While music television and radio were dominated by the sounds of Technotronic, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Soul II Soul, Milli Vanilli, The B-52s and The The among others – and I was exiting The U2 Phase and settling into my now life-long Hip Hop Phase – a band from Washington, D.C. packaged up the output from their 1988 and 1989 EPs and released them as 13 Songs.

That band, as most of you would probably already know even if I hadn’t given it away above, was the now legendary Fugazi, a band that started a musical revolution still providing enjoyment decades later for fans of both the original sound and those bands carrying the sound forward. 13 Songs brings together the Fugazi and Margin Walker EPs and numerous now classic tracks, especially among the first seven originally from Fugazi.

Last year I bought a few Fugazi albums to see what I missed the first time around. It’s easy to say – though not necessarily accurate much of the time – that tracks this well-worn sound as crisp and fresh today as they must have back in the day. For Fugazi, this is certainly so very true. Considering the musical landscape two decades ago, for those inclined to fall into the style for one reason or another, Fugazi must have absolutely blown them away.

For the uninitiated you now have the opportunity to hear the monumental opening track of the original EP, Fugazi and 13 Songs.