Fugazi: The Path of Most Resistance

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  • Over the years Fugazi have achieved this almost mythic status. These paragons of punk ethic. That through Dischord and their business practices took DIY independence to its absolute pinnacle. The band that were super-serious straight-edge vegans that didn't even use heating in winter. The band that never said yes. While their politics and ethics were super important, more than that they were a band that changed things. Post-hardcore, as flimsy a signifier as it is, was the house Fugazi built. At the Drive In, Refused, Glassjaw, Biffy Clyro, Deftones all took note from Fugazi's musical playbook. It is unwise to put bands on god-like pedestals, but in more simple terms than that: Fugazi rocked pretty hard. Many bands have done great things with less than great music. Fugazi did both, but though embellishment and oversimplification they have become an idea more than a band. But let's focus on the band. Who were Fugazi? What made them different? And what makes them so much more than simply the band that wrote “Waiting Room”?
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  • @TrashTheory
    @TrashTheory  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1071

    This is a re-upload of a video from the beginning of September. Dischord Records did not want their content to be attached to an advertisement. This is the original video without any ads. Enjoy!

    • @tastywindex
      @tastywindex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      it is nice they weren't objecting to using the footage period tho.

    • @Mr_Stanley888
      @Mr_Stanley888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      Jesus... Imagine doing a Fugazi vid with ads attached. Wtf were you thinking?

    • @guyincognito1963
      @guyincognito1963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Respect

    • @TIonesco
      @TIonesco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Sorry your content had to be taken down, but props to Ian being consistent to his views. Also, wonderful stuff, as always.

    • @Xcalator35
      @Xcalator35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Well, that makes a LOT of sense!

  • @dave3605
    @dave3605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1856

    This had a lot more Britney Spears than I was expecting

    • @ashwilliams6080
      @ashwilliams6080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Bwahahaha I just spit ice cream everywhere. Great comment!

    • @search895
      @search895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@ashwilliams6080 You are not that bad, you been eating ice cream

    • @dlawlis
      @dlawlis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      "If the demo version of Waiting Room had opened their first release, Britney Spears would have never been born."
      --Pitchfork

    • @_Ramen-Vac_
      @_Ramen-Vac_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *antidote:* th-cam.com/video/QJdBLnqCKd4/w-d-xo.html

    • @bacht4799
      @bacht4799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dave Lawlis which would be sad.. what would the singer from Haim then like besides Fleetwood Mac .. 😜

  • @wetthroat6948
    @wetthroat6948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    “im so tired” one of the deepest songs ive ever heard. all the punkiest, loudest, messiest bands have the most deep and meaningful ballads

    • @DendyJungle
      @DendyJungle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also a other innovation. How many songs cut off halfway through a word

    • @serjtankian5474
      @serjtankian5474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@DendyJungle “I’m not stickin’ roun-“

    • @zeynaaidara8432
      @zeynaaidara8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Would you like to share other examples because I love that song so much!

    • @serjtankian5474
      @serjtankian5474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@zeynaaidara8432 Androgynous- The Replacements

    • @zeynaaidara8432
      @zeynaaidara8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@serjtankian5474 yes that's a great one too I love the mats

  • @iansevertson4131
    @iansevertson4131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1435

    MacKaye stopped in the middle of a song to save my mom from a mosh pit when she got sucked in and fell. Broke her ankle but Ian saved her ass lol I am also named after him. My parents couldn't decide on one until after we had already been released and gone back home. My parents listened to Fugazi in the car on the way home from the hospital.
    I was definitely happy when my mom told me that stuff back in jr high

    • @barrymoore7445
      @barrymoore7445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ian Severtson what a special little ❄️ you are ❤️❤️

    • @beerdahee6948
      @beerdahee6948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      That's a nice story

    • @nico-ke1nn
      @nico-ke1nn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      that is so punk rock. ur mom sounds awesome

    • @mhenders3773
      @mhenders3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Youre a weenee

    • @x99ribs
      @x99ribs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That's a fuckin awesome story!

  • @absenceovmeasurablefrequen1709
    @absenceovmeasurablefrequen1709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    It's a miracle Brittney made it this far, having stopped so many damn times.

    • @AAmoroso
      @AAmoroso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol bravo

    • @patrickgallagher5366
      @patrickgallagher5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the best TH-cam comment in the history of TH-cam comments hahaha

    • @codiserville593
      @codiserville593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right

    • @tommynolan3088
      @tommynolan3088 ปีที่แล้ว

      i imagine she wished she could have said No too.

