Fugazi

"Fugazi are the godfathers of post-hardcore, and although they only released one album in the ’00s, the band’s legacy carries throughout the genre today."

"["Repeater"] was one of those times when a guitar intro made history. The title track on Repeater not only is a standout piece from Fugazi’s debut album—it also gave a start to a new era of post-Revolution Summer hardcore. [The song's] guitar opening says it all: The new hardcore just became more inventive, emotional, and catchy."

"To save hardcore, Fugazi had to destroy it and build something new from what scraps could still be salvaged. By 1986, Minor Threat frontman Ian MacKaye was bored and frustrated with the violent, pig-headed masculinity prevalent in hardcore scenes across the country. He found kinship in the arty introspection of Rites of Spring, whose singer-guitarist Guy Picciotto and drummer Brendan Canty joined the fold of MacKaye’s next band. With these new members and bassist Joe Lally as collaborators, MacKaye paired slower and more rhythmically supple arrangements with an unrelenting commitment to his DIY, straight-edge values and the revolutionary spirit at the heart of the genre."