I do wish more bands would break up and stay broken up.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Was there not a quote in a fairly recent interview with one of Fugazi along the lines that they get together and play for fun every now and then? I’m all for that, playing music together when they get a chance but without it having to Be Something.
― michaellambert, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
Yeah, they have all said at various times that they get together to jam and what not. I might have posted earlier that I know someone who knows Guy, and he is always teasing Guy about not reuniting Fugazi, and Guy always, maybe with false modesty maybe who knows, claims that no one is really that interested, and if they did it would have to be pretty much all new material, but the amount of effort it would take to drum up all the material and be up to snuff musically might be too much. Having seen Joe and Brendan play in that lark recently, they seem pretty up to snuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
I think Guy lives in NYC these days, while the rest are in the DC area.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
Saw the unnamed Ian, Amy, and Joe band in DC (free show though donations encourage to a church's feed the homeless program). They were just ok-- a mix of Evens like vocals, some Fugazi like vocals from Ian, and fugazi style dub reggae influenced bass and drum rhythms. I was kinda hoping they'd go off in different directions than their prior outfits, but that mostly didn't happen. Most of the comments on Facebook and twitter I saw were more positive than mine about their sound btw (although a few folks i spoke to agreed with me). I liked Fugazi back in the day, but this is just kinda there. Oh Guy came down from NY to watch. Lotsa of other Dischord and DC punk folks there too -- from Bratmobile, Fire Party, Priests, Kingface...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 06:28 (five years ago) link
This made my day. #minorthreat #saladdays #dischordrecords. pic.twitter.com/CAdF854uB2— bernie (@bernie) November 17, 2018
― j., Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
Aww
― The Poppy Bush AutoZone (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 17 November 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
Senior Threat
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
Messthetics record is good! they're supporting Michael Rother in london in a few weeks, should be a good night.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
I had a hilariously mundane dream about these guys a week or so ago, that I missed a one-off reunion show and was reading really good things about it on the internet.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
What a band.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 April 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
weird
Let us all work to get Fugazi to reunite, play at our Arena, we will compensate the band, and make a major donation to local charities in their names, it has been too long. They resonate well with all generations, we miss them. Check this out. https://t.co/c7HcqHWY4l— Ted Leonsis (@TedLeonsis) May 13, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 May 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/688087701220913152/EiCnLqQC_400x400.jpg
"Hope they play Glue Man. No slam-dancing in the pit!"
― Tiltin' My Lens Photography (stevie), Monday, 13 May 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
Billionaire Caps & Wizards owner Leonsis is clueless and cheap. While his predecessor the late Abe Pollin built the Capital One Arena largely with his own money, Leonsis is always hitting up DC taxpayers for $ to upgrade the arena, and to pay for the SE Mystics WNBA Arena. The Se Fort Dupont recreation arena needs big bucks to be refurbished & Leonis gave just 100,000 as part of a go fund me.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Ce5kgPWOY
― MaresNest, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
LOL, Alice Donut. My friend got his shoulder dislocated at one of their shows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 June 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
https://coriky.bandcamp.com/
Ian & Joe from Fugazi plus Amy Farina ( who was in Evens with Ian). A hybrid of those 2 groups. 1 song out now, album coming. At DC area gigs they were requesting no video.
Formed in 2015, Coriky did not play their first show until 2018. They have recorded one album. They hope to tour.
PRE-ORDER VIA DISCHORD
HEAR "CLEAN KILL" / PRE-ORDER VIA BANDCAMP
TRACK LIST1. Clean Kill2. Hard to Explain3. Say Yes4. Have a Cup of Tea5. Too Many Husbands6. BQM7. Last Thing8. Jack Says9. Shedileebop10. Inauguration Day11. Woulda Coulda
coriky will play some shows...
contact: disch✧✧✧@disch✧✧✧.c✧✧
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
the drumming on that could be better imo, but I like it better than the Evens based on that track.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
I like the drumming! though it is closer to Fugazi than the Evens so might start drawing comparisons to one of the great rhythm sections in rock history which isn't totally fair imo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
the drumming is great
― american bradass (BradNelson), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
vocal harmonies on the chorus are great
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:49 (four years ago) link
Haven’t listened to the recorded stuff, but I saw Coricky a few months ago and her drumming was probably the most interesting element.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
They hope to tour.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 22:46 (four years ago) link
They have a few gigs coming up in DC, VA, Pa.
