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"Waiting Room" is a song by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi. The song was first released as the opening track to their debut EP , and was later compiled on their commercially successful 1989 compilation 13 Songs .
Fugazi, also known as the EP 7 Songs, [7] is the debut release by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi. As with subsequent release Margin Walker , Guy Picciotto did not contribute guitar to this record; all guitar was performed by Ian MacKaye .
Fugazi's music was an intentional departure from that of the hardcore punk bands the members had played in previously. Fugazi combined punk with funk and reggae beats, irregular stop-start song structures, and heavy riffs inspired by popular rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Queen, bands that the punk community of the time largely disdained. [55]
Ian MacKaye was born in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1962, and grew up in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. His father was a writer for the Washington Post, first as a White House reporter, then as a religion specialist; the senior MacKaye remains active with the socially progressive St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. [3]
13 Songs is Fugazi's most successful release. While certain sources report the album's total worldwide sales as being over 3 million, [1] [2] Alan O'Connor in his 2008 book Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy: The Emergence of DIY lists the figure as 750,000 (based on an interview with Dischord Records).
It is a mainly instrumental soundtrack for Instrument, the documentary film about the band produced by the band and filmmaker Jem Cohen.. The soundtrack mostly consists of previously unreleased songs and studio outtakes culled from Fugazi's history to that point, as well as seven demo versions of songs from their proper albums (six from 1998's End Hits and one from 1993's In on the Kill Taker).
When the couple sent out their save-the-dates, however, "things came to a head," the bride wrote. Her in-laws suddenly asked if they would at least allow their two nieces to come to the wedding.
Fugazi initially recorded material with producer Steve Albini at Chicago Recording Company with the intention of releasing an EP. The sessions produced an album's worth of material, but the band was unhappy with the result and re-recorded the material in Washington D.C., at Inner Ear Studios with producers Don Zientara and Ted Niceley.