  • @engelwyre
    @engelwyre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Years back I was walking down the mall in DC. Clinton's motorcade came through, bunch of cops and sirens and all that. Kept walking and came across a crowd of people around some tent thing, went to investigate and saw there was a stage in there. It was a free Fugazi show. That was a good day.

    • @evansolomon169
      @evansolomon169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe not the same show since this is from 91 ie Bush Sr. but...
      th-cam.com/video/c_5OZOwAhas/w-d-xo.html

    • @SeanTopel
      @SeanTopel ปีที่แล้ว +10

      yeah if you lived around DC in the 90s you could see fugazi for free multiple times a year. fort reno was a given, but they'd usually play 2-3 other free benefit type shows a year. i saw them at least 5 times and don't think i ever had to pay

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    “There’s a difference between wanting to play in a band and wanting to play music.”
    Gee, I wish someone had told me that when I was a teenager. Then I wouldn’t have spent two years in a shit metal band when I was in college.

  • @LAChantrose
    @LAChantrose 4 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    I nearly died at a Fugazi show when I was 17 ('93). Was a great night.

    • @Warnerchild
      @Warnerchild 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Now that would be a shirt design

    • @saturatedneowax
      @saturatedneowax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      this is the best string of comments on TH-cam methinks

    • @oydaladno4992
      @oydaladno4992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      oh, you must be really old now

    • @Amateur0Visionary
      @Amateur0Visionary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you don't mind me asking, how did you almost die?

    • @trncejnke
      @trncejnke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I saw them on that tour in Houston...what a fuc*in show...$5...like 4000 people.

  • @chairsmissing
    @chairsmissing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Fugazi is the type of a band Jack Black tried to communicate to his kids in School of Rock.

    • @jean-francoispilote5751
      @jean-francoispilote5751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      In this movie, there is a Fugazi sticker in his bedroom....

    • @ultimadum7785
      @ultimadum7785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jean-francoispilote5751 amazin'!

    • @mlukin4
      @mlukin4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And on the chalkboard in class

    • @jamesAL9
      @jamesAL9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His character in High Fidelity lists Pailhead as an influence on his band too

    • @strawhousepig
      @strawhousepig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Waiting Room is apparently popular in real life schools of rocks. There's a handful of vids on TH-cam.

  • @robderiche
    @robderiche 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I've heard Waiting Room, what, 2,000 times? Still gives me chills every time...

    • @K4rt80y
      @K4rt80y ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That pause. That damn pause. After a while, you know the music is coming, but dammed if you don't get rev'd up in anticipation,

  • @thecluckingassassin
    @thecluckingassassin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    I like that it was all about the ads and they don't care about anyone using their content.

  • @chrisball3778
    @chrisball3778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Fugazi are the best. The absolute fucking best. They've never broken up and are still friends. They could still play again some day if they feel like it. I was born in 1981, and was a kid when they released a lot of their music, but got seriously into them in the late 90's. I saw them live twice, and those 2 gigs are definitely 2 of my best ever. I've never known anyone play punk music with the same level of musical ambition and accomplishment as Fugazi. They're super fast, super tight and super versatile. Nobody else can do what they do. The fact they've done all that while being absolute exemplars of integrity and decency in their conduct just blows my mind. There's a whole lot of bullshit around the idea of being 'punk rock', but Fugazi have consistently lived up to every shattered ideal.

  • @andrewhall7930
    @andrewhall7930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    : I saw them at the After Dark in Honolulu HI in 1995. 6$ both nights. (Hawaii Shows were 1.00 more than the mainland) Both nights totally sold out (Crammed full of 180 people).
    Both nights had a single opener, a mostly HARSH Skinhead band with members of a band called MUG (Mean Ugly Guys) from Waay back in the day.
    Fugazi played mostly from 13 songs (but never in the order of the album) Ian kept stopping the show mid song because girls were getting pushed into the Pit. On the second night a guy kept yelling "You Guys Suck! I want Minor Threat!" And Ian stopped the show (I think it was during the song Burning Too, but it might have been Suggestion. This escapes me) He said "We suck? You want your money back?" and the guy said "yeah" and Ian scrounged up 4 bucks from Brenden and took the other 2 bucks out of his pocket and the guy came to the front and Ian knelt down and gave him the money. Ian then said something to the tune of "theres your 6 bucks, now get the fuck out." The crowd went nuts.
    I have a photographic memory and this was one my earliest shows I can recall as if it were yesterday. They played 2 years later as well and that show was $7.

