A Song That Changed My Life: Sparks the Rescue on Fugazi and Old 97's

A Song (or two) That Changed My Life: Sparks The Rescue’s — Marty McMorrow: Fugazi’s “Waiting Room” and Toby McAllister: Old 97’s “Timebomb.” The Band Members: Alex Roy, vocals; Marty McMorrow, vocals, keyboards; Toby McAllister, guitar, vocals; Patrick O’Connell, guitar; Ben Briggs, bass; Nathan Spencer, drums. The Storytellers: Marty McMorrow and Toby McAllister The Songs: The instantly recognizable, heavily dissected, bassline-driven opening of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room” — punctuated by a brief drop to silence at the 22-second mark — unsealed a sonic fault line, releasing a reverberation where hardcore punk and precise musicianship fused into a singular soundscape. The moment served as a tectonic shift, […] The post A Song That Changed My Life: Sparks the Rescue on Fugazi and Old 97's first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.