Began work on The Argument

Fugazi began work on The Argument in 1999. This process saw the group taking more time than usual to write and demo material. Each member brought his own riffs and ideas to the band, jammed on them, and then began piecing the songs together into various configurations before deciding on the final versions. The album’s recording sessions took place between January and April 2001 at Inner Ear Studios and Dischord House in Arlington, Virginia . The band once again worked with Zientara. During the recording process a considerable amount of time was spent finalizing each song’s production, in particular the album’s drum tracks, in an effort to give it a unique feel. Canty told Modern Drummer , “We recorded them all very differently in terms of the drum sounds. We used a lot of different drum kits, cymbals, snares, and ways of miking.”