Fugazi: Instrument

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This video features a collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington D.C. band Fugazi, covering the 10-year period of 1987-1996. Cohen's relationship with band member Ian MacKaye extends back to the 1970s, when the two met in a Washington, D.C. high school. The film takes its title from the Fugazi song of the same name, from their 1993 album In on the Kill Taker. Far from a traditional documentary, this is a musical document - a portrait of musicians at work. The video includes concert footage, time spent in the studio recording their 1995 album Red Medicine, band practice, touring, interviews, and portraits of audience members from around the country. Highlights include a performance for inmates at Lorton Correctional Facility; singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto's hilarious performance in a Philadelphia college gym in 1988; and an interview of Picciotto and MacKaye by an 8th grade girl for a public-access cable show
Fugazi on Stage (3:16)
"I Build a Fire" (7:09)
DIY Avoid Labels (0:23)
"Personal Profiles" Interview (0:45)
Picciotto Joins the Band (1:04)
"This Is a Song With No Words" (1:32)
The Power to Disturb (2:25)
"No Movement" (1:46)
Hard-Core and the DIY Movement (1:13)
Anti-Apartheid Benefit Performance (3:26)
Desert Storm Protest (1:40)
"Never Mind What's Been Selling..." (2:26)
Improvised Set (1:57)
"Night Light Comes Into My Room" (2:14)
Practice and Demo Recording (3:43)
"Distrusted, I Look for Wires When I'm Talking to You" (2:11)
On The Road to Gigs (3:40)
"I've Gone Crazy" (2:43)
"Coughing Inside Your Coffin" (4:16)
Inspiration for Lyrics (3:23)
Recording the "Red Medicine" Album (3:52)
"All Sense Was Lost in the Frenzy" (1:24)
Life On the Road (4:11)
Drummer Brendan Canty (3:07)
"Did You Hear Something Outside? It Sounded Like a Gun" (3:03)
Interpreting Lyrics On Stage (2:49)
Experimenting With Sound (2:06)
National and International Shows (3:28)
Industry Interest in Agitated Guitar Music (5:33)
Tamping Down Audience Violence (4:16)
Fugazi on World Tour (4:00)
MLK Jr. Concert for Justice (3:13)
"In and Out Just Like a Knife Would" (6:47)
"I Spent It All" (8:28)
Return to the Teen Center, Ten Years Later (4:06)
Credits: Fugazi: Instrument (4:34)

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