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Encyclopedia > Guy Picciotto
Guy Picciotto
Background information
Born September 17, 1965 (1965-09-17) (age 42), Washington D.C.
Genre(s) Hardcore punk
Post-hardcore
Alternative rock
Emo
Occupation(s) Vocalist, Songwriter, Musician, Producer
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1984-present
Label(s) Dischord
Associated
acts		 Fugazi, Rites of Spring

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Contents

Career

Rites of Spring and"Revolution Summer"

Guy Picciotto has been a highly influential composer/performer of underground music over the past several musical epochs. Though his earliest groups left no recorded evidence, old flyers and photos testify to their existence. These aggregates, called Hostages, Popes, Vanguards, and Insurrection, played at parties, basements, bonfires, and social gatherings. Picciotto was also a member of the highly exclusive and secretive D.C. social club D.O.D. or "Dance of Death" whose members were identified by their dangerous and nihilistic dancing style (rolling on the floor while others slam-danced). Picciotto came to renown in 1985, with the group Rites of Spring. Rites of Spring were known for their cathartic live shows, demolished equipment, and distinctive musical presentation. This was an odd combination of sonic aggression, melodic sensibility, and Byronic aesthetic. This formula, called by various names, spawned copycat groups around the globe. Rites of Spring were one of a handful of DC bands that were part of what was called "Revolution Summer," along with the groups Beefeater, Soulside, Mission Impossible, and Embrace. Revolution Summer was an auto critical exercise designed to reassess the aesthetic and political aims of what was sometimes called "punk." Most of these groups were on D.C.'s Dischord record label. After Rites of Spring disbanded, Picciotto formed several groups in succession with mostly the same personnel, playing under the names One Last Wish, Brief Weeds, and Happy Go Licky. Eventually though, Picciotto and longtime collaborator Brendan Canty started playing in Fugazi. Underground music is music which has developed a cult following, independent of commercial success. ... Rites of Spring was an punk band from Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s known for their energetic, cathartic live performances. ... Revolution Summer refers to the metamorphasis of the punk rock community of Washington, DC in the summer of 1985. ... Beefeater were a D.C. punk band (Autumn 1984 - Autumn 1986) Formed by Tomas Squip, Fred Smith, Dug E. Bird, Bruce Taylor and Kenny Craun. ... Soulside (or Soul Side) were a hardcore punk outfit from the greater Washington, D.C. area, formed in spring 1986 and disbanded in summer 1989. ... Embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986. ... Dischord founders Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... Michael Hampton - guitars, backing vocals Brendan Canty - drums Guy Picciotto - guitars, lead vocals Edward Janney - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals May 1986 - Jan 1987 Amidst the breakup of Rites of Spring in 1986, three of its four members - Picciotto, Janney and Canty - went on to form a new band after... Happy Go Licky was a short-lived reunion of Washington D.C. rock music group Rites of Spring. ... Brendan Canty (born March 9, 1966 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi. ... Fugazi may refer to: an Italian slang term for something that is fake/not authentic. ...


Fugazi

Though not in the original line up of Fugazi, Picciotto joined very early in the groups career, singing with them by their second show and appearing on all the band's studio recordings. He originally joined as what he called a "toaster," of the sorts featured in Jamaican Reggae and DJ groups. By their first EP (Fugazi (EP)), however, Guy was one of the principal songwriters, along with Ian Mackaye. From their first full length album on, he also took up 2nd guitar duties, playing a characteristically trebly Rickenbacker to make use of sonic space not taken by Mackaye's chunkier, rhythmic guitar playing. After 7 albums (13 Songs, Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker, Red Medicine, End Hits, The Argument), and several tours, Fugazi went on hiatus. Picciotto has recently played at various happenings, collaborating and performing with Mats Gustaffson, Vic Chesnutt, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine and members of the Ex among others, as well as co-producing The Gossip's breakthrough record "Standing In The Way of Control". He also co-produced the film Chain with Jem Cohen (who made the Fugazi film Instrument). Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Fugazi is the EP by the American post-hardcore band of the same name. ... Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye (pronounced ), born April 16, 1962, is an American singer and guitarist. ... 13 Songs is a compilation of all the songs from the US alternative rock band Fugazis first two EPs. ... A repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. ... Steady Diet of Nothing is the second full-length album by Fugazi. ... In On The Kill Taker is the third full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1993. ... Red Medicine is the fourth full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1995. ... End Hits is an album by the band Fugazi. ... This article is about the album by Fugazi. ... Vic Chesnutt (born on November 12, 1965 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a singer-songwriter resident in Athens, Georgia. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Tom Verlaine (born Thomas Miller, December 13, 1949, in Morristown, New Jersey)[1] is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock band, Television. ... The Ex is an anarchist punk rock band from the Netherlands. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Beth Ditto. ... Jem A. Cohen (born 1962, Kabul, Afghanistan) is a New York City-based filmmaker known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats (16mm, Super 8, video) and collaborations with music artists. ...


