Fugazi “Noize-Bleed!”

Fugazi “Noize-Bleed!” 1991. 7″ bootleg. “Kyeo (Silence is a Dangerous Sound)” and “Waiting Room,” recorded live. “Kyeo” appears on Fugazi’s 1991 LP Steady Diet of Nothing and on it Ian MacKaye “urges the listener to always remain aware, whether awaiting the enemy’s next battle move or remaining blissfully unaware of how people can be taken advantage of by others.” “Waiting Room,” probably Fugazi’s most well-known song, originally appeared on their 1988 debut EP Seven Songs and then again on Thirteen Songs, a combo of Seven Songs and the 1989 EP Margin Walker. “Waiting Room” is ridiculously infectious. As the bass grooves along, the listener is invited into the chant (“I wait I wait I wait I wait”) and gives us all an anthem for the doctor’s office or the dentist’s office which is something that, up until the song’s recording, was sorely missing from this world.