Title
Fugazi Gives Punk a Good Name
Subject
Fugazi as a band that moved punk towards a more positive image
Description
This article provides insight into why Fugazi is a band that has a positive impact. It goes into the actual shows and what the band does to promote positivity and a healthy and productive atmosphere at their shows.
Creator
The Ottowa Citizen
Source
The Ottowa Citizen
Publisher
Infomart
Date
July 16th, 1998
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Copyright Southam Publications Inc.
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Run, don't walk, to get an advance ticket to Monday's Fugazi show at Barrymore's.
While there's fewer university and college kids around during the summer to scoop up tickets like they did when Fugazi last came to Carleton Univeristy's Porter Hall in September 1995, organizers expect tickets to sell out in advance again -- and with good reason.
Unless you've buried your head under a (punk) rock for the last decade, you'll know that Fugazi is one of the most influential bands of the so-called alternative rock movement of the early '90s.
Spawned from the legendary early '80s hard-core band Minor Threat, Fugazi has produced classic albums since 1988, including Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing and its latest offering, End Hits.
The band's following is so dedicated, it regularly sells hundreds of thousands of albums in North America with each new release without the backing of a major label. All the band's releases are on Dischord Records, founded in 1980 by Fugazi's guitarist/ vocalist Ian MacKaye. The band still maintains its "straight-edge" origins -- promoting and adhering to a lifestyle of abstinence and avoidance of drink, drugs or meat products. (Note to parents: the type of punk band you want your kids to listen to.)
MacKaye also has a heavy disdain for moshing or slam-dancing, and has been known in the past to stop shows where it breaks out. (Note to the uninitiated who plan to attend: Whatever you do, don't mosh!)
Advance tickets are $10 (taxes included) and are available from Acme Music, Birdman Sound, Organised Sound, Record Runner and Spinables. The show is all-ages, with Ottawa's Three Penny Opera and Toronto's Blake providing the warm-up. Doors open at 7 p.m.
While there's fewer university and college kids around during the summer to scoop up tickets like they did when Fugazi last came to Carleton Univeristy's Porter Hall in September 1995, organizers expect tickets to sell out in advance again -- and with good reason.
Unless you've buried your head under a (punk) rock for the last decade, you'll know that Fugazi is one of the most influential bands of the so-called alternative rock movement of the early '90s.
Spawned from the legendary early '80s hard-core band Minor Threat, Fugazi has produced classic albums since 1988, including Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing and its latest offering, End Hits.
The band's following is so dedicated, it regularly sells hundreds of thousands of albums in North America with each new release without the backing of a major label. All the band's releases are on Dischord Records, founded in 1980 by Fugazi's guitarist/ vocalist Ian MacKaye. The band still maintains its "straight-edge" origins -- promoting and adhering to a lifestyle of abstinence and avoidance of drink, drugs or meat products. (Note to parents: the type of punk band you want your kids to listen to.)
MacKaye also has a heavy disdain for moshing or slam-dancing, and has been known in the past to stop shows where it breaks out. (Note to the uninitiated who plan to attend: Whatever you do, don't mosh!)
Advance tickets are $10 (taxes included) and are available from Acme Music, Birdman Sound, Organised Sound, Record Runner and Spinables. The show is all-ages, with Ottawa's Three Penny Opera and Toronto's Blake providing the warm-up. Doors open at 7 p.m.