background information
Birth name	Rusty Willoughby
Born	(1966-06-30) 30 June 1966 (age 56) Staten Island, NYC
Origin	Vashon Island, Washington, United States
Genres	Rock
Instruments	Guitar, Drums, Singing
Website	http://rustywilloughby.com

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)

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rusty Willoughby.

• 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.