Fugazi “Fugazi” (aka “7 Songs”) 1988. EP. Dischord Records. Post-hardcore punk, Fugazi’s first release after Ian MacKaye got the band together in ‘86 after Minor Threat’s and Embrace’s breakups. It’s got Fugazi’s best and best-known song “Waiting Room,” a ridiculously catchy and infectious track with a groove that is definitely not hardcore punk. I really never get tired of this one, though I’m sure the band did. I recall a friend telling me about a Fugazi concert in Milwaukee a long time ago. MacKaye had an audience member come up onstage to pick songs written on slips of paper out of a bag to determine the setlist. First pick? “Waiting Room.” MacKaye’s response was, “you’ve got to be kidding.” Also good on Fugazi: the similar-reggae-going-grunge bass-heavy “Waiting Room” groove of on both “Bad Mouth” and “Suggestion” plus I like “Give Me the Cure” which has a great almost jangle guitar hook over a mellow groove; the track reminds me of Sonic Youth’s stuff from around the same time.