Photo by Rik GoldmanIf you were hoping legendary D.C. punk band Fugazi would take on a massive archival project of hundreds of its shows, you’re in luck.
The New York Times reports that Fugazi is transferring tapes from more than 800 shows they recorded over the years onto its website. The band made the tapes in part “to preserve spontaneous moments that might otherwise be forgotten.”
The first batch of 130 shows will go up next Thursday. The Times reports:
In keeping with its commercial principles of low prices and trust in fans, the shows’ suggested price is $5 each, with a sliding scale of $1 to $100, for the cheap or the philanthropic.
As a career-spanning archival project, the Fugazi Live Series has few equals, putting the band in the unlikely company of acts like the Grateful Dead and Phish. And for Dischord, Fugazi’s self-run label, it has taken more than two years and tens of thousands of dollars, said Ian MacKaye, one of Fugazi’s two singer-guitarists and a co-founder of Dischord.
