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Fugazi

February 15, 2024

For other uses, see Fugazi (disambiguation).

Fugazi (/fuˈɡɑːzi/; foo-GAH-zee) is[b] an American punk rock band formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986. The band consisted of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. They were noted for their style-transcending music, DIY ethical stance, manner of business practice, and contempt for the music industry.

Fugazi
Fugazi performing at Emo's in 2002; left to right: Ian MacKaye, Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto (not pictured: Joe Lally)
Background information
OriginWashington, D.C., United States
Genres
Years active1986–2003[a]
Labels
Spinoffs
Spinoff of
Past members
Websitewww.dischord.com/band/fugazi

Fugazi performed numerous worldwide tours and produced six studio albums, a film, and a comprehensive live series, gaining the band critical acclaim and success around the world.[1] Highly influential on punk and alternative music, the band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2003.

History edit

Formation and early years (1986–1989) edit

After the hardcore punk group Minor Threat dissolved, MacKaye (vocals and guitar) was active with a few short-lived groups, most notably Embrace. He decided he wanted a project that was "like the Stooges with reggae", but was wary about forming another band after Embrace's breakup. MacKaye recalled, "My interests were not necessarily to be in a band, but to be with people who wanted to play music with me."[2]

MacKaye recruited ex-Dag Nasty drummer Colin Sears and bass guitarist Lally, and the trio began practicing together in September 1986. After a few months of rehearsals, Sears returned to Dag Nasty and was replaced by Canty (earlier of Rites of Spring). One day, Picciotto, Canty's Rites of Spring bandmate, dropped by during a practice session to see how his friend was getting along; he later admitted he secretly harbored the idea of joining the group. But Picciotto was disappointed that there seemed to be no place for him.[3]

After some uncertainty from Canty about what he wanted to do with his future, the trio regrouped and booked their first show at the Wilson Center in early September 1987. The group still needed a name, so MacKaye chose the word "fugazi" from Mark Baker's Nam, a compilation of stories of Vietnam War veterans, in there being a slang acronym for "Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In [a body bag]".[4]

The band began inviting Picciotto to practices. Inspired by the use of a foil in hip hop, Picciotto sang backup vocals. After his band Happy Go Licky broke up, he became more involved with Fugazi. MacKaye eventually asked Picciotto to become a full member, and he accepted.[5]

Fugazi EP & Margin Walker – 13 Songs (1988–1989) edit

Fugazi embarked on its first tour in January 1988. In June 1988 the band recorded its debut EP Fugazi with producer Ted Niceley and producer/engineer Don Zientara (who became a longtime collaborator), and shortly afterward embarked on an arduous tour of Europe.[6]

At the tour's conclusion in December, the band recorded songs for its intended debut album, but the band was exhausted from touring and found the resulting sessions were unsatisfactory. The track list was cut down to an EP and released as Margin Walker the next year. Both EPs were eventually combined into the 13 Songs release in late 1989.[7][8] Upon the band's return from Europe, Picciotto, unsatisfied with singing, began playing guitar too.[9]

Repeater and Steady Diet of Nothing (1990–1992) edit

 
"Repeater"
Sample of "Repeater", from Repeater (1990)
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With Picciotto playing guitar full-time, Fugazi made the transition into jamming and writing new material as a band as opposed to performing songs composed solely by MacKaye. In addition to working on new material, songs they had been performing live were refined, such as "Merchandise" and "Turnover", for inclusion on their first official full-length studio album.[10]

Released on April 19, 1990, through Dischord Records, Repeater did not initially reach the Billboard 200 charts or become a commercial success. But the band spent most of 1990 and 1991 touring heavily behind Repeater, performing 250 concerts between March 1990 and June 1991, routinely selling out 1,000-plus capacity venues throughout the world. By summer 1991, the album sold more than 300,000 copies, a large number for a label that relied on minimal promotion. Major labels began to court Fugazi, but the band stayed with Dischord. It was critically well received and featured an alternative rock sound that predated significant releases such as Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten, which unexpectedly broke the genre into the mainstream.[10]

For Fugazi's second studio album, Steady Diet of Nothing, released in July 1991, the band again asked Ted Niceley to produce. Niceley had become a chef and had to reluctantly turn down the job, so the band decided to produce the record themselves.[11] After the success of Repeater and its subsequent world tour, Steady Diet was highly anticipated. Six months before its release Dischord had more than 160,000 pre-orders for the album.[12]

In on the Kill Taker and Red Medicine (1993–1996) edit

Fugazi recorded its third album, In on the Kill Taker, in the fall of 1992 with Steve Albini in Chicago, but the results were deemed unsatisfactory and the band rerecorded the album with Niceley and Don Zientara. With the breakthrough of alternative rock in the early 1990s, In on the Kill Taker; released on June 30, 1993, became the group's first record to enter the Billboard album charts, receiving critical praise from Spin, Time and Rolling Stone, and becoming the band's breakthrough album.[1]

By the In on the Kill Taker tour, the group began to sell out large auditoriums and arenas and receive more lucrative major label offers. During its sold-out 3-night stint at New York City's Roseland Ballroom in September 1993, music mogul and Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun met with the band backstage in an attempt to sign them. Ertegun offered the band "anything you want", their own subsidiary label and more than $10 million just to sign with Atlantic. Fugazi declined.[13] The organizers of Lollapalooza also attempted to recruit the band for a headlining slot on its 1993 tour, which the band considered but ultimately turned down.[citation needed]

 
"Combination Lock"
Sample of "Combination Lock", from Red Medicine (1995)
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Fugazi began writing the material for Red Medicine in late 1994, after touring in support of In on the Kill Taker. The band worked with Zientara but chose not to work with Niceley again. Fugazi opted to retreat from the in-your-face production values of In on the Kill Taker and instead worked to create an ambient sound that displayed greater range and depth. To achieve this, the band handled production duties itself, and in doing so, became more confident with in-studio experimentation. Red Medicine took Fugazi a step further toward art rock. The band began an extensive worldwide tour in support of the album, playing 172 shows between March 1995 and November 1996.[1][14]

 
MacKaye performing with Fugazi at the Academy 1 in Manchester England on October 30, 2002

End Hits and The Argument (1997–2002) edit

After the grueling worldwide tour the band completed in support of Red Medicine, Fugazi took an extended break and also began writing material for a follow-up release. By March 1997 Fugazi had once again returned to Inner Ear Studios with Zientara to begin recording what became End Hits, with the intention of taking a more relaxed approach to recording and a longer amount of time to experiment with different songs and techniques in the studio. The group ultimately spent 7 months recording the album. Due to the title, rumors began circulating at the time that it was to be their last release.[15] Released on April 28, 1998, the album was commercially successful and marked one of the band's highest debuts yet on the Billboard charts. Critical reaction to End Hits was mixed. Many critics praised its heavier tracks, while others questioned the inclusion of the group's longer, more experimental songs.[16]

 
"Full Disclosure"
Sample of "Full Disclosure", from The Argument (2001)
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Fugazi began work on The Argument in 1999. This process saw the group taking more time than usual to write and demo material. Each member brought his own riffs and ideas to the band, jammed on them, and then began piecing the songs together into various configurations before deciding on the final versions.[17] The album's recording sessions took place between January and April 2001 at Inner Ear Studios and Dischord House in Arlington, Virginia. The band once again worked with Zientara. During the recording process a considerable amount of time was spent finalizing each song's production, in particular the album's drum tracks, in an effort to give it a unique feel.[18] Canty told Modern Drummer, "We recorded them all very differently in terms of the drum sounds. We used a lot of different drum kits, cymbals, snares, and ways of miking."[18]

