Straight pledge
May 16, 2022

Essay: Fugazi made me vegan

A great essay about life lessons from Fugazi: "The band that I believed knew more about how to live a better, more just, more punk life, were vegan, even on tour, eating veggie burgers out of their van in between shows across the country... Veganism involves questioning the dominant worldview, doing things for yourself, and sticking to principles. Being vegan means saying “fuck you” to a system even many meat eaters know is wrong — and that’s punk rock, even if there’s no crashing drums and searing guitar involved".

Certainly sounds different from what it looks like
August 18, 2020

This is awesome: A bunch of teenagers play Fugazi

Well, this is a surprise - a group of ordinary-looking students of the Cleveland, Ohio School of Rock aka "The Jazz Band Rejects", performed 'Waiting Room' by Fugazi in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. No disrespect, but this just might be the most passionate performance of the song in years!

Contemporary classical ensemble s t a r g a z e released video album accompaniment to 'Instruments', an abstract orchestral reimagining of Fugazi's 1993 album 'In on the Kill Taker'. The good-spirited video works as a pandemic lockdown diary, with all the musicians involved filming themselves over the last few months, with footage from all over the world.

Fugazi in 1987

Sohrab Habibion, staple of post-hardcore, punk, and indie rock for over 30 years, filmed dozens of punk and hardcore shows in the DC area in the 1980s. With the help from Roswell Films and the DC Public Library's Punk Archive, many of those classic videos have been digitized and are now available to watch on YouTube, including full '80s-era sets by FugaziDag Nasty, Government Issue, Moss Icon, Shudder To Think, Scream, 7Seconds, Descendents, Marginal Man, Gray Matter, One Last Wish, Soul Side, Half Japanese, Fire Party, D.O.A., Saccharine Trust, Doughboys, GWAR, Gang Green, Jerry's Kids, The Lemonheads, and whole lot more. Watch the videos at Sohrab Habibion's YouTube channel.