Fugazi - Repeater ALBUM REVIEW

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D.C. rock outfit Fugazi dropped their full-length debut in 1990, taking the aggression and ferocity of hardcore punk, but applying it to flashier guitar riffs, more adventurous song structures, and a complex rhythm section.
What did you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh?
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FAV TRACKS: TURNOVER, REPEATER, MERCHANDISE, BLUEPRINT, SIEVE-FISTED FIND, TWO BEATS OFF, STYROFOAM, REPROVISIONAL, SHUT THE DOOR
LEAST FAV TRACK: GREED
FUGAZI - REPEATER / DISCHORD RECORDS / 1990 / POST-HARDCORE, INDIE ROCK
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?
SHOUTOUTS!
FUGAZI
ROCK 'N' ROLL
PATRICE WILSON

[@RockBottomRiser21]

1, 2, 3, REPEATER!

[@MasteringParagliding]

Steven that’s what I was gonna write. Bummed.

[@Ellio123]

ONE TWO THREEEEEE REPEATER

[@mar15115]

Iconic

[@victoresquivel8546]

Hey! You cracked the password to my first yahoo account! Haha

[@Hamthy727]

"a forgotten stepping stone" THAT WAS A MINOR THREAT PUN WASN'T IT

[@deadlightdrifter3462]

Steppin' stoooone, ay ay ay!

[@waxtrax_]

i'm not your stepping stooone

[@ProfDeLocke541]

skip we love you

[@splinter360]

Dude I never realised that you sat down. Unsubbed.

[@ilovecody7514]

A lot of people years later seem to not realize this either as well.

[@benjaminsivers6480]

prescient

[@themachineeatsitself]

I strongly suggest 13 Songs, even if it's not an album. It works as a fantastic introduction to their work and has some of their best tracks on that album.

[@IAmTheBestMang]

This guy has already listened to that for sure. He has Kill Taker on vinyl as you can see.

[@deadlightdrifter3462]

How is 13 songs not considerd an album?

[@IAmTheBestMang]

El Duderino Because it's actually a compilation of 2 EPs, 7 Songs and Margin Walker.

[@TheGamer-br2gm]

IAmTheBestMang I think he was recommending it to the audience and not Anthony

[@raefinoh1172]

@Dylan Nimrick omg yess, promises too

[@dissonancecognitive1]

I love the huge difference between Mackaye lead tracks and Picciotto lead tracks. The Mackaye tracks tend to be more hardcore/Minor Threat punk (shout along) anthems whereas the Picciotto tracks tend to be more melodic/alternative style. And there's even examples where they switch styles. Love it! :)

[@ultimadum7785]

Imho the difference between good punk music and GREAT punk music is melody. and fugazi is a prime example of what can be done with the genre!

[@seanthebaptist6757]

*FUGAZI IS EVERYTHING*

[@matthewbritt8498]

Siamese dream, disintegration, a love supreme, you're living all over me, ege bamyasi (can), marquee moon...a review on any of these would be very cool

[@finality42069]

Matthew Britt He should review A classic Dinosaur jr. album.

[@Stargrazer]

Glad you clarified which Ege Bamyasi ;)

[@RealAsaMitaka]

It's been nine years and we still got none of that

[@ashleymerritt9461]

Ian (for good reason) usually gets props for being Fugazi personified but honestly, as a huge Rites of Spring fan, you cannot fuck with Guy's lyrics and delivery.. Love his approach. Fugazi are sick.

[@jackhorkheimer]

Yep Guy is the iconic singer for Fugazi IMO, when Ian sings it's a treat and it's like "cmon let's go!" but Guy was the defining vocalist.