The Argument was released by Dischord Records on October 16, 2001, along with the EP Furniture + 2. Arion Berger of Rolling Stone called the album "bracing" and "intellectual"[19] and Chris True of AllMusic "spine-tingling and ear-shattering all at once", writing, "the band has raised the bar for themselves and others once again." He also wrote that the album had "touched on strange new territory".[20] By this point Fugazi was on tour less, due in large part to other professional and personal commitments. It performed only 32 shows in 2001 and 2002.[1] Even though the number of performances dwindled, during Fugazi's last tour they performed in front of over roughly 70,000 people.[21]

Indefinite hiatus and reunion rumours (2003–present) edit

Fugazi went on what it has called an "indefinite hiatus" after the conclusion of its 2002 UK tour following three sold-out nights at the London Forum on November 2–4, 2002.[22] The hiatus was brought on by the band members' insistence on spending more time with their families and pursuing other professional projects.[23]

Since Fugazi went on hiatus in 2003, rumors began circulating about a reunion, with some insinuating that the band may get back together to headline the Coachella Festival. While the band has confirmed that it has been offered large sums of money to reunite and headline festivals, such as Coachella, it has so far declined the offers.[24]

In March 2011, MacKaye reiterated that Fugazi has "been offered insane amounts of money to play reunions, but it's not going to be money that brings us back together, we would only play music together if we wanted to play music together and time allowed it".[25]

In November 2011, when asked by The A.V. Club about the possibility of a reunion and a follow up to 2001's The Argument, Lally said, "The Argument was a great record that we should try and top. It'll take some time to come together and everything. To do that, we'd have to, the way the four of us are, we would take quite some time, I think, reassociating ourselves musically, and then just letting it come about naturally, because it would have to be a natural thing. So we'll just see."[26]

In August 2014, Dischord announced the official release of First Demo, an album featuring 11 demo songs recorded in January 1988.[27] The announcement included a preview of the demo for the Fugazi track "Merchandise".[28] The album was released on November 18, 2014.[29]

MacKaye insisted in a 2017 interview that Fugazi is not, in fact, broken up. While he admits any future public performance will have to contend with various confounding factors, the members have occasionally played music together, privately, since their 2003 hiatus.[30] On March 21, 2018, in an interview on Vish Khanna's Kreative Kontrol podcast, Lally confirmed the band's irregular practice of casual get-togethers. He stated: "Yeah, when we're all in D.C., we totally hang out together and talk and spend a lot of time laughing. We have a great time together, go out to dinner, and we'll play some music together." Lally also stated that additional public performances or tours were unlikely: "There's so much to try to look after to allow Fugazi to do anything, that we do not have the time to give it the respect that it deserves. So unfortunately, it is where it is."

On February 13, 2019, Louder Sound asked Lally and Canty about the possibility of Fugazi returning, Lally responded "You never want to say never about anything, because how can you say that about the future? But there does seem to be a lack of time to allow it to happen, because the four of us would have to spend a lot of time together to figure out, 'Should we play old songs?' 'Who are we now?' 'What is it now?' We are not the kind of band to get together and just rehearse two hours of old songs to go out and play it, rake in the dough and come home." Canty added, "If we got back together it would have to be from the spirit of creativity. It would be different if we got back together."[31]

Side projects and related work edit

In the hiatus, the members undertook side projects, with MacKaye forming the duo the Evens with drummer and singer Amy Farina (formerly of the Warmers).

In 2004, MacKaye produced the DC EP for Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, which also featured Jerry Busher.

Canty has been doing a variety of soundtrack scores and playing bass in the trio Garland Of Hours alongside frequent Fugazi guest contributors Jerry Busher and Amy Domingues, and has played bass live with Mary Timony. Canty also appears on Bob Mould's 2005 album Body of Song and on Mould's 2008 album District Line, and has toured with Mould, appearing in the live DVD Circle of Friends. He is currently working in the Burn to Shine DVD series which is being released by Trixie DVD. Now, he is playing in Deathfix alongside Devin Ocampo (Medications, Faraquet, Smart Went Crazy, Beauty Pill), Rich Morel (Bob Mould, Blow Off) and Mark Cisneros (Medications, the Make-Up). They will release their album in February 2013 on Dischord Records.

Lally has released three solo albums, There to Here (2006), Nothing Is Underrated (2007), and Why Should I Get Used to It (2011). He has also appeared on fellow DC post-punkers Decahedron's debut album Disconnection_Imminent, as well as on a project with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarists John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer, known as Ataxia. The group has recorded two albums, Automatic Writing (2004) and AW II (2007).

Picciotto currently works as a record producer most notably with Blonde Redhead and the Blood Brothers, and he has performed alongside members of the Ex at the Jazz festival in Wels, Austria. Picciotto also contributed guitar on two Vic Chesnutt albums, 2007's "North Star Deserter and 2009's At the Cut (co-producing the latter), for Constellation Records and performed live with Chesnutt and members of Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and the Quavers in Jem Cohen's program entitled, "Evening's Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin at the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) in 2007 (a DVD of the program was released in 2009). Picciotto played guitar on Chesnutt's Fall/Winter 2009 North American Tour. He has a daughter with musician Kathi Wilcox from the band Bikini Kill and the Frumpies.

In July 2011, Minneapolis based record label Doomtree released an album of mash-ups between Fugazi and east coast veteran rap crew the Wu-Tang Clan. The album is titled 13 Chambers, group name Wugazi. However, Fugazi itself did not have any involvement with the release.[32] Bassist Joe Lally was asked about his thoughts on the Wugazi release, and stated "I think they could've found better Fugazi pieces to sample with Wu-Tang guys rapping on it. I mean, it's enjoyable, and I do appreciate it for the fact that somebody enjoys our music enough to bring it into that. But, you know, I don't know. I guess I should shut up, because I suppose I'm about to run into these people at the Fun Fun Fun Fest festival and talk to them. But I'm afraid that is my opinion on it. It's like, get better samples of our stuff, do better work."[26]

In October 2012, Chris Lawhorn released Fugazi Edits. The album includes 22 instrumental tracks, which sample 100 songs from Fugazi's discography.[33] As in other cases, the band had no involvement in the production. But, the album was authorized for release by MacKaye, with the proceeds going to charity.[34]

In 2016, Canty and Lally joined with guitarist Anthony Pirog to form the Messthetics, Canty and Lally's first project together since Fugazi's hiatus.[35] In March 2018, the Messthetics released their self-titled debut album and embarked upon a tour of the US and Japan.[36] The band toured further and released a second album entitled Anthropocosmic Nest in 2019.[37][38]

In 2018, Ian MacKaye, Amy Farina and Joe Lally debuted a new band.[39] In February 2020, it was announced that the band, now called Coriky,[40] would release their first album on March 27, 2020.[41] The debut single, "Clean Kill", was released on February 11, 2020.[42] The band previewed their album at a free show in D.C.'s St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church on February 22, 2020.[43] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the release of Coriky was delayed to June 12, 2020, in part to accommodate independent record stores closed due to the pandemic.[44] Upon release the record was favorable reviewed in a few publications; often drawing comparisons and contrasts with MacKaye and Farina's other band the Evens, as well as Fugazi.[45][46][47]

Live performances edit

Main article: Fugazi Live Series
 
Handmade tickets for a Fugazi concert from 2001 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Between 1987 and 2003, Fugazi played over 1000 concerts in all 50 US states and all over the world. Over 800 of these shows were recorded by the band's sound engineers. Beginning in 2004 and continuing into 2005, Fugazi launched a 30 CD Live Series that featured concerts from various points in their career, which were made available for sale via Dischord Records. Continuing with the live series concept and after several years of development on December 1, 2011, Fugazi launched a comprehensive Live Series website through Dischord Records that features 750 recordings available for download at the suggested price of $5 each or a "pay what you want" sliding scale option for each download between $1–100 with the goal of eventually making all 800 of the shows that have been recorded available for purchase.[48] For $500 fans can also purchase an "All Access" privilege which will include access to any future concerts and downloads added to the site.[49]

