13 Songs (Fugazi album)

Why This Album Matters

The central hook was independently verified through two first-hand Joe Lally interviews. Deep Cuts reported that the full Fugazi quartet had recently been remixing Margin Walker material and quoted Lally identifying the original drum triggers; the January 23, 2026 Peeling the Onion interview records Lally explaining that the band recovered recordings without those triggers, removed elements it found unnatural, and obtained what he termed the real sound of Canty's drums. ([deepcutswrites.substack.com](https://deepcutswrites.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-fugazis-joe-lally)) Washington City Paper independently published first-hand accounts from Lally and Guy Picciotto confirming the exhausted post-tour circumstances, separate overdubbing, physical drum-tape edits, resulting bass rerecording and bag-of-tape anecdote. ([washingtoncitypaper.com](https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/202203/margin-walkers-13-takes-on-fugazis-13-songs-a-quarter/?utm_source=openai)) Dischord's official pages confirm that Margin Walker was recorded with John Loder in December 1988, released in June 1989 and used as the final six tracks of the 1989 13 Songs compilation. ([dischord.com](https://dischord.com/release/035/margin-walker)) No future remix or reissue is presented as confirmed.