I was listening to an Ian Mackaye interview on a podcast recenlty, and he was talking about how influnced he was as a child by the classic performances of the Who and Hendrix in the Woodstock film. This belongs up there with them. Pure unscripted energy. The essence of rock n' roll.
Best live band ever. And I've seen everyone from the Dead to Phish to Slayer to the Rolling Stones to Galactic to Metallica to The Roots to Stockholm Syndrom to Pantera ... THE BEST.
This is the best Fugazi song. Guy performing this song always reminded me of his Rites of Spring days. The intensity (not that he didn't have it in other songs) was just...I don't know, I always looked forward to this song. It was usually the last song Fugazi would do if they played it that night.
So, the first time fugazi pulled through Austin, TX May of '89 (Liberty Lunch r.i.p.); they played 'glueman,' guy crawled under Brendan's drum riser to do a backflip from the backline monitor to land on his feet. This clip from the VHS /DVD, 'Instrument' is from a later period in fugazi's history-barely touches the earlier period of fugazi.
I have seen fugazi live 3 times. All when I was in high school in the early 90's. here in Los Angeles. I only have 2 favorite live bands. Fugazi is one of them. Glue man is my favorite song.
+Shio Almighty Believe it or not I coordinated a nationwide paper petition in record shops back in the day before online ones (1999-2000) to get Fugazi to tour Australia. After assembling it all and sending it to them, they politely responded with a "Fugazi will do what Fugazi wants." Which was a fair enough response. I've still never seen them live.
Fugazi does not exist in-between the Dead and phish in my best estimation however they did define the 90s and continue to pass the test of time. Thank you
Soo amazing... this band is all about music, talents and passion. Giving all you got every night, jamming between songs. I think this is the best live video I've ever seen. There can't be more energetic performer than Guy Picciotto. I have the instrument DVD and recommend it to every serious music fan, thanks for this!
Back when Future Islands were on letterman for the first time, people were going crazy about the singer’s performance…by this time I had already seen fugazi and multiple punk bands etc..I was not impressed by th guys rehearesed, practised, same every time he does the song delivery…so I showed people clips of Guy Piciotto to show them what real intense energetic unbridled live performance looks like…
It's just funny to see people get so stoked about Fugazi. Not that they weren't badass, but we used to see them as often as we felt like it, usually for $5 with other bands that could actually not get totally imploded off stage by them. Early 90s Los Angeles was *not* a bad place for music.
@Sensoriexpansion69 I must respectfully disagree, only to the level that they never reached the mainstream by their own design and admission. I heard Ian Mackaye speak at F&M College and he told everyone how they turned down a record contract from the guy who signed the Rolling Stones, and they attracted this attention because Repeater sold 250,000 copies. Not bad for a completely DIY band, wouldn't you say?
