Editor Reviews:

Amazon.com:
This is punk rock slowed down to a lope, transformed into angry meditations on, well, a number of things--sometimes alienation, sometimes the fashion industry, and sometimes things too vague really to specify. Fugazi are always interesting, if only because of their absolute willingness to overturn every established punk rock convention (and what could be more punk rock?). On this record, inventiveness generally outpaces quality, and protest songs without catchy melodies--for all their good intentions--are pretty quickly forgotten. Regardless, their trademark staccato guitar attack and fractured rhythms are here in force, and at least two songs, "Reclamation" and "Nice New Outfit," rank with their best. --Percy Keegan

Rating : - Still My Favorite Fugazi Album
Fugazi's fourth release, "Steady Diet of Nothing", may still be my favorite. Each Fugazi album has a different flavor but without "Red Medicine" there would be no "End Hits" (somehow when "End Hits" came out it made "Red Medicine" make sense to me - gave it a context). With this album, Fugazi, never ones to repeat themselves, explore a darker, more introspective territory than previous efforts, building on the stylings of songs like "Shut the Door". In my opinion, this is the most satisfying and well-rounded set of songs they ever put out. It's not necessarily instantly appreciable, but it stands up to repeated listens. The production sounds less glitzy than "Repeater" or "In On The Kill Taker" but it really suits the songs, which are all as powerful and varied as anything they've done. "Long Division" has my favorite bass line, "Exit Only" is my favorite opening track, "Steady Diet" is my favorite instrumental, the climaxes of "Reclamation", "KYEO" and "Latin Roots" still knock me out, awesome lyrics and vocal performances as usual and so on. In my opinion this album is their best and listening to it always make me wonder how the hell they did it. Also, Brendan Canty is in my list of top ten rock and roll drummers.