Joseph Francis Lally (born December 3, 1963)[1] is an American bassist, vocalist and record label owner, best known for his work with Fugazi.

He has also worked with John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer as the group Ataxia, releasing two albums: Automatic Writing (2004) and AW II (2007).

It features Jerry Busher, Ian MacKaye, Amy Farina, Guy Picciotto, Scott Weinrich and many other musicians from the DC music scene.

[3][4] In 2016, Lally formed the instrumental trio The Messthetics with guitarist Anthony Pirog and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty.

[10] Joe lived in Rome, Italy with his wife and daughter until 2015, when he moved back to Washington DC.