Fugazi

So I’ve got a lot going on this week so this will be a short one, but I had a thought today I wanted to share with all 5 of my lovely readers.

As I’ve stated before, music nerds such as myself can be condescending pricks. (You’re an Interpol fan and you’ve never listened to Joy Division? What the hell is wrong with you?)

But even the staunchest of rock n’ roll fans can be blindsided by something that just somehow slipped between the cracks.

Case in point, I’d never listened to post-hardcore pioneers Fugazi until this week. (I know! How can I even presume to call myself a punk rocker?)

I’d heard the name bandied about in interviews and by other bloggers, but for whatever reason I didn’t make the effort to check them out until watching Patton Oswalt sing their praises during his Werewolves and Lollipops stand up special, and I’m glad I finally did.

As I’m writing this I’m burning through their catalogue like a junkie in a poppy field. Vocalist, guitarist Ian MacKaye, who I’d enjoyed in Minor Threat, and the rest of the guys are, excellent at crafting punk songs that breath and build tension, while still maintaining the manic energy essential in punk.

I guess it just goes to show, you can’t know everything. I realize I’m about 20 years too late, but if you’re into punk rock check Fugazi out.