While each concert was professionally mastered, the recordings capture everything that happened onstage and for preservation's sake the band chose not to edit anything out, singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto explained to the New York Times, "We liked this idea of, 'Let's just let it be everything,' ... There doesn't have to be the idea that this is the great, golden document. It's all there, and it's not cleaned up. You get what you get." The sound quality also varies as the earliest recordings were made to cassettes, then eventually digital formats such as DAT, CD-R and ultimately hard-drives were used. Each concert page also includes flyers, photographs and ticket stubs. As a career-spanning archival project, the Fugazi Live Series has few equals, putting the band in the company of acts like the Grateful Dead, Phish and Pearl Jam, three notable examples of other artists with such a large volume of concerts available for purchase.[49]

Musical style edit

Fugazi's style has been described as post-hardcore,[50] art punk,[51][52] alternative rock,[53] and experimental rock.[54] Fugazi's music was an intentional departure from that of the hardcore punk bands the members had played in previously. Fugazi combined punk with funk and reggae beats, irregular stop-start song structures, and heavy riffs inspired by popular rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Queen, bands that the punk community of the time largely disdained.[55] When questioned by Guitar World in 2002 about the band's influences, singer/guitarist Ian MacKaye responded, "Too many to mention. And not just from the last few years. Some of them predate us by decades, and most of them wouldn't be punk. I would hope any musician would be inspired by a lot of different kinds of music." In a 2004 interview with Indonesian magazine Deathrockstar, Picciotto named "D.C. groups" such as Bad Brains ("who inspired all of us so much at the beginning"), the Faith and Void as influences, in addition to Minutemen, Black Flag, Sonic Youth, the Ex and the Beatles, the latter of which all the members "share[d] a major love for". Despite this, he similarly conceded that "[i]ts [sic] impossible to narrow it down to one band or record because we didn't just crib from one blueprint, we were grabbing ideas from all over the place and then filtering them through our own limited and personally shaped skills."[56]

Picciotto became the group's second guitarist when he realized MacKaye's typically chunky, low-end riffs and Lally's dub-influenced basslines allowed him to focus on high-pitched parts. In both vocal and guitar roles, Picciotto assumed the role of a foil to MacKaye; employing a Rickenbacker guitar for its scratchy single-coil sound in order to "cut through MacKaye's chunky chording like a laser beam."[9] Their inventive, interlocking guitarwork often defies the traditional notion of "lead" and "rhythm" guitars and features unusual and dissonant chords and progressions filtered through a hardcore punk lens. Later, Fugazi more fully integrated elements of punk rock, hardcore, soul and noise with an inventively syncopated rhythm section.

Picciotto's assumption of guitar duties allowed all four members of the band to jam together and write songs that way, where previously they had played songs largely as MacKaye had arranged them.[57] When writing songs, the band often rearranges them with different structures and different singers.[1] Spin has listed MacKaye and Picciotto together at No. 86 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time for their unique and interlocking guitar style in Fugazi.[58]

Generally, MacKaye's lyrics and singing are more direct and anthemic (MacKaye admits that he loves audience sing-alongs and writes songs with shout-able slogans), while Picciotto usually favors a more abstract, oblique approach.[1] Lally has contributed vocals to a few songs as well, in which he sings in a more relaxed, quiet style as opposed to MacKaye and Picciotto, whose lyrics and vocals often feature strong emotional intensity.

Each of Fugazi's albums since Repeater have featured an instrumental. By the time of 1995's Red Medicine bassist Joe Lally also began contributing vocals to the band and the group was implementing many of their broader influences into the overall sound. Critics Ian McCaleb and Ira Robbins declared that Fugazi's music combined an "unprecedented dynamic range ... and previously unimagined elements" such as "clattering musique concrète ... piano and sound effects ... murky dub and lancing clarinet" and "loose-limbed jammy funk ... into an ambitious, experimental format that raises more stylistic questions than it answers."[59]

Business practices edit

On their first tours, Fugazi worked out its DIY ethic by trial and error. Their decisions were partly motivated by pragmatic considerations that were essentially a punk rock version of simple living: for example, selling merchandise on tour would require a full-time merchandise salesperson who would require lodging, food, and other costs, so Fugazi decided to simplify their touring by not selling merchandise. The band was also motivated by moral or ethical considerations: for example, Fugazi's members regarded pricey admission for rock concerts as tantamount to price gouging a performer's most loyal fans. Fugazi's inexpensive target goal of $5 admission was spawned during a conversation on an early tour when the band's members were debating the lowest profitable admission price.[60] Everett True has said that MacKaye and Fugazi "had a mind-set that believed that any involvement with the system was corrupting and that you should create completely alternative structures outside".[61]

In later years, Fugazi was unable to negotiate ticket prices below about $10–$15 total. However, it never saw the $5 rule as inviolable, instead aiming to charge a price that was both affordable and profitable. Unlike some similar, independent rock contemporaries, Fugazi's performances and tours were always profitable, due to the group's popularity, low business overhead costs, and MacKaye's keen sense of audience response in given regions. Many times the band performed sold-out shows multiple consecutive nights at the same venue.[60]

Fugazi's early tours earned it a strong word-of-mouth reputation, both for its powerful performances, and also for the band's eagerness to play in unusual venues. The group sought out alternatives to traditional rock clubs partly to relieve the boredom of touring, but also hoping to show fans that there are other options to traditional ways of doing things. As Picciotto said, "You find the Elks Lodge, you find the guy who's got a space in the back of his pizzeria, you find the guy who has a gallery. Kids will do that stuff because they want to make stuff happen."[62]

The group (MacKaye in particular) also made a point of discouraging violent, unwanted slam dancing and fistfights, which it saw as relics of the late 1970s/early 1980s hardcore punk era. Michael Azerrad quotes Mackaye, "See, [slam dancers] have one form of communication: violence ... So to disorient them, you don't give them violence. I'd say, 'Excuse me, sir ...'- I mean, it freaks them out – 'Excuse me, sir, would you please cut that crap out?'"[63] Azerrad writes, "[MacKaye's] admonitions seemed preachy to some. And by and large, people would obey – it wasn't cool to disrespect Ian MacKaye."[63] Occasionally, Fugazi would have an unrepentant slam-dancer escorted from the concert, and give them an envelope containing a $5 refund (the group kept a stock of such envelopes in their tour van for these occasions).

During the summer of 1990 MacKaye formed the corporation Lunar Atrocities Ltd.[64] in order to shield his own and his bandmates' personal assets from the threat of lawsuits. As MacKaye's financial advisor, Seth Martin, explained to The Washington Post in a 1993 interview: "protection from liability is the main reason to form a corporation, and for these guys it makes sense. If someone got hurt stage-diving and decided to sue, it would be harder to go after their personal assets."[65]

Influence and legacy edit

I just think of it as part of the reciprocal process inherent in the way music works. Ideas and inspiration are just handed down the line from band to band from generation to generation. For us, we came up completely in awe of bands like the Bad Brains – they lit a fire in us and we just did our best to pass that feeling on to other people in our own way.

