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Joe Lally (born December 3, 1963 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi.
Biography
Fugazi
Joe Lally formed Fugazi with Ian MacKaye in 1987, and has remained the group's bassist through their "indefinite hiatus" in 2003.
Tolotta Records
Lally founded Tolotta Records (distributed through Dischord Records), which was active from 1994 until 2001, putting out notable releases by such artists as Dead Meadow, Spirit Caravan, Stinking Lizaveta & Orthrelm.
Side projects
In early 2002, Lally joined ex-Frodus members Shelby Cinca and Jason Hamacher on a project originally called The Black Sea, which would change its name to Decahedron and release an EP and an album before Lally left the band. He has also worked with John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer as the group Ataxia, releasing two albums: Automatic Writing (2004) and AW II (2007).
Solo work
In 2006, Lally was playing solo shows on bass with slight laptop accompaniment in various college towns, which would lead up to Lally's first solo album, There to Here, which was released in the fall of 2006. It features Jerry Busher, Ian MacKaye, Amy Farina, Guy Picciotto, Scott Weinrich and many other musicians from the DC music scene.
In 2007, he toured the U.S. with the Philadelphia band Capillary Action and The Melvins and Europe and Japan with the Italian band Zu. His second solo album, Nothing Is Underrated, was released in November 2007.
Lally released his 3rd album entitled Why Should I Get Used To It in April 2011.
Personal
Joe currently lives in Rome, Italy with his wife and daughter.
