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Guy Charles Picciotto (/ˈɡ piˈt/ GHEE pi-CHOH-toh) (born September 17, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, and producer from Washington, DC.[2]

Guy Picciotto
Picciotto performing in 1995
Background information
Born (1965-09-17) September 17, 1965 (age 57)[1]
Washington D.C.,[1] U.S.
Genres
  • Post-hardcore
  • emo
  • screamo
  • hardcore punk
  • alternative rock
  • punk rock
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • musician
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • clarinet
Years active1984–present
LabelsDischord

He is best known as the guitarist and vocalist in Fugazi and Rites of Spring.[3]


Career



Rites of Spring and early projects


Picciotto's career as a guitarist and vocalist began in 1984, with the group Rites of Spring. A part of the D.C. post-hardcore scene, Rites of Spring increased the frenetic violence and visceral passion of hardcore while simultaneously experimenting with its compositional rules. Picciotto, as the band's lyricist, as well as singer and guitarist, shifted hardcore into intensely personal realms and, in doing so, is generally credited with creating emo.[4]

Picciotto's early musical resume includes the bands Insurrection (1982) where he only played guitar, One Last Wish (1986), Happy Go Licky (1987–1988), Brief Weeds (EPs released circa 1991–1992), and The Black Light Panthers (ongoing sporadic project since 1982), the last two bands both being projects with Brendan Canty. He created a record label called Peterbilt Records, which released limited-quantity vinyl record albums for the bands Rain, Happy Go Licky, and Deadline, then years later was involved in releasing the album 1986 by One Last Wish, along with Dischord Records.


Fugazi


Though not in the original lineup of Fugazi, Picciotto joined very early in the group's career, singing with them by their second show and appearing on all the band's studio recordings.

From the Repeater album on, he took up second guitar duties, playing characteristically trebly Rickenbacker guitars. After seven albums and several tours, Fugazi went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2003.


Side projects and production work


Picciotto has collaborated and performed with Mats Gustafsson, Vic Chesnutt, and members of the Ex among others. He has produced numerous albums including the Gossip's breakthrough record Standing in the Way of Control as well as Blonde Redhead's Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons (2000) and Misery Is a Butterfly (2004), The Blood Brothers final album, Young Machetes, and Downtown Boys' Cost of Living (2017) as well as two records for The Casual Dots, their self-titled debut album and the follow-up Sanguine Truth 2022. Additionally, Picciotto has produced four albums by the duo Xylouris White: Goats (2014), Black Peak (2016), Mother (2018), and The Sisypheans (2019)

Picciotto played on the Vic Chesnutt albums North Star Deserter (2007) and At the Cut (2009), and accompanied him on tours of Europe and North America.[5] He co-produced the films Chain and Museum Hours with Jem Cohen (who made the Fugazi film Instrument).

In 2012, Picciotto was interviewed on stage at the Pop Montreal festival by Howard Bilerman about his experiences in the music industry.[6] On January 24, 2020, Guy appeared on an episode of Live From the Barrage[7] for a wide-ranging discussion that was his first long form interview in quite some time.


Equipment


Picciotto holding his guitar immediately before performing with Vic Chesnutt in 2009
Picciotto holding his guitar immediately before performing with Vic Chesnutt in 2009

Guitars



Amplification



Personal life


Picciotto was born to an American mother and an Italian father.[13] He holds a BA degree in English from Georgetown University and is a graduate of the Washington, D.C. private school, the Georgetown Day School.[14]

Picciotto married musician Kathi Wilcox from the band Bikini Kill and the Frumpies; as of September 2020 the two were living in Brooklyn with their teenage son.[15][16]


Discography



Rites of Spring



One Last Wish



Happy Go Licky



Black Light Panthers



Brief Weeds



Fugazi



References


  1. "Fugazi Biography." Worldoffugazi.org. Last accessed January 27, 2012.
  2. "Picciotto's first name is French, while his last name is Sicilian". Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  3. Prato, Greg. "Biography: Guy Picciotto". AMG. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
  4. DeRogatis, Jim (1999). "Emo (The Genre That Dare Not Speak Its Name)". Guitar World. Future US, Inc. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  5. Fresh Air. "In Memoriam: Sweet, Sad Rocker Vic Chesnutt," January 7, 2010.
  6. "Guy Picciotto in Conversation with Howard Bilerman Quartiers Pop, Montreal, QC, September 19". Exclaim!, By Ralph Elawani, September 20, 2012
  7. "Ep: 284 - Guy Picciotto = Guy Picciotto of Fugazi & Rites of Spring joins us LIVE in the studio!". livefromthebarrage.nyc. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  8. "FUGAZI: A guitar gear summary". Effects Bay. September 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  9. Grow, Kory (November 14, 2014). "Stream Fugazi's Raw 'First Demo' Cassette From 1988". Rolling Stone. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  10. West, Patrick (July 8, 2011). "Fugazi live, DC, 1990 or so". Flickr. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  11. Tyler-Ameen, Daoud (December 1, 2011). "Full Disclosure: Fugazi's Best Live Moments, Remembered". NPR. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  12. Smith, Marceline (2010). "Fugazi: Guy Picciotto". Hee Haw Magazine. Retrieved August 1, 2018 via Diskant.
  13. Neutron, Conan (October 3, 2022). "Ep307: Guy Picciotto (fugazi)". Conan Neutron's Protonic Reversal (Podcast). Event occurs at 2:12:00. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  14. Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (December 1, 2009). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Akashic Books. p. 33. ISBN 9781933354996.
  15. Savage, Emily (January 22, 2013). "Rebel girls". San Francisco Bay Guardian. 48hills. Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  16. Bobbitt, Melissa (January 22, 2013). "Interview - Kathi Wilcox of Bikini Kill". About Entertainment. About.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2014.



На других языках


- [en] Guy Picciotto

[ru] Пиччотто, Ги

Ги Пиччотто (фр. и сиц. Guy Picciotto)[1] — американский вокалист, автор песен, гитарист, музыкант и музыкальный продюсер из Вашингтона, США.



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