Real Life Is Not FugaziWells, Steven
Enter the mid-90s and Sunny Day Real Estate, a Fugazi-inspired Seattle band that mixed searing guitar work and complex orchestrations with hometown grunge. It’s around this time that emo started collecting multiple definitions —thank-you Internet. Web-savvy music geeks got the word out, and ...
We don’t need a “full reboot” with a 95% new cast of women who know they’re filming “the real housewives of New Jersey” and do the exact same shit (or worse, like the new RHONY cast and do nothing at all)… sometimes it’s ok to cancel a show. Personally, I would love...
And the Hotelier are fighting against the real possibility of this record failing to reach its intended audience. Towards the end of that missive, Holden shrugs at being “emo now," knowing that word could scare away self-identifying indie rock and punk fans even though this is where you’...
That year, Rites of Spring, featuring future Fugazi members Guy Picciotto and drummer Brendan Canty, released their self-titled debut album, produced by fellow future Fugazi member Ian MacKaye. While you'll find no hit singles on the effort, the album is widely credited as being the first ...
40 below, bubble coats and a lot of struggle rap (New York, New York) Back in the days I used to juggle crack Met real hip hop and fell in love with that And the money along with it But what's a good time without hearing a song with it?
"It's been a pleasure to be in a band like Sevendust, to be with my brothers this long and to know when we get in the studio, whenever we write together, it's just a magical thing that is never, never hard. This is what we do and it's so easy when we get together."...
25. Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat / Fugazi) Not only did Ian MacKaye front two of rock’s most influential bands, he pretty much started the “straight edge” movement of clean living in the hardcore scene. As singer for Minor Threat, MacKaye was an early pioneer of hardcore music, while as...