Between 1987 and 2003, Fugazi (Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally, Brendan Canty, and Guy Picciotto) played more than a thousand concerts, covering all 50 United States, Europe, Australia, South America, Japan, and more. More than 800 of these shows were recorded by the band’s sound engineers, often on high quality recording gear.

The Fugazi Live Series, officially launched December 1, 2011, is a complete online archive of these concerts. Show pages will feature data from the concerts and available photos, flyers, and MP3 downloads. The site aims to be an interactive experience for fans, as visitors are encouraged to comment on the shows and recordings, and to contribute images and recordings.

The goal is to make the shows available to browse for free or to download for a small fee. Initially, the band will release 130 concert downloads (100 new shows plus the 30 shows released on the now out-of-print Fugazi Live Series CDs). Additional downloads, photos, flyers, etc. will be added regularly until the entire archive is available.

The suggested price of a concert download is $5; however, there will also be a sliding scale option where you can set your own price. Additionally, the site offers an All Access option that will allow the user to download every show on the site – that would include all 130 presently available downloads as well as all subsequent shows that will be added to the site over time.

Fugazi Live Series was designed and produced by Dischord’s Alec Bourgeois and was developed by Jerrod Blavos of Rec Center. All shows were mastered by Jerry Busher except the 30 shows initially released on CD, which were mastered by Fugazi.