Fugazi have revealed plans to put hundreds of their concerts online, helping thousands of fans to recall their favourite mosh-pit bruises. The legendary 1990s punk band will launch an internet archive featuring "almost every show" they ever played.

 

"We are not that far away from being able to set up our own website where ultimately almost every show we ever played will be available for download," guitarist Guy Picciotto recently told fansite World of Fugazi (via Twentyfourbit).

 

The Washington, DC band, revered by the DIY and post-hardcore scenes, toured the world from 1987 until 2002. Although bootlegs of their shows have been traded on tape, CD and now MP3, Fugazi have only previously issued 30 live recordings, as part of their Fugazi Live Series CD-Rs. These included concerts in New York, Hong Kong and London.

 

According to Picciotto, Dischord Records is still busy converting the stack of bootlegs to a digital format and preparing the "infrastructure" of the project website. The recordings will probably be released a few at a time, beginning later this year.

 

The archive's official announcement, still forthcoming from Dischord, could be an opportunity for an even bigger announcement – say, a Fugazi reunion. Despite an eight-year hiatus, the band have never officially broken up. Musically, Picciotto has been busy over the past two years, working with the late Vic Chesnutt.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/2...ds-shows-online

And this is why Dischord are one of the best record labels on the planet.....

 

I saw Fugazi play live several times, and indeed I got a fair few bruises... :lol: I shall certainly be scouring this archive once it's up and running.....

And this is why Dischord are one of the best record labels on the planet.....

 

I saw Fugazi play live several times, and indeed I got a fair few bruises... :lol: I shall certainly be scouring this archive once it's up and running.....

 

jealous. didnt have you down as post-hardcore fan though.

jealous. didnt have you down as post-hardcore fan though.

 

Fugazi were really the one "straight edge" band I liked...

luuuuuv fugazi <3 the argument <3

 

washington, DC used to have such a creative / invigorating music scene. sucks DICK now, no one even gets close to moshing at shows (they stand around, arms crossed, etc.) not that moshing should occur at all shows, but it did not at ones it certainly should have. baltimore >>>>>> DC now for music in the maryland/dc/virginia area sup. best crowds ever, we'll mosh to like effing animal collective with the right amount of alcohol / drugs in us.

luuuuuv fugazi <3 the argument <3

 

washington, DC used to have such a creative / invigorating music scene. sucks DICK now, no one even gets close to moshing at shows (they stand around, arms crossed, etc.) not that moshing should occur at all shows, but it did not at ones it certainly should have. baltimore >>>>>> DC now for music in the maryland/dc/virginia area sup. best crowds ever, we'll mosh to like effing animal collective with the right amount of alcohol / drugs in us.

 

When I saw Henry Rollins earlier this year, he talked about the first time he saw Bad Brains in DC, supporting the Damned, and said how he and Ian Mackaye (from Fugazi/Minor Threat) made fake ID's that afternoon to get in, and no one had heard of Bad Brains and when they came on stage it scared most the crowd far back from the stage, so Henry and Ian decided to just go up to the front and just go nuts. Would be a shame to think their ways to do shows has died out there now.