Fugazi discography

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Fugazi discography
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Fugazi in 2002
Studio albums6
Live albums896 [1]
Compilation albums1
EPs4
Soundtrack albums1
Demos1
Other appearances4

The discography of Fugazi, an American post-hardcore band, consists of six studio albums, four EPs, a compilation album, a soundtrack album, a demo and a series of hundreds of live recordings. All of the band's releases have been published by Dischord Records, the independent record label co-owned and operated by Fugazi singer and guitarist Ian MacKaye.

Contents

Fugazi formed in Washington, D.C., in 1987 with a lineup of MacKaye, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. [2] Guy Picciotto soon joined as a second singer, and the band released an eponymously titled EP in 1988. [2] By the following year's Margin Walker EP, Picciotto was also playing guitar. [2] The two EPs were compiled together as 13 Songs (1989). [2] [3] A third EP, 3 Songs , was released in a collectors edition by Sub Pop Records in 1989 and more widely with different artwork by Dischord in 1990. [4] [5] Later that year came Fugazi's first full-length studio album, Repeater , which was coupled with the 3 Songs EP for its CD release. [2] [3] 1991's Steady Diet of Nothing was their first album to chart, reaching no. 63 on the UK Albums Chart. [6] In on the Kill Taker (1993) was their first album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching no. 153. [3]

1995's Red Medicine became the highest-charting album of Fugazi's career, reaching no. 126 in the United States and no. 18 in the United Kingdom. [3] [6] End Hits followed in 1998. [2] [3] In conjunction with Instrument , director Jem Cohen's 1999 documentary film about the band, Fugazi released the Instrument Soundtrack , consisting of instrumental music and previously unreleased studio outtakes and demos. [2] [3] The band's sixth studio album, The Argument , was released in 2001 along with the Furniture EP. [2] [3]

Fugazi has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2002. [3] Between 2002 and 2008, Dischord remastered and re-released 13 Songs, Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker, Red Medicine, and End Hits. The Fugazi Live Series , an ongoing effort by Dischord to release recordings of over 800 Fugazi concerts, began in 2004. [7] Initially releasing the shows on CD, the series switched to a digital distribution system in 2011. [7] [8] [9]

On November 18, 2014, Dischord released First Demo , 11 tracks the band recorded in January 1988. [10] [11]

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[12] 		US
Heat.
[13] 		UK
[6]
Repeater ———US: 500,000 [14]
Steady Diet of Nothing
  • Released: July 1, 1991
  • Label: Dischord (060)
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
——63US: 215,000 [15]
In on the Kill Taker
  • Released: June 30, 1993
  • Label: Dischord (070)
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
153424US: 180,000 [15]
Red Medicine
  • Released: June 12, 1995
  • Label: Dischord (090)
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
126218
End Hits
  • Released: April 28, 1998
  • Label: Dischord (110)
  • Formats: LP, CD
138447US: 81,000 [16]
The Argument
  • Released: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Dischord (130)
  • Formats: LP, CD
151163US: 57,000 [17]

Live albums

The Fugazi Live Series is an ongoing project by Dischord Records to release recordings of over 800 Fugazi concerts performed between 1987 and 2003. [1] [9] From early in their career, Fugazi had their sound engineers record most of their live performances. [1] [9] In 2004 Dischord released 20 of these recordings on compact disc, burning them to CD-Rs on a per-order basis. [7] 10 more recordings were released in the same manner the following year. [8] In December 2011 Dischord began releasing the entire archive of recordings as music downloads, using a "pay what you want" pricing system. [1] [9] [18]

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsSales
13 Songs
  • Released: September, 1989
  • Label: Dischord (036)
  • Formats: LP, CD
US: 750,000 [14]

Soundtracks

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat.
[13]
Instrument Soundtrack
  • Released: March 23, 1999
  • Label: Dischord (120)
  • Formats: LP, CD
43

Demos

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat.
[13]
First Demo
  • Released: November 18, 2014
  • Label: Dischord (181)
  • Formats: LP, CD
8

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
CAN
[19] 		UK
[6]
Fugazi
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Dischord (030)
  • Formats: 12-inch EP, cassette
——
Margin Walker
  • Released: June 1989
  • Label: Dischord (035)
  • Formats: 12-inch EP, cassette
——
3 Songs
  • Released: 1989, 1990
  • Labels: Sub Pop (052), Dischord (043)
  • Formats: 7-inch EP
——
Furniture
  • Released: October 8, 2001
  • Label: Dischord (129)
  • Formats: 7-inch EP, CD
1861

Other appearances

The following Fugazi songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums and EPs are not included.

TitleAlbum detailsTrack(s)
State of the Union [20]
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Dischord (032)
  • Format: LP, CD
  • "In Defense of Humans"
International Pop Underground Convention
  • Released: August 1991
  • Label: K (KLP011)
  • Format: LP, CD
  • "Reprovisional" (live)
20 Years of Dischord [21] [22]
  • Released: September 23, 2002
  • Label: Dischord (125)
  • Format: CD
  • "The Word"
  • "Burning" (live)
Short. Fast. Loud. [23]
  • Released: September 11, 2006
  • Label: ABC
  • Format: CD
  • "KYEO" (live)

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