Well, they championed the 'all ages show' thing their entire lives. I think that is pretty inspiring.
As far as I'm aware, they've never played a single show that wasn't all ages.
You don't have to care about Fugazi's music. They inspired people by just being a small group of great guys who not once compromised their beliefs. They became a hundred times more popular than any of the bands you like and they did it all under their own steam. And I for one am impressed. Fugazi get on a lot of people's nerves because they're seen by some as being elitist vegan monks or something I guess. A lot of people also find the music dull too. I guess they don't have ears.
They thought about how they wanted to be treated and treated everybody else the exact same way. It IS all common sense things, such as giving people respect, generally not being a dick.
But where do you learn the things like that? Pretty much everybody I know is a complete arse. I've been re-evaluating all my friends recently, they're cocks. I wouldn't mind so much, a LOT of people are cocks. But I've known these people long enough to know that they're intelligent enough to know better. Who's taught them how not to be cocks? There's nobody around here saying things like 'Respect people' and 'Be polite'.
These ARE things that you should know automatically. But people tend to just go with the flow. For example, my language was HORRIBLE as a child. I said 'nuff' instead of 'enough' and swore a heck of a lot. I'm still trying to fix it. Now, I know better. But every kid in my school was like that. There was nobody around saying 'Hey, watch your language.'
Honestly? I learnt a lot of these common sense things from Fugazi. Mostly things about how to not be a cock.
Now I watch my language. I tell people to be polite and not to swear. 'Don't be a cock'.
I can't help but wonder if I hadn't got into fugazi, would people be complimenting me on my 'educated manner of speaking'?