Totally blanking on which Fugazi song recalls this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug67qr7Dzdo
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
Hmmm... me too. Are you sure it's a specific song and not a general vibe? Because I do hear a resemblance.
It's weird how much 80s Dischord stuff has a kind of U2/U.K. big-guitar post-punk sound. I've heard that the Minor Threat guitarists actually were U2 fans towards the end, and you can hear the influence on something like "Salad Days". But it's all over Embrace, some Rites of Spring, and definitely the fantastic and overlooked post-ROS band One Last Wish.
― JRN, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, there's a specific instrumental break I'm thinking of from ... an early album/ep?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
The intro sounds a little like the intro to Suggestion but slower maybe?
― five six and (man alive), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
sounds a bit like intro to 'bad mouth'?
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
oh wait, I am totally thinking of Bad Mouth, not Suggestion.
― five six and (man alive), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Totally, that's it. Thanks! Mind block lifted.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
the fantastic and overlooked post-ROS band One Last Wish
See, this is why I read this forum. I've never heard of One Last Wish before right now. Now I have some investigating to do.
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 22:13 (nine years ago) link
They existed for eight months in 1986 and made one album that didn't get released until 1999. It's so good. My favorite track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGDIuHZXx08
― JRN, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
you guys ever notice that guy picciotto's vocals sound like he's going to tell on you to the teacher?
― Cory Sklar, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
Yeah this is a great find for me too - totally was clueless on this release...
― BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Liked them and Happy Go Licky
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 03:37 (nine years ago) link
― Cory Sklar, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 5:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I had a running joke with friends about the guy/ian vocal dynamic being a whiny toddler/stern parent thing.
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
I always imagine Ian/Guy as Fozzie/Gonzo.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
I spent a lot of time studying the mysteries of a samizdat One Last Wish/Happy Go Licky tape in the mid-90s. "My Better Half" is tremendous but HGL's "Torso Butter" is imo the peak of Dischord/U2 crossover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi83Gqu3H8w
― bentelec, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, July 22, 2015 1:05 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I thought of Ian as Bert and Guy as Ernie.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:22 (nine years ago) link
Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
I think so much of what works about Fugazi is the tension between Ian and Guy. There's an Ego/Id aspect to it, masculine/feminine, disciplined/free, etc. Heard in both their singing styles and lyrical styles, haven't really given thought to whether it applies to their guitar playing too.
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 15:52 (nine years ago) link
Well, as Ian has said, it's more of a Chuck D./Flava Flav deal. It def. applies to their guitar. Ian plays an SG, so Guy specifically picked the most un-SG guitar, a Rick.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Ian: CharlotteGuy: CarrieJoe: MirandaBrendan: Samantha
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
Well Ian was essentially the band's rhythm guitarist and obv something he preferred. Obviously a lot more bottom end than his bandmate.
Usually anything 'lead' was G.
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
Just ordered One Last Wish and Happy Go Licky from Dischord. Can't wait for that package to arrive!
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 18 September 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
One Last Wish.....!
Holy hell, it's good.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 26 September 2015 14:54 (nine years ago) link
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/rare-fugazi-footage-screening-at-nitehawk-williamsburg-prospect-park/
June 1 and June 6 screenings in Brooklyn of concert footage doc “We are Fugazi from Washington DC”
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
already sold out :(
― fpsa, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
wait June 1 isn't! woo-hoo
― fpsa, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:11 (one year ago) link
It's worth seeing. Most of the live footage is from the band's earlier years though
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 June 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link
Brooklyn sold out June 6 screening, then Philadelphia June 11 - A third and final screening has been added for 10:00 PM on Sunday, June 11, tickets are available below, the 4:00 and 7:00 screenings are completely sold out
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 03:36 (one year ago) link
Joe Lally (Fugazi),Pete Stahl (Scream),Guy Picciotto (Fugazi),Don Zientara,Antonia Tricarico'The Inner Ear of Don Zientara' Book Talk @ Rough Trade NYCAll Ages / Free Sat June 24 today
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 June 2023 14:18 (one year ago) link
4pm
Saw an interesting panel on the studio last night but with Joe Lally, Alec Mackaye, Don Zientara, Antonia and Ian M added a few anecdotes from the audience
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 June 2023 14:20 (one year ago) link
The Inner Ear book by Antonia Tricarica ( photographer and Joe Lally’s wife) was discussed briefly. She has more events ahead . Guy was part of discussion panel at Rough Trade in NY , and there are more coming in Charlottesville and elsewhere
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 June 2023 03:24 (one year ago) link
anyone know if there will be any west coast screenings of the concert footage doc?
― intheblanks, Monday, 26 June 2023 15:33 (one year ago) link
My buddy who is one of the folks who put the movie together says:
Future screenings will have proceeds going to a charity selected in that city.
Look for a San Francisco screening this summer, and current interest from Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Durham, Calgary, Nashville, Las Vegas, Austin, Lancaster PA and Yellow Springs, Ohio. Plus more certain to come.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 June 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
September 14 in Los Angeles two screenings of We are Fugazi movie via Trust Records at Brain Dead Studios on 611 N . Fairfax
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:05 (one year ago) link
Wither Chicago?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
It seems like they are only showing it in places where a theatre or a record store or a festival actively reaches out to the makers of the movie ( rather than the other way around). Yeah , doc would be of interest in many places
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpovfg5EaM
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 August 2023 19:52 (one year ago) link
Super cool!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
Damn, Brendan Canty is so good. Love the giant bell too.
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
Most bands with a giant gong barely hit the gong, but Canty's got a bell and he uses it, dammit.
Can I just say what a wonder it is to exist in a time when within seconds I can watch complete and great sounding Fugazi shows?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link
That YT channel is insane, I've been scrolling for 20 mins and haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet. I was thinking it would be a nice idea to have a thread for well-curated, deep archive YT channels.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
Dude sounds like he's on a mission to upload 1000+ shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON, DC screens Sunday, October 8 in Yellow Springs, OH. That's , at 145pm.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 October 2023 14:17 (eleven months ago) link
Jeff Krulik who worked on this Fugazi doc will be there . He had also directed Heavy Metal Parking Lot—MPLS FESTIVAL FILM | WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON D.C.
Saturday, November 11, 20234:00 PM 6:00 PMParkway Theater4814 Chicago Avenue Minneapolis,
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 October 2023 17:12 (eleven months ago) link
charming little fugazi (but really more nation of ulysses) dochttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHwmqb2asA
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 30 October 2023 05:04 (eleven months ago) link
Yes , I like that Dc barber video too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 October 2023 16:02 (eleven months ago) link
Would have been a funny video if it was just a feature on the clippers they all used to buzz their hair down to the scalp.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 October 2023 16:26 (eleven months ago) link
We are Fugazi doc is gonna be shown in Austin Texas in December at Unseen Film and Music Fest
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 October 2023 15:58 (eleven months ago) link
And per earlier mention, We are Fugazi concert doc showing Saturday November 11 in Minneapolis.
Last night Ian, Joe, and Brendan from the band were in the audience for Rwandan duo The Good Ones in DC . The producer of that duo once promoted a Fugazi gig in the Bay Area .
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 19:14 (ten months ago) link