[@Padenjs]

can we stop blurting out obvious choices like Kid A/Darkside of the Moon/Nevermind/etc... there are a LOT of really easy to pick "classic" albums. the Beatles, Radiohead, Nirvana and Pink Floyd (and everything else people keep commenting) are pretty widely accepted modern classics and are frequently discussed as being such. Anthony doesnt need to chime in for more people to figure it out. if you live in modern times and haven't formulated some opinion of those bands on your own you're probably living under a rock. its more useful and interesting to review "classics" that not everyone has already heard before, rather than all standing around jacking off together to how good Kid A was.

[@Padenjs]

LedZeppelin03 I love Radiohead.

[@NuevaRomay]

ALOT OF PEOPLE DOESNT LIKE RADIOHEAD, THEY ARE NOT THAT GREAT

[@ChodeMaster]

I love radiohead, but yeah the constant circlejerk is annoying.

[@wedgesalad3163]

OK Computer and Kid A are the most overrated albums of all time

[@matanmeir1283]

"OH I'M SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT FANTANO TO REVIEW 'MAINSTREAM' MUSIC LIKE RADIOSHIT AND PINK FLOYSHIT'

[@ii121]

So that's how Ian MacKaye is pronounced.

[@MVenk]

ii121 So that's how Guy Picciotto is pronounced

[@Joeynivek]

I swear I’ve heard both for both

[@ToonTownFanatics]

You should review Unwound, specifically Leaves Turn Inside You.

[@babyduck9217]

JayKayTV yes

[@AdolfStalin]

this would be great. also Dazzling Killmen, Face Of Collapse.

[@AdolfStalin]

Jesus Lizard - Liar, Goat, maybe some Killdozer and/or Butthole Surfers, just go all out

[@alicepractice9473]

Best indie rock record period

[@danwillreview]

I've heard through the grapevine that he's not the biggest Unwound fan...

[@tmmerlo]

Fugazi is the best. This and 13 Songs are two of my favorite albums of all time. Funny to admit now, but I actually had FUGAZI on my license plate for a few years in the 90s.

[@sleeplessaquarius]

Awesome!!! My all time favorite album, & band (of course), of all time too! License plate, thats great! :) Fugazi forever \m/

[@emily99]

every Fugazi album is my favorite Fugazi album but if I HAD to choose, I'd go with The Arguement JUST THEY'RE SO GOOD UGH ❤

[@ob-la-diob-la-da7081]

The Argument is a great album!

[@diegosoriano2166]

Mine too

[@TheDanielCanella]

AGREED

[@jazzypaul75]

same.

[@victoresquivel8546]

definitely a final statement where everything comes together, songwriting and sound. It’s a great album. I like RM and EH but it feels a bit like waning or straggling, then comes The Argument.

[@rockkiller124]

Better review all of these one day: At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade Slint - Spiderland Big Black - Songs About Fucking

[@Gore171459]

I agree. He's already reviewing Spiderland so that's one.

[@George_Ericksen]

I prefer Atomizer over Songs About Fucking

[@Maxipanda6]

+rockkiller124 ALL ALBUMS HE SHOULD REVIEW

[@rockkiller124]

Max Seuberlich I could not agree more.

[@honeymoonisover]

+rockkiller124 AT THE DRIVE IN IS THE SHIT

[@tomwhittingham7835]

This review got me into fugazi about 2 years ago and now they are one of my favourite bands, thanks Anthony!

[@quarterpicksnstuff8995]

You should do Operation Ivy-Energy, or something by the Minutemen.

[@krampster2]

I had never realised until now that he is sitting on a chair.

whoa!!

[@vancouverkrb3782]

That just mind fucked me......

[@o.binwheelie9733]

I thought he was hardcore and stacked vinyl shelves on top of each other.

[@theneedledrop]

Review: Fugazi - Repeater Fugazi - Repeater ALBUM REVIEW

[@ultimate0levels]

Ya know, until just a few minutes ago, I thought that album was medicore. I relistened to it because of your review, and while i still not seeing it as a "classic", i realized its a pretty good album

[@somekid7]

Yeah! Love me some Fugazi! How about some Ah Um or Oh Yeah by Charles Mingus for classics week?

