Offbeat groups Fugazi, MDC praised
By Bryan Peterson
Staff Reporter
Begin with the raw energy of
punk, then practice and polish for
nearly a decade. Then write some
angry, ethereal, concerned lyrics
and deliver them with feeling. All
the while, maintain a commitment
to the grass-roots music under
ground.
The result is Fugazi.
Fugazi vocalist Ian MacKaye
comes about as close to being a
punk icon as a person can. Even so,
the former vocalist of legendary
DC hardcore band Minor Threat
refuses to base his singing for Fugazi
on past reputation.
Members of Fugazi also have
connections with the DC bands Rites
of 5pring and Beefeater - but Fugazi
clearly is its own band.
“To base this band on past repu
tations is to belittle the band. We
arc independent of all that. This
band is legitimate as itself,” said
MacKaye in a 1988 “Maximum
RocknroH” interview'.
From the first song on the
“Margin Walker” EP, the listener
hears a unique sound and a sense of
integrity which goes far beyond
past reputations.
“Yes I know this is politically
correct/But it comes to you spiritu
ally direct/An attempt to thought
fully aftect/Your way erf thinking,”
begins the song “And the Same.”
That introduction provides a good
synopsis of what this EP is all about,
although it fails to mention that the
music is damned good as well.
Each of these six songs has its
own way of grabbing the listener
and asking for more attention.
There is an inventiveness which
flows through this release, found in
stuttering guitar scrawls and danc
ing lyric howls, in practiced pauses
and potent prose.
Fugazi puts as much effort into
every live show as on this release.
That creative concern - which leads
the band to do things like invite
rowdy crowd members on stage to
sing rather than watch them pum
mel people in the crowd - makes
“Margin Walker” one of the strang
est underground releases of past
months.
“Outrage...but then they say/
Anytime but now/Anywhere but
here/Anyone but me.”
• Fugazi, “Burning Too”
*****
MDC’s fifth studio album,
“Metal Devil Cokes,” continues
the San Francisco thrash band’s
whacky punk blasts and serious
political rants.
From a*cover of The Clovers’
“Love Potion No. 9” to “Dirty
Harry for President’ ’ to a recipe for
“Tofu Spaghetti,” it is all here.
“Metal Devil Cokes’ ’ might be
pushing the MDC theme a little
far. The band changes the meaning
of its name for each release, but
always will be associated with its
first album, “Millions of Dead
Cops.”
The band has mellowed a bit
since that first album. Oh, the thrash
sounds are as fast as ever and the
lyrics are just as blunt, but the
songs are more constructive and
structured than in the past.
Of course, being an MDC re
lease, this album has a song about
police. This one is couched in terms
of Southern redneckism (“Deep in
the Heart’ ’) and is thus a little less
offensive - but only a little.
MDC remains an activist band,
firing political potshots in nearly
every direction, covering the woes
of migrant farm workers, the envi
ronment and a “dupe for the RCP.”
At the same time, the band
members know how to have fun, as
with “Knucklehead” and a slighdy
altered “Love Potion No. 9.”
Then there is “Tofu Spaghetti,”
a recipe for a protein-efficient
vegetarian meal set to a thrash beat.
“World hunger is so senseless
and sad/But what can one person
do?/l ’ ve been able to put together a
recipe/For sharing the resources
more accessibly.”
Three songs later comes “Acid
Reindeer,” which begins as an
acoustic love song and ends as a
dirge-like litany oi environmental
dangers.
And on the band goes, using
humor, rhetoric and a polished thrash
sound to engage and entertain.
Gordon Fraser has been replaced
by Eric Calhoun on guitar, but the
other three original members of
MDC remain, pouring out tightly
delivered songs and continuing a
moving blend of humor and anger.
Fugazi and MDC records were pro
vided by Project Import Records.
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Milan said she was worried about
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