1. Guy Picciotto is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer from Washington, DC He is best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist in Fugazi and as lead vocalist of Rites of Spring.
12 Facts About Guy Picciotto
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Guy Picciotto created a record label called Peterbilt Records, which released limited-quantity vinyl record albums for the bands Rain, Happy Go Licky, and Deadline, then years later was involved in releasing the album 1986 by One Last Wish, along with Dischord Records.
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Guy Picciotto has collaborated and performed with Mats Gustafsson, Vic Chesnutt, and members of the Ex among others.
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Guy Picciotto has produced numerous albums including the Gossip's breakthrough record Standing in the Way of Control as well as Blonde Redhead's Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons and Misery Is a Butterfly, The Blood Brothers final album, Young Machetes, and Downtown Boys' Cost of Living as well as two records for The Casual Dots, their self-titled debut album and the follow-up Sanguine Truth.
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Additionally, Guy Picciotto has produced five albums by the duo Xylouris White: Goats, Black Peak, Mother, The Sisypheans and The Forest In Me.
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Guy Picciotto played on the Vic Chesnutt albums North Star Deserter and At the Cut, and accompanied him on tours of Europe and North America.
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Guy Picciotto co-produced the films Chain and Museum Hours with Jem Cohen.
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In 2012, Guy Picciotto was interviewed on stage at the Pop Montreal festival by Howard Bilerman about his experiences in the music industry.
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On January 24,2020, Guy Picciotto appeared on an episode of Live From the Barrage for a wide-ranging discussion that was his first long form interview in quite some time.
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Guy Picciotto was born to an American mother and an Italian father.
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Guy Picciotto holds a BA degree in English from Georgetown University and is a graduate of the Washington, DC private school, the Georgetown Day School.
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Guy Picciotto married musician Kathi Wilcox from the bands Bikini Kill and the Frumpies; in 2013 the two were reported living in Brooklyn with their child.