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SIGNATURE MOVE: Kurt Bloch is this long-running Seattle punk-pop outfit’s secret weapon—writing the songs, producing and playing flashy, melodic lead guitar. He and bandmates Kim Warnick and Deep Purple-esque hard rock. So he occasionally seasoned Fastbacks’ hooky bombast with Van Halen-esque widdly-widdlys and wang-bar divebombs. Gear-wise, he didn’t have a trademark guitar or amp. He tends to like Gibsons—Les Paul Jrs., SGs, Sg Juniors and various Les Pauls. A...