    • @terimakasih6350
      @terimakasih6350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss those days

    • @jasonmay2023
      @jasonmay2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha after dark was awesome! I saw nofx once there when i was in high school

    • @andrewhall7930
      @andrewhall7930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jasonmay2023 nice! I saw Bad Religion, Tool, NIN and RAGM there. Although the name of the venue changed it was still the same club.

    • @jasonmay2023
      @jasonmay2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andrewhall7930 that is very cool. I wish i wouldve gone more often when it was there. That whole place is just a strip mall and storage place (i think...i dont go down there very often anymore, im from kaneohe).

    • @BobbyGeneric145
      @BobbyGeneric145 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youll never forget your first concert. Mine was Poe opening for Gravity Kills.

  • @user-db27
    @user-db27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Guy Picciotto is a great dancer

    • @mhenders3773
      @mhenders3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      agreed

    • @AAmoroso
      @AAmoroso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      him, Yorke and Byrne are my faves

    • @GAThrawn74
      @GAThrawn74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He dances like Elaine from Seinfeld

    • @pabloisusi6097
      @pabloisusi6097 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed

  • @noOnionswithoutTears
    @noOnionswithoutTears 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Forever grateful that my friend got me into Fugazi in 1989, and I got to see them live a bunch of times. Thanks, Keith...miss ya dude!

  • @RandomEye1131
    @RandomEye1131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    I will happily watch this again, shit man I'll watch it a third time if it's deleted again. I love fugazi's story.

    • @stubkar
      @stubkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Find and watch Instrument. It's amazing.

    • @SR91313
      @SR91313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish it was longer and had more live footage, but it was still great to see.
      Definitely a 👍

  • @davidkoblentz
    @davidkoblentz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I didnt know all this shit but a friend played me long division when it came out and I was in love, and I loved that their albums were stickered "do not pay more than "XXX" for this album"... way before pearl jam took a stand (and kudos to PJ for doing that)

  • @rorybell2161
    @rorybell2161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    They were the best live act I've ever seen. No lightshow, just stark striplight moshpit beauty. On the Steady Diet of Nothing tour. Unforgettable.

    • @tsquipnottsquip5128
      @tsquipnottsquip5128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Light show? For real? You weren’t around for the days of 5 bands for 5 bucks, we’re you?

    • @rorybell2161
      @rorybell2161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tsquipnottsquip5128 no, I'm not quite that old

  • @jimdavis6519
    @jimdavis6519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    They were spectacular live , saw them in chapel hill nc in 1990, we saw Ian at a counter eating and had no idea who he was and asked him if he was going to see fugazi, he said yeh I think I might go, one of my funnier moments in life, the evens are great as well he is a person that is on a mission to never sell out

    • @Onche518
      @Onche518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lmao how do you ask someone if he goes to see a band when you don't even know how their frontman looks like

    • @bonnevillebagger9147
      @bonnevillebagger9147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Onche518 Ian isn’t the frontman and back then the internet didn’t exist so you would only have the small photos in the liners.

    • @dougstephens1979
      @dougstephens1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's awesome, sounds like something Ian would say. I've met him a few times and he's very droll and unassuming

    • @aba4055
      @aba4055 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      for real??? i'm from carrboro, was this at cats cradle? do you remember where he was eating at at all? this is so funny to me, no one cool really comes to chapel hill no more. I know this is a 3 year old comment but I'm so curious, tickled for real

    • @homogenicmp3
      @homogenicmp3 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lmfao

  • @namebrandmason
    @namebrandmason 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    In "Our Band Could Be Your Life," Fugazi explained they also avoided selling merch so they wouldn't have to deal with dragging boxes of t-shirts around on tour.

    • @vietnamd0820
      @vietnamd0820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I could see how that could be tedious, though I like to buy shirts from my favorite bands

    • @cryptcryptici8004
      @cryptcryptici8004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      At one of their shows, at the paladium in l.a. a lot of people threw their t shirts on stage. Guy picciotto, then told the crowd that it looked like a damn thrift store up here. I guess the crowd wanted to give fugazi their merchandise. Oh how I still love fugazi s music...

  • @TXRBL
    @TXRBL ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They were so much more. I knew Ian and Brendan in the early 80s and they were genuinely great guys. I remember it as a time you would go to shows not because of the headliners necessarily, but to support a DC band; established or not. It was the best time of my life surrounded by the best people I ever met.

