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Fugazi is an alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1987.
After the seminal hardcore punk group Minor Threat dissolved, Ian MacKaye (vocals and guitar) was active with a few short-lived groups before forming a new trio, Fugazi, with drummer Brendan Canty and bass guitarist Joe Lally. Many of the trio's songs ended up on Fugazi's first album, 13 Songs. They had one major alternative hit, "Waiting Room", from that album.
They performed briefly as a trio, then added Guy Picciotto, earlier of Rites of Spring. Picciotto originally only sang, but quickly incorporated his guitar playing into the quartet.
Fugazi have developed an experimental, unique sound that has become influential on some later punk music groups. Fugazi blend elements of noiseThe genre commonly known as noise rock developed in the 1980s as an exprimental outgrowth of punk rock. Fusing punk rock's attitude and anger with the atonal noise and free song structures of noise music, the raucous rockers introduced a new kind of avant with an inventively syncopated rhythm sectionRhythm section refers to the musicians whose primary jobs in a jazz or popular music band or ensemble is to establish the rhythm of a song or musical piece, often repeated riffs or ostinatos. It may also refer to the instruments of those musicians. In the often steeped in dubDub can refer to: dub music a sub- genre of reggae music a mostly- instrumental remix (usually without lyrics but still with chorus) the dubbing ( copying) of audio and video, particularly to or from tape the Celtic god, see the entry Carman mud, or dirt. or reggaeReggae is an African Caribbean style of music developed on the island of Jamaica and is closely linked to the religion Rastafarianism, though not universally popular among its members. The origins of reggae can be found in traditional African Caribbean mu influence. Of note are the interlocking guitars of the MacKaye/Picciotto guitar duo: They often feature unusual and dissonant chordsA chord is a geometric figure. In music theory a chord is a number of pitches, usually at least three, sounded simultaneously (or nearly so). Some particular kinds of chord are named according to the notes of the scale that they contain. In reference to a and progressionsA chord progression as its name implies, is a series of chords played in an order. Part and parcel of this action is the idea that the chords relate to each other in some way, whether closely or distantly, and they as a whole become an entity in themselve, sometimes reminiscent of the Verlaine/Lloyd pairing from TelevisionTelevision are an American rock and roll band of the 1970s. Most histories of punk rock now acknowledge that they were among the first bands to which the label was applied. They remain widely influential, and their debut album Marquee Moon is often seen a filtered through a hardcore punk lens.
Lyrics and vocals often feature strong emotional intensity. This style has led many critics to call their music post-hardcorePost-Hardcore as the name might suggest, is a musical offshoot of the hardcore punk movement. The earliest appearances of the genre were in Washington, DC in the mid- to late 1980s (see the era's releses on Dischord Records for example) and was not widesp and emocore, as it is seen as a progression of and a reaction to the hardcore punk movement.
Fugazi also stand as a rare example of a band that have achieved a level of mainstream success whilst remaining loyal to independent recording and distribution values, following through in the spirit of the original " DIY punk ethic". They have rarely charged more than $5-10 admission to their live shows, and have kept their album prices at about $10.
All Fugazi's albums have been released on the label Dischord Records, co-owned by MacKaye.
Fugazi's career is chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your Life, a study of several important american underground rock groups.
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