''Instrument Soundtrack'' is a 1999 album by American

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band

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Background

It is a mainly instrumental soundtrack for the documentary ('' Instrument'') about the band produced by the band and

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. The soundtrack mostly consists of previously unreleased songs and studio outtakes culled from Fugazi's history to that point, as well as seven

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versions of songs from their proper albums (six from 1998's ''

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'' and one from 1993's ''

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''). Of particular note is the song "I'm So Tired", a

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played and sung by

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, which is a significant departure from Fugazi's usual

sound. "Shaken All Over" features the bassline of Johnny Kidd & the Pirates' "

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", as well as MacKaye briefly singing the chorus line with heavy dub echo. The riff from "Lusty Scripps" was played in Fugazi's final live show, in the break between the main set and the encore.

Covers

"I'm So Tired" has been covered by

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, and

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. The song was also covered by

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in their 2016 cabaret show ''Kiki & Herb: Seeking Asylum!'' at

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Track listing

Personnel

Fugazi *

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 15–18),

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(4), bass (11),

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

(12),

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

(7, 10, 12, 17) *

Guy Picciotto Guy Charles Picciotto ( ) (born September 17, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, and producer from Washington, DC. He is best known as the guitarist and vocalist in Fugazi and Rites of Spring. Career Rites of Spring ...

- guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13–16, 18),

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

(2, 7), drum machine & bass drum (3), bass &

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

(13),

thumb piano Mbira ( ) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and pl ...

(17), vocals (13, 17) *

Joe Lally Joseph Francis Lally (born December 3, 1963) is an American bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi. Biography Lally was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fugazi Joe Lally formed Fugazi with Ian MacKaye in ...

- bass (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10, 15, 16, 18) *

Brendan Canty Brendan John Canty (born March 9, 1966, in Teaneck, New Jersey) is an American musician, composer, producer and film maker, best known as the drummer for the band Fugazi. In 2007, ''Stylus Magazine'' ranked Canty at #29 on the list of "50 Gre ...

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

(1–4, 6–12, 14–16, 18), guitar & bass (3, 14),

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...

(5), vocals (17)

References

{{Authority control Fugazi soundtracks 1999 soundtrack albums Documentary film soundtracks Dischord Records soundtracks Albums produced by Ian MacKaye