  • @fabhescher2108
    @fabhescher2108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I have seen a lot of great live music. This is not hyperbole; Fugazi really was the best live act I have ever experienced. No fancy lazers or light show-only four guys playing music and some meta-physical energy that is hard to describe. They were masters at what they did.

  • @grifnifta
    @grifnifta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My dad opened for one of their concerts with his band Unwritten Law back in the early 90s in Cali. Great band

  • @8bitrocketstudios
    @8bitrocketstudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Repeater is an absolute masterpiece.

    • @nathanchurch5907
      @nathanchurch5907 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fucking A! I have noticed the older i get the more i get out of Repeater in different ways. A definite masterpiece

    • @endowednigerian
      @endowednigerian ปีที่แล้ว

      no its not

  • @bondalero0074
    @bondalero0074 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    13 Songs was my favorite Fugazi
    album; I remember skating on our local vert ramp and I couldn’t skate till I heard that first track “Waiting Room” hearing that bass line kick in!#🛹🎸🔥❤️🤘🏻

  • @greglane334
    @greglane334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Dude. I've been watching your stuff for the last hour. Such quality.
    My first Fugazi experience was by somehow finding Repeater in a music shop (I live in South Africa so Lord only knows how it got there) in high school.
    I can honestly say it changed my musical taste for the better

  • @manlypedro75
    @manlypedro75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I loved Fugazi shows! It was always an event in on itself. Even if you went alone, you'd leave with tons of friends! If you fell in the mosh, you'd be sure to be picked up and put back on your feet. Ian and Guy would lecture if the crowd got too out of control, but we'd love them anyway! I took my sister to see it. It was the first concert my sister ever saw, being all ages, it blew her 15 yo mind! I really miss FUGAZI shows... have a pleasant evening...

  • @toughlifevirgina
    @toughlifevirgina 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Was at the last ever Fugazi shows ever that took place in London. One of the best live and recorded rock bands ever.

    • @bennyshambles
      @bennyshambles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice. We opened for them in Birmingham on that tour, 2002. I had a feeling I was seeing one of their last shows. It was my sixth time seeing them live. They were legends and awesome humans.

    • @toughlifevirgina
      @toughlifevirgina 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bennyshambles what was your band called?

    • @nickthelick
      @nickthelick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kentish Town forum, in the words of James Murphy... I WAS THERE, great gig... Got my album signed...

    • @toughlifevirgina
      @toughlifevirgina 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickthelick absolutely with Erase Errata and Q & Not U opening. Amazing you got your album signed. Which one? The Argument?

  • @evilreligion
    @evilreligion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fugazi remains the only band I have ever seen two nights in a row. Saw them in London one night and Brighton the next. Both gigs rocked but the great thing was it was totally different sets. They were just jamming I swear they didn't even have a setlist they just played what they felt like. One of best bands I have ever seen live.

  • @ironhead108
    @ironhead108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Excellent video. Fugazi were the most important band to me in my youth. I had the exquisite pleasure of seeing them play live a total of five times (would have been 6, but my friends and I were in a serious car accident driving to their show on The Argument tour). I’ve seen some great shows in my time, but Fugazi were always the one I looked forward to the most. It was a time when I could expect virtually everyone I was friends with to attend their shows, from all over various parts of my home town, St. Louis, Missouri. As I’ve changed over the years, their anti-consumerism is far less interesting to me, though their intention behind it and overriding attempt to control all aspects of their music is something I will always respect. They will always be my favorite band because of the energy, emotion, innovation, and intelligence of their music.

  • @rockkiller124
    @rockkiller124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Fugazi is one of favorite bands of all time.

  • @BREAKOUT444
    @BREAKOUT444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I have always wanted to be in a band like this. Something honest and heartfelt.

  • @MajorKRAZI
    @MajorKRAZI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    saw them 4 times in Australia, 3 of those were in 3 nights in a row on same tour - 3 different shows. Best live act I ever saw!!!

  • @michelebreen1735
    @michelebreen1735 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved their music & their energy. Saw them live in Toronto

  • @elefantrising
    @elefantrising 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    One of the greatest bands of all time

  • @mottopanukeiku7406
    @mottopanukeiku7406 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for posting! I saw them in ‘95 in Dayton at a fairly small club and was blown away. A friend of mine at the time got me into 80’s socal and DC punk bands at that time. The concert was a great taste of what I missed in that earlier era. Been a fan ever since.

