In on the Kill Taker
album by Fugazi
In on the Kill Taker is the third studio album by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi, released in June 1993 through Dischord Records. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios and produced by the band and Ted Niceley. In on the Kill Taker captured the aggressiveness of the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences.
Due in part to the popularity of alternative rock in the early 1990s, In on the Kill Taker became the group's first album to debut on the Billboard charts and subsequently became the band's breakthrough album.
Recording
The recording process for the album started in the fall of 1992, when Fugazi began working with producer Steve Albini: the band initially planned to release an EP, including songs they had already been working on for a couple of years in previous practice recordings, before accepting Albini's standing invitation to do a free recording at his Electrical Audio studio, which at the time was located in the basement of his house in Chicago. The sessions ended up strengthening the friendship between the engineer and the members of Fugazi, while producing twelve songs that would eventually make the entirety of In on the Kill Taker; however, the band was unhappy with the result after hearing the rough mixes, and decided to scrap the recordings with the consent of Albini. Less than a month after those sessions, Fugazi decided to re-record the same songs at Inner Ear Studio in Washington D.C., this time with producers Don Zientara and Ted Niceley.
The Chicago sessions meant that Fugazi arrived well-prepared for the second recording. According to singer/guitarist Guy Picciotto, “I think we really worked much harder on getting the songs together. We did a lot more pre-session demos, not just with Albini, but also using an 8-track reel-to-reel that we had bought to record our practices.
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