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- Summary: As the title suggests, this is the official release of the first demo from the Washington, D.C. band recorded in 1988.
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- Record Label: Dischord Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock, American Underground
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| I am a patient boy I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait My time is like water down a drain Everybody's moving, Everybody's moving, Everybody's moving,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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MagnetDec 10, 2014To hear them here, in nascent form, performed by a band that had only played 10 shows in its lifetime, is to hear the nervous current that flowed through Fugazi when it had everything yet to prove, and a lifetime of excellent work ahead of it. Highly recommended. [No. 116, p.56]
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Nov 19, 2014First Demo is a remarkably cocksure case study of a landmark act planting its earliest musical seeds.
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Nov 17, 2014Imperfect, but still as absolutely bloody essential as the best of Fugazi always was.
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Dec 5, 2014Though a snapshot of a still-embryonic Fugazi, First Demo remains a formidable statement of intent.
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Nov 21, 2014[The minor differences between the early and official takes] are rare, illuminating displays of imperfection from a band that, for the subsequent 15 years, made no false moves.
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Nov 19, 2014First Demo reinforces the impression that this particular band never really set a foot wrong; they sound more assured here, with just ten performances under their collective belt, than many bands longer in the tooth do in a lifetime.
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MojoNov 19, 2014Hardcore scholars will cheer this inspiring archival punk rock righteousness. [Dec 2014, p.111]
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