Fugazi

Fugazi was one of a kind; a band so staunchly "punk" in their unyieldingly independent and politically revolutionary ethos, yet without limits in where they took their music with punk as a starting point. Born of the Washington, D.C. scene that produced some of hardcore's most legendary acts (in particular founding members Ian MacKaye's Minor Threat and Guy Picciotto's emo prototypes Rites of Spring), Fugazi drafted the blueprint for post-hardcore by introducing dubby basslines and unorthodox song structures into their high-energy songs. They remained self-sufficient at all co...