Fugazi never once made a music video. They were one of the biggest, best bands on the American rock underground for about 16 years, but the closest they ever came to dropping a video was Instrument, director Jem Cohen's 1999 documentary. (A philosophical quandary with no answer: If Fugazi's existence had overlapped even slightly with…

Last month, Dischord announced that they would be putting out Fugazi’s original demo tape in a release called First Demo. The collection contains ten tracks from the group’s demo, which includes (obviously) some demos that would go on to appear on their debut EP and album, plus compilation track “In Defense Of Human...

The Canadian band also covered Fugazi's 'Waiting Room' at Washington DC gig

Fugazi is synonymous with the underground D.C. scene, so it makes sense that Arcade Fire would choose to give them the cover treatment. At last night’s show at the Verizon Center, Win Butler covered “Waiting Room” in his paper mache mask. The original song kicks off the hardcore punks’ self-titled debut EP...

The first thing Fugazi ever released was their 1988 self-titled EP, and that EP started with “Waiting Room,” one of the most iconic punk rock songs ever written. All of which is to say: Fugazi were pretty fucking special from jump. Pretty soon, we’ll learn just how great they were in their early days. As [...]