Guy Picciotto on the band's influence.[56]

Fugazi's music and ethics have been immensely influential on punk and alternative music throughout the years, and has earned the band praise from many notable musicians as well. Sublime "thanked" the band by namedropping them on their debut album.[66] At the Drive-In called the band an influence on their own music,[67] as did other notable post-hardcore bands such as Refused,[68] Quicksand,[69] Drive Like Jehu,[70] Mclusky,[71] and Cursive.[72] John Frusciante named them an influence on Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication and on his solo album The Will to Death.[73] Nirvana cited the band as an influence,[74] and Kurt Cobain - who was friends with the members of Fugazi[75] - was even spotted in a popular photo of the band with the word "Fugazi" misspelt on both shoes.[76][77] Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam remarked that witnessing the band live "was a life-changing experience" for him.[78] Reportedly a huge fan, Elliott Smith was "super-obsessed" with the band[79] and later admitted that his former band Heatmiser was "trying to be Fugazi".[80] The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr offered the band praise, and called MacKaye one of his favorite guitarists.[81][82] Towards the end of his life, Joe Strummer, lead vocalist of the Clash, recognized Fugazi as the band that best exemplified "the spirit of punk" in a 2000 Rolling Stone interview, besides offering them accolades on several other occasions.[83][84] In 1993, Joey Ramone of the Ramones picked the band as a favorite, labeling them a "great social conscience".[85]

Graham Coxon of Blur recalls his introduction to bands such as Fugazi (and the Picciotto-led Rites of Spring) in the mid 90s as being one of the most musically significant moments of his life: "They used the guitar in an incredible way; making quite restrained noisy music, which I'd never heard English bands doing."[86] Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World named both MacKaye and Picciotto as an influence on his guitar playing as they made him "more open to the ideas behind guitar playing, as opposed to the technical difficulty of it.".[87] Daniel Kessler of Interpol was also influenced by the band in his guitar-playing,[88][89] as was Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan[90] and Colin Frangicetto of Circa Survive.[91] Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine found the band's music on Repeater[92] revelatory, as did Steve Holmes of American Football.[93] Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 called the band a big influence as they "stood for something and never varied from that path."[94] "Fugazi was probably my biggest influence as far as wanting to start a band", Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green admitted, "It was really great music and just sounded like something I could possibly do."[95] Gareth Liddiard, lead vocalist and guitarist of both the Drones and Tropical Fuck Storm, named Fugazi (amongst many others) as an influence on his guitar-playing,[96] and praised the band's live performances.[97] When asked to name some of his favorite records or discographies, Brian Cook of Botch (and later Russian Circles) included the band's entire discography amongst others.[98] Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz called the band's debut EP "probably the best I ever heard. It's so together and everything sits in the right place."[99] Jeff Rosenstock not only called the band a big influence on his music,[100] but also on his strict DIY business practices & ethics.[101][102] Sunny Day Real Estate cited the band as an influence for similar reasons.[103]

In addition, the band was a formative influence on Tool bassist Justin Chancellor,[104] Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green,[105] Jack White,[106] Daniel Johns of Silverchair,[107] Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney,[108] Sara Lund of Unwound,[109] Iceage,[110] Thursday,[111] ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead,[112] Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings,[113] Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler,[114] Travis Morrison of the Dismemberment Plan,[115] Efrim Menuck of Godspeed You! Black Emperor,[116] Alison Mosshart of the Kills,[117] Brand New guitarist Jesse Lacey,[118] Converge lead vocalist Jacob Bannon,[119] Coalesce,[120] Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady,[121] Ben Lee,[122] Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers,[123] Explosions in the Sky,[124] Kele Okereke of Bloc Party,[125] Trevor de Brauw of Pelican,[126] Ted Leo,[127] Matty Healy of the 1975,[128] Mary Timony,[129] Hayley Williams of Paramore,[130] Justin Vernon of Bon Iver,[131] Chester Bennington of Linkin Park[132] and Lorde.[133]

Members edit

Final lineup edit

Former members edit

Touring musicians edit

Timeline edit

Discography edit

Main article: Fugazi discography

Notes edit

  1. ^ Currently on hiatus
  2. ^ the band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2003

