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Title: Anyone ever see....
Post by: j.hall on May 16, 2006, 11:55:17 AM

Fugazi live?

from a thread over in whatever works.....i'm curious how many guys in here have seen Fugazi live?

if so, what did you think?

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: NelsonL on May 16, 2006, 12:17:06 PM

I saw them at Fort Mason here in SF, they were great but Guy wasn't quite as gymnastic as what you see in Instrument.

It was really really loud-- I remember my pants vibrating to Joe Lally feedback.

Anyway, it was about 12 years ago and I mainly just have a positive overall impression of the show more than anything.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: pg666 on May 16, 2006, 04:26:14 PM

yup, about 5 years ago.

problem is i'd seen 'instrument' about 20 times before that so i sorta knew what to expect. additionally, the songs that they played that were also on the video had all of the same 'improvised bits' as the show i saw (and some of the live video footage was from 10 years earlier!). that threw a lot of their 'every show is different' reputation out of the window for me.

it was still good. 'the argument' hadn't come out yet so it was a nice treat seeing the dual drummer songs.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: Rivers on May 16, 2006, 11:31:26 PM

I saw them in the early 90's(1992-93?)...around the Red Medicine album.
They were really good.
Tight.
Sounded similar to the albums.
I don't remember any Guy gymnastics but he was kind of spastic and they definitely brought the energy and passion.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: j.hall on May 17, 2006, 12:18:57 PM

overall, they are a band that is so tight and spot on that it makes you not want to be in a band.

you have to respect a band that can play any song in their catalogue on any given night, with that level of tightness.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: NelsonL on May 17, 2006, 02:43:49 PM

They did yell at some guy in the crowd though-- he'd climbed up some scaffolding for reasons unkown.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: Frob on May 17, 2006, 04:27:49 PM

people do a lot things for no reason at shows

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: garret on May 17, 2006, 05:30:41 PM

Frob wrote on Wed, 17 May 2006 16:27

people do a lot things for no reason at shows

Yes, if I hear one more genius yell Free Bird, I'm going to go postal.

And then there's always...
http://www.sky.com/showbiz/article/0,,50001-1170670,00.html

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: Joe Black on May 17, 2006, 08:08:57 PM

Saw them about 1989 or so in North Hampton, Ma. I thought they were great. Probably one of the last real punk rock shows I went to.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: Jason Phair on May 17, 2006, 08:16:40 PM

I would if it was Marillion playing their song Fugazi, with Fish back on vocals.

Title: Re: Anyone ever see....
Post by: jlapointe on May 18, 2006, 10:43:35 AM

j.hall wrote on Wed, 17 May 2006 13:18

overall, they are a band that is so tight and spot on that it makes you not want to be in a band.

That's it exactly.  I've seen them 3 or 4 times, including being the opening band once.  They make me feel like an amateur.

- J.