  • @rogercurler6269
    @rogercurler6269 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    13 songs is the greatest punk album of all time

  • @faustivious1854
    @faustivious1854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I grew up in the 2nd coming of the SoCal. punk scene (was in H.S. 88'-92' in Orange County). Used to see all of the bands that became HUGE in the mid 90's (Offsping, Green Day, No Doubt, Face to Face, Guttermouth, Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, etc.) usually for free at a local bar, or for $5 at some shit hole club. But I still loved the H.C. punk music that came before. And that's where I found Minor Threat. So becoming a Fugazi fan was inevitable. I writes this, because of the countless bands/shows I've seen (and still go to see).......
    Fugazi at the Hollywood Palladium (90' or 91'?) was the GREATEST SHOW I'D EVER SEEN !!!!
    Everything about that show, from the band, to the people, were PERFECT!!!

  • @theivory1
    @theivory1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I must have went to 300 concerts between 1988 and 2000. That was literally all we did was drive to STL and go to shows. I saw Fugazi either 5 or 6 times at Mississippi Nights on the landing in STL, and once in their home town of DC. No other band stimulated as much energy as they did. Their shows were magical that way. I was almost trampled to death at one show. Ah, the memories.

  • @katzap4494
    @katzap4494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is seriously my new favorite yt channel. I’m always like- I’ll watch one.
    3 trash theory videos later...

  • @dlawlis
    @dlawlis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I saw Fugazi in the early 90s at an outdoor venue in Phoenix. At one point during the show a police helicopter hovered overheard and shined their spotlight down on the crowd. Ian then led us in a mass middle finger salute to the cops in the helicopter. I also lost my watch in the pit, but it was worth it.

  • @shipmaker14
    @shipmaker14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I saw them in 2000 and Ian passed out fresh cherries :)

    • @atom_gray
      @atom_gray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's a very Ian thing to do...

  • @Vampiracho
    @Vampiracho 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There was a period when they were opening shows with "Exit only". That set a mood.

  • @janlenders8704
    @janlenders8704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw them around 2001. They played for almost three hours. One of the best shows I've ever seen...

    • @chocolatemonk
      @chocolatemonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you would get spoiled by how long they played

  • @jasonmormando2570
    @jasonmormando2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Saw them live in '92 in a Knights of Columbus basement in downtown Savannah, GA. Still have the ticket stub -

    • @aakuster
      @aakuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice. I saw them in a Riverstreet bar in Savannah in 2000

    • @mhenders3773
      @mhenders3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out the last comment on kevins thread applies to you also

  • @perfectallycromulent
    @perfectallycromulent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fugazi were such immediate legends that when I bought their first album in 1990, I thought they'd been around for years already. Back then, you couldn't just check this sort of thing on the internet and you were too drunk to remember if you asked someone.

  • @nicelydone8017
    @nicelydone8017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fugazi, Shellac and the Ex at Congress Theater in Chicago June 2001- best concert I’ve ever seen. I’m so lucky.

    • @lachlanwelsh5880
      @lachlanwelsh5880 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds wild. Enjoy my jealousy!!!😜

  • @smallfaucet
    @smallfaucet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    The point was really driven when they played all that Brittany spears LMFAO.

    • @chrisc.4517
      @chrisc.4517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Man that was funny

    • @mhenders3773
      @mhenders3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The dood that made this shit is a weenee

  • @rockinbobokkin7831
    @rockinbobokkin7831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for this. Fugazi was amazing and I appreciate a good take on them.

  • @jamesstaggs4160
    @jamesstaggs4160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I think that's the most Brittany Spears I've ever listened to.

    • @kolbytard
      @kolbytard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sucks for you then, those are rookie numbers...come back when you’ve got a couple albums under your belt

    • @christina311uss
      @christina311uss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I skipped right over that.

    • @kurdtacolbain731
      @kurdtacolbain731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *free Britney!* :)

  • @noahr4951
    @noahr4951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. I really appreciate the history of these awesome, under appreciated bands. Thanks folks

  • @surfsup5592
    @surfsup5592 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That pause and then those drums, is my favorite thing in the whole world

  • @55tranquility
    @55tranquility ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them when they came the UK and played in Portsmouth 89 i think. What a night 🔥🔥 £3 on the door - they then stayed the night on my mates floor! The most awesome, down to earth, friendly people you could wish to meet. There was more Britanny in this vide than I expected…

  • @Dustooned
    @Dustooned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've always had mixed feelings about Fugazi, but this video gave me a lot of love and appreciation for the band. Thanks!

