Sneer

I've been toying over this for days. Both bands are absolute titans of post-hardcore and both have made exceptional albums. For the sake of this thread, I'm discounting 13 Songs and Instrument Soundtrack from Fugazi, focusing solely on 90s and 00s album material.

To help cajole debate and decision, here are the albums I see as essential from both:

Fugazi:
Repeater
In On The Killer Taker
A Steady Diet of Nothing
Red Medicine
The Argument

Unwound:
The Future of What
Unwound
Repetition
Challenge for a Civilized Society
Leaves Turn Inside You

So, who's the better band in your opinion? The Argument or Leaves Turn Inside You? Red Medicine or Challenge...? It's all a bit of fun.

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My first instinct was Fugazi but with the albums listed (the lack of 13 Songs) I think Unwound would definitely be the better band. It's a challenge to find a Post-Hardcore album better than Leaves Turn Inside You. That's probably a five star album.

Howard the Duck

i have heard all Fugazi

i have yet to check out Unwound

if they're anywhere as good as Fugazi, it's high time I should

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bob.

Unwound....and you need to include Fake Train

i never really compared these two bands or ever really looked at them in the same light

Unwound is 10000000x better live

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swim

I'd never considered to compare these bands I'd go more the debate of Fugazi v. Nation of Ulysses and Unwound v. June of 44

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Nation of Ulysses and June of 44.

Sneer

What is the point in telling me what bands would have made for more accurate comparisons? I chose Fugazi and Unwound, two post-hardcore bands that had a lot of critical success in the 90s and early 00s. It's just something I've been thinking about. If you're not happy with the thread, don't fucking reply.

Cheers.

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bob.

the light at the end of the tunnel is a train


^Fugazi never went to this place


so i just went to my rate your music page and looked at what i rated each album for these two bands and it shows in my ratings....which i think i did sometime in 2005 or so....to this date the only Fugazi album that i still really listen to is Red Medicine....its not to say that i don't mind the other albums.....but i seldom go out of my way to listen to them except Red Medicine.....but with Unwound....much like Built To Spill....when they come up on random i stop....and listen to them for the next two hours (like i am right now!)

damn the more i think about this its honestly very hard to decide between the two....i think i'm going to do some extensive research tonight while driving.....one way Fugazi and the other Unwound......as it stand i stick with my original decision but i'll post my results tomorrow

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Sneer

For me, Fugazi's stand-out releases are Red Medicine and The Argument. They're both magnificent albums. I've always found 13 Songs SO overrated, whilst Repeater is an album I enjoy from time to time but never really take much from. A Steady Diet of Nothing and In On the Killer Taker are fine, but I never go out of my way to listen to them.

Unwound, on the other hand, have three albums that I'd classify as exceptional: Repetition, Challenge for a Civilized Society, and of course, Leaves Turn Inside You. Factor in the s/t and The Future of What, both of which are great, and you have one hell of a discography. The only release I've yet to really grasp is Fake Train.

Yeah, it's Unwound for me, I've decided.

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Howard the Duck

just got the Unwound listed here

will give them a listen and letcha know what I think

i started with "Fake Train" which is probably the wrong footing

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