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- Date Released: April 28, 1998
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Dischord Records
Proof positive that a sustained, articulate punk rock can exist after the first couple of grey hairs.
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We Say...
Critics adored Fugazi's 2001 album The Argument, but for me, 1998's End Hits was the cruelly slept-on masterpiece, an ode to the emotional entropy inherent in long-term punkhood. The pro-immigration "Place Position" insists on porous borders; "Five Corporations" assaults gentrification's creepy-crawl; "Forman's Dog" addresses the exploitation inherent in disaster-and-crime-porn. The destabilized revolution stays underground and away from prying eyes in "No Surprise." ("No CIA/ No NSA/ Can map our veins," whispers Guy Picciotto.) "With glue and string we try to stay together/ Despite the pain" murmurs MacKaye in "Pink Frosty," a quietly rumbling song as moving as any he's made and proof positive that a sustained, articulate punk rock can exist after the first couple of grey hairs.
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They Say...
End Hits is a minor blebby for Fugazi -- there are some great moments, however, so it's nothing to disown the band for. The epileptic "Lust for Life"-style "Five Corporations" has the riffs and rage, with Ian MacKaye taking the music industry to task for being the slow, incestuously festering beast that it is. Though the band seems to lack the stamina for instrumental wowing it once had, the songwriting is still there. On point as always, MacKaye remains lyrically immolated: "Check the math here/Check in ten years/Clusterf*ck theory/Buy them up and shut them down/Then repeat in every town/Every town will be the same." Nigh on two decades of punk army service, MacKaye is still far away from running out of relevant things to say. Other highlights include "Break" and "Place Position." MacKaye and Picciotto's mantra-like barking of "yawn yawn yawn" during the latter could stop you to think, "Wait, that was kind of funny," amidst all the fist-pumping.
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| 01. |  |
Break |
2:12 |
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| 02. | |
Place Position |
2:45 |
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| 03. | |
Recap Modotti |
3:50 |
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| 04. | |
No Surprise |
4:12 |
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| 05. | |
Five Corporations |
2:28 |
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| 06. | |
Caustic Acrostic |
2:01 |
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| 07. | |
Closed Captioned |
4:52 |
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| 08. | |
Floating Boy |
5:45 |
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| 09. | |
Foreman's Dog |
4:21 |
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| 10. | |
Arpeggiator |
4:28 |
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| 11. | |
Guilford Fall |
2:57 |
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| 12. | |
Pink Frosty |
4:09 |
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| 13. | |
F/D |
3:42 |
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13 Total Tracks, 47:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Fugazi - Main Performer // Fugazi - Mixing // Fugazi - Cover Design // Glen E. Friedman - Photography // Don Zientara - Engineer // Brendan Canty - Drums // Joe Lally - Bass // Joe Lally - Vocals // Ian MacKaye - Guitar // Ian MacKaye - Vocals // Guy Picciotto - Guitar // Guy Picciotto - Vocals // Jason Farrell - ? // Jason Farrell - Cover Art // Leanne Shapton - Cover Design // Jerry Busher - Photography // Jem Cohen - Cover Design
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