[@shortmorgan_]

Oooh, I have a good suggestion for an album. The Virgin Suicides by Air

[@jackmiles1719]

Review Stone Roses self titled album please. :)

[@RSGun]

hey man could you please review what you want? this is supposed to be 'what you think are classics' week so lets leave the choosing up to you yeah? sweet thx

[@fullmetalfunk]

I think Red Medicine is my favorite but Repeater + 3 Songs is neck and neck with it honestly. It's too hard to choose. Definitely one of my favorite rock groups ever, definitely one of my favorite albums. Glad you reviewed this one.

[@basilshim]

How about reviewing Sonic Youth?

[@JUDAHCOOK300]

YEAH

[@oskarpetureinarsson3880]

Love, love, LOVE this band. Love their albums, their songs, their live shows, their every breath.Love this review, too! Yes, Repeater is their 1st proper album but I tend to root for Margin Walker EP (came out the year before, right?) as something just as monumental. Also, used to listen to In On The Kill Taker for years and years...today, I just can't decide which album is best - this is the only band I know that I think is virtually flawless...

[@greendav]

Fugazi is the soundtrack to my life and Repeater came out when I was 17 - absolutely massive for me. Every album became a favourite as their changes of direction seemed to mirror where I was in my life...

[@starlitewalker8827]

For me, their 3 last albums, End Hits Argument and Instrument Soundtrack are so emotional and my all time favorite albums

[@ThatChampion]

one of the most consistent discogs ever

[@yates525]

Personally I'd consider In on the Killtaker my favorite Fugazi album, but Repeater is undeniably up there. Then again, there is no such thing as a "bad" Fugazi record. You should review Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crimes, such a great record.

[@TigerClawTV]

This is a really important album for me. Got it when I was a teenager, stuck with me when a lot of my teen music faded. Thanks for making this.

[@zachjollimore4339]

My bassist told me to listen to Fugazi, just because. I listened to this first and loved every minute of it

[@themadhattress5008]

I honestly don't think there has been a more innovative figure in punk and hardcore than Ian Mackaye. Even today, he's pushed the boundaries of the ideologies that the scene and movement had to offer. He forced more melodic structures into the music, really warping it and changing it into what really can only be considered "post hardcore", as you say, in its truest form. Even so, he still keeps that DIY attitude and ethic at heart. The code of punk and hardcore are really at the root and core of his being, whether his music "sounds" like anything from those genres or not. The DC scene was really very phenomenal in the 80s and beyond for what it did to bring punk in so many different ways, but I don't think we would have gotten as far as we did with bands like Rites of Spring or Dag Nasty if it weren't for Ian Mackaye being right there alongside those bands. It's been clear to me that Ian was just do damn jaded with the violence and destruction of the punk scene. I think a lot of people where in DC hardcore felt like this, though, which is why it advanced as much as it did in such a short period of time. Ian Mackaye is a Darwinist of the punk movement, where he actively kept the ideals of punk alive, but forced it to evolve in ultimately unique ways that we really hadn't seen before or since what Fugazi would become. Even so, the dude still rips. He still stays humble. He still doesn't care about merch or how much money his music makes. All he cares about is the passion of music and the message that he's presenting. He's actually got another band today, called Coriky. They're set to their first album here in a month or so and I can't tell you how excited I am for it. Ian still believes in what he's doing with the art and expression of his music over 30 years later -- and that's more punk rock than any of the shit the Sex Pistols or the Ramones ever did (not to call them out or say they weren't truly punk or anything, but damn did they lose their impact quickly. Ian straddles the line between underground, indie, and mainstream, and still maintains his integrity).

[@ciaranosullivan9352]

Clean Kill is the first single from Coriky The album was delayed cause of the current situation

[@CoachSet]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Life is good when someone recognizes the talents of this band. Thought people had forgot. I still have In On The Kill Taker on repeat 20 years later. For you young punks and hardcore etc. out there, your heroes were influenced by this band. . . if they had any taste at all that is. Great way to start the new year off my man.

