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Fugazi

Band Washington, D.C. United States Active 1986–2003

Fugazi formed in 1986 in Washington, D.C. and was active until 2003. Fugazi has 36 chart appearances on 34 radio countdowns from 15 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Waiting Room”, which appears on 29 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Fugazi most often is WOXY 97X (Cincinnati, OH), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.

36appearances

34countdowns

4songs charted

15stations

0#1 finishes

1995–2026years

Fugazi came together in Washington, D.C., and they sound like it: all nerve and argument, no glitter. Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto split the guitars and vocals, Joe Lally holds down the bass, and Brendan Canty drums with a jazzman's feel for tension; Colin Sears was part of the lineup at the very start. Post-hardcore is the tag, but these guys twist punk into odd shapes, stop-start dynamics and dubby, rumbling bass lines, and dare you to keep up.

The 1988 Fugazi EP on Dischord brought "Waiting Room", with Lally's bass prowling around a band that hits like a clenched fist. Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker and Red Medicine pushed further out, into stranger rhythms and more space.

What set them apart as much as the noise was the stance: do-it-yourself to the bone, their own way of doing business, and open contempt for the music industry. They toured the world on those terms, made six studio albums and a film, and built a huge archive of live shows. Since 2003 they've been on indefinite hiatus, and the only new Fugazi has come from the live vaults.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Fugazi on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Waiting Room	1,637	29	#11	–	–
2	Reclamation	95	2	#636	–	–
3	Facet Squared	13	1	#640	–	–
4	Target	10	2	#95	–	1995

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2026	1026	Waiting Room	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2026	11	Waiting Room	WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s
2026	472	Waiting Room	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2024	237	Waiting Room	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years
2024	33	Waiting Room	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	640	Facet Squared	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023	432	Waiting Room	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023	541	Waiting Room	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2023	502	Waiting Room	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2022	30	Waiting Room	KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)
2022	825	Waiting Room	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2021	142	Waiting Room	WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown
2021	310	Waiting Room	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s
2020	1633	Waiting Room	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time
2019	20	Waiting Room	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2018	169	Waiting Room	The Current's 893 Essential Songs
2012	573	Waiting Room	WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)
2007	743	Waiting Room	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time
2006	296	Waiting Room	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	378	Waiting Room	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	34	Waiting Room	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006	324	Artist ranking	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006)
2006	78	Waiting Room	The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006)
2005	30	Waiting Room	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005	73	Waiting Room	96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s
2004	468	Waiting Room	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2003	34	Waiting Room	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003	1509	Reclamation	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	32	Waiting Room	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	131	Waiting Room	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	636	Reclamation	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	90	Artist ranking	WHFS Top 99 Artists of All-Time (November 2002)
2001	15	Waiting Room	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	1600	Waiting Room	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time
1999	480	Target	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1995	95	Target	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995

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