In on the Kill Taker
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Author | Joe Gross |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Inc |
| Publisher Series | 33 1/3 |
| About/Subject | Fugazi |
| Copyright Holder | Joe Gross |
| Typeset by | Deanta Global Publishing Services |
| Foreword by | Rob Sheffield |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Pages / Font | 184 pages |
| ISBN 13 | 978-1-5013-2139-9 |
| ISBN 10 | 1-5013-2139-0 |
| Series Number | 129 |
| Price | $14.95 (US) |
| Chapters | Foreword Rob Sheffield
Introduction
A Brief History of Four Musicians
Interlude: A Comment on Ritual, or How Fugazi Wrote Songs
"Steady Diet of No Reverb"
The Albino Demo
"Facet Squared"
“Public Witness Program"
"Returning the Screw"
Interlude: The Sleeve
"Smallpox Champion"
"Rend It"
"23 Beats Off"
"Sweet and Low"
"Cassavetes"
Interlude: Punk vs. the Pop Charts
"Great Cop"
"Walken's Syndrome"
Two Finales
Interlude: Live
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Bibliography Foreword Rob Sheffield
Introduction
A Brief History of Four Musicians
Interlude: A Comment on Ritual, or How Fugazi Wrote Songs
"Steady Diet of No Reverb"
The Albino Demo
"Facet Squared"
“Public Witness Program"
"Returning the Screw"
Interlude: The Sleeve
"Smallpox Champion"
"Rend It"
"23 Beats Off"
"Sweet and Low"
"Cassavetes"
Interlude: Punk vs. the Pop Charts
"Great Cop"
"Walken's Syndrome"
Two Finales
Interlude: Live
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Bibliography Show all ▾ |
| Notes | By June 1993, when Washington, D.C.'s Fugazi released their third full-length album <i>In on the Kill Taker</i>, the quartet was reaching a thunderous peak in popularity and influence. With two EPs (combined into the classic CD <i>13 Songs</i>) and two albums (1990's genre-defining <i>Repeater</i> and 1991's impressionistic follow-up <i>Steady Diet of Nothing</i>) inside of five years, Fugazi was on creative roll, astounding increasingly large audiences as they toured, blasting fist-pumping anthems and jammy noise-workouts that roared into every open underground heart. When the album debuted on the now-SoundScan-driven charts, Fugazi had never been more in the public eye. Few knew how difficult it had been to make this popular breakthrough. Disappointed with the sound of the self-produced <i>Steady Diet</i>, the band recorded with legendary engineer Steve Albini, only to scrap the sessions and record at home in D.C. with Ted Niceley, their brilliant, under-known producer. Inadvertently, Fugazi chose an unsure moment to make <i>In on the Kill Taker</i>: as Nirvana and Sonic Youth were yanking the American rock underground into the media glare, and “breaking” punk in every possible meaning of the word. Despite all of this, <i>Kill Taker</i> became an alt-rock classic in spite of itself, even as its defiant, muscular sound stood in stark contrast to everything represented by the mainstreaming of a culture and worldview they held dear. This book features new interviews with all four members of Fugazi and members of their creative community. |
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