Fugazi formed in Washington, D.C., in 1986 with a lineup of MacKaye, bassist Joe Lally, and drummer Brendan Canty.

[2] Guy Picciotto soon joined as a second singer, and the band released an eponymously titled EP in 1988.

[2][3] A third EP, 3 Songs, was released in a collectors edition by Sub Pop Records in 1989 and more widely with different artwork by Dischord in 1990.

[4][5] Later that year came Fugazi's first full-length studio album, Repeater, which was coupled with the 3 Songs EP for its CD release.

[3] Between 2002 and 2008, Dischord remastered and re-released 13 Songs, Repeater, Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker, Red Medicine, and End Hits.

[8] In December 2011 Dischord began releasing the entire archive of recordings as music downloads, using a "pay what you want" pricing system.