Other projects

Picciotto's musical resume also includes the bands One Last Wish (1986), Happy Go Licky (1987 - 1988), Brief Weeds (Ep's released circa 1991 - 1992), and The Black Light Panthers (ongoing sporadic project since 1982), the last two bands both being projects with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty. He also created a record label called Peterbilt Records, which released limited quantity vinyl record albums for the bands Rain, Happy Go Licky, and Deadline, then years later was involved in releasing the One Last Wish, 1986 CD, along with Dischord Records. In 2007 Picciotto played on the Vic Chesnutt album North Star Deserter. Michael Hampton - guitars, backing vocals Brendan Canty - drums Guy Picciotto - guitars, lead vocals Edward Janney - bass, backing vocals, lead vocals May 1986 - Jan 1987 Amidst the breakup of Rites of Spring in 1986, three of its four members - Picciotto, Janney and Canty - went on to form a new band after... Happy Go Licky was a short-lived reunion of Washington D.C. rock music group Rites of Spring. ... Brendan Canty (born March 9, 1966 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Deadline can refer to several things: A deadline is a point in time at which something must be completed. ... Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... Vic Chesnutt (born on November 12, 1965 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a singer-songwriter resident in Athens, Georgia. ...


Discography

Rites of Spring

Rites of Spring is an album by Rites of Spring, released in 1985. ... All Through a Life is an EP by Rites of Spring, released in 1987. ...

One Last Wish

  • 1986 (Album) (1999)

Happy Go Licky

  • 12" (EP) (1988)
  • Will Play (live Compilation) (1997)

Black Light Panthers

  • Peterbilt 12" 82-97 (1997)

Brief Weeds

  • A Very Generous Portrait 7" (1990)
  • Songs of Innocence and Experience 7" (1992)

Fugazi

13 Songs is a compilation of all the songs from the US alternative rock band Fugazis first two EPs. ... Cd version of the album Repeater by the band Fugazi, contains 3 Songs EP originally released in January of 1990. ... Steady Diet of Nothing is the second full-length album by Fugazi. ... In On The Kill Taker is the third full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1993. ... Red Medicine is the fourth full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1995. ... End Hits is an album by the band Fugazi. ... This article is about the album by Fugazi. ...

Trivia

  • Picciotto is also allegedly the basis for the character Guy in the Final Fight video game series from Capcom. Capcom developers were fans of American pop culture and many other characters are based off American rock bands.
  • He is also a vegetarian.
  • Picciotto has also made Super 8 movies. One of his films is called "Silly Game"; another is called "Please Cry."
  • Picciotto was co-editor of Bleed The Lamb fanzine.

Guy is a video game character from both the Final Fight and Street Fighter series. ... Final Fight ) is a beat em up series from Capcom. ... Kathi Wilcox (born November 19, 1969 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American musician residing in Washington, D.C. where she performs in the band The Casual Dots. ... Riot grrrl (or riot grrl) is an indie-punk feminist movement that reached its height in the 1990s but continues to exert influence over alternative cultures. ... Bikini Kill was a punk band of the Riot Grrrl movement formed in Olympia, Washington in October of 1990. ... Blonde Redhead is an alternative rock or indie rock band. ... Make-Up was a band from Washington, D.C. formed in 1995, with three members of the band having previously been in Nation of Ulysses and the short-lived Cupid Car Club: Ian Svenonius, James Canty and Steve Gamboa, and a fourth, Michelle Mae having previously played with Northwest group... A nuclear meltdown occurs when the core of a nuclear reactor melts. ... Chisel plays on the University of Notre Dame campus, April 1991. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Beth Ditto. ... The Blood Brothers are an experimental post-hardcore/art punk band formed in the Eastside suburbs of Seattle, Washington, USA in 1997. ... Super 8 can refer to: Super 8 Motels, a national motel chain Super 8mm film, a form of film often used for home movies, most popular in the 60s and 70s This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share...

External links

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Ian MacKaye | Guy Picciotto | Joe Lally | Brendan Canty
Discography
Full-lengths: Repeater (1990) | Steady Diet of Nothing (1991) | In on the Kill Taker (1993) | Red Medicine (1995) | End Hits (1998) | The Argument (2001)
EPs: Fugazi (1988) | Margin Walker (1989) | 3 Songs (1990) | Furniture + 2 (2001)
Other albums: 13 Songs (1989) | Instrument Soundtrack (1999) | Fugazi Live Series (2004)
Related articles
Minor Threat | Dischord Records | Hardcore punk | Post-hardcore | Washington, D.C.

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(Waiting For The) Ghost Train - Music (1601 words)
guy: well, last year we were on tour for 6-7 months or something, and when we got back at the end of november, we decided to take some time off and work on some new songs and kind of take a break from touring so much.
guy: we had about a year - i guess it was 1994 - where the band ceased to function, and we had a whole lot of time for everyone in the band to kind of think about the group and what we wanted to do.
guy: it was terrible (with brendan going back and forth to seattle), but now that he's moved back to d.c.
Guy-Fugazi (1257 words)
The bind we were in was that there really wasn't enough material to merit a double album yet it was still too long to fit on 12 inches of vinyl (you can't get away with much more than 45 minutes without the quality of the sound decreasing pretty majorly).
Guy - We actually won't be touring much probably till next year sometime Because our bassist Joe and his wife just had their first kid last week and he'll be needing time to deal with the impact of that.
Guy - This is kind of a weird question because we've written so many songs and we don't really have a concise laundry list of issues we're concerned about.
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