First Demo

First Demo is a demo album from the post-hardcore band Fugazi released on November 18, 2014 through Dischord Records. It was recorded at Don Zientara's Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA and the Dischord House in 1988. It is the band's first studio release in over thirteen years, since the release of The Argument in October 2001. First Demo was released on LP, CD and Digital Download.

First Demo
Demo album by Fugazi
Released	November 18, 2014
Recorded	January 1988
Studio	Inner Ear Studios, Dischord House, Arlington, Virginia
Genre	Post-hardcore
Length	35:41
Label	Dischord
Producer	Fugazi, Don Zientara
Fugazi chronology
Fugazi Live Series (2004–present) First Demo (2014)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 405	8/10[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Clash	8/10[4]
Consequence of Sound	B+[5]
Exclaim!	7/10[6]
The Line of Best Fit	7.5/10[7]
musicOMH	[8]
NME	7/10[9]
OndaRock	6.5/10[10]
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10[11]

Writing and recording

First Demo was recorded in January 1988 with the band having only performed 10 shows together. The album features the 10 tracks from the original demo tape including "In Defense of Humans", which was released on 1989's State of the Union compilation as well as an additional track from the session, "Turn Off Your Guns", a song previously never released in its studio form and only available through the Fugazi Live Series.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fugazi.

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Waiting Room"	MacKaye	3:10
2.	"Merchandise"	MacKaye	3:07
3.	"Furniture"	MacKaye	4:07
4.	"Song #1"	MacKaye	3:00
5.	"The Word"	MacKaye	4:38
6.	"Bad Mouth"	MacKaye	2:54
7.	"Break-In"	Picciotto	1:36
8.	"Turn Off Your Guns"	MacKaye	3:43
9.	"And the Same"	MacKaye	5:08
10.	"In Defense of Humans"	MacKaye	2:47
11.	"Joe #1"	(instrumental)	1:41

Personnel

• Ian MacKaye – vocals, guitar
• Guy Picciotto – backing vocals, lead vocals (track 7)
• Joe Lally – bass
• Brendan Canty – drums

Production

• Fugazi - producer, recording, engineer, mixing
• Don Zientara - producer, recording, engineer, mixing

References

1. "First Demo – Fugazi". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
2. Hannah, Andrew (November 25, 2014). "Fugazi — First Demo". The 405. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
3. Thomas, Fred. "First Demo – Fugazi". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
4. Diver, Mike (November 17, 2014). "Fugazi — First Demo". Clash. Music Republic Ltd. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
5. Bray, Ryan (November 19, 2014). "Fugazi – First Demo". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
6. Pollard, Vincent (November 17, 2014). "Fugazi — First Demo". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
7. Goggins, Joe (November 19, 2014). "Fugazi — First Demo". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
8. Shepherd, Sam (November 15, 2014). "Fugazi – First Demo". musicOMH. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
9. Pattison, Louis (November 24, 2014). "Fugazi – First Demo". NME. Inspire. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
10. Claudio Lancia. "Fugazi". OndaRock. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
11. Berman, Stuart (November 21, 2014). "Fugazi: First Demo". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
12. https://pitchfork.com/news/57208-fugazi-share-merchandise-from-first-demo/