20 Facts About Fugazi

Fugazi is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D C, in 1986.

Fugazi has performed numerous worldwide tours and produced six studio albums, a film, and a comprehensive live series, gaining the band critical acclaim and success around the world.

Fugazi decided he wanted a project that was "like the Stooges with reggae", but was wary about forming another band after Embrace's breakup.

Fugazi recorded its third album, In on the Kill Taker, in the fall of 1992 with Steve Albini in Chicago, but the results were deemed unsatisfactory and the band rerecorded the album with Niceley and Don Zientara.

Fugazi began writing the material for Red Medicine in late 1994, after touring in support of In on the Kill Taker.

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Fugazi opted to retreat from the in-your-face production values of In on the Kill Taker and instead worked to create an ambient sound that displayed greater range and depth.

Since Fugazi went on hiatus in 2003, rumors began circulating about a reunion, with some insinuating that the band may get back together to headline the Coachella Festival.

In March 2011, MacKaye reiterated that Fugazi has "been offered insane amounts of money to play reunions, but it's not going to be money that brings us back together, we would only play music together if we wanted to play music together and time allowed it".

Fugazi is currently working in the Burn to Shine DVD series which is being released by Trixie DVD.

Fugazi has appeared on fellow DC post-punkers Decahedron's debut album Disconnection_Imminent, as well as on a project with Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarists John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer, known as Ataxia.

Fugazi has a daughter with musician Kathi Wilcox from the band Bikini Kill and the Frumpies.

However, Fugazi itself did not have any involvement with the release.

Between 1987 and 2003, Fugazi played over 1000 concerts in all 50 US states and all over the world.

Fugazi's style has been described as post-hardcore, art punk, alternative rock, and experimental rock.

Fugazi's music was an intentional departure from that of the hardcore punk bands the members had played in previously.

Fugazi combined punk with funk and reggae beats, irregular stop-start song structures, and heavy riffs inspired by popular rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Queen, bands that the punk community of the time largely disdained.

The band was motivated by moral or ethical considerations: for example, Fugazi's members regarded pricey admission for rock concerts as tantamount to price gouging a performer's most loyal fans.

Everett True has said that MacKaye and Fugazi "had a mind-set that believed that any involvement with the system was corrupting and that you should create completely alternative structures outside".

In later years, Fugazi was unable to negotiate ticket prices below about $10–$15 total.

Nirvana cited the band as an influence, and Kurt Cobain - who was friends with the members of Fugazi - was even spotted in a popular photo of the band with the word "Fugazi" misspelt on both shoes.