A mystory in progress.
Entertainment.
Fugazi.
An American DIY post-hardcore band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band’s continual members were guitarists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto (who both shared vocal duties), bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. Noted for their ethical stance and manner of business practice, the band experienced commercial success during the 1990s while remaining on their independent record label, Dischord Records, which MacKaye and Co. formed themselves and continue to maintain in Washington, D.C. Fugazi has been on hiatus since 2002.
The band’s first album, Repeater, was released in January 1990.
A Dialogue between two high school kids.
Clov: Fugazi has to be the greatest band alive.
Hamm: Yeah, absolutely. But I wonder whether the ethos of the band precedes their musical legacy.
Clov: I worry about that, too. They only charge $5.00 for a show. They don’t do corporate interviews. They refuse to sell t-shirts and other such merchandise unrelated to the music itself.
Hamm: Yes, I agree that they certainly are anti-corporations. But I don’t believe their anti-capitalist as many young and naive punk rockers live to espouse.
Clov: What do you mean?
Hamm: They sell records. They produce a commodity and distribute the product, albeit for a consistently fair price. They Do it all themselves, hence DIY. They’re like a microcosm of capitalism, and a successful one at that, that refuses to endorse the illegitimate and unethical business practice of large conglomerates and corporations.
Clov: Yeah, and Repeater, like, totally rules.
Hamm: Totally.
Personal.
I worked at Hy-Vee Foods in high school. I was a bagger, then a cashier, and then I worked in produce. I didn’t take the job too seriously, and I often sat in back freezer on top of milk crates drinking Hee-Haw soda (Hy-Vee’s equivalent of Mountain Dew). I was dedicated to school. Not Hy-Vee.
Turns out Hy-Vee wanted to give me a scholarship for college. That was nice of them.
When Fugazi was a struggling band in a tour van, they played in Omaha at a local grocery store. It was not Hy-Vee.
[An unfinished product.]
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