The discography of Fugazi, an American post-hardcore band, consists of six studio albums, four EPs, a compilation album, a soundtrack album, two demo albums and a series of hundreds of live recordings. All of the band's releases have been published by Dischord Records, the independent record label co-owned and operated by Fugazi singer and guitarist Ian MacKaye.
Fugazi formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986 with a lineup of MacKaye, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty. Guy Picciotto soon joined as a second singer, and the band released an eponymously titled EP in 1988. By the following year's Margin Walker EP, Picciotto was also playing guitar. The two EPs were compiled together as 13 Songs (1989). A third EP, 3 Songs, was released in a collectors edition by Sub Pop Records in 1989 and more widely with different artwork by Dischord in 1990. Later that year came Fugazi's first full-length studio album, Repeater, which was coupled with the 3 Songs EP for its CD release. 1991's Steady Diet of Nothing was their first album to chart, reaching no. 63 on the UK Albums Chart. In on the Kill Taker (1993) was their first album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching no. 153.
1995's Red Medicine became the highest-charting album of Fugazi's career, reaching no. 126 in the United States and no. 18 in the United Kingdom. End Hits followed in 1998. In conjunction with Instrument, director Jem Cohen's 1999 documentary film about the band, Fugazi released the Instrument Soundtrack, consisting of instrumental music and previously unreleased studio outtakes and demos. The band's sixth studio album, The Argument, was released in 2001 along with the Furniture EP.
Fugazi has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2002. Between 2002 and 2008, Dischord remastered and re-released 13 Songs, Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker, Red Medicine, and End Hits. The Fugazi Live Series, an ongoing effort by Dischord to release recordings of over 800 Fugazi concerts, began in 2004. Initially releasing the shows on CD, the series switched to a digital distribution system in 2011.
On November 18, 2014, Dischord released First Demo, 11 tracks the band recorded in January 1988.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US USHeat. UK Repeater Released: April 19, 1990 Label: Dischord (044) Formats: LP, CD, cassette———US: 500,000 Steady Diet of Nothing Released: July 1, 1991 Label: Dischord (060) Formats: LP, CD, cassette——63US: 215,000 In on the Kill Taker Released: June 30, 1993 Label: Dischord (070) Formats: LP, CD, cassette153424US: 180,000 Red Medicine Released: June 12, 1995 Label: Dischord (090) Formats: LP, CD, cassette126218 End Hits Released: April 28, 1998 Label: Dischord (110) Formats: LP, CD138447US: 81,000 The Argument Released: October 16, 2001 Label: Dischord (130) Formats: LP, CD151163US: 57,000
Live albums
The Fugazi Live Series is an ongoing project by Dischord Records to release recordings of over 800 Fugazi concerts performed between 1987 and 2003. From early in their career, Fugazi had their sound engineers record most of their live performances. In 2004 Dischord released 20 of these recordings on compact disc, burning them to CD-Rs on a per-order basis. 10 more recordings were released in the same manner the following year. In December 2011 Dischord began releasing the entire archive of recordings as music downloads, using a "pay what you want" pricing system.
Compilation albums Title Album details Sales 13 Songs Released: September, 1989 Label: Dischord (036) Formats: LP, CDUS: 750,000 Repeater + 3 Songs Released: March 1, 1990 Label: Dischord (045) Formats: CD —
Soundtracks Title Album details Peak chart positions USHeat. Instrument Soundtrack Released: March 23, 1999 Label: Dischord (120) Formats: LP, CD43
Demos Title Album details Peak chart positions US USHeat. First Demo Released: November 18, 2014 Label: Dischord (181) Formats: LP, CD — 8 Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity) Released: March 6, 2026 Label: Dischord Formats: Digital 197
EPs Title Album detailsPeak chart positions CAN UK Fugazi Released: 1988 Label: Dischord (030) Formats: 12-inch EP, cassette—— Margin Walker Released: June 1989 Label: Dischord (035) Formats: 12-inch EP, cassette—— 3 Songs Released: 1989, 1990 Labels: Sub Pop (052), Dischord (043) Formats: 7-inch EP—— Furniture Released: October 8, 2001 Label: Dischord (129) Formats: 7-inch EP, CD1861
Other appearances The following Fugazi songs were released on compilation albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums and EPs are not included.
TitleAlbum detailsTrack(s)State of the UnionReleased: April 1989 Label: Dischord (032) Format: LP, CD"In Defense of Humans"International Pop Underground ConventionReleased: August 1991 Label: K (KLP011) Format: LP, CD"Reprovisional" (live)20 Years of DischordReleased: September 23, 2002 Label: Dischord (125) Format: CD"The Word" "Burning" (live)Short. Fast. Loud.Released: September 11, 2006 Label: ABC Format: CD"KYEO" (live)
See also
List of songs recorded by Fugazi Fugazi track listing
References