But Fugazi are nothing if not dedicated (in the proper sense of the word, meaning “wholly given over” -- dedication is not something given or withheld, but a defining characteristic of a thing; once something has been dedicated, the matter is decided, there is no turning back; the corporate and sports worlds use the term as though it meant “committed for the moment to a project or goal,” but what it means is permanently set aside for this particular purpose) to perpetual self-improvement. The band that made In On the Kill Taker (an album which changed the lives of more than a few people) might fairly easily have made the sort of incremental, tentative steps toward growth and change that most bands make after tasting worldwide success, to say nothing of the particularly sweet sort of success Fugazi enjoyed: one that they’d earned by the sweat of their brows and without utilizing the usual corrupt channels one usually employs to reach the masses. Instead, each new album has found them not changing their sound completely (the familiar sound of a band trying too hard) nor sticking complacently to a formula, but considering what new approaches might add to their already quite effective palate. |
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