[@quaestiofest7710]

dearest anton i can believe this is the only album review of fugazi i will like to know whats your personal opinion of the carrer and work of the band many hugs! francisco lovizio

[@OakesDesign]

I love that this is one of your all time favorite bands. Gives a lot of context to the types of acts you review up to today!

[@dereckvon]

Happy New Year, friend.

[@brunojaniszewski]

so much passion in this review. great, Anthony!

[@savethewells7700]

End hits has been my favorite fugazi record for awhile

[@ss10baby]

You should review Butthole Surfers - Physic Powerless for classics week.

[@LucasXavierReis]

Unknown Pleasures, please. :(

[@literaticrux8292]

Me 16, a hip hop dude, got very f**king into them and indie beyond that

[@MisterIsme]

The algorithm brought me here 7 years later. I love Fugazi, and I love this review. Excellent work.

[@Rocko262c]

I stumbled on this thinking "Who would review a legend album and know more than me", cool, you happily surprised me and thanks for your great review, I think I will watch more of your videos, again thanks for your actually cool review!

[@patrickkevinwiggins6992]

Just found out about this album thanks to you, must say I FREAKING LOVED IT! THANKS ANTHONY!!!

[@Blarghasaur]

Fantano, you know you want to do Endtroducing. I know you know you want to.

[@selfarrested6937]

One of my top 4 albums ever up with Daydream Nation, In Utero and Blackened Sky (Biffy Clyro)

[@averagebusinessmen2]

Daydream Nation is untouchable. Man i love that record.

[@awsmdrummer62]

Jack Mancuso Hello sputbuddy.

[@thesnarkygamer]

Jack Mancuso Word to that man

[@shellacSOUP58]

Anthony, you know your classics, brother. Thanks for the reminders to listen to all of 'em again!

[@jaketaz2848]

I love this band, my favorite might be The Argument. I was pretty disappointed that they didn't do any more albums after that, but what a great album to end on!

[@Puppytime31]

I got in on the kill taker when it first came out not knowing what to expect. Needless to say most of their albums up to end hits were my favorite for quite some time. Now they all hold great memories. Never really got into steady diet or the argument, etc.

[@eqapo]

Review! Slint - Spiderland Can - Tago Mago Don Caballero - For Respect

[@Autoluminescense]

eqapo CAN YESSS

[@frankdoane2898]

Wait... are you me?

[@callumfrancis8581]

Great review, Fugazi are my all time favourite band and this is my favourite album, blueprint is one of those few songs that is perfect.

[@TheSydAnto]

Great review theneedledrop ! by one of your biggest italian fan! :D

[@gbrl2574]

Fugazi is my everything

[@sleeplessaquarius]

Fugazi is my daily. *high five!*

[@Jonomolyneux98]

Could you review Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division? I'd love to see you talk about that record man.

[@o.binwheelie9733]

***** He loves you.

[@TheAaron3dg]

Subscribed. Geezus, what a fantastic review.

[@mostlyharmless11]

Fugazi's one of my favorite bands ever. I'm sure you know what that means exactly to a person. I think it would be cool to hear you review some of the fringe-ish fugazi albums that you might not be all for from the get-go. The Argument had a different sound, I don't hear people talk about End Hits very often even though I think it's very very solid. Also, just to say, the Furniture EP is probably my favorite Fugazi release (so hard to say with certainty). It seems like they let themselves mess around more on that and it's so dirty and high-energy. Even for them. Thanks for the review!

[@MrRalfnader]

Your reviews are so seemingly effortlessly thorough, delightfully so. If I want to know about a band, you're the condensed Wikipedia of every practical band

[@recordechoes]

Just heard this album for the first time thanks to you, Anthony. Freaking awesome.

[@Diatonic5th]

One of my favorite albums of all time! I was lucky enough to see them live three times in the 90's.

