Repeater

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Fugazi's debut studio album, 'Repeater', codified the band's influential post-hardcore sound, built upon the jagged, interlocking guitars of Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto and the taut, dynamic rhythms of bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty. The production by Ted Niceley and Don Zientara captures a dense, percussive attack that underpins sharp lyrical examinations of capitalism, violence, and greed. 'Repeater' stands as a landmark of independent music, its influence spreading not through charts but through relentless touring and an unwavering anti-corporate ethos that predated the alternative rock boom.