Fugazi (EP)

Fugazi
EP by Fugazi
Released November 1988
Recorded June 1988 at Inner Ear Studios
Genre Post-hardcore
Length 23:06
Label Dischord
Producer Ted Nicely & Fugazi
Fugazi chronology
7 Songs
(1988)		 Margin Walker
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]

Fugazi is the first EP by the American post-hardcore band of the same name. Unlike all other Fugazi releases, Guy Picciotto did not contribute guitar to this record; all guitar present was performed by Ian MacKaye. It was originally recorded in June 1988 and released in November 1988 on vinyl and again in 1989 on the compilation release 13 Songs along with the following EP Margin Walker.

The release features "Waiting Room" which is arguably the band's most well-known song (later covered by artists as diverse as Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Wildhearts), notorious for "the attention-getting drop into silence that occurs at the 22-second mark" as well as for its "relentless ska/reggae-inflected drive",[3] and "Suggestion", a "Meters-meets-Ruts thrust."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Waiting Room" – 2:54
  2. "Bulldog Front" – 2:53
  3. "Bad Mouth" – 2:36
  4. "Burning" – 2:39
  5. "Give Me the Cure" – 2:59
  6. "Suggestion" – 4:44
  7. "Glue Man" – 4:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "allmusic ((( Fugazi > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r7857. Retrieved March 17, 2010. 
  2. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Fugazi". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "13 Songs - Fugazi - Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/13-songs-r7861/review. Retrieved April 5, 2011. 
Fugazi
Full-lengths
Repeater (1990) · Steady Diet of Nothing (1991) · In on the Kill Taker (1993) · Red Medicine (1995) · End Hits (1998) · The Argument (2001)
EPs
Fugazi (1988) · Margin Walker (1989) · 3 Songs (1990) · Furniture + 2 (2001)
Other albums
Compilation
appearances
State of the Union (1989) · International Pop Underground Convention (1992) · 20 Years of Dischord (2002)
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