Last weekend, I was quite excited to find The Great American Rock Band on the front page of nytimes.com. Fugazi has spent the last few years cataloguing their entire history of live performance — almost every show from the first to the last is on tape. Today marks the launch.
Given the excitement most of my household shared in the announcement, our conversation inevitably turned to Bono and straight-from-the-ass hogwash. "Sometimes, nice guys don't where white," I told her. "This party is not for sale."
And just a few weeks earlier, I stumbled across an even stranger thing (scroll a few blocks down). Some is fun, some is dumb (the rhythm section has been all but dismantled), but it'll surely grab the attention of any proud-to-be-punk-ass from the 1990s.
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npr streams a show — http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/12/01/143008732/full-disclosure-fugazis-best-live-moments-remembered?ps=mh_frhdl1
and a sturdy interview at pitchfork — http://pitchfork.com/news/44777-ian-mackaye-talks-fugazi-live-archives-legacy-nostalgia-occupy-musicians/
WUGAZI IS FOREVER!!! HA!!!
My punk-ass couldn't stop smiling while listening to "Sleep Rules Everything Around Me." HAHAHA! "Ghetto Afterthought" is also pretty clutch.
Wow, the Fugazi Live Series is intimidating! Where does one start?!
i haven't tried yet . . . might try and find a show i was at, maybe wait for some more feedback/comments to develop. there looks to be a sound quality rating . . .
Aren't they a reggae band?
No, they're a ska band.
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