Ian’s guitar chords and vocals are too drawn from Fugazi for me. Glad Farina’s vocals are there
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 February 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
I am loving this
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:24 (four years ago) link
Amy's a great drummer, with incredible touch. I thought the first two Evens records were really fresh. Last one was a bit of a bummer and I worried that it was all over. Very psyched to check this out.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
yeah I liked the Evens first record a lot
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:15 (four years ago) link
School of Rock Headliners & Junior Headliners Rocky River, Ohio perform at Whiskey Island in Cleveland, Ohio on August 4th 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZD9WFpWZo
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
That's awesome. Cleared my Covid right up.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 8 March 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
That's great! I thought the revive was gonna be about Jenny Lee Lindberg's cover of I'm So Tired.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/warpaint-jennylee-cover-fugazi-classic-im-so-tired-2621797
― ☮️ (peace, man), Monday, 9 March 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
on the side, i have never seen an apple music “inspired” list that makes me want to listen less than theirs, which has a beauty sequence of rhcp/rage against the machine/pearl jam/foo fighters/rapture. when i’m thinking of my fugazi love, i dont want to touch that shit, i hope that doesn’t make me shallow.
otoh, their influences list has a sequence of zep/publicenemt/mc5/wire and more that, fuck, i def can get with that, tho it doesnt feel that fugazi all the time.
yeah, I know i know it’s Apple Music.
― blather rinse repeat 2020 (Hunt3r), Monday, 9 March 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
There’s a bit more to the tale of Fugazi & the ice cream eater at their free show at Fort Reno Park in DC in 1993. Here’s my little blurb
https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21125759/city-lights-revisit-the-fort-reno-ice-cream-eater-and-read-rian-johnsons-screenplays
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 21:53 (four years ago) link
i bought my first Fugazi CD because the review I read of Killtaker referenced RATM and Eddie Vedder was a big fan.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
I once knew someone who worked on a Fugazi-related gig. Forgot what he did (I think he was a staff member at some place they were using), but it was just him and the band one night, and at the end, one of them asked him where he was headed. He said he was going to check out some B-movie that he really wanted to see, and to his surprise, the whole band was interested and asked to join. So he wound up going to the movies with them, just like that - just awesome.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:16 (four years ago) link
curmudgeon's piece had me checking out clips from Instrument on YouTube - my DVD is somewhere in the loft - and my god that's some of the most captivating live footage ever filmed
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
aw those are both very sweet stories, thanks
this band was so transformative and positive for so many people in the post-hardcore era
― sleeve, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 22:39 (four years ago) link
My tiny Fugazi story, I happened to be recording at Southern Studios the day after they played at the Rex in London in '99, on a table downstairs was a load of fresh fruit and drinks and stuff, obviously the remains of last night's rider, with a post-it note saying 'From Fugazi', thoughtful dudes.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 2 April 2020 09:40 (four years ago) link
as the years go by, seeing one of those last tour shows in London still stands out as one of my top 5 shows of all time. the anticipation was crazy as it had been a few years since they'd hit the UK at that point i think, travelled up from southampton for it (which always felt like a big event) - and they played something from pretty much every record (as if they knew this was the last run).... and fuck that was 2002. I was 18. half my life ago! show was:
Ex-SpectatorDo You Like MeFacet SquaredPublic Witness ProgramLong DivisionOhCashoutTargetFurnitureLife and LimbPromisesBurningSong #1Give Me the CureBad MouthRecap ModottiThe KillTurnoverBack to BaseNumber 5NightshopEpic ProblemLatin RootsBreakPlace PositionArgumentFull Disclosure
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 2 April 2020 10:40 (four years ago) link
and yeah, by the time i saw this show i had probably watched Instrument 20 times easily. its probably the perfect gig of actual reality matching my huge teenage expectations.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 2 April 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
Missed the London shows on that final tour but reviewed the Brighton show, it was unforgettable. My snapper Nick got an amazing photo of Guy doing the splits.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 2 April 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
Okay not exactly the splits, but... The members of excellent support band Cat On Form just out of focus sitting onstage in the background. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickstevens/4010684125
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 2 April 2020 12:02 (four years ago) link
Great pic!
― JRN, Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
If my family wasn't all working from home within a few feet of the stereo I would be blasting Fugazi right now.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
I went to a screening of Over the Edge in October last year and Guy and Kathi sat in the same row as me. Guy had a real stay-at-home-dad vibe to him. Comfortable cardigan, sensible shoes. Looked like life was treating him well. I didn't bother them.
― Position Position, Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:54 (four years ago) link
Some time around I want to say 1999 my friends and I threw a party in D.C., and Guy showed up. From memory he was wearing sunglasses and faux leather pants, though that may have been Ian Svenonius. Or maybe it was both of them dressed like that? Anyway, I remember Guy walking around for a few minutes and then just leaving, which was the right decision.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 April 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
The Jazz Band Rejects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wGLfEKxNY
― Kibbutzki (Jaap Schip), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:45 (three years ago) link
the Chicago one also rules
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 11:58 (three years ago) link
Was gonna say I already posted that upthread (March 8), but this is a different performance.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
Coriky (Ian, Amy, Joe) album is out today. Also saw on FB that Joe Lally is giving private online bass lessons
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 June 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
possibly the last, closest thing we will ever get to new fugazi
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 13 June 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link