Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Fugazi "13 Songs" [1989]
Perhaps the only band in history whose fan base in 100% male (and ugly), Fugazi takes things like drug use and casual sex to an extreme: they never do either, ever -- it's like some sort of cult with these guys. DC-based Ian MacKaye's faux-Mormon extremism logically has produced "music" so frustrated and aggro, Black Flag was like, "Cut it out, geez!" In fact, MacKaye seemingly has a legion of pent-up followers that rivals the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon in fanaticism and cluelessness; to his credit, MacKaye disbanded Fugazi before same-sex marriage legalization would have provoked him to preside over hundreds of his shirtless devotees. Anyway, what you'll hear if you accidentally find yourself with "13 Songs" playing in the background (and please notify authorities, thanks) is MacKaye's pedestrian tonic chords being propped up by his game but hapless rhythm section, but nothing saving his sinking wreck of a voice, especially the other shirtless freak who steps in from time to time to chicken scratch his vocal cords over the top of these 3-minute crises of conscience. If you wish to see side-boob ever again in public, stay far, far away from these guys.
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