[@turbofairfield]

Great stuff.. one of my personal favourite albums. Thanks for a fine and quite accurate disection. Well done. Keep up the good work.

[@IveGotToast]

1 2 3 REPEATER!!!

[@krlnkn]

Fugazi is.... i respect them so much. I love their music and the philosophy they have followed. The values and issues their music is putting in front of you. The harmony between pure roughness and melody... I love this band, truly. Happy to hear there are more people who listen to Fugazi, since in my surroundings I haven't found not even a single person who have ever heard them.

[@pseudomusic8807]

Hey Anthony, could you please review Doppelganger by the Fall of Troy for your next classics week? It is a clear classic and the missing link between the mainstream post-hardcore we're seeing today and the raw and noisy experimental post-hardcore in the 90s.

[@taylorjohnson8767]

Pseudo Music i was looking for a 13 songs comment. i thought to myself "wait, wasnt that one their debut?"

[@samuraiinCfede]

Anthony you should review Unwound for classics week this year! and yeah Leaves Inside You is great...but it would be killer to hear about Repetition

[@louisaddeo-weiss5690]

Everyday for me is waking up wondering what classic record you'll review next. Keep it Anthony!

[@Slevinlobell]

In On The Kill Taker is massively underated,used to be my fav Fugazi record. tied with Repeater and if u considered 13 songs a record,all 3 tied. End Hits and Red Medicine are great too.

[@petewadesays12]

My favorite Fugazi album. Nice Review Fantano.

[@wormofthesenses]

I see In on the kill taker in the background there lol. That's the best fugazi I record IMO, but hey I appreciate the review. You could do a whole other review on the members post-fugazi work, esp the evens and joe lallys solo stuff. I'd like to see that

[@ZigZagVVanderer]

Im gonna get this album ASAP, this band kinda slipped passed me in my musical adventures in my youth somehow and I never got into them.

[@Aiphremftw]

I'm wondering what you thought of Alexisonfire, one of my favorite bands which is apparently labelled "post hardcore". Otherwise love these classic week reviews, I often find myself liking the albums you rate well, and discovering all of these awesome albums is pretty fun.

[@superunknown2812]

Alexis.on fire highly underated Canadian band love all their releases

[@inderjitkainth5353]

@@superunknown2812 underrated?? Or maybe it’s cause I’m Canadian and they were huge up here. Maybe they are the tragically hip for the mid -2000s alternative kids.

[@superunknown2812]

@@inderjitkainth5353 i live in Nova Scotia so im Canadian i meant underated as in world wide not in Canada especially during the early 2000s

[@mikemooney169]

Having In On the Kill Taker behind you was a nice touch.

[@sebastiandimas7100]

Man, I just fucking love your reviews, I have learned to much from them.

[@thewasserrecord4513]

Do you have other Fugazi reviews? I'd pay to hear you review their album The Argument. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the common belief that this band got better with every record they did.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

One of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands. Nice one mate!

[@d3athr0ck3r]

Pailhead was another big project up to the formation of Fugazi. Ian’s project with Al Jourgensen that combined Industrial Metal and Industrial Rock with Hardcore!

[@stephopalopal]

Yes..so true!! Much Respect StephopalOpal aka Big Mama of New Orleans Louisiana

[@raccoonblues]

Hey you should review midnight marauders or the low end theory next

[@slimchance7748]

Thanks for mentioning Red Medicine! I’ve always felt that album is under appreciated!? The only time I saw them was on that album’s tour, & they were ferocious!...Totally SLAYED the little hall in our little town! I do still like Repeater though...FUN to listen to on a big car stereo! Fucked up, Got ambushed, Zipped in!

[@ciaranosullivan9352]

Red Medicine might be my favorite or Repeater or the Argument. Also that 95 tour was first time i saw them live in SF

[@calebmckinney3605]

This is my favourite Fugazi album, that might be because it was my introduction to the band. It was also the first album I bought on vinyl. I love turnover so much.

