Fastway were an English hard rock band formed in 1982 by former Motörhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and former UFO bassist Pete Way.

In 1982, guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead and bassist Pete Way of UFO joined to create a new band for CBS Records.

After critical and commercial success, the band toured to promote the album (with one-time Fixx bassist Alfie Agius[3] as their session bass player).

The band then recruited Richard McCracken, formerly of Taste, as "permanent" bassist, and released another success in the form of All Fired Up the following year.

Recruiting Shane Carroll (second guitar), Paul Reid (bass), and Alan Connor (drums) from Dave King's first band, Stillwood, this line-up released Waiting for the Roar.

The same year, Fastway was approached to make the soundtrack for the heavy metal horror film Trick or Treat.

Meanwhile, Clarke decided to restart Fastway again from scratch in 1988 using vocalist Lea Hart and session men, quickly releasing On Target in the same year, but it sold poorly.