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Keep Your Eyes Open: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman
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Product Description Fugazi, one of music s most revolutionary and gloriously indefinable bands, played their first concert on September 3, 1987. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman was released by Burning Flags Press exactly 20 years later. The 112-page, 9 x11 hardcover book presents the best of Friedman's unparalleled photographic documentation of Fugazi's members in almost 200 color and black & white images captured by Friedman onstage and off between 1986 and Fugazi s last U.S. concert in 2002. As Fugazi's Ian MacKaye explains: "While most photographers were taking photos of Fugazi, Glen was making photos with us." Fugazi evolved from Washington, DC's hardcore punk scene of the late 1970s and early 80s. While it would be impossible to fully capture Fugazi in any one medium, Friedman's book effectively complements the band's Dischord Records catalog, including seven studio albums, one soundtrack, three EPs and hundreds of live concert CDs produced from Fugazi s own soundboard recordings. Fugazi's dedication to democratic self-management, including complete artistic and financial control, has allowed the band to offer direct-mail service of its music catalog and the catalogs of many other artists from MacKaye's own Dischord Records. On indefinite hiatus since late 2002, Fugazi also directly booked its tours worldwide, and was often the first band to perform in unconventional venues around the world in order to maintain ticket prices that averaged just $5, a practice that opened many new venue doors to other touring artists. In addition, Fugazi has never marketed or licensed its name or likeness for posters, t-shirts, pins or other ancillary merchandise items. Fugazi's unwavering respect for its audience is one of the band's most indelible marks on modern music. Review Everyone know the old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words." It couldn't be more true with this pictorial retrospective of Fugazi, one of the most influential bands from teh 20th century. Fugazi's career and DIY ethic are captured in photographs of gigs from their hometown of Washington, D.C. and abroad. It'll also most likely impress your crush as a coffee-table book in your dorm room. --Alternative PressThey say that timing is everything. Act at precisely the right moment and you re bound to come up with something original, urgent and, if you re lucky, absolutely truthful. While many artists lack instinct, forty-five-year-old photographer Glen E. Friedman has built a career on perfect timing knowing just when and where to capture the moment that otherwise would have gone undocumented. His impeccable eye, paired with his heart and ability to decipher between what is and isn t genuine, have allowed him to capture some of our generation s most important images. Skate, punk, hip-hop Glen s presence at the dawn of each subculture can never be replicated. Fugazi were totally different from Minor Threat but they were like a whole new level. He had a different group of guys but still had that same intensity, says Glen about the first time he saw Fugazi. I forgot my camera that first show, but I vowed to bring it to every other show to help spread their inspiration around. Over the following years Friedman would go on to shoot Fugazi endlessly both on and off the stage, and many of these images feature in Keep Your Eyes Open. The book contains some 200 colour and black and white shots showcasing a spectrum of moments, ranging from on-stage ferocity, to candid portraits of the guys on tour. Being close friends with the band, Glen was able to capture a certain honesty and intimacy that is carried wholeheartedly throughout the book. In a world where success and timing supposedly go hand in hand, Glen E. Friedman has added heart, soul and truth to the equation documenting the result for the world to see. --Huck Magazine From the Back Cover "While most photographers were taking photos of Fugazi, Glen was making ph