References edit

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fugazi, other, uses, disambiguation, ɑː, american, punk, rock, band, formed, washington, 1986, band, consisted, guitarists, vocalists, mackaye, picciotto, bassist, lally, drummer, brendan, canty, they, were, noted, their, style, transcending, music, ethical, s. For other uses see Fugazi disambiguation Fugazi f u ˈ ɡ ɑː z i foo GAH zee is b an American punk rock band formed in Washington D C in 1986 The band consisted of guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty They were noted for their style transcending music DIY ethical stance manner of business practice and contempt for the music industry FugaziFugazi performing at Emo s in 2002 left to right Ian MacKaye Brendan Canty and Guy Picciotto not pictured Joe Lally Background informationOriginWashington D C United StatesGenresPost hardcore art punk alternative rock experimental rockYears active1986 2003 a LabelsDischordSpinoffsThe Evens Coriky The MesstheticsSpinoff ofThe Teen Idles Minor Threat Rites of Spring Embrace Egg Hunt Dag Nasty Happy Go LickyPast membersIan MacKaye Joe Lally Brendan Canty Guy Picciotto Colin SearsWebsitewww wbr dischord wbr com wbr band wbr fugaziFugazi performed numerous worldwide tours and produced six studio albums a film and a comprehensive live series gaining the band critical acclaim and success around the world 1 Highly influential on punk and alternative music the band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2003 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and early years 1986 1989 1 2 Fugazi EP amp Margin Walker 13 Songs 1988 1989 1 3 Repeater and Steady Diet of Nothing 1990 1992 1 4 In on the Kill Taker and Red Medicine 1993 1996 1 5 End Hits and The Argument 1997 2002 1 6 Indefinite hiatus and reunion rumours 2003 present 2 Side projects and related work 3 Live performances 4 Musical style 5 Business practices 6 Influence and legacy 7 Members 7 1 Final lineup 7 2 Former members 7 3 Touring musicians 7 3 1 Timeline 8 Discography 9 Notes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External linksHistory editFormation and early years 1986 1989 edit After the hardcore punk group Minor Threat dissolved MacKaye vocals and guitar was active with a few short lived groups most notably Embrace He decided he wanted a project that was like the Stooges with reggae but was wary about forming another band after Embrace s breakup MacKaye recalled My interests were not necessarily to be in a band but to be with people who wanted to play music with me 2 MacKaye recruited ex Dag Nasty drummer Colin Sears and bass guitarist Lally and the trio began practicing together in September 1986 After a few months of rehearsals Sears returned to Dag Nasty and was replaced by Canty earlier of Rites of Spring One day Picciotto Canty s Rites of Spring bandmate dropped by during a practice session to see how his friend was getting along he later admitted he secretly harbored the idea of joining the group But Picciotto was disappointed that there seemed to be no place for him 3 After some uncertainty from Canty about what he wanted to do with his future the trio regrouped and booked their first show at the Wilson Center in early September 1987 The group still needed a name so MacKaye chose the word fugazi from Mark Baker s Nam a compilation of stories of Vietnam War veterans in there being a slang acronym for Fucked Up Got Ambushed Zipped In a body bag 4 The band began inviting Picciotto to practices Inspired by the use of a foil in hip hop Picciotto sang backup vocals After his band Happy Go Licky broke up he became more involved with Fugazi MacKaye eventually asked Picciotto to become a full member and he accepted 5 Fugazi EP amp Margin Walker 13 Songs 1988 1989 edit Fugazi embarked on its first tour in January 1988 In June 1988 the band recorded its debut EP Fugazi with producer Ted Niceley and producer engineer Don Zientara who became a longtime collaborator and shortly afterward embarked on an arduous tour of Europe 6 At the tour s conclusion in December the band recorded songs for its intended debut album but the band was exhausted from touring and found the resulting sessions were unsatisfactory The track list was cut down to an EP and released as Margin Walker the next year Both EPs were eventually combined into the 13 Songs release in late 1989 7 8 Upon the band s return from Europe Picciotto unsatisfied with singing began playing guitar too 9 Repeater and Steady Diet of Nothing 1990 1992 edit nbsp Repeater source source Sample of Repeater from Repeater 1990 Problems playing this file See media help With Picciotto playing guitar full time Fugazi made the transition into jamming and writing new material as a band as opposed to performing songs composed solely by MacKaye In addition to working on new material songs they had been performing live were refined such as Merchandise and Turnover for inclusion on their first official full length studio album 10 Released on April 19 1990 through Dischord Records Repeater did not initially reach the Billboard 200 charts or become a commercial success But the band spent most of 1990 and 1991 touring heavily behind Repeater performing 250 concerts between March 1990 and June 1991 routinely selling out 1 000 plus capacity venues throughout the world By summer 1991 the album sold more than 300 000 copies a large number for a label that relied on minimal promotion Major labels began to court Fugazi but the band stayed with Dischord It was critically well received and featured an alternative rock sound that predated significant releases such as Nirvana s Nevermind and Pearl Jam s Ten which unexpectedly broke the genre into the mainstream 10 For Fugazi s second studio album Steady Diet of Nothing released in July 1991 the band again asked Ted Niceley to produce Niceley had become a chef and had to reluctantly turn down the job so the band decided to produce the record themselves 11 After the success of Repeater and its subsequent world tour Steady Diet was highly anticipated Six months before its release Dischord had more than 160 000 pre orders for the album 12 In on the Kill Taker and Red Medicine 1993 1996 edit Fugazi recorded its third album In on the Kill Taker in the fall of 1992 with Steve Albini in Chicago but the results were deemed unsatisfactory and the band rerecorded the album with Niceley and Don Zientara With the breakthrough of alternative rock in the early 1990s In on the Kill Taker released on June 30 1993 became the group s first record to enter the Billboard album charts receiving critical praise from Spin Time and Rolling Stone and becoming the band s breakthrough album 1 By the In on the Kill Taker tour the group began to sell out large auditoriums and arenas and receive more lucrative major label offers During its sold out 3 night stint at New York City s Roseland Ballroom in September 1993 music mogul and Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun met with the band backstage in an attempt to sign them Ertegun offered the band anything you want their own subsidiary label and more than 10 million just to sign with Atlantic Fugazi declined 13 The organizers of Lollapalooza also attempted to recruit the band for a headlining slot on its 1993 tour which the band considered but ultimately turned down citation needed nbsp Combination Lock source source Sample of Combination Lock from Red Medicine 1995 Problems playing this file See media help Fugazi began writing the material for Red Medicine in late 1994 after touring in support of In on the Kill Taker The band worked with Zientara but chose not to work with Niceley again Fugazi opted to retreat from the in your face production values of In on the Kill Taker and instead worked to create an ambient sound that displayed greater range and depth To achieve this the band handled production duties itself and in doing so became more confident with in studio experimentation Red Medicine took Fugazi a step further toward art rock The band began an extensive worldwide tour in support of the album playing 172 shows between March 1995 and November 1996 1 14 nbsp MacKaye performing with Fugazi at the Academy 1 in Manchester England on October 30 2002End Hits and The Argument 1997 2002 edit After the grueling worldwide tour the band completed in support of Red Medicine Fugazi took an extended break and also began writing material for a follow up release By March 1997 Fugazi had once again returned to Inner Ear Studios with Zientara to begin recording what became End Hits with the intention of taking a more relaxed approach to recording and a longer amount of time to experiment with different songs and techniques in the studio The group ultimately spent 7 months recording the album Due to the title rumors began circulating at the time that it was to be their last release 15 Released on April 28 1998 the album was commercially successful and marked one of the band s highest debuts yet on the Billboard charts Critical reaction to End Hits was mixed Many critics praised its heavier tracks while others questioned the inclusion of the group s longer more experimental songs 16 nbsp Full Disclosure source source Sample of Full Disclosure from The Argument 2001 Problems playing this file See media help Fugazi began work on The Argument in 1999 This process saw the group taking more time than usual to write and demo material Each member brought his own riffs and ideas to the band jammed on them and then began piecing the songs together into various configurations before deciding on the final versions 17 The album s recording sessions took place between January and April 2001 at Inner Ear Studios and Dischord House in Arlington Virginia The band once again worked with Zientara During the recording process a considerable amount of time was spent finalizing each song s production in particular the album s drum tracks in an effort to give it a unique feel 18 Canty told Modern Drummer We recorded them all very differently in terms of the drum sounds We used a lot of different drum kits cymbals snares and ways of miking 18 The Argument was released by Dischord Records on October 16 2001 along with the EP Furniture 2 Arion Berger of Rolling Stone called the album bracing and intellectual 19 and Chris True of AllMusic spine tingling and ear shattering all at once writing the band has raised the bar for themselves