Fugazi : Classic or Dud ?

sounds a bit like intro to 'bad mouth'?

oh wait, I am totally thinking of Bad Mouth, not Suggestion.

Totally, that's it. Thanks! Mind block lifted.

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.

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

you guys ever notice that guy picciotto's vocals sound like he's going to tell on you to the teacher?

Yeah this is a great find for me too - totally was clueless on this release...

Liked them and Happy Go Licky

you guys ever notice that guy picciotto's vocals sound like he's going to tell on you to the teacher?

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I had a running joke with friends about the guy/ian vocal dynamic being a whiny toddler/stern parent thing.

I always imagine Ian/Guy as Fozzie/Gonzo.

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

I always imagine Ian/Guy as Fozzie/Gonzo.

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I thought of Ian as Bert and Guy as Ernie.

Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird.

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.

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.

Ian: Charlotte
Guy: Carrie
Joe: Miranda
Brendan: Samantha

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.

Just ordered One Last Wish and Happy Go Licky from Dischord. Can't wait for that package to arrive!

One Last Wish.....!

Holy hell, it's good.

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”

already sold out :(

wait June 1 isn't! woo-hoo

It's worth seeing. Most of the live footage is from the band's earlier years though

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

Joe Lally (Fugazi),
Pete Stahl (Scream),
Guy Picciotto (Fugazi),
Don Zientara,
Antonia Tricarico
'The Inner Ear of Don Zientara' Book Talk @
Rough Trade NYC
All Ages / Free Sat June 24 today

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

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

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

anyone know if there will be any west coast screenings of the concert footage doc?

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.

September 14 in Los Angeles two screenings of We are Fugazi movie via Trust Records at Brain Dead Studios on 611 N . Fairfax

Wither Chicago?

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icpovfg5EaM

Super cool!

Damn, Brendan Canty is so good. Love the giant bell too.

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?

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.

Dude sounds like he's on a mission to upload 1000+ shows.

WE ARE FUGAZI FROM WASHINGTON, DC screens Sunday, October 8 in Yellow Springs, OH. That's , at 145pm.

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, 2023
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Parkway Theater
4814 Chicago Avenue Minneapolis,

charming little fugazi (but really more nation of ulysses) doc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHwmqb2asA

Yes , I like that Dc barber video too

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.

We are Fugazi doc is gonna be shown in Austin Texas in December at Unseen Film and Music Fest

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 .

> The producer of that duo once promoted a Fugazi gig in the Bay Area.

A *free* daytime show at Dolores Park with Sleater Kinney and Vic Chestnutt opening to celebrate/raise awareness of 20 years of Food Not Bombs.

Also this (non-Fugazi) show that I raved about at least once in the ILX archives:

bardo pond

I mean, seriously.

Tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis's Eye of I, my most played album of current days, ends with this track feat. The Mezzthetics, who are Lally and Canty and guitarist Anthony Pirog---goes pretty well with the other tracks---then the guitar comes in:
https://jamesbrandonlewis.bandcamp.com/track/fear-not-feat-the-messthetics-2

No Mezz albs posted on Bandcamp since 2019, but a couple of those, and some upcoming shows:

Brendan Canty and Joe Lally were the rhythm section of the band Fugazi from its inception in 1987 to its period of hiatus in 2002. This is the first band they’ve had together since then. Anthony Pirog is a jazz and experimental guitarist based in Washington, D.C. One half of the duo Janel & Anthony, he has emerged as a primary figure in the city’s out-music community.

That's the first one, self-titled:

The trio’s debut includes nine songs recorded at Canty’s practice space throughout 2017, live and mostly without overdubs. It’s a snapshot of a band dedicated to the live ideal, where structure gives birth to improvisation.