  • @allenvestal4474
    @allenvestal4474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A roommate introduced me to a steady diet of nothing. Still one of my favorite albums.

  • @guillermog5564
    @guillermog5564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    First time hearing about them! I don’t even listen to the genre but these fools were gold, thanks for the video.

  • @suicida1
    @suicida1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    They probably were the greatest live band ever. Certainly the best band I've ever seen

  • @stjames3410
    @stjames3410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was at the Philadelphia show where guy was upside down in the basketball hoop. Indescribably amazing experience. Fan for life

    • @itsMrNoble
      @itsMrNoble 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      James Mahon did he really fall into the drums after?

    • @stjames3410
      @stjames3410 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@itsMrNoble .. I don't believe so. But it is over 30 years ago so. Memory might be a little fuzzy

    • @stjames3410
      @stjames3410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@itsMrNoble my friend and myself did an interview with Ian afterwards for our little local fanzine. Very approachable dude. Is every member pretty vividly there was about 30 skinhead standing around wanting to kick our asses.. the heckling didn't even phase him. Pretty amazing actually outside of verbal insults no incident happened. The venue was at the YMCA in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. It was an alternative venue. The local venue that was right down the street (club pizzaz)had closed about 3 or 4 months earlier... and this was probably the only space available in the neighborhood

  • @cjthibeau4843
    @cjthibeau4843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is an amazing video, I love Fugazi. Such a unique band even to this day. Can't wait to see what comes next!

    • @kevinthaynes
      @kevinthaynes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably nothing under that moniker.

    • @busterabcat
      @busterabcat ปีที่แล้ว

      What you have now got is = Coriki, The Evens, The Messthetics - they're all currently active and ongoing with various erstwhile Fugazi personnel. Only Guy is absent in action from those.....

  • @splak_5624
    @splak_5624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I met ian mackaye at a shitty grocery store I was working at after I failed out of college. I couldnt believe it, he walked by and it didnt register. he walked past me and I stared at him and didnt say anything and then it hit me and I said "hi ian, big fan" but not quite loud enough really so he just kinda looked back at me and waved politely just in case he heard me right. it was awesome. I guess he was in town with the evens.

  • @stubkar
    @stubkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    One of the ten most important bands ever assembled.

    • @jasondankenbring1710
      @jasondankenbring1710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just out of curiosity, who are the other 9, lol?

    • @freudianslippers6567
      @freudianslippers6567 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasondankenbring1710 I'd say L7 were one of the pretty important ones.

    • @keanuismyfather7477
      @keanuismyfather7477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      If the other 9 don’t include Limp Bizkit or Nickelback then I’m not interested

    • @mtr801
      @mtr801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keanuismyfather7477 Don't forget Imagine Dragons!

    • @keanuismyfather7477
      @keanuismyfather7477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      michael801 Hey, don’t diss Imagine Dragons! They might suck now but back in the day they were my jam!

  • @ryanc7616
    @ryanc7616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    yes. they used heat.. the clip from "instrument" you used was brendan canty JOKING about the giant halo that people try to place on the band's image. he was like "this shit is ridiculous. i even had someone come up to me and he was like "i heard they don't use heat" like even THEY were bewildered at times how far the whole music scene (business + fans) would go in terms of beatifying these guys. "omg like WHO TURNS DOWN A BIG LABEL CONTRACT KLJFJHFHFZZHJHKKH"
    i totally get that you had to reupload this without ads tho. dischord doesnt advertise so they didnt want the label associated with any kind of advert. that said they tend to be really cool with rights for all the copyrighted material, audio + video that this mini-doc used, so yeah. no big deal. to me it makes perfect sense.
    i will be 40 this year and grew up in the DC suburbs and was profoundly lucky in that i was able to see these guys play live probably more than any other live act i've ever seen repeatedly. everywhere from church basements to fort reno to the black cat and 930. they are consummate musicians and performers and never disappoint. they are also really fucking nice people, like true gentlemen, and were/are incredibly accessible to their fans,.
    their stances and politics only seem radical because the status quo is such an impossibly foul and fetid shitfeast that its come to the point that folks actually see them as some sort of ascetic monks. yes. they use heat ffs. they probably also poop even. their tenets were not much more than common sense bullet points on a piece of paper titled "how not to be complete assholes as musicians / human:s 1987-2002"
    it wasnt some dalai lama ethos it was simply some gifted musicians making fucking incredible music and applying basic ethics to every facet of such an endeavor.
    selah/so it goes

    • @paulbali9998
      @paulbali9998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      their stance re the status quo, well put

  • @RichLeighton
    @RichLeighton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I saw them in the 90's in Gainesville, FL Best show of my life!

