Fugazi is a band from Washington,
D.C. They played their first show in the fall of 1987 and
since then they have released 7 albums and toured the world
extensively covering all 50 United States, Europe, Australia,
South America, Japan and many points in between. The band
is self managed and release all their material through Dischord
Records, an independent label founded by Ian MacKaye and
partner Jeff Nelson in 1980. The band maintains a policy
of affordable access to their work through low record and
ticket prices and all concerts are all-ages.
In
addition to their recorded output Fugazi has released a
documentary film/video called "Instrument" in
collaboration with independent filmmaker, Jem Cohen. The
feature length video offers a documentary overview of the
the band's career thus far with footage shot in a variety
of formats over the last 10 years combining concert, tour
and studio material backed with a musical soundtrack by
the band unique to the movie.
Fugazi's
most recent musical releases are "The Argument"
10 song lp and the "Furniture" 3 song single,
both recorded in the spring of 2001 to be released in the
Fall of 2001. These sessions mark the first studio appearance
of long time roadie and second drummer Jerry Busher who
plays additional drums and percussion on a number of the
tracks on both releases. The recordings were once again
made in collaboration with long time Fugazi engineer Don
Zientara at Inner Ear studios.
Prior
to forming Fugazi the members of the band played in various
other bands with releases available on the Dischord