"There was a situation where the shows were becoming increasingly, moronically violent, and a lot of people were like: 'fuck it, I'll drop out, I don't want to be a part of this any more."
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Ian MacKaye of Rites of Spring and Fugazi, on violence within the scene, as quoted by Louis Pattison of ' (November 27, 2012)
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