[@thomyorkehots]

I know you have probably already decided the albums for classic week, but I think a review of your fave Bjork album would be really cool just for consideration.

[@IsmailTube999]

Id love for you to do some Outkast

[@IveGotToast]

Could you review Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots? It's one of my personal favorites, and i would like to hear what you have to say about it. An album by the Stooges would be cool too.

[@adrianslair9656]

Just started getting into the band, the guys in Clutch kept noting them as an influence on their music, so I had to give them a chance. So I got 13 Songs to start off with , this will be my next listen!

[@joelshields8807]

Nicely done. I can't think of a single record that was more influential on me as a listener and musician. So perfect.

[@fmlogija]

Review a Can album. Preferably 'Ege Bamyasi' or 'Tago Mago'.

[@featherycoffee1401]

I say Tago Mago just because deep cuts did a video on the other and you know, the space is already taken fantwan. Shoulda done it sooner I guess

[@xTheOxx]

Someone has read Our Band Could Be Your Life...

[@scaredypicker]

Love love love that book!

[@themopass]

Never realised you did your videos sitting down... Crazy!

[@Hardbody94]

This is truly a solid record from start to finish, We need more music like this!

[@adamwilliams6046]

Review The Unseen - Quasimoto or Shades of Blue - Madlib

[@europa_bambaataa]

thanks for the Rites of Spring mention

[@D1AMONDEY3S]

Awesome. Thanks. This is such a good album..changed my life..also my first hardcore/punk show. Nice, Fantano.

[@HallgeirBakken]

Man, this is a classic. Don't have numbers how many times this one has been played on my stereo

[@nickfromCO]

i might prefer 13 songs to this one...but still a great record.

[@Trainy2]

My favorite of theirs is still their last one, The Argument. But this one is probably my second favorite.

[@funygirlivy]

Great album! It's a tossup between Repeater and In on the Kill Taker for my favorite release from these guys.

[@DavidEvenson]

You should check out Pailhead as well. Ian Mackaye and Alain Jourgensen.

[@martinezmatthew]

Love Fugazi!! Repeater is one of the greatest Fugazi albums. Review the album 'Crooked Autumn Sun' by "Rick Bain & the Genius Position", that band needs some exposure they're really lowkey. It would also be cool if you reviewed a "Brian Jonestown Massacre" album as well.

[@intuitionho6602]

Absolutely love Fugazi!! love this review a lot man! must say favorite album personally is 'steady diet of nothing' repeater is amazing though obviously! man love this :)

[@DG-vr4nv]

Great Review, Man) Really love this album and ther of their albums) Please do more Fugazi, Swans or Lungfish albums! They are Worthy of a mention)

[@maxinator317]

Купец Бугерли he's reviewed swans 4 times already though

[@user-gg2sg58jl58l]

I learned about rites of spring way before fugazi, great record that was

[@ChargedCovers]

Fugazi is really awesome. Gotta love the song Blueprint... along with their other stuff like Waiting Room.

[@carsonfritz]

HEY! After classics week, you should review Marcel Everett's new album, which he released under his own name instead of XXYYXX. Its ambient, and you love that shit! Would love to hear you talk about his new as well as his old stuff. I think you'll really like the new album too.

[@ImpendingRiot83]

Here's some 'maybes' for ya: Slowdive - Just for a Day anything by Lilys (preferably The 3-Way) Venom - Welcome to Hell Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (or Closer) anything by The Doors Smoke 'em if Ya Got 'Em - Reverend Horton Heat anything by 2pac anything by T.S.O.L.

[@spoonmanvlogs5386]

Ay bro review Ágætis Byrjun, Sea Change, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Diary (SDRE), and the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety. Thanks bra.

[@joejack5]

What the needledrop and especially CAL-assics week is all about: Finding new music you never heard of before. Thanks for indirectly introducing me to Gang of Four