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Best known as a member of
Fugazi,
Joe Lally first learned bass after seeing a
Minor Threat show with
Dag Nasty's Peter Cortner, which prompted them to form a band. In 1987 he joined up with
Ian MacKaye,
Brendan Canty, and
Guy Picciotto to make
Fugazi, one of the most important groups in the American underground scene. In 2002, as
Fugazi was on hiatus,
Lally got together with ex-
Frodus members
Shelby Cinca and
Jason Hamacher as
Black Sea and released a single that year, soon after changing their name to
Decahedron and issuing a full-length,
Disconnection Imminent, in 2004. That same year
Lally joined up with
John Frusciante and
Josh Klinghoffer as
Ataxia and released Automatic Writing. During this same time period
Lally also ran the small label Tolotta, which he initially started in order to help distribute singles from bands who might have had trouble getting their music out otherwise, though he did end up putting out some full-lengths from artists like
Spirit Caravan and
Stinking Lizaveta. In 2006
Lally released his first solo record,
There to Here, a sparse, bass-driven set, on the D.C. punk label (run by
MacKaye) Dischord, while
Nothing Is Underrated, which featured contributions from both
MacKaye and
Picciotto, among others, appeared the following year. ~ Marisa Brown