After some uncertainty from Canty about what he wanted to do with his future, the trio regrouped and booked their first show at the Wilson Center in early September 1987. The group still needed a name, so MacKaye chose the word “fugazi” (which means “false or inauthentic”) from Mark Baker’s Nam , a compilation of stories of Vietnam War veterans, in there being a slang backronym for “Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In [a body bag]”.
First show at Wilson Center
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