Being a devoted Minor Threat fan since a teenager, and later discovering the greatness of Ian MacKaye's other band Fugazi, news of the latter digitally archiving every one of the live shows gets me giddy. In a recent interview with Approaching Oblivion, MacKaye announced that for the past two years he's been cleaning up a database worth of thousands of live recordings Fugazi has accumulated over their lengthy run. Eventually they plan on having a website where they will slowly unveil all of their shows, available for download at a reasonable price. This is the band after all that refused to charge more than $5 for their shows throughout the majority of their career, so don't expect to pay an arm and a leg for these recordings.
In the same interview, MacKaye also suggests a possible Fugazi reunion after going on "indefinite hiatus" in 2002. My take on this info: Fugazi will be back touring together by the time this website goes up, so expect a full-fledged Fugazi resurgence within the next couple of years. That's just what I think though. And of course, Fucking Nostalgic will be there to document the NYC shows. Check out some great Fugazi performances below.