and others once again He also wrote that the album had touched on strange new territory 20 By this point Fugazi was on tour less due in large part to other professional and personal commitments It performed only 32 shows in 2001 and 2002 1 Even though the number of performances dwindled during Fugazi s last tour they performed in front of over roughly 70 000 people 21 Indefinite hiatus and reunion rumours 2003 present edit Fugazi went on what it has called an indefinite hiatus after the conclusion of its 2002 UK tour following three sold out nights at the London Forum on November 2 4 2002 22 The hiatus was brought on by the band members insistence on spending more time with their families and pursuing other professional projects 23 Since Fugazi went on hiatus in 2003 rumors began circulating about a reunion with some insinuating that the band may get back together to headline the Coachella Festival While the band has confirmed that it has been offered large sums of money to reunite and headline festivals such as Coachella it has so far declined the offers 24 In March 2011 MacKaye reiterated that Fugazi has been offered insane amounts of money to play reunions but it s not going to be money that brings us back together we would only play music together if we wanted to play music together and time allowed it 25 In November 2011 when asked by The A V Club about the possibility of a reunion and a follow up to 2001 s The Argument Lally said The Argument was a great record that we should try and top It ll take some time to come together and everything To do that we d have to the way the four of us are we would take quite some time I think reassociating ourselves musically and then just letting it come about naturally because it would have to be a natural thing So we ll just see 26 In August 2014 Dischord announced the official release of First Demo an album featuring 11 demo songs recorded in January 1988 27 The announcement included a preview of the demo for the Fugazi track Merchandise 28 The album was released on November 18 2014 29 MacKaye insisted in a 2017 interview that Fugazi is not in fact broken up While he admits any future public performance will have to contend with various confounding factors the members have occasionally played music together privately since their 2003 hiatus 30 On March 21 2018 in an interview on Vish Khanna s Kreative Kontrol podcast Lally confirmed the band s irregular practice of casual get togethers He stated Yeah when we re all in D C we totally hang out together and talk and spend a lot of time laughing We have a great time together go out to dinner and we ll play some music together Lally also stated that additional public performances or tours were unlikely There s so much to try to look after to allow Fugazi to do anything that we do not have the time to give it the respect that it deserves So unfortunately it is where it is On February 13 2019 Louder Sound asked Lally and Canty about the possibility of Fugazi returning Lally responded You never want to say never about anything because how can you say that about the future But there does seem to be a lack of time to allow it to happen because the four of us would have to spend a lot of time together to figure out Should we play old songs Who are we now What is it now We are not the kind of band to get together and just rehearse two hours of old songs to go out and play it rake in the dough and come home Canty added If we got back together it would have to be from the spirit of creativity It would be different if we got back together 31 Side projects and related work editIn the hiatus the members undertook side projects with MacKaye forming the duo the Evens with drummer and singer Amy Farina formerly of the Warmers In 2004 MacKaye produced the DC EP for Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante which also featured Jerry Busher Canty has been doing a variety of soundtrack scores and playing bass in the trio Garland Of Hours alongside frequent Fugazi guest contributors Jerry Busher and Amy Domingues and has played bass live with Mary Timony Canty also appears on Bob Mould s 2005 album Body of Song and on Mould s 2008 album District Line and has toured with Mould appearing in the live DVD Circle of Friends He is currently working in the Burn to Shine DVD series which is being released by Trixie DVD Now he is playing in Deathfix alongside Devin Ocampo Medications Faraquet Smart Went Crazy Beauty Pill Rich Morel Bob Mould Blow Off and Mark Cisneros Medications the Make Up They will release their album in February 2013 on Dischord Records Lally has released three solo albums There to Here 2006 Nothing Is Underrated 2007 and Why Should I Get Used to It 2011 He has also appeared on fellow DC post punkers Decahedron s debut album Disconnection Imminent as well as on a project with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarists John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer known as Ataxia The group has recorded two albums Automatic Writing 2004 and AW II 2007 Picciotto currently works as a record producer most notably with Blonde Redhead and the Blood Brothers and he has performed alongside members of the Ex at the Jazz festival in Wels Austria Picciotto also contributed guitar on two Vic Chesnutt albums 2007 s North Star Deserter and 2009 s At the Cut co producing the latter for Constellation Records and performed live with Chesnutt and members of Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and the Quavers in Jem Cohen s program entitled Evening s Civil Twilight in Empires of Tin at the Vienna International Film Festival Viennale in 2007 a DVD of the program was released in 2009 Picciotto played guitar on Chesnutt s Fall Winter 2009 North American Tour He has a daughter with musician Kathi Wilcox from the band Bikini Kill and the Frumpies In July 2011 Minneapolis based record label Doomtree released an album of mash ups between Fugazi and east coast veteran rap crew the Wu Tang Clan The album is titled 13 Chambers group name Wugazi However Fugazi itself did not have any involvement with the release 32 Bassist Joe Lally was asked about his thoughts on the Wugazi release and stated I think they could ve found better Fugazi pieces to sample with Wu Tang guys rapping on it I mean it s enjoyable and I do appreciate it for the fact that somebody enjoys our music enough to bring it into that But you know I don t know I guess I should shut up because I suppose I m about to run into these people at the Fun Fun Fun Fest festival and talk to them But I m afraid that is my opinion on it It s like get better samples of our stuff do better work 26 In October 2012 Chris Lawhorn released Fugazi Edits The album includes 22 instrumental tracks which sample 100 songs from Fugazi s discography 33 As in other cases the band had no involvement in the production But the album was authorized for release by MacKaye with the proceeds going to charity 34 In 2016 Canty and Lally joined with guitarist Anthony Pirog to form the Messthetics Canty and Lally s first project together since Fugazi s hiatus 35 In March 2018 the Messthetics released their self titled debut album and embarked upon a tour of the US and Japan 36 The band toured further and released a second album entitled Anthropocosmic Nest in 2019 37 38 In 2018 Ian MacKaye Amy Farina and Joe Lally debuted a new band 39 In February 2020 it was announced that the band now called Coriky 40 would release their first album on March 27 2020 41 The debut single Clean Kill was released on February 11 2020 42 The band previewed their album at a free show in D C s St Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church on February 22 2020 43 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the release of Coriky was delayed to June 12 2020 in part to accommodate independent record stores closed due to the pandemic 44 Upon release the record was favorable reviewed in a few publications often drawing comparisons and contrasts with MacKaye and Farina s other band the Evens as well as Fugazi 45 46 47 Live performances editMain article Fugazi Live Series nbsp Handmade tickets for a Fugazi concert from 2001 in Indianapolis IndianaBetween 1987 and 2003 Fugazi played over 1000 concerts in all 50 US states and all over the world Over 800 of these shows were recorded by the band s sound engineers Beginning in 2004 and continuing into 2005 Fugazi launched a 30 CD Live Series that featured concerts from various points in their career which were made available for sale via Dischord Records Continuing with the live series concept and after several years of development on December 1 2011 Fugazi launched a comprehensive Live Series website through Dischord Records that features 750 recordings available for download at the suggested price of 5 each or a pay what you want sliding scale option for each download between 1 100 with the goal of eventually making all 800 of the shows that have been recorded available for purchase 48 For 500 fans can also purchase an All Access privilege which will include access to any future concerts and downloads added to the site 49 While each concert was professionally mastered the recordings capture everything that happened onstage and for preservation s sake the band chose not to edit anything out singer guitarist Guy Picciotto explained to the New York Times We liked this idea of Let s just let it be everything There doesn t have to be the idea that this is the great golden document It s all there and it s not cleaned up You get what you get The sound quality also varies as the earliest recordings were made to cassettes then eventually digital formats such as DAT CD R and ultimately hard drives were used Each concert page also includes flyers photographs and ticket stubs As a career spanning archival project the Fugazi Live Series has few equals putting the band in the company of acts like the Grateful Dead Phish and Pearl Jam three notable examples of other artists with such a large volume of concerts available for purchase 49 Musical style editFugazi s style has been described as post hardcore 50 art punk 51 52 alternative rock 53 and experimental rock 54 Fugazi s music was an intentional departure from that of the hardcore punk bands the members had played in previously Fugazi combined punk with funk and reggae beats irregular stop start song structures and heavy riffs inspired by