Fugazi’s run as post-hardcore heroes from the late ’80s to the early 2000s is the stuff of legend. Twenty-two years into their “indefinite hiatus,” drummer Brendan Canty says there’s “at all times a lingering likelihood” for a reunion.
The musician is the topic of a brand new mini-documentary not too long ago posted on YouTube titled “A Day in DC with Fugazi Drummer Brendan Canty” from White Lake Productions. Within the 21-minute movie, the drummer catches followers up together with his life immediately, whereas additionally reflecting on the glory days of Fugazi.
At one level in movie, Canty is requested why the band nonetheless refers to their dormancy as a “hiatus” versus a breakup, to which the drummer responds, “There’s at all times a lingering likelihood that we’re going to get again collectively. I imply it turns into much less and fewer seemingly, however there have been occasions all through the final 22 years that now we have gotten collectively and performed for generally every week at a time.”
He continues, “We at all times see one another on the town, and we’re at all times engaged on different reissue initiatives. I imply, we’re simply in one another’s lives rather a lot so, you recognize, it’s lower than me whether or not we get the band again collectively. If it was as much as me, we’d be on the market taking part in, nevertheless it’s not that straightforward.”
The influential band — additionally that includes singer-guitarist Ian MacKaye, singer-guitarist Man Picciotto, and bassist Joe Lally — launched six studio albums from 1990 by way of 2001, together with their debut full-length Repeater (which made Consequence‘s checklist of the 50 Albums That Formed Punk Rock). Moreover, their first two EPs — 1988’s Fugazi and 1989’s Margin Walker — had been collected onto the CD 13 Songs, which has bought greater than 3 million copies worldwide.
Fugazi are recognized for his or her DIY ethic, with all their albums and EPs being launched through MacKaye’s personal Dischord Data. Furthermore, they solely charged $5 per ticket for his or her legendary stay reveals.
Elsewhere within the documentary, Canty explains how he’s made a dwelling the previous 20 years, primarily scoring tv reveals and flicks. He additionally began a manufacturing firm that created live performance movies for Eddie Vedder, Wilco, and Demise Cab for Cutie, amongst others.
Lately, Canty performs within the instrumental trio The Messthetics with Lally and guitarist Anthony Pirog, amongst different musical initiatives. However, as he mentioned, if it was as much as him, he’d gladly sit behind the package for Fugazi once more.
Watch “A Day in DC with Fugazi Drummer Brendan Canty” under.