    • @OnPointFirearms
      @OnPointFirearms 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At the Hardback? I didn't get to Gainesville until '98 but got to see that place before it closed and Hot Water Music a bunch of times.

  • @unperson5713
    @unperson5713 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Saw Fugazi a few times in the 80s, they certainly are the band who wrote waiting room and did it their way, but for me, they will always be the greatest band I ever saw live. Unlike anything I had seen before or have seen since, overwhelming positivity.

  • @jo3hamilton
    @jo3hamilton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, well done sir! What a tribute to such an amazing band. This band has defined my taste in music since Jr high school

  • @Likeacannon
    @Likeacannon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was incredible, thank you.

  • @b.w.22
    @b.w.22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s hard to describe how exciting it was when Fugazi was coming into being in ‘87 in DC. Minor Threat was so important and the various iterations and combinations afterwards, excepting Dag Nasty, just hadn’t got it right. When we got our hands on the 5th or 7th generation copy of their demo tape, everyone knew something special was coming together, especially after the inclusion of Guy who wasn’t featured on the demo, or at least not heavily.
    It’s funny how spoiled we were in those years, seeing Fugazi for free at Fort Reno or for three bucks or whatever at that church in Adams Morgan, along with other great bands like Swiz, Soulside, Gray Matter, and of course - I-Spy.

  • @genava182
    @genava182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much importance in something as simple as a pause ❤️

  • @kriskenmonroe1
    @kriskenmonroe1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome vid, looking forward to the tribute album coming out this year.

  • @kirbyd
    @kirbyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy I got to see them a handful of times . So good .

  • @futurescapeart
    @futurescapeart ปีที่แล้ว

    This really made my day. Excellent coverage and commentary on the fugazi ethos , and their experiences and impact .. so stoked I got to see them play live in their , and my testimony is no different than the others here in the comment section : wise-assed and humorous pauses by Ian , settling down the goobers in the crowd .. I’ve kept in touch with his friendship and dialogue with Rollins over the years too , such a rad impact on culture .. damn I would really love to catch a performance if they play again

  • @rabrhee
    @rabrhee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw them in Norwich in 1992 or so, I remember the drums sounded like gunshots, such a tight sound. But as brilliant and original as Waiting room is, Gimme the Cure was the killer track for us.

  • @leonpfields9100
    @leonpfields9100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    real good mini doc, thank you

  • @joshbusby47
    @joshbusby47 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was outstanding; thank you so much.

  • @nick14braun14
    @nick14braun14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I don’t need to rethink anything. Nor does anyone who watched this video. If you clicked on the thumbnail you already know fugazi is the greatest.

    • @TheGheezoinky
      @TheGheezoinky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, I mean... I always knew about Fugazi being this great eco friendly diy ethics kinda band but had only heard "Waiting Room". This video was great for me.

  • @silentqueue2344
    @silentqueue2344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Attended the Eugene show on the Repeater tour, tagging along with a friend, with no prior knowledge of the band; still the best show I've ever seen.

  • @1015SaturdayNight
    @1015SaturdayNight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was a new wave kid that grew into synthpop and goth but I still fucking love Fugazi

  • @archangel5627
    @archangel5627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was a fantastic look into the myth that is Fugazi. I was an immediate fan after one of my hardcore friends played me Waiting Room back in 97. I never had the opportunity to see them live due to there elusive nature and by the time the 2000’s rolled around, it was too late. I really enjoyed this because I never really knew too much info about the band. This is the first time I have seen a video on your channel and you definitely have a new fan. Again, thank you for sharing this and I look forward to seeing another one of your videos! Cheers!

  • @ColeWheeler4Lyfe
    @ColeWheeler4Lyfe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fugazi was my 1st punk show in 1989. 3 legged dog, ultra man, and sin city disciples opened the show at the outhouse. ❤

  • @ralphjones7531
    @ralphjones7531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fortunate to see these gentleman for 3 shows. Was a swell time!

  • @angusdog22
    @angusdog22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m very happy to say I saw Fugazi live .