popular rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Queen bands that the punk community of the time largely disdained 55 When questioned by Guitar World in 2002 about the band s influences singer guitarist Ian MacKaye responded Too many to mention And not just from the last few years Some of them predate us by decades and most of them wouldn t be punk I would hope any musician would be inspired by a lot of different kinds of music In a 2004 interview with Indonesian magazine Deathrockstar Picciotto named D C groups such as Bad Brains who inspired all of us so much at the beginning the Faith and Void as influences in addition to Minutemen Black Flag Sonic Youth the Ex and the Beatles the latter of which all the members share d a major love for Despite this he similarly conceded that i ts sic impossible to narrow it down to one band or record because we didn t just crib from one blueprint we were grabbing ideas from all over the place and then filtering them through our own limited and personally shaped skills 56 Picciotto became the group s second guitarist when he realized MacKaye s typically chunky low end riffs and Lally s dub influenced basslines allowed him to focus on high pitched parts In both vocal and guitar roles Picciotto assumed the role of a foil to MacKaye employing a Rickenbacker guitar for its scratchy single coil sound in order to cut through MacKaye s chunky chording like a laser beam 9 Their inventive interlocking guitarwork often defies the traditional notion of lead and rhythm guitars and features unusual and dissonant chords and progressions filtered through a hardcore punk lens Later Fugazi more fully integrated elements of punk rock hardcore soul and noise with an inventively syncopated rhythm section Picciotto s assumption of guitar duties allowed all four members of the band to jam together and write songs that way where previously they had played songs largely as MacKaye had arranged them 57 When writing songs the band often rearranges them with different structures and different singers 1 Spin has listed MacKaye and Picciotto together at No 86 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time for their unique and interlocking guitar style in Fugazi 58 Generally MacKaye s lyrics and singing are more direct and anthemic MacKaye admits that he loves audience sing alongs and writes songs with shout able slogans while Picciotto usually favors a more abstract oblique approach 1 Lally has contributed vocals to a few songs as well in which he sings in a more relaxed quiet style as opposed to MacKaye and Picciotto whose lyrics and vocals often feature strong emotional intensity Each of Fugazi s albums since Repeater have featured an instrumental By the time of 1995 s Red Medicine bassist Joe Lally also began contributing vocals to the band and the group was implementing many of their broader influences into the overall sound Critics Ian McCaleb and Ira Robbins declared that Fugazi s music combined an unprecedented dynamic range and previously unimagined elements such as clattering musique concrete piano and sound effects murky dub and lancing clarinet and loose limbed jammy funk into an ambitious experimental format that raises more stylistic questions than it answers 59 Business practices editOn their first tours Fugazi worked out its DIY ethic by trial and error Their decisions were partly motivated by pragmatic considerations that were essentially a punk rock version of simple living for example selling merchandise on tour would require a full time merchandise salesperson who would require lodging food and other costs so Fugazi decided to simplify their touring by not selling merchandise The band was also motivated by moral or ethical considerations for example Fugazi s members regarded pricey admission for rock concerts as tantamount to price gouging a performer s most loyal fans Fugazi s inexpensive target goal of 5 admission was spawned during a conversation on an early tour when the band s members were debating the lowest profitable admission price 60 Everett True has said that MacKaye and Fugazi had a mind set that believed that any involvement with the system was corrupting and that you should create completely alternative structures outside 61 In later years Fugazi was unable to negotiate ticket prices below about 10 15 total However it never saw the 5 rule as inviolable instead aiming to charge a price that was both affordable and profitable Unlike some similar independent rock contemporaries Fugazi s performances and tours were always profitable due to the group s popularity low business overhead costs and MacKaye s keen sense of audience response in given regions Many times the band performed sold out shows multiple consecutive nights at the same venue 60 Fugazi s early tours earned it a strong word of mouth reputation both for its powerful performances and also for the band s eagerness to play in unusual venues The group sought out alternatives to traditional rock clubs partly to relieve the boredom of touring but also hoping to show fans that there are other options to traditional ways of doing things As Picciotto said You find the Elks Lodge you find the guy who s got a space in the back of his pizzeria you find the guy who has a gallery Kids will do that stuff because they want to make stuff happen 62 The group MacKaye in particular also made a point of discouraging violent unwanted slam dancing and fistfights which it saw as relics of the late 1970s early 1980s hardcore punk era Michael Azerrad quotes Mackaye See slam dancers have one form of communication violence So to disorient them you don t give them violence I d say Excuse me sir I mean it freaks them out Excuse me sir would you please cut that crap out 63 Azerrad writes MacKaye s admonitions seemed preachy to some And by and large people would obey it wasn t cool to disrespect Ian MacKaye 63 Occasionally Fugazi would have an unrepentant slam dancer escorted from the concert and give them an envelope containing a 5 refund the group kept a stock of such envelopes in their tour van for these occasions During the summer of 1990 MacKaye formed the corporation Lunar Atrocities Ltd 64 in order to shield his own and his bandmates personal assets from the threat of lawsuits As MacKaye s financial advisor Seth Martin explained to The Washington Post in a 1993 interview protection from liability is the main reason to form a corporation and for these guys it makes sense If someone got hurt stage diving and decided to sue it would be harder to go after their personal assets 65 Influence and legacy editI just think of it as part of the reciprocal process inherent in the way music works Ideas and inspiration are just handed down the line from band to band from generation to generation For us we came up completely in awe of bands like the Bad Brains they lit a fire in us and we just did our best to pass that feeling on to other people in our own way Guy Picciotto on the band s influence 56 Fugazi s music and ethics have been immensely influential on punk and alternative music throughout the years and has earned the band praise from many notable musicians as well Sublime thanked the band by namedropping them on their debut album 66 At the Drive In called the band an influence on their own music 67 as did other notable post hardcore bands such as Refused 68 Quicksand 69 Drive Like Jehu 70 Mclusky 71 and Cursive 72 John Frusciante named them an influence on Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication and on his solo album The Will to Death 73 Nirvana cited the band as an influence 74 and Kurt Cobain who was friends with the members of Fugazi 75 was even spotted in a popular photo of the band with the word Fugazi misspelt on both shoes 76 77 Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam remarked that witnessing the band live was a life changing experience for him 78 Reportedly a huge fan Elliott Smith was super obsessed with the band 79 and later admitted that his former band Heatmiser was trying to be Fugazi 80 The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr offered the band praise and called MacKaye one of his favorite guitarists 81 82 Towards the end of his life Joe Strummer lead vocalist of the Clash recognized Fugazi as the band that best exemplified the spirit of punk in a 2000 Rolling Stone interview besides offering them accolades on several other occasions 83 84 In 1993 Joey Ramone of the Ramones picked the band as a favorite labeling them a great social conscience 85 Graham Coxon of Blur recalls his introduction to bands such as Fugazi and the Picciotto led Rites of Spring in the mid 90s as being one of the most musically significant moments of his life They used the guitar in an incredible way making quite restrained noisy music which I d never heard English bands doing 86 Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World named both MacKaye and Picciotto as an influence on his guitar playing as they made him more open to the ideas behind guitar playing as opposed to the technical difficulty of it 87 Daniel Kessler of Interpol was also influenced by the band in his guitar playing 88 89 as was Ben Weinman of the Dillinger Escape Plan 90 and Colin Frangicetto of Circa Survive 91 Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine found the band s music on Repeater 92 revelatory as did Steve Holmes of American Football 93 Tom DeLonge of Blink 182 called the band a big influence as they stood for something and never varied from that path 94 Fugazi was probably my biggest influence as far as wanting to start a band Modest Mouse founding member Jeremiah Green admitted It was really great music and just sounded like something I could possibly do 95 Gareth Liddiard lead vocalist and guitarist of both the Drones and Tropical Fuck Storm named Fugazi amongst many others as an influence on his guitar playing 96 and praised the band s live performances 97 When asked to name some of his favorite records or discographies Brian Cook of Botch and later Russian Circles included the band s entire discography amongst others 98 Gogol Bordello s Eugene Hutz called the band s debut EP probably the best I ever heard It s so together and everything sits in the right place 99 Jeff Rosenstock not only called the band a big influence on his music 100 but also on his strict DIY business practices amp ethics 101 102 Sunny Day Real Estate