Saturday, March 22, 2008

Fugazi 1995-04-05 Irving Plaza, NYC @ 320 Remastered

Wikipedia says: Fugazi is an American DIY post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members were guitarists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto (who both shared vocal duties), bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. Noted for their ethical stance and manner of business practice, the band experienced commercial success during the 1990s while remaining on their independent record label, Dischord Records. Fugazi has been on hiatus since 2002.

After the hardcore punk group Minor Threat dissolved, Ian MacKaye (vocals and guitar) was active with a few short-lived groups, most notably Embrace. MacKaye decided he wanted a project that was "like the Stooges with reggae," but was wary about forming another band after Embrace's break up. MacKaye recalled, "My interests were not necessarily to be in a band [per se], but to be with people who wanted to play music with me."[1] MacKaye recruited ex-Dag Nasty drummer Colin Sears and bass guitarist Joe 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 Brendan Canty (earlier of Rites of Spring). One day Canty's Rites of Spring bandmate Guy Picciotto 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; he said, "It seemed really completed already [. . .] It had a completely different feel from what I'd been doing with Brendan. It seemed just solid and done."[2]

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 of 1987. The group still needed a name, so MacKaye chose the word "fugazi" from Mark Baker's Nam, a compilation of stories from Vietnam War veterans, it originally being an acronym for 'Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In'. The band began inviting Picciotto to practices. Inspired by 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, which he accepted

Intro
Blueprint
Brendan #1
Birthday Pony
Cassavetes
Facet Squared
Justice Brenner
Bend For The Scraping
Target
Words
Margin Walker
Bad Mouth
Gimme The CUre
Guy And Ian
Return The Screw
Smallpox Champion
Back To Bass
Joe Lally's Song
Latest Grace
Reclamation
Forensic Scene
Long Distance Runner
Glue Man

http://rapidshare.com/files/101373908/Fugazi1995-04-05p1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101375880/Fugazi1995-04-05p2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101376437/Fugazi1995-04-05p3.rar

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for pulling this out of the vault. Our garage band was obsessed w/ Fugazi covers for a bit in the early 90's.

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