  • @amargnwalkr
    @amargnwalkr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My favorite band ever. And I'm not just saying that. Their music was everything to me when I was a teenager. I sincerely hope they see a significant resurgence someday. Thank you very much for this video. I encourage everyone to watch "Instrument" if you haven't already seen it. Fucking brilliant doc for a fucking brilliant band.

  • @bikesonboats
    @bikesonboats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for making this bud

  • @drbooks
    @drbooks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The thing that gets missed is that this is a band of four very talented, very opinionated people. It could have imploded at the get-go. But there is a lot of trust, collaboration, and most of all commitment to the collective experience that it allowed them to go on, at a pretty brutal pace, for 14 odd years. I was at the Mass Art show in 1990. While that was an amazing show, the equally amazing thing was the word of mouth about that show. There was no internet and only a few flyers put up around the city. Word of that show traveled through certain circles extremely fast and the line outside the gym wrapped around the block. They delivered on every single show I saw them at and every album. They never got bored, jealous, greedy. They only hit pause because geography and personal commitments made it impossible to deliver to the standards they had set. Like many great groups, what came before, and what comes after weaves a thread, but nothing any of those guys have done outside Fugazi eclipses the quality and importance of their music together. In the literary world, we would consider Minor Threat and Rites of Spring formative work - Fugazi is the masterwork.

  • @richardrobbin2731
    @richardrobbin2731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Seen Fugazi three times, (1989 1991 & 1999) Always outstanding live!

  • @bennyshambles
    @bennyshambles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Extremely important, musically and professional innovative, down to earth and inspirational; Fugazi is the most important band of my adolescence. I’m so thankful I was introduced to them and was even more fortunate to see them live multiple times, including as one of their (thousands of) support bands.

  • @jasenweitekamp2036
    @jasenweitekamp2036 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    May 5th, 1991. Orlando
    First show I ever went to

    • @toypianos469
      @toypianos469 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You started out with a bang

  • @tiptopdadddy
    @tiptopdadddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Saw them twice around the release of Repeater, once in Dayton and another in Indianapolis. Great live shows.

  • @grant5603
    @grant5603 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was a great video. Thank you

  • @oliverphoenix1563
    @oliverphoenix1563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have one of their live CDs that is pretty hard to come by now, opens with a cow bell and a roar. Fucking love it.

  • @punklover99
    @punklover99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fugazi still on hiatus...I really want them to come back

  • @bigdaddypiggy
    @bigdaddypiggy ปีที่แล้ว

    I was born in DC in 1971 & grew up in Alexandria Va & didn’t really know anything about Fugazi til the late 80’s & it was right under my nose….In the DMV in the 80’s all youth driven music was underground with no support from local media….not much has changed

  • @Ryder69girl
    @Ryder69girl ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video. Thanks & GOD bless you❤

  • @AlexTuble
    @AlexTuble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Watched a second time. Thank you for respecting Dischords wishes

  • @TLGElectro
    @TLGElectro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great band. Great sound on their albums. The drums and Bass on Long Division are incredible.

  • @sickinthahead6557
    @sickinthahead6557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    saw them in Houston in '92, most amazing live show ever. I named my youngest son after him and even talked to him by email once years ago also.

  • @BrianPorter2Bs3Cs
    @BrianPorter2Bs3Cs ปีที่แล้ว

    Spent most of late teens traveling around Va and DC to see these guys, great times!! Great band!!!

  • @Megtran-lb2ji
    @Megtran-lb2ji 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them in 89 in a parking building in Philly during a storm. Excellent show.

  • @rickdarris2294
    @rickdarris2294 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nothing wrong with tight, polished high end hard core...

  • @kevindonovan5670
    @kevindonovan5670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Emo is a label people outside DC gave to the music, no one here ever used that term.

    • @b.w.22
      @b.w.22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except Brian Baker, coining it to rip on the Revolution Summer bands. Bet he never thought that rib would get the traction it did!

    • @katherynemero4118
      @katherynemero4118 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some guy I used to work with called me "emo" once and I was truly offended by such an insult. I guess I thought emo was something else, something utterly terrible with eyeliner on whining teenage boys and songs that make you die inside as soon as the first note plays. That sort of thing is so utterly disgusting to me. How have I been so confused by this all of my life? Why didn't anyone explain this to me sooner?
      Watching this video has made me so happy, I feel like I am high on life. I'm so, so emotional right now....