cited the band as an influence for similar reasons 103 In addition the band was a formative influence on Tool bassist Justin Chancellor 104 Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green 105 Jack White 106 Daniel Johns of Silverchair 107 Carrie Brownstein of Sleater Kinney 108 Sara Lund of Unwound 109 Iceage 110 Thursday 111 And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 112 Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings 113 Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler 114 Travis Morrison of the Dismemberment Plan 115 Efrim Menuck of Godspeed You Black Emperor 116 Alison Mosshart of the Kills 117 Brand New guitarist Jesse Lacey 118 Converge lead vocalist Jacob Bannon 119 Coalesce 120 Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady 121 Ben Lee 122 Patterson Hood of Drive By Truckers 123 Explosions in the Sky 124 Kele Okereke of Bloc Party 125 Trevor de Brauw of Pelican 126 Ted Leo 127 Matty Healy of the 1975 128 Mary Timony 129 Hayley Williams of Paramore 130 Justin Vernon of Bon Iver 131 Chester Bennington of Linkin Park 132 and Lorde 133 Members editFinal lineup edit Ian MacKaye vocals guitar 1986 2003 Joe Lally bass guitar 1986 2003 vocals 1995 2003 Brendan Canty drums 1987 2003 Guy Picciotto vocals 1988 2003 guitar 1989 2003 Former members edit Colin Sears drums 1986 Touring musicians edit Jerry Busher additional drums percussion trumpet 1998 2002 Timeline editDiscography editMain article Fugazi discography 13 Songs 1989 Repeater 1990 Steady Diet of Nothing 1991 In on the Kill Taker 1993 Red Medicine 1995 End Hits 1998 The Argument 2001 Notes edit Currently on hiatus the band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2003References edit a b c d e f Perlah Jeff The Independent Guitar World March 2002 Azerrad p 384 Azerrad p 385 Baker p 321 Azerrad p 386 Azerrad p 396 Brooklyn based Music Blog Anachronique Fugazi War Punk Still in Rock February 26 2004 Retrieved April 18 2014 Azerrad p 398 a b Azerrad p 399 a b a b c d Perlah Jeff The Independent Guitar World March 2002 Azerrad p 407 Andersen Mark Jenkins Mark 2001 Dance of Days Two Decades of Punk in the Nation s Capital New York Akashic Books ISBN 1 888451 44 0 p 304 Freidman p 52 Fugazi Red Medicine Rolling Stone Archived from the original on May 17 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Drones Staf Retrieved May 17 2020 Marissa Paine April 10 2013 interview gareth liddiard the drones Lip Magazine Retrieved May 17 2020 We d go and see them and their live gigs were amazing because they didn t just go out and launch into a song They d walk out and scratch their arses and adjust their mic stands and get to know you They d talk to the crowd for 10 minutes and make everyone feel like they re in the room together When that happens there s no separation it s a party and everyone s involved Interview 68 Brian Cook of Botch Russian Circles Now Spinning November 22 2013 Retrieved May 16 2020 Magma s Udu Wudu any Fugazi LP Neutral Milk Hotel s Aeroplane Over The Sea The Quietus Features Baker s Dozen Soul Searching Frequencies Eugene Hutz Of Gogol Bordello s Favourite LPs The Quietus Morgan Steven October 6 2018 In Conversation With Jeff Rosenstock Interview Jeff Rosenstock on being Cool writing depressing lyrics for upbeat songs and staying relevant past 30 Vanyaland March 4 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The Anthem D C Finds Jack White Wrestling With His Past And Planning For The Future September 28 2018 Retrieved April 26 2020 Young Moderns Silverchair The Washington Post July 23 2007 Retrieved April 26 2020 Stone Rolling May 8 2015 Carrie Brownstein The Music That Made Me Rolling Stone Lau Andrew K September 16 2017 A Q amp A with Sara Lund on Drum Nerds the Gender Issue and More No Recess Retrieved January 7 2021 The Agit Reader Feature Iceage www agitreader com Thursday Scene Point Blank January 14 2011 Archived from the original on June 3 2021 Retrieved October 17 2023 it recalls bands that I listened to growing up Jawbox and Fugazi truly great bands I think they put their own stamp on it It s like these are our influences Ryan Reed September 25 2012 Song Premiere And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Catatonic Rolling Stone Retrieved May 11 2020 Lost Songs clearly flirts with political and social commentary but as Reece notes It s really more observations and reflections We re not trying to shove any sort of gospel down someone s throat we re just trying to question things for ourselves As kids in the Nineties we were into bands like Fugazi and Public Enemy bands that were very politically wrapped up in a bunch of stuff It seemed like there was a sense of trying to find the truth or at least speaking out Cloud Nothings TAS In Session WFUV wfuv org Arcade Fire interview See Arcade Fire live in London Time Out London Tom Murphy September 18 2013 Dismemberment Plan s Travis Morrison on the similarities of making music to programming Westword Retrieved May 12 2020 I didn t care for hardcore I didn t like the politics of it or some of the messages I heard But Fugazi came along By the time I got to college I I sic started listening to Fugazi and stuff like that and then I kind of let down my guard and my friends started playing me records I was super impressed with Andrew Hannah January 20 2014 Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything The Line of Best Fit Retrieved May 16 2020 Once we reached 2009 s Kollaps Tradixionales TSMZ didn t just share an ethical and ideological outlook with heroes of Menuck such as Black Flag and Fugazi they sounded like a punk rock band Hodgkinson Will February 4 2005 We re chain smoking vegans The Kills reveal all The Guardian via www theguardian com Fiona McKinlay September 17 2009 I like talking to people Brand New s Jesse Lacey chats to DiS Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on October 12 2015 Retrieved May 17 2020 I think for a lot of this record we were listening to stuff that we listened to when we were younger We were listening to Superchunk Archers Of Loaf Polvo Modest Mouse and even a lot of hardcore bands that we listened to when we were younger like Fugazi Notes From The Underground Converge Takeover Jacob Bannon Says Thanks NME October 15 2009 Retrieved May 16 2020 Here are some bands that changed my life when I was young Fugazi Embrace Rites Of Spring Ryan J Downey September 2007 History Alternative Press www crashandbang com Archived from the original on April 18 2008 Retrieved May 16 2020 I came in at a juncture where the context was set for metal to make a more significant crossover into the scene even though there were still significant constraints about what a straight edge kid could listen to In a perhaps unorthodox fashion I continued to listen to and more importantly enjoy music outside the fold Fugazi Godflesh Drive like Jehu Lizzoutline The Hold Steady Outline Retrieved May 18 2020 in my early teens I got into punk like The Buzzcocks and also The Violent Femmes which then developed into liking bands like Black Flag and Fugazi Jedd Beaudoin November 19 2019 These Are the Artists That Raised Me An Interview with Indie Pop s Ben Lee Popmatters Retrieved May 15 2020 Mark Huddle March 16 2010 Interview Patterson Hood of Drive By Truckers Verbicide Retrieved May 18 2020 Jul Explosions in the Sky Interview Indiepoprock Retrieved May 18 2020 Paul Connolly February 26 2005 Scared to party The Times Retrieved May 17 2020 Jonathan Horsley May 23 2019 Pelican s Trevor de Brauw the 10 guitar albums that blew my mind MusicRadar Retrieved September 13 2020 Daoud Tyler Ameen December 1 2011 Full Disclosure Fugazi s Best Live Moments Remembered NPR Retrieved May 22 2020 LISTEN the 1975 new single People great slice of millennial punk rock noise and the live version is even better Louder Than War August 24 2019 Retrieved May 23 2020 It harks back to Matt Healy s youthful love of Fugazi and Converge and other hardcore bands Daoud Tyler Ameen December 1 2011 Full Disclosure Fugazi s Best Live Moments Remembered NPR Retrieved May 22 2020 I saw one of Fugazi s first shows in a church basement on 16th Street NW in 1987 when I was 17 I remember being totally blown away and looking around at other people in the audience and seeing this amazed captivated look on their faces For the next few years while I still lived in D C I went to see Fugazi almost every time they played I tried to learn how to be in a band from watching them but their music and energy were so far beyond anything I could ever imagine being capable of imitating Hayley shares early Paramore influences playlist Paramore Music April 26 2020 Retrieved May 29 2020 Alastair McKay May 24 2013 Bon Iver Man you can take yourself too seriously Uncut Retrieved May 11 2020 When he started developing his own tastes he was attracted to the energy of Primus and Fugazi I was a bit starstruck when I saw Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi at catering yesterday he reveals I was like Oh shit that guy s my fucking hero Oswald Derek March 13 2015 AltWire Interview Chester Bennington We ll Be Playing Some Songs That We Haven t Played Before AltWire Retrieved December 27 2021 Gordon Jeremy August 7 2014 Lorde s Fugazi Mars Volta and PJ Harvey Influenced High School Band Recordings Surface Pitchfork Sources editAndersen Mark Jenkins Mark 2001 Dance of Days Two Decades of Punk in the Nation s Capital New York Akashic Books ISBN 1 888451 44 0 Azerrad Michael 2001 Our Band Could Be Your Life Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981 1991 Boston Little Brown ISBN 0 316 78753 1 Brace Eric August 1 1993 Punk Lives Washington s Fugazi Claims It s Just a Band So Why Do So Many Kids Think It s God The Washington Post Washington DC p G1 Baker Mark 1983 Nam Berkley ISBN 0 425 06000 4 Freidman Glen E 1994 Fuck You Heroes Glen E Friedman Photographs 1976 1991 New York Burning Flags Press ISBN 978 0964191600 Freidman Glen E 2007 Keep Your Eyes Open Fugazi New York Burning Flags Press ISBN 978 0 9641916 8 6 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fugazi Fugazi s page at Dischord Fugazi discography at Discogs nbsp Southern distribution page Fugazi s page at Allmusic Rare recorded live Fugazi show one of the last ever at Austin s Liberty Lunch venue in 1990 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fugazi 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